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Hili ndilo neno la Bwana lililomjia Hosea, mwana wa Beeri, siku za Uzia, na Yothamu, na Ahazi, na Hezekia, wafalme wa Yuda; na siku za Yeroboamu, mwana wa Yoashi, mfalme wa Israeli.
This is the word of the LORD that came to Hosea son of Beeri in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and of Jeroboam son of Jehoash, king of Israel.
2
Hapo kwanza Bwana aliponena kwa kinywa cha Hosea, Bwana alimwambia Hosea, Enenda ukatwae mke wa uzinzi, na watoto wa uzinzi; kwa maana nchi hii inafanya uzinzi mwingi, kwa kumwacha Bwana.
When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, He told him, “Go, take a prostitute as your wife and have children of adultery, because this land is flagrantly prostituting itself by departing from the LORD.”
3
Basi akaenda akamwoa Gomeri, binti Diblaimu; naye akachukua mimba, akamzalia mtoto mwanamume.
So Hosea went and married Gomer daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.
4
Bwana akamwambia, Mwite jina lake Yezreeli; kwa maana bado kitambo kidogo, nitaipatiliza nyumba ya Yehu damu ya Yezreeli, na kuukomesha ufalme wa nyumba ya Israeli.
Then the LORD said to Hosea, “Name him Jezreel, for soon I will bring the bloodshed of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and I will put an end to the kingdom of Israel.
5
Tena itakuwa siku ile, nitauvunja upinde wa Israeli katika bonde la Yezreeli.
And on that day I will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel.”
6
Akachukua mimba tena, akazaa mtoto mwanamke. Bwana akamwambia, Mwite jina lake Lo-ruhama kwa maana sitairehemu nyumba ya Israeli tena,nisije nikawasamehe kwa njia yoyote.
Gomer again conceived and gave birth to a daughter, and the LORD said to Hosea, “Name her Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer have compassion on the house of Israel, that I should ever forgive them.
7
Lakini nitairehemu nyumba ya Yuda; nitawaokoa kwa Bwana, Mungu wao; wala sitawaokoa kwa upinde, wala kwa upanga, wala kwa silaha, wala kwa farasi, wala kwa wapanda farasi.
Yet I will have compassion on the house of Judah, and I will save them—not by bow or sword or war, not by horses and cavalry, but by the LORD their God.”
8
Basi, akiisha kumwachisha Lo-ruhama, akachukua mimba, akazaa mtoto mwanamume.
After she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, Gomer conceived and gave birth to a son.
9
Bwana akasema, Mwite jina lake Lo-ami kwa maana ninyi si watu wangu,wala mimi sitakuwa MUNGU wenu.
And the LORD said, “Name him Lo-ammi, for you are not My people, and I am not your God.
10
Tena itakuwa ya kwamba hesabu ya wana wa Israeli itafanana na mchanga wa bahari, usioweza kupimwa wala kuhesabiwa; tena itakuwa, badala ya kuambiwa, Ninyi si watu wangu, wataambiwa, Ninyi ndio wana wa Mungu aliye hai.
Yet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. And it will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’
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Na wana wa Yuda na wana wa Israeli watakusanyika pamoja, nao watajiwekea kichwa kimoja, nao watakwea watoke katika nchi hii; kwa maana siku ya Yezreeli itakuwa kuu sana.
Then the people of Judah and of Israel will be gathered together, and they will appoint for themselves one leader, and will go up out of the land. For great will be the day of Jezreel.