Judgment Against Israel
1“Hear this, you priests!
Pay attention, you Israelites!
Listen, royal house!
This judgment is against you:
You have been a snare at Mizpah,
a net spread out on Tabor.
2The rebels are knee-deep in slaughter.
I will discipline all of them.
3I know all about Ephraim;
Israel is not hidden from me.
Ephraim, you have now turned to prostitution;
Israel is corrupt.
4“Their deeds do not permit them
to return to their God.
A spirit of prostitution is in their heart;
they do not acknowledge the Lord.
5Israel’s arrogance testifies against them;
the Israelites, even Ephraim, stumble in their sin;
Judah also stumbles with them.
6When they go with their flocks and herds
to seek the Lord,
they will not find him;
he has withdrawn himself from them.
7They are unfaithful to the Lord;
they give birth to illegitimate children.
When they celebrate their New Moon feasts,
he will devour5:7 Or Now their New Moon feasts / will devour them and their fields.
8“Sound the trumpet in Gibeah,
the horn in Ramah.
Raise the battle cry in Beth Aven5:8 Beth Aven means house of wickedness (a derogatory name for Bethel, which means house of God).;
lead on, Benjamin.
9Ephraim will be laid waste
on the day of reckoning.
Among the tribes of Israel
I proclaim what is certain.
10Judah’s leaders are like those
who move boundary stones.
I will pour out my wrath on them
like a flood of water.
11Ephraim is oppressed,
trampled in judgment,
intent on pursuing idols.5:11 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
12I am like a moth to Ephraim,
like rot to the people of Judah.
13“When Ephraim saw his sickness,
and Judah his sores,
then Ephraim turned to Assyria,
and sent to the great king for help.
But he is not able to cure you,
not able to heal your sores.
14For I will be like a lion to Ephraim,
like a great lion to Judah.
I will tear them to pieces and go away;
I will carry them off, with no one to rescue them.
15Then I will return to my lair
until they have borne their guilt
and seek my face—
in their misery
they will earnestly seek me.”
Isiraeli Gũtuĩrwo Ciira
15:1 Ayub 10:2; Hos 6:9“Iguai ũhoro ũyũ, inyuĩ athĩnjĩri-Ngai!
Tegai matũ, inyuĩ andũ a Isiraeli!
Thikĩrĩria, wee nyũmba ya ũthamaki!
Nĩ inyuĩ mũgũtuĩrwo ciira ũyũ:
Mũkoretwo mũrĩ mũtego kũu Mizipa,
na mũrĩ wabu ya gũtegana yarĩtwo kũu Taboru.
2Aregi a watho nĩmarikĩire ũragani-inĩ.
Niĩ nĩngamaherithia othe.
3Niĩ nĩnjũũĩ maũndũ mothe ma Efiraimu;
Isiraeli ndahithĩtwo kuuma kũrĩ niĩ.
Wee Efiraimu, rĩu nĩũhũrĩte ũmaraya;
Isiraeli nake nĩathũkĩte.
45:4 Hos 4:11; Jer 4:28“Ciĩko ciao itingĩmetĩkĩria
gũcookerera Ngai wao.
Roho wa ũmaraya ũrĩ ngoro-inĩ ciao,
nao makaaga kũmenya Jehova.
5Mwĩtĩĩo wa Isiraeli nĩũrutaga ũira wa kũmookĩrĩra;
andũ a Isiraeli na Efiraimu mahĩngagwo nĩ mehia mao;
Juda o nake akahĩngwo hamwe nao.
65:6 Mik 6:6-7; Thim 1:28Hĩndĩ ĩrĩa magaathiĩ na ndũũru ciao cia mbũri na cia ngʼombe
kũrongooria Jehova-rĩ,
matikamuona; we nĩamehereire.
75:7 Isa 24:16; Hos 2:11-12Nĩmagĩte kwĩhokeka harĩ Jehova;
nao magaciara ciana itarĩ na ũngai.
Na rĩrĩ, ciathĩ ciao cia Karũgamo ka Mweri
nĩikaamameria, o hamwe na mĩgũnda yao.
85:8 Ndar 10:2; Atiir 19:12; Isa 10:29“Huhai karumbeta kũu Gibea,
na mũhuhe coro kũu Rama.
Muuge mbu ya gwĩtana mbaara kũu Bethi-Aveni;
wee Benjamini, wĩhũũge.
9Efiraimu nĩgũgakira ihooru
mũthenya ũcio wa ituĩro.
Gatagatĩ-inĩ ka mĩhĩrĩga ya Isiraeli-rĩ,
niĩ ngwanĩrĩra ũrĩa kũrĩ.
105:10 Gũcook 19:14; Ezek 7:8Atongoria a Juda mahaana
andũ arĩa meheragia mahiga ma mĩhaka.
Nĩngamaitĩrĩria mangʼũrĩ makwa,
taarĩ kĩguũ kĩa maaĩ.
115:11 Mik 6:16Efiraimu nĩmũhinyĩrĩrie,
akarangĩrĩrio ituĩro-inĩ rĩa ciira,
nĩ ũndũ wa kwenda kũrũmĩrĩra mĩhianano.
12Niĩ haana memenyi kũrĩ Efiraimu,
na ngahaana ta ũbuthu kũrĩ andũ a Juda.
135:13 Isa 7:16; Hos 7:11“Rĩrĩa Efiraimu oonire ndwari yake,
nake Juda akĩona ironda ciake-rĩ,
hĩndĩ ĩyo Efiraimu agĩthiĩ kũrĩ Ashuri,
na agĩtũmana kũrĩ mũthamaki ũcio mũnene nĩguo amũteithie.
Nowe ndangĩhota gũkũhonia,
o na kana ahonie ironda ciaku.
145:14 Ayub 10:16; Amos 3:4; Mik 5:8Niĩ ngaatuĩka ta mũrũũthi kũrĩ Efiraimu,
nduĩke ta mũrũũthi ũrĩ hinya kũrĩ Juda.
Ngaamatambuuranga, njooke ndĩthiĩre;
ngaamataha, na gũtirĩ mũndũ ũkaamahonokia.
155:15 Alaw 26:40; Thab 24:6; Jer 2:27Ningĩ niĩ nĩngacooka gwakwa,
nginya rĩrĩa magetĩkĩra mahĩtia mao.
Nao nĩmakarongooria ũthiũ wakwa;
nao mona mathĩĩna nĩmakanongoria na kĩo.”
