< Hosea 6 >
1 “Njoo, turudi kwa Bwana. Kwa maana ametuvunja vipande vipande, lakini atatuponya; ametujeruhi, lakini atatufunga majeraha yetu.
Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.
2 Baada ya siku mbili atatufufua; siku ya tatu atatuinua, na tutaishi mbele yake.
After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His presence.
3 Nasi tumjue Bwana; tukaendelee kumjua Bwana. Kuja kwake ni hakika kama asubuhi; atakuja kwetu kama mvua, kama mvua ya vuli ambayo huinyeshea ardhi.”
So let us know— let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.
4 Efuraimu, nikufanyie nini? Yuda, nikufanyie nini? Uaminifu wako ni kama wingu la asubuhi, kama umande unaoondoka mapema.
What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes.
5 Kwa hiyo nimewavunja vipande vipande kwa vinywa vya manabii, nimewaua kwa maneno ya kinywa changu. Maagizo yako ni kama nuru inayoangaza.
Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of My mouth, and My judgments go forth like lightning.
6 Kwa maana natamani uaminifu wala si dhabihu, na kumjua Mungu kuliko sadaka za kuteketezwa.
For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
7 Kama Adamu wamevunja agano; hawakuwa waaminifu kwangu.
But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; there they were unfaithful to Me.
8 Gileadi ni jiji la wahalifu wenye miguu ya damu.
Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with footprints of blood.
9 Kama makundi ya wanyang'anyi wanaomngojea mtu, hivyo makuhani hujiunga pamoja kufanya mauaji kwa njia ya Shekemu; wamefanya uhalifu wa aibu.
Like raiders who lie in ambush, so does a band of priests; they murder on the way to Shechem; surely they have committed atrocities.
10 Katika nyumba ya Israeli nimeona jambo baya; Uzinzi wa Efraimu ukopale, na Israeli ametiwa unajisi.
In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: Ephraim practices prostitution there, and Israel is defiled.
11 Kwa maana wewe, Yuda, mavuno yameteuliwa, nitakaporudisha urithi wa watu wangu.
Also for you, O Judah, a harvest is appointed, when I restore My people from captivity.