1
Sikieni haya, enyi makuhani, sikilizeni, enyi nyumba ya Israeli, tegeni masikio yenu, enyi wa nyumba ya mfalme, kwa kuwa hukumu hii yawahusu ninyi; maana mmekuwa mtego huko Mizpa, na wavu uliotandwa juu ya Tabori.
“Hear this, O priests! Take heed, O house of Israel! Give ear, O royal house! For this judgment is against you because you have been a snare at Mizpah, a net spread out on Tabor.
2
Nao walioasi wameongeza sana ufisadi wao; lakini mimi ndiye awakaripiaye wote pia.
The rebels are deep in slaughter; but I will chastise them all.
3
Mimi namjua Efraimu, wala Israeli hakufichwa nisimwone; maana sasa, Ee Efraimu, umefanya uzinzi; Israeli ametiwa unajisi.
I know all about Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me. For now, O Ephraim, you have turned to prostitution; Israel is defiled.
4
Matendo yao hayatawaacha kumgeukia Mungu wao; maana roho ya uzinzi imo ndani yao, wala hawamjui Bwana.
Their deeds do not permit them to return to their God, for a spirit of prostitution is within them, and they do not know the LORD.
5
Na kiburi cha Israeli chamshuhudia mbele ya uso wake; kwa sababu hiyo, Israeli na Efraimu watajikwaa katika uovu wao. Yuda naye atajikwaa pamoja nao.
Israel’s arrogance testifies against them; Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity; even Judah stumbles with them.
6
Watakwenda na makundi yao ya kondoo na ng'ombe wamtafute Bwana; lakini hawatamwona; amejitenga nao.
They go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD, but they do not find Him; He has withdrawn Himself from them.
7
Wametenda kwa hila juu ya Bwana; maana wamezaa wana wageni; sasa mwezi huu uandamao utawala pamoja na mashamba yao.
They have been unfaithful to the LORD; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the New Moon will devour them along with their land.
8
Pigeni tarumbeta katika Gibea, na baragumu katika Rama; pazeni sauti ya hofu katika Beth-Aveni; nyuma yako, Ee Benyamini!
Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah; raise the battle cry in Beth-aven: Lead on, O Benjamin!
9
Efraimu atakuwa ukiwa siku ya kukemewa; katika kabila za Israeli nimetangaza habari itakayotokea halafu bila shaka.
Ephraim will be laid waste on the day of rebuke. Among the tribes of Israel I proclaim what is certain.
10
Wakuu wa Yuda ni kama watu waondoao alama ya mpaka; nitawamwagia ghadhabu yangu kama maji.
The princes of Judah are like those who move boundary stones; I will pour out My fury upon them like water.
11
Efraimu ameonewa, amesetwa katika hukumu, kwa sababu alikuwa radhi kufuata ubatili.
Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he is determined to follow worthless idols.
12
Kwa sababu hiyo mimi nimekuwa kama nondo kwa Efraimu, nimekuwa kama ubovu kwa nyumba ya Yuda.
So I am like a moth to Ephraim, and like decay to the house of Judah.
13
Efraimu alipouona ugonjwa wake, na Yuda jeraha yake, ndipo Efraimu alipokwenda kwa Ashuru, akatuma watu kwa mfalme Yarebu; lakini yeye hawezi kuwapoza, wala hatawaponya jeraha yenu.
When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah his wound, then Ephraim turned to Assyria and sent to the great king. But he cannot cure you or heal your wound.
14
Maana mimi nitakuwa kama simba kwa Efraimu, na kama mwana-simba kwa nyumba ya Yuda; mimi, naam, mimi nitararua, kisha nitakwenda zangu; nitachukulia mbali, wala hapatakuwa na mtu wa kupokonya.
For I am like a lion to Ephraim and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear them to pieces and then go away. I will carry them off where no one can rescue them.
15
Nitakwenda zangu niparudie mahali pangu, hata watakapoungama makosa yao na kunitafuta uso wangu; katika taabu yao watanitafuta kwa bidii.
Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”