1Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. 2After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. 3Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
4¶ O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.6.4 goodness: or, mercy, or, kindness 5Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth.6.5 and…: or, that thy judgments might be, etc 6For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. 7But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.6.7 men: or, Adam 8Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood.6.8 polluted: or, cunning for 9And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.6.9 by…: Heb. with one shoulder, or, to Shechem6.9 lewdness: or, enormity 10I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled. 11Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people.
Kusalapa kwa Israeli
1“Bwerani, tiyeni tibwerere kwa Yehova.
Iye watikhadzula,
koma adzatichiritsa.
Iye wativulaza,
koma adzamanga mabala athu.
2Pakapita masiku awiri adzatitsitsimutsa;
pa tsiku lachitatu Iye adzatiukitsa
kuti tikhale ndi moyo pamaso pake.
3Tiyeni timudziwe Yehova,
tiyeni tilimbike kumudziwa Iye.
Adzabwera kwa ife mosakayikira konse
ngati kutuluka kwa dzuwa;
adzabwera kwa ife ngati mvula ya mʼchilimwe,
ngati mvula ya nthawi yamphukira imene imakhathamiritsa nthaka.”
4Iwe Efereimu, kodi ndichite nawe chiyani?
Kodi ndichite nawe chiyani, iwe Yuda?
Chikondi chanu chili ngati nkhungu yammawa,
ngati mame a mmamawa amene amakamuka msanga.
5Choncho ndakuwazani ngati nkhuni kudzera mwa aneneri anga,
ndakuphani ndi mawu a pakamwa panga;
chigamulo changa chinangʼanima ngati mphenzi pa inu.
6Pakuti Ine ndimafuna chifundo osati nsembe,
ndi kudziwa Mulungu kulekana ndi nsembe zopsereza.
7Monga Adamu, anthuwa aphwanya pangano langa,
iwo sanakhulupirike kwa Ine.
8Giliyadi ndi mzinda wa anthu ochita zoyipa,
okhala ndi zizindikiro za kuphana.
9Monga momwe mbala zimadikirira anthu,
magulu a ansembe amachitanso motero;
iwo amapha anthu pa njira yopita ku Sekemu,
kupalamula milandu yochititsa manyazi.
10Ndaona chinthu choopsa kwambiri
mʼnyumba ya Israeli.
Kumeneko Efereimu akuchita zachiwerewere,
ndipo Israeli wadzidetsa.
11“Kunenanso za iwe Yuda,
udzakolola chilango.
“Pamene ndiwabwezere anthu anga zinthu zabwino.”
