Israel and Judah Will Be Judged
The Lord said:
1 Listen, you priests!
Pay attention, Israel!
Listen, you members
of the royal family.
Justice was your duty.
But at Mizpah and Mount Tabor
you trapped the people.
2 At the place of worship
you were a treacherous pit,
and I will punish you.
3 Israel, I know all about you,
and because of your unfaithfulness,
I find you unacceptable.
4 Your evil deeds are the reason
you won't return to me,
your Lord God.
And your constant craving for sex
keeps you from knowing me.
5 Israel, your pride
testifies to your guilt;
it makes you stumble,
and Judah stumbles too.
6 You offer sheep and cattle
as sacrifices to me,
but I have turned away
and refuse to be found.
7 You have been unfaithful
to me, your Lord;
you have had children
by prostitutes.
So at the New Moon Festival,
you and your crops
will be destroyed.
The Lord Warns Israel and Judah
8 Give a warning on the trumpet!
Let it be heard in Gibeah,
Ramah, and sinful Bethel.
Benjamin, watch out!
9 I, the Lord, will punish
and wipe out Israel.
This is my solemn promise
to every tribe of Israel.
10 Judah's leaders are like crooks
who move boundary markers;
that's why I will flood them
with my anger.
11 Israel was brutally crushed.
They got what they deserved
for worshiping useless idols.
12 Now I, the Lord,
will fill Israel with maggots
and make Judah rot.
13 When Israel and Judah saw
their sickness and wounds,
Israel asked help from Assyria
and its mighty king.
But the king cannot cure them
or heal their wounds.
14 So I'll become a fierce lion
attacking Israel and Judah.
I'll snatch and carry off
what I want,
and no one can stop me.
15 Then I'll return to my temple
until they confess their guilt
and worship me,
until they are desperate
and beg for my help.
1 “Purateneye kotjiṋa hi, oweṋe vapristeri! Kareye ko na tja, tjiwaṋa tja Israel? Zuveye eṋe mbu mu ri oveṱunḓu rouhona! Eṋe mwa pu okupangura nousemba, ombanguriro otji mai ya kombanda yeṋu! Eṋe mwa rira ongwehe kotjiwaṋa mOmispa, wina mwa rira ombate ndja yarwa kondundu Tabor, 2 orutjiva motjirongo Sitim, nami me mu vere amuhe. 3 Ami me tjiwa kutja Israel otjo otjiwaṋa tji tja sana pi, kamaatji rihoreke ku ami. Otjo otjihaṱakama, novandu vatjo kaveya yenena okurikotamena ku ami.”
Hosea ma rongo ovandu kovisenginina
4 Ouvi Ovaisrael mbu va tjita u ve tjaera kutja ave ha kotoka ku Ndjambi wawo. Owo ve riyameka kovisenginina noukukutu, nu kave zemburuka Muhona. 5 Ourangaranga wotjiwaṋa tja Israel u tji pirukira. Ourunde watjo u tji putarisa nokutjiwisa, notjiwaṋa tja Juda wina matji u puna tjo. 6 Owo mave kambura ozonḓu nozongombe zawo ve ze punguhire Muhona okumupaha, nungwari kave nokumumuna orondu eye we ve esa. 7 Owo va rira ovahaṱakama ku Muhona, novanatje vawo kava Muhona. Nambano owo nomahi wawo otji mave nyonwa.
Ovita pokati ka Juda na Israel
8 Posiseye ozohiva zovita mOgibea! Tjiteye ombosiro ondirise mOrama! Toneye ombimbi mObet-Awen! Uteye otjirwa, varumendu va Benjamin! 9 Eyuva romberero mari ya nu Israel matji yandekwa. Vaisrael, ami me mu tjivisa kutja, tjiri, ihi matji tjitwa!
10 Muhona ma tja nai: “Ami mbi nomazenge, orondu ovanane va Juda va karwisa Ovaisrael nave pundu ehi rawo. Ami otji me tirire omberero kombanda yawo tjimuna omupupo. 11 Ovaisrael va kara pokuṋiṋikiziwa; owo va pandjarisa ehi nda ri ouini wawo katjotjiri, orondu va kara pokuningira ombatero kovandu mbe hi na va ri na yo okuvepa. 12 Ami me yandeke otjiwaṋa tja Israel na ihi tja Juda wina.
13 “Israel tji tja muna kutja tjiri tja vera tjinene, na Juda tji tja muna ovirwaro vyatjo otjini, Israel arire tji tja i kOasirie okukaningira ombatero kombara Onene, nungwari oyo kai sorere ko okuveverukisa poo okuverukisa ovirwaro vyawo. 14 Ami me rwisa Ovaisrael nOvajuda otja ongeyama tji i tjita. Meve nyondorora omuini nu e ve esa nao uriri. Tji meve kokozora okuveisa po, kape nomundu ngu ma yenene okuveyama!
15 “Ami me isa otjiwaṋa tjandje ngandu ndi otjo tji tja hihamisirwa omauvi watjo okuyenena, nu tji tje ya okundjipaha. Ngahino momihihamo vyatjo otjo matji kondjo okundjimuna.”
