The Lord’s Anger Against Israel
1When Ephraim spoke, people trembled;
he was exalted in Israel.
But he became guilty of Baal worship and died.
2Now they sin more and more;
they make idols for themselves from their silver,
cleverly fashioned images,
all of them the work of craftsmen.
It is said of these people,
“They offer human sacrifices!
They kiss13:2 Or “Men who sacrifice / kiss calf-idols!”
3Therefore they will be like the morning mist,
like the early dew that disappears,
like chaff swirling from a threshing floor,
like smoke escaping through a window.
4“But I have been the Lord your God
ever since you came out of Egypt.
You shall acknowledge no God but me,
no Savior except me.
5I cared for you in the wilderness,
in the land of burning heat.
6When I fed them, they were satisfied;
when they were satisfied, they became proud;
then they forgot me.
7So I will be like a lion to them,
like a leopard I will lurk by the path.
8Like a bear robbed of her cubs,
I will attack them and rip them open;
like a lion I will devour them—
a wild animal will tear them apart.
9“You are destroyed, Israel,
because you are against me, against your helper.
10Where is your king, that he may save you?
Where are your rulers in all your towns,
of whom you said,
‘Give me a king and princes’?
11So in my anger I gave you a king,
and in my wrath I took him away.
12The guilt of Ephraim is stored up,
his sins are kept on record.
13Pains as of a woman in childbirth come to him,
but he is a child without wisdom;
when the time arrives,
he doesn’t have the sense to come out of the womb.
14“I will deliver this people from the power of the grave;
I will redeem them from death.
Where, O death, are your plagues?
Where, O grave, is your destruction?
“I will have no compassion,
15even though he thrives among his brothers.
An east wind from the Lord will come,
blowing in from the desert;
his spring will fail
and his well dry up.
His storehouse will be plundered
of all its treasures.
16The people of Samaria must bear their guilt,
because they have rebelled against their God.
They will fall by the sword;
their little ones will be dashed to the ground,
their pregnant women ripped open.”13:16 In Hebrew texts this verse (13:16) is numbered 14:1.
Hasira Ya Bwana Dhidi Ya Israeli
113:1 Mit 18:12; Amu 8:1; 12:1; Hos 11:2Wakati Efraimu alipozungumza, watu walitetemeka,
alikuwa ametukuzwa katika Israeli.
Lakini alikuwa na hatia ya kumwabudu Baali
naye akafa.
213:2 Isa 46:6; Yer 10:4; 44:8; Isa 44:17-20; Hos 8:4; 1Fal 19:18Sasa wanatenda dhambi zaidi na zaidi;
wanajitengenezea sanamu
kutokana na fedha yao,
vinyago vilivyotengenezwa kwa uhodari,
vyote kazi ya fundi stadi.
Inasemekana kuhusu hawa watu,
“Hutoa dhabihu za binadamu
na kubusu sanamu za ndama.”
313:3 Hos 6:4; Ay 13:25; Dan 2:35; Za 68:213:3 Isa 17:13Kwa hiyo watakuwa kama ukungu wa asubuhi,
kama umande wa alfajiri utowekao,
kama makapi yapeperushwayo
kutoka sakafu ya kupuria nafaka,
kama moshi utorokao kupitia dirishani.
413:4 Yer 2:6; Isa 43:10; 45:21-22; Hos 2:20; 12:9; Kut 20:3; Za 18:46“Bali mimi ndimi Bwana Mungu wenu,
niliyewaleta ninyi toka Misri.
Msimkubali Mungu mwingine ila mimi,
hakuna Mwokozi isipokuwa mimi.
513:5 Kum 1:19; 2:7; 32:10; 8:15; 32:10Niliwatunza huko jangwani,
katika nchi yenye joto liunguzalo.
613:6 Mit 30:7-9; Yer 7:5; Eze 28:5; Kum 32:18; Isa 17:10; Hos 2:13; 4:7Nilipowalisha, walishiba,
waliposhiba, wakajivuna,
kisha wakanisahau mimi.
713:7 Ay 10:16; Yer 4:7; Mao 3:10Kwa hiyo nitakuja juu yao kama simba,
kama chui nitawavizia kando ya njia.
813:8 2Sam 17:8; Za 17:12; 50:22; Mao 3:10; Hos 2:12Kama dubu aliyenyangʼanywa watoto wake,
nitawashambulia na kurarua vifua vyenu.
Kama simba nitawala;
mnyama pori atawararua vipande vipande.
913:9 Yer 2:17-19; Kum 33:29“Ee Israeli, umeangamizwa,
kwa sababu wewe u kinyume nami,
kinyume na msaidizi wako.
1013:10 2Fal 17:4; 1Sam 8:6; Hos 7:7; 8:4Yuko wapi mfalme wako,
ili apate kukuokoa?
Wako wapi watawala wako katika miji yako yote
ambao ulisema kuwahusu,
‘Nipe mfalme na wakuu’?
1113:11 Yos 24:20; 1Sam 13:14; Hes 11:20; 1Fal 14:10; Hos 10:7Hivyo katika hasira yangu nilikupa mfalme
na katika ghadhabu yangu nilimwondoa.
1213:12 Kum 32:34; Ay 14:7Kosa la Efraimu limehifadhiwa,
dhambi zake zimewekwa katika kumbukumbu.
1313:13 Isa 13:8; Mik 4:9-10; Isa 66:9; 2Fal 19:3Utungu kama wa mwanamke anayejifungua mtoto humjia,
lakini yeye ni mtoto asiyekuwa na hekima;
wakati utakapowadia hatatoka
katika tumbo la mama yake.
1413:14 1The 4:14-17; Za 16:10; 49:15; Eze 37:12-13; 1Kor 15:54-55; Ufu 21:4“Nitawakomboa watu hawa kutoka nguvu za kaburi,
nitawakomboa kutoka mautini.
Yako wapi, ee mauti, mateso yako?
Uko wapi, ee kuzimu, uharibifu wako?
“Sitakuwa na huruma,
1513:15 Ay 1:19; Eze 19:12; Yer 20:5; 51:36; Hos 4:19hata ingawa Efraimu atastawi
miongoni mwa ndugu zake.
Upepo wa mashariki kutoka kwa Bwana utakuja,
ukivuma kutoka jangwani,
chemchemi yake haitatoa maji
na kisima chake kitakauka.
Ghala lake litatekwa
hazina zake zote.
1613:16 2Fal 8:12; 15:16; 17:5; Hos 7:14; 10:2, 14; Isa 13:16; Amo 1:13Watu wa Samaria ni lazima wabebe hatia yao,
kwa sababu wameasi dhidi ya Mungu wao.
Wataanguka kwa upanga;
watoto wao wadogo watatupwa kwa nguvu ardhini,
wanawake wao walio na mimba watatumbuliwa.”
