Hosea 1
1 Hili ni neno la Bwana lililofika kwa Hosea mwana wa Beeri siku za Uzia, Yothamu, Ahazi na Hezekia, wafalme wa Yuda, na katika siku za Yeroboamu mwana wa Yoashi, mfalme wa Israeli.
The word of the Lord that came to Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam, the son of Joash, king of Israel.
2 Wakati Bwana alipozungumza kwanza kupitia Hosea, akamwambia, “Nenda ukajitwalie mke ambaye ni kahaba. Atakuwa na watoto ambao ni matokeo ya ukahaba wake. Kwa maana nchi inafanya uzinzi mkubwa kwa kumwacha Bwana.”
The beginning of the Lord’s conversation with Hosea. And the Lord said to Hosea: “Go, take to yourself a wife of fornications, and make for yourself sons of fornications, because, by fornicating, the land will fornicate away from the Lord.”
3 Basi Hosea akaenda akamwoa Gomeri binti Diblaimu, naye akachukua mimba, akazaa mtoti mwanamume.
And he went out and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; and she conceived and bore him a son.
4 Bwana akamwambia Hosea, Mwite jina lake Yezreeli. Kwa maana kwa muda mfupi nitaiadhibu nyumba ya Yehu kwa sababu ya kumwaga damu huko Yezreeli; nami nitamaliza ufalme wa nyumba ya Israeli.
And the Lord said to him: “Call his name Jezreel because, after a little while, I will visit the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and I will put the kingdom of the house of Israel to rest.
5 Itatokea siku ile nitakapovunja upinde wa Israeli katika bonde la Yezreeli.
And in that day, I will crush the stronghold of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.”
6 Gomeri akachukua mimba tena akamzaa binti. Ndipo Bwana akamwambia Hosea, “Mwite jina lake Lo Ruhama; kwa maana sitawahurumia tena nyumba ya Israeli, nisije nikawasamehe kwa njia yoyote.
And after a while, she conceived and bore a daughter. And he said to him: “Call her name, Without Mercy, for I will no longer have mercy on the house of Israel, but I will utterly forget them.
7 Hata hivyo nitawahurumia nyumba ya Yuda, nami nitawaokoa mwenyewe, Bwana, Mungu wao. Sitawaokoa kwa upinde, upanga, vita, farasi, au wapanda farasi. '
Yet I will have mercy on the house of Judah, and I will save them by the Lord their God. And I will not save them by bow and sword and battle and horses and horsemen.”
8 Baada ya Gomeri kumwachisha Lo Ruhama, alipata mimba na kuzaa mtoto mwingine mwanamume.
And she weaned her, who was called Without Mercy. And she conceived and bore a son.
9 Ndipo Bwana akasema, “Mwite jina la Lo Ami; kwa kuwa ninyi si watu wangu, wala mimi si Mungu wenu.”
And he said: “Call his name, Not My People, for you are not my people, and I will not be yours.
10 Hata hivyo idadi ya watu wa Israeli itakuwa kama mchanga wa bahari, ambayo haiwezi kupimwa au kuhesabiwa. Itakuwa pale ambapo waliambiwa, “Ninyi si watu wangu,” wataambiwa, “Ninyi ni watu wa Mungu aliye hai.”
And the number of the sons of Israel will be like the sand of the sea, which is without measure and cannot be numbered. And in the place where it will be said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ this will happen: it will be said to them, ‘You are the sons of the living God.’
11 Watu wa Yuda na watu wa Israeli watakusanyika pamoja. Wao wataweka kiongozi mmoja wao wenyewe, na watatoka kutoka nchi, kwa maana itakuwa siku ya Yezreeli kuu.
And the sons of Judah, and the sons of Israel, will be gathered together. And they will place over themselves one head, and they will rise up from the earth, for great is the day of Jezreel.”
