1 Ihwani woku imwi bapirisiti!
Bhulutanani imwi Baiziraela!
Teedzani imwi be ng'umba ye bumambo!
Ngoti kusumikilisiwa kwakalingisana namwi,
ngoti makabe muli bhuzhu ku Mizipha,
muli gwanga gwakawagwa pezhugwi kwe Tabori.
2 Bapanduki bakangina bakapelela mu kubulaya,
koga ndowobaloba shamu bose.
3 Imi ndoziba kose nge kwa Ifureimi,
Iziraela naiye aazosumbikika.
Ngoti iwe Ifureimi iwe wanginikana nge bufukula,
Iziraela yatemapala.
Hoseya unotjemela ngekwe kunamata midzimu
4 Mishingo yabo ayitobadumila
kubgwilila ku Ndzimu wabo.
Ngoti meya ye bufukula imukati kwabo,
abatoziba Yahwe.
5 Kuzwida kwa Iziraela kotendeka nge kwabo,
Ifureimi naiye unoligwa nge tjibi tjitje
Juda naiye unowa nabo.
6 Banowoyenda ne ngubi dzabo ne matanga e ng'ombe
kunoshaka Yahwe,
koga abatowobabona
ngoti bakazwidusa mubali.
7 Abatogalikabgwe kuna Yahwe,
ngoti bakazwala bana be zwamba.
Ndizo wali Nzano wabo we Mwedzi ugala
unowobaja kose ne minda yabo.
8 Lidza lunyanga mu Gibiya,
lunyanga ngagulile mu Rama.
Mima ye ngwa ngayihwike mu Bhetiaveni!
Bashule kuko iwe Bhenjamini!
9 Ifureimi inowothukudziwa
mu nsi we kusumikilisiwa.
Tjandinoleba mu njudzi dze Baiziraela,
ndoleba tjili malebeswa.
10 Batungamili be Juda banofanana
ne bathu banodusa tjilakidzo tje n'gathu.
Ndowobanginilila nge bushongola gwangu
se gubakube le vula.
11 Ifureimi wakatshambilidzwa,
wakatshambigwa pasi mu kusumikilisiwa,
ngoti wakazwimisila kutobela midzimu.
12 Ndonga sole kuna Ifureimi,
ndonga ndakabola ku bathu be Juda.
13 Ifureimi wakati ebona bugwele gugwe,
Juda iye ebona mabanga awe,
ipapo Ifureimi kayenda ku Asiriya
kushaka bhatsho muna mambo.
Koga aatotubula kukulapa
kene kupodza mabanga awo.
14 Ngoti ndowonga shumba kuna Ifureimi,
anga shumbana ku bathu be Juda.
Imi, ndowobamwawulanya abe ndiyenda zwangu,
ndowobasenga ngono akuna ungabagwila.
15 Kudwapo ndowobgwilila ku magalo angu
kuswikila beduma nlandu wabo.
Ngono banowondishaka
banowondishaka kwazo bali mu kudziyila kwabo.
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