Marakara ma Jehova ma Gũũkĩrĩra Isiraeli
113:1 Isa 19:22; Jer 3:12Efiraimu-rĩ, aaragia andũ makainaina;
aarĩ mũtũgĩrie thĩinĩ wa Isiraeli.
No rĩrĩ, nĩehirie nĩ ũndũ wa kũhooya Baali, nake agĩkua.
2Na rĩrĩ, rĩu no gũkĩrĩrĩria makĩragĩrĩria kwĩhia;
methondekagĩra mĩhianano yao ene na betha ciao,
mĩhianano ĩthondeketwo na ũũgĩ mũingĩ,
yothe ĩrĩ wĩra wa mabundi.
Kwĩragwo atĩrĩ, ũhoro wa andũ aya,
“Marutaga andũ magongona,
na makamumunya mĩhianano ya njaũ.”
313:3 Hos 6:4; Ayub 13:25; Dan 2:35Nĩ ũndũ ũcio makahaana ta kĩbii kĩa rũciinĩ,
na ta ime rĩa kĩrooko rĩrĩa rĩcookaga gũthira,
na ta mũũngũ ũrĩa ũmbũragwo kuuma kĩhuhĩro-inĩ kĩa ngano,
o na ta ndogo ĩgĩtoga yumĩire ndirica-inĩ.
413:4 Hos 12:9; Isa 43:11“No rĩrĩ, niĩ nĩ niĩ Jehova Ngai wanyu,
ũrĩa wamũrutire bũrũri wa Misiri.
Ndũkanetĩkie atĩ nĩ kũrĩ Ngai ũngĩ tiga niĩ,
na gũtirĩ Mũhonokia ũngĩ tiga niĩ.
5Nĩ niĩ ndaakũmenyagĩrĩra werũ-inĩ,
kũu bũrũri-inĩ ũrĩ ũrugarĩ mũingĩ.
613:6 Ezek 28:5; Gũcook 32:18Rĩrĩa ndamaheire irio, nĩmahũũnire;
na rĩrĩa maahũũnire, magĩtĩĩa;
magĩcooka makĩriganĩrwo nĩ niĩ.
7Nĩ ũndũ ũcio ngaamahithũkĩra ta mũrũũthi,
na ndĩmehithĩre njĩra-inĩ ta ngarĩ.
813:8 2Sam 17:8; Thab 50:22O ta ũrĩa nduba ĩĩkaga rĩrĩa ĩtunyĩtwo twana twayo-rĩ,
ngaamatharĩkĩra na ndĩmatarũrange.
Ngaamarĩa ta mũrũũthi,
ndĩmatambuure o ta ũrĩa nyamũ ya gĩthaka ĩĩkaga.
9“Wee Isiraeli-rĩ, ũrĩ mwanange,
nĩ ũndũ nĩũnjũkĩrĩire, ũgookĩrĩra mũteithia waku.
1013:10 2Ath 17:4; 1Sam 8:6Mũthamaki waku akĩrĩ ha, atĩ nĩguo akũhonokie?
Aathani aku a matũũra maku mothe marĩ ha,
o arĩa woigire atĩrĩ,
‘He mũthamaki, na ũhe anene’?
1113:11 Ndar 11:20; 1Ath 14:10Nĩ ũndũ ũcio, ndaakũheire mũthamaki ndakarĩte,
na ngĩcooka ngĩmweheria ndĩ na mangʼũrĩ.
1213:12 Gũcook 32:34Wĩhia wa Efiraimu nĩmũige,
mehia make nĩmandĩkĩtwo makaigwo.
1313:13 Mik 4:9-10; Isa 66:9Ruo ta rwa mũtumia ũkũrũmwo nĩrũramũnyiita,
nowe nĩ mwana ũtarĩ na ũũgĩ;
ihinda rĩakinya-rĩ,
akarega gũikũrũka nĩguo aciarwo.
1413:14 Thab 16:10; 1Akor 15:55“Nĩngamahonokia kuuma kũrĩ hinya wa mbĩrĩra;
nĩngamakũũra kuuma kũrĩ gĩkuũ.
Wee gĩkuũ-rĩ, mĩthiro yaku ĩrĩ ha?
Wee mbĩrĩra-rĩ, kũniinana gwaku gũkĩrĩ ha?
“Ndikaiguanĩra tha,
1513:15 Ayub 1:19; Jer 20:5o na angĩkaagaacĩra arĩ gatagatĩ-inĩ ka ariũ a ithe.
Rũhuho rwa mwena wa irathĩro ruumĩte harĩ Jehova nĩrũgooka,
rũhurutanĩte kuuma werũ-inĩ;
narĩo itherũkĩro rĩake rĩa maaĩ rĩkooma,
nakĩo gĩthima gĩake kĩhũe.
Nyũmba yake ya mũthiithũ
nĩĩgatahwo indo ciayo ciothe cia goro.
1613:16 Hos 10:14; 2Ath 15:16Andũ a Samaria no nginya marĩhio wĩhia wao,
nĩ tondũ nĩmaremeire Ngai wao.
Nao nĩmakooragwo na rũhiũ rwa njora;
natuo tũkenge twao tũgaatungumanio thĩ,
na atumia ao arĩa marĩ na nda itarũrwo.”
The Lord’s anger against Israel
1When Ephraim spoke, people trembled;
he was exalted in Israel.
But he became guilty of Baal worship and died.
2Now they sin more and more;
they make idols for themselves from their silver,
cleverly fashioned images,
all of them the work of craftsmen.
It is said of these people,
‘They offer human sacrifices!
They kiss13:2 Or ‘Men who sacrifice / kiss calf-idols!’
3Therefore they will be like the morning mist,
like the early dew that disappears,
like chaff swirling from a threshing-floor,
like smoke escaping through a window.
4‘But I have been the Lord your God
ever since you came out of Egypt.
You shall acknowledge no God but me,
no Saviour except me.
5I cared for you in the wilderness,
in the land of burning heat.
6When I fed them, they were satisfied;
when they were satisfied, they became proud;
then they forgot me.
7So I will be like a lion to them,
like a leopard I will lurk by the path.
8Like a bear robbed of her cubs,
I will attack them and rip them open;
like a lion I will devour them –
a wild animal will tear them apart.
9‘You are destroyed, Israel,
because you are against me, against your helper.
10Where is your king, that he may save you?
Where are your rulers in all your towns,
of whom you said,
“Give me a king and princes”?
11So in my anger I gave you a king,
and in my wrath I took him away.
12The guilt of Ephraim is stored up,
his sins are kept on record.
13Pains as of a woman in childbirth come to him,
but he is a child without wisdom;
when the time arrives,
he doesn’t have the sense to come out of the womb.
14‘I will deliver this people from the power of the grave;
I will redeem them from death.
Where, O death, are your plagues?
Where, O grave, is your destruction?
‘I will have no compassion,
15even though he thrives among his brothers.
An east wind from the Lord will come,
blowing in from the desert;
his spring will fail
and his well dry up.
His storehouse will be plundered
of all its treasures.
16The people of Samaria must bear their guilt,
because they have rebelled against their God.
They will fall by the sword;
their little ones will be dashed to the ground,
their pregnant women ripped open.’13:16 In Hebrew texts this verse (13:16) is numbered 14:1.
