Kwĩrira kũrĩa Kũrehaga Kĩrathimo
1Wee Isiraeli-rĩ, cookerera Jehova Ngai waku.
Mehia maku nĩmo makũgũithĩtie!
214:2 Mik 7:18-19; Ahib 13:15Thiĩ na ciugo ũcookerere Jehova,
ũmwĩre atĩrĩ,
“Tũrekere mehia maitũ mothe,
na ũtwamũkĩre na wega waku,
nĩguo tũhote gũkũrutĩra igongona rĩa gũkũgooca na mĩromo iitũ.
314:3 Thab 33:17; Mik 5:10; Jer 49:11Ashuri ndangĩhota gũtũhonokia;
tũtikũhaica mbarathi cia ita.
Tũtirĩ hĩndĩ ĩngĩ tũgaacooka
gwĩta kĩrĩa tũthondekete na moko maitũ ‘ngai ciitũ,’
nĩgũkorwo thĩinĩ waku ciana cia ngoriai nĩciiguagĩrwo tha.”
4“Nĩngamahonia kũrĩa maanoora njĩra,
na ndĩmende ndĩyendeire;
nĩgũkorwo marakara makwa nĩmamehereire.
514:5 Kĩam 27:28; Isa 35:2Ngaatuĩka ta ime harĩ Isiraeli;
nake akaarirũka ta gĩtoka.
Agaikũrũkia mĩri yake
ehaande o ta mĩtarakwa ya Lebanoni.
6Thuuna ciake nĩigakũra.
Ũthaka wake ũgaatuĩka ta wa mũtĩ wa mũtamaiyũ,
naguo mũtararĩko wake ũtuĩke ta mũtarakwa wa Lebanoni.
714:7 Thab 91:1-4; Kĩam 40:10Andũ nĩmagatũũra rĩngĩ kĩĩruru-inĩ gĩake.
Nake akaarura ta ngano.
Akaarirũka ta mũthabibũ,
nayo ngumo yake ĩtuĩke ta ya ndibei ya kuuma Lebanoni.
8Wee Efiraimu, ndĩ na ũhoro ũngĩ ũrĩkũ na mĩhianano ya kũhooywo?
Nĩngamũcookeria ũhoro na ndĩmũmenyerere.
Haana ta mũkarakaba mũruru;
gũciara gwaku kuumaga harĩ niĩ.”
914:9 Thab 107:43; Thim 10:29; Isa 26:7Nũũ mũũgĩ? Ũcio nĩakamenya maũndũ macio.
Nũũ ũkũũranaga maũndũ? Ũcio nĩakamamenya.
Njĩra cia Jehova nĩ njagĩrĩru;
arĩa athingu nĩcio mathiiagĩra,
no arĩa aremi mahĩngagwo marĩ o njĩra-inĩ icio.
Repentance to bring blessing
In Hebrew texts 14:1-9 is numbered 14:2-10. 1Return, Israel, to the Lord your God.
Your sins have been your downfall!
2Take words with you
and return to the Lord.
Say to him:
‘Forgive all our sins
and receive us graciously,
that we may offer the fruit of our lips.14:2 Or offer our lips as sacrifices of bulls
3Assyria cannot save us;
we will not mount warhorses.
We will never again say “Our gods”
to what our own hands have made,
for in you the fatherless find compassion.’
4‘I will heal their waywardness
and love them freely,
for my anger has turned away from them.
5I will be like the dew to Israel;
he will blossom like a lily.
Like a cedar of Lebanon
he will send down his roots;
6his young shoots will grow.
His splendour will be like an olive tree,
his fragrance like a cedar of Lebanon.
7People will dwell again in his shade;
they will flourish like the corn,
they will blossom like the vine –
Israel’s fame will be like the wine of Lebanon.
8Ephraim, what more have I14:8 Or Hebrew; Septuagint What more has Ephraim to do with idols?
I will answer him and care for him.
I am like a flourishing juniper;
your fruitfulness comes from me.’
9Who is wise? Let them realise these things.
Who is discerning? Let them understand.
The ways of the Lord are right;
the righteous walk in them,
but the rebellious stumble in them.
