1
Wakati nitakapo kumponya Israeli, ndipo yafunuliwapo maovu ya Efraimu, na ubaya wa Samaria; maana wanatenda uongo, na mwivi huvunja nyumba za watu, na kundi la wanyang'anyi hushambulia nje.
When I heal Israel, the iniquity of Ephraim will be exposed, as well as the crimes of Samaria. For they practice deceit and thieves break in; bandits raid in the streets.
2
Wala hawafikiri mioyoni mwao ya kwamba naukumbuka uovu wao wote; sasa matendo yao wenyewe yamewazunguka pande zote; yako mbele za uso wangu.
But they fail to consider in their hearts that I remember all their evil. Now their deeds are all around them; they are before My face.
3
Humfurahisha mfalme kwa uovu wao, na wakuu wao kwa uongo wao.
They delight the king with their evil, and the princes with their lies.
4
Hao wote ni wazinzi; wamekuwa kama tanuu iliyotiwa moto na mwokaji; huacha kuuchochea moto, tangu kuukanda unga hata umekwisha kutiwa chachu.
They are all adulterers, like an oven heated by a baker who needs not stoke the fire from the kneading to the rising of the dough.
5
Sikukuu ya mfalme wetu, wakuu walijitapisha kwa ukali wa divai; alinyosha mkono wake pamoja na wenye mzaha.
The princes are inflamed with wine on the day of our king; so he joins hands with those who mock him.
6
Maana wamefanya moyo wao kuwa tayari kama tanuu, wakati waoteapo; hasira yao hulala usiku kucha; asubuhi yawaka kama moto utoao miali.
For they prepare their heart like an oven while they lie in wait; all night their anger smolders; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
7
Wote wamepata moto kama tanuu, nao hula makadhi wao; wafalme wao wote wameanguka; hakuna hata mmoja wao aniitaye mimi.
All of them are hot as an oven, and they devour their rulers. All their kings fall; not one of them calls upon Me.
8
Efraimu ajichanganya na mataifa; Efraimu ni mkate usiogeuzwa.
Ephraim mixes with the nations; Ephraim is an unturned cake.
9
Wageni wamekula nguvu zake, naye hana habari; naam, nywele za mvi zimeonekana huko na huko juu yake, naye hana habari.
Foreigners consume his strength, but he does not notice. Even his hair is streaked with gray, but he does not know.
10
Na kiburi cha Israeli chamshuhudia mbele ya uso wake; ila hata hivyo hawakumrudia Bwana, Mungu wao, wala hawakumtafuta kwa ajili ya hayo yote.
Israel’s arrogance testifies against them, yet they do not return to the LORD their God; despite all this, they do not seek Him.
11
Naye Efraimu amekuwa kama njiwa mpumbavu, asiye na fahamu; humwita Misri, huenda Ashuru.
So Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove—calling out to Egypt, then turning to Assyria.
12
Watakapokwenda nitatandika wavu wangu juu yao; nitawashusha kama ndege wa angani; nitawarudi, kama vile mkutano wao ulivyosikia.
As they go, I will spread My net over them; I will bring them down like birds of the air. I will chastise them when I hear them flocking together.
13
Ole wao! Kwa kuwa wamenikimbia; uharibifu na uwapate! Kwa kuwa wameniasi; ingawa ninataka kuwakomboa, hata hivyo wamenena uongo juu yangu.
Woe to them, for they have strayed from Me! Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against Me! Though I would redeem them, they speak lies against Me.
14
Wala hawakunililia kwa moyo, lakini wanalalamika vitandani mwao; hujikutanisha ili kupata nafaka na divai; huniasi mimi.
They do not cry out to Me from their hearts when they wail upon their beds. They slash themselves for grain and new wine, but turn away from Me.
15
Ingawa nimewafundisha na kuwatia nguvu mikono yao, hata hivyo hukusudia udhalimu juu yangu.
Although I trained and strengthened their arms, they plot evil against Me.
16
Wao hurudi, lakini si kwake Aliye juu; wamekuwa kama upinde usiotumainika; wakuu wao wataanguka kwa upanga, kwa sababu ya jeuri ya ndimi zao; jambo hili litakuwa kwao sababu ya kuchekwa katika nchi ya Misri.
They turn, but not to the Most High; they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword for the cursing of their tongue; for this they will be ridiculed in the land of Egypt.