Baiziraela banodang'wa kuti bashanduke
1 Buyani, ngatishandukileni kuna Yahwe,
ngoti ndibo bakatimwawulanya, ngono banowotipodza,
bakatikubadza, ngono banowozwimba mabanga edu.
2 Shule kwe mazhuba mabili banowotimusidzila
mu zhuba le butatu banowotimusa,
kuti titjilile pabali.
3 Ngatizibeni Yahwe,
ngatimuseni meya kuziba Yahwe.
Kuzha kwabo ku malebeswa se kubhuda kwe zhuba,
banowozha kutili se vula,
se vula ye tjibodza mashanga mu shango.
Yahwe banoshandula
4 Ndingashingani nawe kene Ifureimi?
Ndingashingani nawe kene Juda?
Ludo gugo gofanana ne fulele inotjimbidza pela,
gonga khawa ye mangwanana inoshashamuka.
5 Ndizo wali ndowomuthubulila nge balebesambeli
ndikamubulaya nge matama e nlomo wangu,
kusumikilisa kwangu kozha ku muli se lupenyo.
6 Ngoti tjandinoshaka ludo gusingazunguzike, kusi tjibhayilo
kuziba Ndzimu pana kupinda zwipo zwinopisiwa.
7 Koga bakatjinya tjidumano sa Adamu,
bakandishetela kugalabgwe ikweno.
8 Giliyadi nzi nkulu we bathu babiibi
unashambgwa ye matshambo azhele malopa.
9 Se batoleli bebgwatilila nthu,
makoko e bapirisiti anothamabo saikoko.
Banobulaya mu zila ye Shekemu
bethama milandu inobhatisa shoni.
10 Ndakabona tjakabipa
mu bathu be Iziraela.
Ikweno Ifureimi wakazwipa mu bufukula
ngono Iziraela yatemapala.
11 Nawebo, iwe Juda,
nsi we kuvuna wakawubigigwa.
Ndowobe ndibgwiliza makombolelo e bathu bangu.
The Lord's People Speak
1 Let's return to the Lord.
He has torn us to shreds,
but he will bandage our wounds
and make us well.
2 In two or three days
he will heal us
and restore our strength
that we may live with him.
3 Let's do our best
to know the Lord.
His coming is as certain
as the morning sun;
he will refresh us like rain
renewing the earth
in the springtime.
The Lord Speaks to Israel and Judah
4 People of Israel and Judah,
what can I do with you?
Your love for me disappears
more quickly than mist
or dew at sunrise.
5 That's why I slaughtered you
with the words
of my prophets.
That's why my judgments blazed
like the dawning sun.
6 I'd rather for you to be faithful
and to know me
than to offer sacrifices.
7 At a place named Adam,
you betrayed me
by breaking our agreement.
8 Everyone in Gilead is evil;
your hands are stained
with the blood of victims.
9 You priests are like a gang
of robbers in ambush.
On the road to Shechem
you murder and commit
other horrible crimes.
10 I have seen a terrible thing
in Israel—
you are unfaithful
and unfit to worship me.
11 People of Judah,
your time is coming too.
The Lord Wants To Help Israel
I, the Lord, would like to make
my nation prosper again