Yahwe banopa Iziraela nlandu
1 Ihwani dama la Yahwe imwi bathu be Iziraela,
ngoti Yahwe bana ndebo ne bagali be shango.
Akuna kugalamoyo kene ludo,
akuna kuziba Ndzimu mu shango.
2 Kuna kutuna kulonga bhiso ne kunyepa ne kubulaya,
kukwiba ne bupombgwe
banobhuda mu ndawulo,
betebula malopa betebedzanya.
3 Ngekwa ikoku shango inolila,
ngono bose banogala muili bapela masimba.
Phuka dze shango ne nyuni dzinowuluka
ne hwobe dze gungwa dzofa.
4 Koga ngakusibe ne unonyanyayidza,
kusibe ne unotendeka mmwe nge tjinyala,
ngoti iwe mpirisiti, ndebo yangu yakalingisana nawe.
5 Unowokuthiwa masikati,
kakale nlebesambeli unowokuthiwa nawe busiku,
ngono ndowokolomodza mme yabo.
6 Bathu bangu banolobesiwa
ngoti banosheta luzibo.
Se makalamba luzibo,
namibo ndomulamba se bapirisiti bangu.
Kakale se makazwikangang'wisa nlayo we Ndzimu wenyu,
namibo ndowokangang'wa bana benyu.
7 Bapirisiti bakati bepaphidzika
bakanditjinyila kunyanyisa,
bakatenganya gudzo labo nge tjinobhatisa shoni.
8 Banozwitjidza nge tjibi tje bathu bangu,
bebe magovu nge matjinyo abo.
9 Ngono kowofanana bathu ne bapirisiti,
bose ndowobalobela mipanga yabo,
ndowobabuzila mbhayilo we mija yabo.
10 Banowoja koga bakasigute,
banowonginikana ne bufukula koga abatowowanda.
Bakafupatila Yahwe
kuzwipa nge buzhalo mu bufukula.
Yahwe banolambana ne midzimu
11 Nkumbi we zhambi nkulukugwi ne nkumbi we zhambi ntshwa
unothama kuti bathu bangu bakong'we kuhwisisa.
12 Bathu bangu banoshaka bhatsho mu midzimu yakabezhiwa
bebe bedabigwa nge lukuni.
Ngoti meya ye bufukula yakabalasha
abatjagalikabgwe ku Ndzimu wabo.
13 Banobhayila zwibhayilo pezhugwi kwe matombo,
bebe bepisila zwibhayilo pezhugwi kwe matuthu,
bepisila na kusi kwe miti ye mioko ne mipopula ne mikosho
ngoti ina mitutshi yakanaka.
Ndizo bakololokadzi benyu banofukula,
balongo benyu banothama bupombgwe.
14 Anditowoloba bakololokadzi benyu abe thama bufukula,
kene balongo benyu abe thama bupombgwe
nge kuti balume ngekwabo banotizha nge fukula
be pisa zwibhayilo bana fukula.
Ndizo bathu basina wisiso banolobesiwa.
15 Nenguba uthamazo bupombgwe iwe Iziraela,
usitongo thama Juda ikabe nlandu.
Usitongo ngina mu Giligala,
kene ukayenda ku Bhetiaveni,
kakale usitongotuna uti, “Ha Yahwe batjatjila.”
16 Ngoti Baiziraela abatohwa,
banonga pholombe isingatebame.
Apa Yahwe bangabatjengeta kene
se pkhwizana dzimu mafulo akazhuka?
17 Ifureimi unonamata midzimu ye zwifano
unsiye akajalo.
18 Koti zwing'o zwabo zwapela
bakazwinginikanya ne bufukula.
Babusi babo banoda mabhatisa shoni
kupinda gudzo labo.
19 Tjampupudze tjowobasengela kutjena
ngono zwibhayilo zwabo zowobabhatisa shoni.
Israel Is Unfaithful
1 Israel, listen
as the Lord accuses
everyone in the land!
No one is faithful or loyal
or truly cares about God.
2 Cursing, dishonesty, murder,
robbery, unfaithfulness—
these happen all the time.
Violence is everywhere.
3 And so your land is a desert.
Every living creature is dying—
people and wild animals,
birds and fish.
The Lord Warns the Priests
4 Don't accuse just anyone!
Not everyone is at fault.
My case is against you,
the priests.
5 You and the prophets
will stumble day and night;
I'll silence your mothers.
6 You priests have rejected me,
and my people are destroyed
by refusing to obey.
Now I'll reject you and forget
your children, because you
have forgotten my Law.
7 By adding more of you priests,
you multiply the number
of people who sin.
Now I'll change your pride
into shame.
8 You encourage others to sin,
so you can stuff yourselves
on their sin offerings.
9 That's why I will punish
the people for their deeds,
just as I will punish
you priests.
10 Their food won't satisfy,
and having sex at pagan shrines
won't produce children.
My people have rebelled
11 and have been unfaithful
to me, their Lord.
God Condemns Israel's Idolatry
My people, you are foolish
because of too much pleasure
and too much wine.
12 You expect wooden idols
and other objects of wood
to give you advice.
Lusting for sex at pagan shrines
has made you unfaithful
to me, your God.
13 You offer sacrifices
on mountaintops and hills,
under oak trees, and wherever
good shade is found.
Your own daughters
and daughters-in-law
sell themselves for sex.
14 But I won't punish them.
You men are to blame,
because you go to prostitutes
and offer sacrifices with them
at pagan shrines.
Your own foolishness
will lead to your ruin.
15 Israel, you are unfaithful,
but don't lead Judah to sin.
Stop worshiping at Gilgal
or at sinful Bethel.
And quit making promises
in my name—the name
of the living Lord.
16 You are nothing more
than a stubborn cow—
so stubborn that I, the Lord,
cannot feed you like lambs
in an open pasture.
17 You people of Israel
are charmed by idols.
Leave those people alone!
18 You get drunk, then sleep
with prostitutes;
you would rather be vulgar
than lead a decent life.
19 And so you will be swept away
in a whirlwind
for sacrificing to idols.