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he has withdrawn himself from them.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.”
Isirayiri Asalirwa Omusango
15:1 Kos 6:9; 9:8Muwulire kino mmwe bakabona!
Musseeyo omwoyo, mmwe Isirayiri!
Muwulirize, mmwe ennyumba ya Kabaka!
Omusango guli ku mmwe:
Mubadde kyambika e Mizupa,
era ekitimba ekitegeddwa ku Taboli.
25:2 a Kos 4:2 b Kos 9:15Abajeemu bamaliridde okutta,
naye ndibabonereza bonna.
35:3 Kos 6:10Mmanyi byonna ebikwata ku Efulayimu,
so ne Isirayiri tankisibwa.
Efulayimu weewaddeyo okukuba obwamalaaya,
ne Isirayiri yeeyonoonye.
45:4 a Kos 4:11 b Kos 4:6Ebikolwa byabwe tebibaganya
kudda eri Katonda waabwe,
kubanga omwoyo ogw’obwamalaaya guli mu mitima gyabwe,
so tebamanyi Mukama.
55:5 Kos 7:10Amalala ga Isirayiri gabalumiriza;
Abayisirayiri ne Efulayimu balyesittala olw’omusango gwabwe;
ne Yuda alyesittalira wamu nabo.
65:6 a Mi 6:6-7 b Nge 1:28; Is 1:15; Ez 8:6Bwe baligenda n’ebisibo byabwe n’amagana gaabwe
okunoonya Mukama,
tebalimulaba;
abaviiridde, abeeyawuddeko.
75:7 a Kos 6:7 b Kos 2:4 c Kos 2:11-12Tebabadde beesigwa eri Mukama;
bazadde abaana aboobwenzi.
Embaga ez’omwezi ogwakaboneka
kyeziriva zibamalawo, n’ennimiro zaabwe ne ziragajjalirwa.
85:8 a Kos 9:9; 10:9 b Is 10:29 c Kos 4:15Mufuuwe eŋŋombe mu Gibea,
n’ekkondeere mu Laama.
Muyimuse amaloboozi e Besaveni;
mutukulembere mmwe Benyamini.
95:9 a Is 37:3; Kos 9:11-17 b Is 46:10; Zek 1:6Efulayimu alifuuka matongo
ku lunaku olw’okubonerezebwa.
Nnangirira ebiribaawo
mu bika bya Isirayiri.
105:10 a Ma 19:14 b Ez 7:8Abakulembeze ba Yuda bali ng’abo
abajjulula ensalo,
era ndibafukako obusungu bwange
ng’omujjuzo gw’amazzi.
115:11 Kos 9:16; Mi 6:16Efulayimu anyigirizibwa,
era omusango gumumezze,
kubanga yamalirira okugoberera bakatonda abalala.
125:12 Is 51:8Kyenvudde nfuuka ng’ennyenje eri Efulayimu,
n’eri ennyumba ya Yuda n’emba ng’ekintu ekivundu.
135:13 a Kos 7:11; 8:9 b Kos 10:6 c Kos 14:3 d Yer 30:12“Efulayimu bwe yalaba obulwadde bwe,
ne Yuda n’alaba ekivundu kye,
Efulayimu n’addukira mu Bwasuli,
n’atumya obuyambi okuva eri kabaka waayo omukulu.
Naye tasobola kubawonya
newaakubadde okubajjanjaba ebiwundu byabwe.
145:14 a Am 3:4 b Mi 5:8Kyendiva mbeera ng’empologoma eri Efulayimu,
era ng’empologoma ey’amaanyi eri ennyumba ya Yuda.
Ndibataagulataagula ne ŋŋenda;
ndibeetikka ne mbatwala, ne babulwako ayinza okubawonya.
155:15 a Kos 3:5 b Yer 2:27 c Is 64:9Ndiddayo mu kifo kyange,
okutuusa lwe balikkiriza omusango gwabwe.
Balinnoonya,
mu buyinike bwabwe, balinnoonya n’omutima gwabwe gwonna.”
