Israel Unrepentant
1“Come, let us return to the Lord.
He has torn us to pieces
but he will heal us;
he has injured us
but he will bind up our wounds.
2After two days he will revive us;
on the third day he will restore us,
that we may live in his presence.
3Let us acknowledge the Lord;
let us press on to acknowledge him.
As surely as the sun rises,
he will appear;
he will come to us like the winter rains,
like the spring rains that water the earth.”
4“What can I do with you, Ephraim?
What can I do with you, Judah?
Your love is like the morning mist,
like the early dew that disappears.
5Therefore I cut you in pieces with my prophets,
I killed you with the words of my mouth—
then my judgments go forth like the sun.6:5 The meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.
6For I desire mercy, not sacrifice,
and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings.
7As at Adam,6:7 Or Like Adam; or Like human beings they have broken the covenant;
they were unfaithful to me there.
8Gilead is a city of evildoers,
stained with footprints of blood.
9As marauders lie in ambush for a victim,
so do bands of priests;
they murder on the road to Shechem,
carrying out their wicked schemes.
10I have seen a horrible thing in Israel:
There Ephraim is given to prostitution,
Israel is defiled.
11“Also for you, Judah,
a harvest is appointed.
“Whenever I would restore the fortunes of my people,
Isiraeli Kwaga Kwĩrira
16:1 Isa 10:20; Mal 3:11; Gũcook 32:39“Ũkai, rekei tũcookerere Jehova.
Nĩatũtambuurangĩte,
no nĩegũtũhonia;
nĩatũtihangĩtie,
no nĩegũtuoha ironda ciitũ.
2Thuutha wa matukũ meerĩ, nĩagatwarahũra;
mũthenya wa ĩtatũ nĩagatũcookereria
nĩguo tũtũũre muoyo mbere yake.
36:3 Joel 2:23; Thab 72:6Nĩtũmenyei Jehova,
na tũkĩrĩrĩrie kũmũmenya.
Ti-itherũ o ta ũrĩa riũa rĩrathaga-rĩ,
noguo o nake akooneka;
agooka kũrĩ ithuĩ ta mbura ya hĩndĩ ya heho,
kana ta mbura ya gũkũria irio ĩrĩa yuraga thĩ.”
4“Wee Efiraimu-rĩ, ingĩgwĩka atĩa?
Na wee Juda-rĩ, ngũgwĩka atĩa?
Wendo waku ũhaana ta kĩbii kĩa rũciinĩ,
ũkahaana ta ime rĩa rũciinĩ rĩrĩa rĩcookaga rĩgathira.
5Nĩkĩo ndaagũtinangirie icunjĩ na tũnua twa anabii akwa,
ngĩkũũraga na ciugo cia kanua gakwa;
matuĩro makwa magĩkĩhenũka ta rũheni igũrũ rĩaku.
66:6 Isa 1:11; Math 9:13; Jer 4:22Nĩgũkorwo nyendaga tha no ti igongona,
na kũmenya Ngai gũkĩra maruta ma njino.
76:7 Kĩam 9:11; Hos 5:7O ta ũrĩa Adamu aathũkirie kĩrĩkanĩro gĩakwa,
noguo maagire kwĩhokeka ũndũ-inĩ ũcio.
8Gileadi nĩ itũũra inene rĩa andũ aaganu,
rĩhakĩtwo imeni nĩ makinya marĩ na thakame.
9O ta ũrĩa ikundi cia atunyani ciĩhithagĩra mũndũ,
no taguo ikundi cia athĩnjĩri-Ngai ciĩkaga;
moraganagĩra njĩra-inĩ ya gũthiĩ Shekemu,
makagera ngero cia thoni.
106:10 Jer 5:30; Ezek 23:7Niĩ nĩnyonete ũndũ mũũru mũno
nyũmba-inĩ ya Isiraeli.
Kũu nĩkuo Efiraimu eheanĩte ahũũre ũmaraya,
nake Isiraeli nĩakanyiitwo nĩ thaahu.
116:11 Jer 51:33; Joel 3:13“O na kũrĩ we, wee Juda,
nĩwathĩrĩirio ihinda rĩa magetha.
“O hĩndĩ ĩrĩa ndaacookeria andũ akwa maũndũ ma kũmaguna,
