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 “Aayambi, pulakeneni! Pakalekeni omakutsi, one Aaisraeli! Pulakeneni ne yomezimo lyaapangeli! Omwa tegelelwa, mu tokole pauyuuki. Epangulo otali mu adha! Omwa ningi omwigo gwaMispa noshiliya kondundu Tabor, 2 ekelo ele puShittim, notandi ka geela ayehe yomuyo. 3 Israel ondi mu shi, nkene a tya — ita vulu okuholama ndje. Okwa ningi kee shi we kwiinekelwa, naantu ye inaa gwana we okulongela ndje.”
Hosea ta kondjitha esimaneko lyiimenka
4 Uuwinayi mboka oshigwana shaIsrael sha ningi, owe shi keelele okugalukila kuKalunga kasho. Okusimaneka iimenka okwe ya tsikitha, yaa vule we okudhimbulula Omuwa. 5 Eitumbo lyoshigwana shaIsrael otali shi tamaneke. Ondjo yuulunde wawo otayi ya pundukitha, naantu yaJuda otaa pundukile mumwe nayo. 6 Otaa kutha oonzi niimuna yawo, ye yi yambele Omuwa oondjambo, ihe itashi kwatha sha. Itaa vulu oku mu mona, oshoka okwe ya thigi po. 7 Oyo inaa inekela Omuwa; aana yawo kaa shi yOmuwa. Onkee otaa ka hanagulwa po mbala pamwe nomapya gawo.
Iita pokati kaJuda naIsrael
8 Hikeni oombenda dhiita muGibea! Kugeni onkugo muRama! Tseyitheni iita muBetaven! Yamati yaBenjamin, indeni kiita! Hikeni oombenda dhiita. 9 Esiku lyegeelo otali ya, naIsrael ota ka ya meyonuko. Oshigwana shaIsrael, shika otashi ka ningwa shili!
10 Omuwa ota ti: “Onda geya, oshoka aawiliki yaJuda oya matukile Israel noya yugu po evi lye. Onkee otandi ya tilehile egeelo tali kunguluka lya fa efundja. 11 Israel ota thiminikwa; okwa kanitha evi ndyoka lya li lye lela, oshoka oya ka pula ekwatho kumboka yaa na sha okugandja. 12 Otandi eta eyonuko muIsrael nehanagulopo moshigwana shaJuda.
13 “Israel sho a mono uuvu we, naJuda sho a mono iilalo ye, nena Israel okwa yi kuAssur, a pule omupangeli omunene ekwatho, ihe ina vula oku ya aludha nenge okupanga iilalo yawo. 14 Otandi ka ponokela oshigwana shaIsrael naJuda ngaashi onime. Ongame mwene tandi ke ya tuulagula notandi ya thigi po. Uuna tandi ke ya kookolola, kape na ngoka te ya hupitha.
15 “Otandi ke ethela aantu yandje momahepeko, sigo oondjo dhawo dhe ya hepekitha sha gwana notaa ka konga ndje. Ngiika muudhigu wawo otaa ka kambadhala, ya mone ndje.”
