1
Waambieni ndugu zenu wanaume, Ami na ndugu zenu wanawake , Ruhama.
“Say of your brothers, ‘My people,’ and of your sisters, ‘My loved one.’
2
Msihini mama yenu, msihini; kwa maana yeye si mke wangu, wala mimi si mume wake; na ayawekee mbali mambo ya uasherati wake yasiwe mbele ya uso wake, na mambo ya uzinzi wake yasiwe kati ya maziwa yake;
Rebuke your mother, rebuke her, for she is not My wife, and I am not her husband. Let her remove the adultery from her face and the unfaithfulness from between her breasts.
3
nisije nikamvua nguo zake akawa uchi, nikamweka katika hali aliyokuwa nayo siku ya kuzaliwa kwake, na kumfanya kama jangwa, na kumweka kama nchi kame, na kumfisha kwa kiu;
Otherwise, I will strip her naked and expose her like the day of her birth. I will make her like a desert and turn her into a parched land, and I will let her die of thirst.
4
naam, sitawaonea rehema watoto wake; kwa maana ni watoto wa uzinzi.
I will have no compassion on her children, because they are the children of adultery.
5
Maana mama yao amezini; yeye aliyewachukua mimba ametenda mambo ya aibu; maana alisema, Nitafuatana na wapenzi wangu, wanipao chakula changu na maji yangu, sufu yangu na kitani yangu, mafuta yangu na vileo vyangu.
For their mother has played the harlot and has conceived them in disgrace. For she thought, ‘I will go after my lovers, who give me bread and water, wool and linen, oil and drink.’
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Basi kwa ajili ya hayo, angalia, nitaiziba njia yako kwa miiba, nami nitafanya kitalu juu yake, asipate kuyaona mapito yake.
Therefore, behold, I will hedge up her path with thorns; I will enclose her with a wall, so she cannot find her way.
7
Naye atawafuata wapenzi wake, lakini hatawapata; atawatafuta, lakini hatawaona; ndipo atakaposema, Nitakwenda nikamrudie mume wangu wa kwanza; kwa maana hali yangu ya zamani ilikuwa njema kuliko hali yangu ya sasa.
She will pursue her lovers but not catch them; she will seek them but not find them. Then she will say, ‘I will return to my first husband, for then I was better off than now.’
8
Maana hakujua ya kuwa mimi ndiye aliyempa ngano, na divai, na mafuta, na kumwongezea fedha na dhahabu, walivyovitumia kwa ajili ya Baali.
For she does not acknowledge that it was I who gave her grain, new wine, and oil, who lavished on her silver and gold—which they crafted for Baal.
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Basi kwa ajili ya hayo, nitaitwaa tena ngano yangu kwa wakati wake, na divai yangu kwa wakati wake, nami nitamnyang'anya sufu yangu na kitani yangu, vya kumfunika uchi wake.
Therefore I will take back My grain in its time and My new wine in its season; I will take away My wool and linen, which were given to cover her nakedness.
10
Na sasa nitaifunua aibu yake mbele ya macho ya wapenzi wake, wala hapana mtu atakayemwokoa katika mkono wangu.
And then I will expose her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and no one will deliver her out of My hands.
11
Tena nitaikomesha furaha yake yote, na sikukuu zake, na siku zake za mwandamo wa mwezi, na sabato zake, na makusanyiko yake yote yaliyoamriwa.
I will put an end to all her exultation: her feasts, New Moons, and Sabbaths—all her appointed feasts.
12
Nami nitaiharibu mizabibu yake na mitini yake, ambayo alisema, Hii ndiyo ujira wangu niliopewa na wapenzi wangu; nami nitaifanya kuwa msitu, na wanyama wa mashamba wataila.
I will destroy her vines and fig trees, which she thinks are the wages paid by her lovers. So I will make them into a thicket, and the beasts of the field will devour them.
13
Nami nitamwadhibu kwa sababu ya siku za Mabaali, aliowafukizia uvumba; hapo alipojipamba kwa pete masikioni mwake, na kwa vito asema Bwana.
I will punish her for the days of the Baals when she burned incense to them, when she adorned herself with rings and jewelry, and went after her lovers. But Me she forgot,” declares the LORD.
14
Kwa hiyo angalia, mimi nitamshawishi, na kumleta nyikani, na kusema naye maneno ya kumtuliza moyo.
“Therefore, behold, I will allure her and lead her to the wilderness, and speak to her tenderly.
15
Nami nitampa mashamba yake ya mizabibu toka huko, na bonde la Akori kuwa mlango wa tumaini; naye ataniitikia huko, kama siku zile za ujana wake, na kama siku ile alipopanda kutoka nchi ya Misri.
There I will give back her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor into a gateway of hope. There she will respond as she did in the days of her youth, as in the day she came up out of Egypt.
16
Tena siku hiyo itakuwa, asema Bwana, utaniita Ishi
In that day,” declares the LORD, “you will call Me ‘my Husband,’ and no longer call Me ‘my Master.’
17
Kwa maana nitayaondoa majina ya Mabaali kinywani mwake, wala hawatatajwa tena kwa majina yao.
For I will remove from her lips the names of the Baals; no longer will their names be invoked.
18
Nami siku hiyo nitafanya agano na wanyama wa mashamba kwa ajili yao, tena na ndege wa angani, tena na wadudu wa nchi; nami nitavivunja upinde na upanga na silaha vitoke katika nchi, nami nitawalalisha salama salimini.
On that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the creatures that crawl on the ground. And I will abolish bow and sword and battle in the land, and will make them lie down in safety.
19
Nami nitakuposa uwe wangu kwa milele; naam, nitakuposa kwa haki, na kwa hukumu, na kwa ufadhili, na kwa rehema.
So I will betroth you to Me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in loving devotion and compassion.
20
Nami nitakuposa kwa uaminifu; nawe utamjua Bwana.
And I will betroth you in faithfulness, and you will know the LORD.”
21
Tena itakuwa siku hiyo, mimi nitaitika, asema Bwana; nitaziitikia mbingu, nazo zitaiitikia nchi;
“On that day I will respond—” declares the LORD—“I will respond to the heavens, and they will respond to the earth.
22
nayo nchi itaiitikia nafaka na divai na mafuta; nayo yataiitikia Yezreeli.
And the earth will respond to the grain, to the new wine and oil, and they will respond to Jezreel.
23
Nami nitampanda katika nchi kwa ajili yangu mwenyewe; nami nitamrehemu yeye asiyepewa rehema; nami nitawaambia wale wasiokuwa watu wangu, Ninyi ndinyi watu wangu; nao watasema, Wewe ndiwe Mungu wangu.
And I will sow her as My own in the land, and I will have compassion on ‘No Compassion.’ I will say to those called ‘Not My People,’ ‘You are My people,’ and they will say, ‘You are my God.’”