Koseya 4 – LCB & NIV

Luganda Contemporary Bible

Koseya 4:1-19

Okulabula eri Isirayiri

14:1 Yer 7:28Muwulire ekigambo kya Mukama, mmwe abantu ba Isirayiri,

kubanga Mukama abalinako ensonga

mmwe abatuula mu nsi.

“Obwesigwa n’okwagala Katonda,

n’okumumanya bikendedde mu nsi.

24:2 a Kos 7:3; 10:4 b Kos 6:9 c Kos 7:1Waliwo okukolima, n’okulimba, n’okutta,

n’okubba, n’okukola eby’obwenzi;

bawaguza,

era bayiwa omusaayi obutakoma.

34:3 a Yer 4:28 b Is 33:9 c Yer 4:25; Zef 1:3Ensi kyeneeva ekaaba,

ne bonna abagibeeramu ne bafuuka ekitagasa;

n’ensolo enkambwe ez’omu nsiko zirifa, n’ennyonyi ez’omu bbanga nazo zirifa,

n’ebyennyanja ebiri mu nnyanja ne bifa.

44:4 Ma 17:12; Ez 3:26“Naye temuloopagana,

so tewabaawo muntu avunaana munne,

kubanga ensonga

ngivunaana gwe kabona.

54:5 a Ez 14:7 b Kos 2:2Wakola ebibi emisana n’ekiro,

ne bannabbi ne babikolera wamu naawe;

kyendiva nzikiriza maama4:5 maama kitegeeza Obwakabaka bwa Isirayiri wo.

64:6 a Kos 2:13; Mal 2:7-8 b Kos 8:1, 12Abantu bange bazikiridde olw’obutamanya.

“Kyemunaava mulema

okubeera bakabona bange;

era olw’okulagajjalira etteeka lya Katonda wo,

nange kyendiva ndagajjalira abaana bo.

74:7 a Kbk 2:16 b Kos 10:1, 6; 13:6Gye beeyongera okuba abangi,

gye baakoma n’okukola ebibi;

baasuula ekitiibwa kyabwe ne banswaza.

84:8 Is 56:11; Mi 3:11Bagaggawalira ku bibi by’abantu bange,

era basemba okwonoona kwabwe.

94:9 a Is 24:2 b Yer 5:31; Kos 8:13; 9:9, 15Era bwe kityo bwe kiriba eri abantu n’eri bakabona:

ndibabonereza olw’enneeyisa yaabwe,

era ne mbasasula ng’ebikolwa byabwe.

104:10 a Lv 26:26; Mi 6:14 b Kos 7:14; 9:17“Balirya naye tebalikkuta,

balikola ebibi eby’obwenzi kyokka tebalyeyongera bungi,

kubanga bavudde ku Mukama ne beewaayo 114:11 a Kos 5:4 b Nge 20:1eri obwenzi,

wayini omukadde n’omusu,

ne bibamalamu okutegeera. 124:12 a Yer 2:27 b Kbk 2:19 c Is 44:20Abantu bange

beebuuza ku kikonge ky’omuti,

ne baddibwamu omuti.

Omwoyo ogw’obwenzi gubasendasenda

ne gubaleetera obutaba beesigwa eri Katonda waabwe.

134:13 a Is 1:29 b Yer 3:6; Kos 11:2 c Yer 2:20; Am 7:17 d Kos 2:13Baweerayo ssaddaaka ku ntikko z’ensozi,

ne baweerayo ebiweebwayo ebyokebwa ku busozi,

wansi w’emyalooni, n’emiribine n’emyera

awali ekisiikirize ekirungi.

Bawala bammwe kyebava baba bamalaaya,

ne baka baana bammwe ne bakola obwenzi.

144:14 nny 11“Siribonereza bawala bammwe

olw’okubeera bamalaaya,

newaakubadde baka baana bammwe

okukola eby’obwenzi,

kubanga abasajja bennyini bassa bumu ne bamalaaya,

ne baweerayo ssaddaaka ne bamalaaya ab’omu masabo;

abantu abatategeera balizikirira.

154:15 Kos 9:15; 12:11; Am 4:4“Newaakubadde ggwe Isirayiri oyenda,

omusango guleme okuba ku Yuda.

Togenda Girugaali,

newaakubadde okwambuka e Besaveni.4:15 Besaveni kitegeeza ennyumba ey’abakozi b’ebibi

Tolayiranga nti, ‘Nga Katonda bw’ali omulamu.’

164:16 Is 5:17; 7:25Abayisirayiri bakakanyavu mu mitima

ng’ennyana endalu.

Olwo Mukama ayinza atya okubalabirira

ng’abaana b’endiga abali mu kisibo?

17Efulayimu yeegasse n’abasinza ebifaananyi,

mumuleke abeere yekka.

18Ebyokunywa ne bwe bibaggwaako,

beeyongera mu bwamalaaya;

n’abakulembeze baabwe baagala nnyo eby’ensonyi:

194:19 a Kos 12:1; 13:15 b Is 1:29Embuyaga kyeziriva zibatwala,

ne ssaddaaka zaabwe ne zibaswaza.”

New International Version

Hosea 4:1-19

The Charge Against Israel

1Hear the word of the Lord, you Israelites,

because the Lord has a charge to bring

against you who live in the land:

“There is no faithfulness, no love,

no acknowledgment of God in the land.

2There is only cursing,4:2 That is, to pronounce a curse on lying and murder,

stealing and adultery;

they break all bounds,

and bloodshed follows bloodshed.

3Because of this the land dries up,

and all who live in it waste away;

the beasts of the field, the birds in the sky

and the fish in the sea are swept away.

4“But let no one bring a charge,

let no one accuse another,

for your people are like those

who bring charges against a priest.

5You stumble day and night,

and the prophets stumble with you.

So I will destroy your mother—

6my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.

“Because you have rejected knowledge,

I also reject you as my priests;

because you have ignored the law of your God,

I also will ignore your children.

7The more priests there were,

the more they sinned against me;

they exchanged their glorious God4:7 Syriac (see also an ancient Hebrew scribal tradition); Masoretic Text me; / I will exchange their glory for something disgraceful.

8They feed on the sins of my people

and relish their wickedness.

9And it will be: Like people, like priests.

I will punish both of them for their ways

and repay them for their deeds.

10“They will eat but not have enough;

they will engage in prostitution but not flourish,

because they have deserted the Lord

to give themselves 11to prostitution;

old wine and new wine

take away their understanding.

12My people consult a wooden idol,

and a diviner’s rod speaks to them.

A spirit of prostitution leads them astray;

they are unfaithful to their God.

13They sacrifice on the mountaintops

and burn offerings on the hills,

under oak, poplar and terebinth,

where the shade is pleasant.

Therefore your daughters turn to prostitution

and your daughters-in-law to adultery.

14“I will not punish your daughters

when they turn to prostitution,

nor your daughters-in-law

when they commit adultery,

because the men themselves consort with harlots

and sacrifice with shrine prostitutes—

a people without understanding will come to ruin!

15“Though you, Israel, commit adultery,

do not let Judah become guilty.

“Do not go to Gilgal;

do not go up to Beth Aven.4:15 Beth Aven means house of wickedness (a derogatory name for Bethel, which means house of God).

And do not swear, ‘As surely as the Lord lives!’

16The Israelites are stubborn,

like a stubborn heifer.

How then can the Lord pasture them

like lambs in a meadow?

17Ephraim is joined to idols;

leave him alone!

18Even when their drinks are gone,

they continue their prostitution;

their rulers dearly love shameful ways.

19A whirlwind will sweep them away,

and their sacrifices will bring them shame.