1 I am Hosea son of Beeri. When Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah were the kings of Judah, and when Jeroboam son of Jehoash was king of Israel, the Lord spoke this message to me.
Hosea's Family
2 The Lord said, “Hosea, Israel has betrayed me like an unfaithful wife. Marry such a woman and have children by her.” 3 So I married Gomer the daughter of Diblaim, and we had a son.
4 Then the Lord said, “Hosea, name your son Jezreel, because I will soon punish the descendants of King Jehu of Israel for the murders he committed in Jezreel Valley. I will destroy his kingdom, 5 and in Jezreel Valley I will break the power of Israel.”
6 Later, Gomer had a daughter, and the Lord said, “Name her Lo-Ruhamah, because I will no longer have mercy and forgive Israel. 7 But I am the Lord God of Judah, and I will have mercy and save Judah by my own power—not by wars and arrows or swords and cavalry.”
8 After Gomer had stopped nursing Lo-Ruhamah, she had another son. 9 Then the Lord said, “Name him Lo-Ammi, because these people are not mine, and I am not their God.”
Hope for Israel
10 Someday it will be impossible to count the people of Israel, because there will be as many of them as there are grains of sand along the seashore. They are now called “Not My People,” but in the future they will be called “Children of the Living God.” 11 Israel and Judah will unite and choose one leader. Then they will take back their land, and this will be a great day for Jezreel.
1 Dama la Yahwe lakazha kuna Hoseya nkololo wa Bheeri mu misi ye kubusa kwa Uziya nekwa Jothamu nekwa Ahazi nekwa Hezekiya bomambo be Juda ne mumisi ye kubusa kwa Jeroboamu nkololo wa Joashi mambo we Iziraela.
Nkadzi wa Hoseya ne bana babe
2 Yahwe bakati betangisa kulebeleka ndi Hoseya, bakati kuna Hoseya, “Yenda ulobole nkadzi we fukula ube ne bana be bufukula ngoti shango izhele bupombgwe bukulu nge kusiya Yahwe.” 3 Ndizo kayenda kanolobola Gomeri nkololokadzi wa Dibulamu ngono kazwisenga katshibama mwana we tjilisana.
4 Ngono Yahwe bakadwa Hoseya bakati, “Un'dane zina uti Jezirele ngoti ndowoloba shamu ng'umba ya Jehu tjinyolotjo ndinlobela kubulaya kwaakathama ku Jezirele ngono ndowopedzisa bushe gwe Iziraela. 5 Mu zhuba ilelo ndowovuna dati le Iziraela mu nkuku wa Jezirele.”
6 Kazwisenga kakale ngono kawana nkololokadzi. Ipapo Yahwe bakati kuna Hoseya, “Umpe zina uti Loruhama ngoti anditjawohwila ngoni Baiziraela kene kuli kubazwiibhatigwa. 7 Koga ndowohwila ngoni mbuso we Juda abatjidza imi, anditowobatjidza nge dati kene nge thumo kene nge ngwa kene nge mbizi kene nge bataswi be mbizi, koga ngekwa Yahwe Ndzimu wabo.”
8 Gomeri wakati athwisa Loruhama zhamu, Gomeri kazwisenga kawana mwana we tjilisana. 9 Ngono Yahwe bakati, “Untumile uti Loammi ngoti imwi amutemuli bathu bangu nami anditeli Ndzimu wenyu.”
Baiziraela banobgwilizwa mu tjimo
10 “Koga Baiziraela banowowanda kulizana ne nsetje we gungwa usingake ukalizanyidziwa kene ukabagwa. Ngono mu magalo abakadwiwa kukayi ‘Imwi amute muli bathu bangu,’ banowodang'wa, ‘Bakololo be Ndzimu unotjila.’ ” 11 Bathu be Juda ne bathu be Iziraela banowoshanganyiwa, ngono bakazwishalulila ntungamili ng'ompela. Ngono banowowanda mu shango ngoti zhuba la Jezirele lowobe gulu.