Kukolomodziwa kwe Iziraela
1 Yee mme wee! Mapalala imwi mu gele makadzikama mu Ziyoni,
imwi munozwidwa muti makabakililika mu Dombo le Samariya,
imwi batungamili bakulu be itjaba tjikulu tje Iziraela,
imwi munokubunganigwa nge Baiziraela kubabhatsha.
2 Imwi munoti, “Tjulukilani ku Kaline munobona,
kudwapo mupindile ku Hamati nzi nkulu,
mube mudelukila ku Gati nzi we Bafilisitiya.
Apa mizi mikulu iyeyi yakasima kupinda mibuso ye Juda ne Iziraela kene? Kene ntuthu wabo nkulu pana wenyu?”
3 Imwi musingashake duma kuti zhuba le mbipo laswika,
koga musedzedza bushe gwe phipiti pejo.
4 Yee mme wee! Mapalala imwi munolala mu malawo akanakisiwa nge nyanga dze zhowu, muzwikolola mu zwigalo zwenyu. Moja phkwizana dzakashalugwa ne zwikondolo zwakakodziwa. 5 Molidza zwilidzo sa Dafite mu mba njimbo mulidza matende. 6 Mong'wa nkumbi we zhambi nge mapepe makulu ali zhele, muzhola zwizholo zwe ntengo upezhugwi, koga musingahwisiwe zogwadza ngokolomodziwa kwe Iziraela. 7 Ndizo wali mowobe bekutanga kutapiwa, mizano yenyu ye zojiwa ne kuzwikolola kwenyu kowopela.
8 She Yahwe Masimbawose bakatuna nge zina labo beti, “Ndoshima kuzwikudza kwa Jakubo, alingila pasi mbako dzidze hwulu. Ndowoyisa nzi nkulu kose ne kumuuli ku zwita zwawo.”
9 Ha kungasala bathu bali gumi mu nsha, na ibobo banowofa. 10 Ha musenga itumbu mutjilulwamisila mbiganyo, gamu lenyu limu ng'umba lobhuzwa liti, “Kuna bamwe bangabe basala kene?”
Dabilo inowozha iti, “Aa.”
Ipapo gamu lowobe liti, “Nyalala, tisitongoleba ngekwe zina la Yahwe.”
11 Bonani, Yahwe badusa ndaulo, ng'umba hwulu ikapkhwanyika ikasala ili magwada koga, ng'umba tukununu ikasala ili matjakatjaka. 12 Apa mbizi dzingalabuka mu shongwe kene? Apa ng'ombe dzingalima mu shongwe kene? Koga makashandula lebeswa likabe nti unobulaya ne mbhayilo we ndulamo ukababa.
13 Imwi munoshathila kukunda kwenyu Lodebhara, imwi munoti, “Apa atizokunda Karinayimu nge simba ledu kene?”
14 Yahwe Ndzimu we mibunga bakati, “Ndowodzonga tjimwe itjaba kubhayana namwi Baiziraela. Tjowomudziyidza zila yose kudwa ku nkoba we Hamati kunoti ku nkuku we Araba.”
1 Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came! 2 Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border? 3 Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near; 4 That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall; 5 That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David; 6 That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
7 ¶ Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed.
8 The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, saith the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein. 9 And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die. 10 And a man’s uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the LORD. 11 For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
12 ¶ Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock: 13 Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength? 14 But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of Hemath unto the river of the wilderness.