1 “Listen to this, you priests! Pay attention, people of Israel! Listen, you that belong to the royal family! You are supposed to judge with justice—so judgment will fall on you! You have become a trap at Mizpah, a net spread on Mount Tabor, 2 a deep pit at Acacia City, and I will punish all of you. 3 I know what Israel is like—she cannot hide from me. She has been unfaithful, and her people are unfit to worship me.”
Hosea Warns against Idolatry
4 The evil that the people have done keeps them from returning to their God. Idolatry has a powerful hold on them, and they do not acknowledge the Lord. 5 The arrogance of the people of Israel cries out against them. Their sins make them stumble and fall, and the people of Judah fall with them. 6 They take their sheep and cattle to offer as sacrifices to the Lord, but it does them no good. They cannot find him, for he has left them. 7 They have been unfaithful to the Lord; their children do not belong to him. So now they and their lands will soon be destroyed.
War between Judah and Israel
8 Blow the war trumpets in Gibeah! Sound the alarm in Ramah! Raise the war cry at Bethaven! Into battle, men of Benjamin! 9 The day of punishment is coming, and Israel will be ruined. People of Israel, this will surely happen!
10 The Lord says, “I am angry because the leaders of Judah have invaded Israel and stolen land from her. So I will pour out punishment on them like a flood. 11 Israel is suffering oppression; she has lost land that was rightfully hers, because she insisted on going for help to those who had none to give. 12 I will bring destruction on Israel and ruin on the people of Judah.
13 “When Israel saw how sick she was and when Judah saw her own wounds, then Israel went to Assyria to ask the great emperor for help, but he could not cure them or heal their wounds. 14 I will attack the people of Israel and Judah like a lion. I myself will tear them to pieces and then leave them. When I drag them off, no one will be able to save them.
15 “I will abandon my people until they have suffered enough for their sins and come looking for me. Perhaps in their suffering they will try to find me.”
Israel naJuda tava ka handukilwa
1 Woo, nye ovapristeli, pwilikineni! Woo, oove eumbo laIsrael, didilika! Woo, eumbo lohamba, pwilikina nomatwi! Osheshi etokolo tali mu hange, osheshi nye omwa ninga omwiyo kuMispa, neendjadja da tandavelifwa, da telwa kuTabor. 2 Heeno, ovashunimonima ova ningina mokule moilonga youkolokoshi, ndele vo aveshe ohandi ke va handukila. 3 Efraim, ondi mu shii, naIsrael ina holekwa koshipala shange. Osheshi ove, Efraim owa teya ohombo paife. Israel okwe linyateka. 4 Oilonga yavo tai va kelele okwaaluka kuKalunga kavo, osheshi omhepo yoipala oi li meemwenyo davo, ndele inava shiiva Omwene. 5 Ndele okuhola ounhwa kwaIsrael taku mu pe oushima koshipala shaye. Ndele Israel naEfraim otava ka pundukila oulunde wavo. NaJuda yo ota ka pundukila pamwe navo. 6 Otave ke uya ve needi davo neengobe davo, va konge Omwene, ndelenee itave mu mono. Ye okwe va pilamena. 7 Ova kengelela Omwene, osheshi ova dala ounona vomoukumbu. Paife oshivilo shohani ipe tashi ke va lya pamwe nomapya avo. 8 Shikileni omanghuma muGibea, ndele shikeni enghuma loshikushu muRama. Kuweni onghuwo yoita muBet-Aven. Ve uya ve li konima yoye, Benjamin.Shikileni omanghuma… 9 Mefiku letokolo Efraim otashi ka ninga ombuwa. Osho nda shiivifila omapata aIsrael, otashi ka ningwa shili. 10 Ovakulunhu vaJuda ova ninga va fa ovalundululi veengaba. Oupyuhandu wange ohandi ke u tila kombada yavo ngaashi omeva. 11 Efraim e li mofina nokwa teywa metokolo, osheshi a hokwa okushikula oinima yongaho. 12 Onghee Ame ndi li kuEfraim ngaashi onhwishi, nokeumbo laJuda Ame ndi li ngaashi otwila. 13 Efraim eshi a koneka oudu waye, naJuda a shiiva oshidinda shaye, Efraim okwa ya kuAsiria, ndele a tuma kohamba Jareb. Ndelenee yo oya nyengwa oku mu velula, ndele inai shiiva okuvelula oshidinda sheni. 14 Osheshi Ame ondi li ngaashi onghoshi kuEfraim, ngaashi onghoshi onyasha keumbo laJuda. Ame, Ame handi hakana, ndele handi i, ohandi kokolola, ndele kape nomuxupifi. 15 Opo nee handi shuna konhele yange fiyo ova shiiva okunyona kwavo, ndele tava kongo oshipala shange. Moudjuu wavo tava ka konga nge.
