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,
Israeli Asiye Na Toba
16:1 Ay 16:9; Kum 32:39; Mao 3:11; Ay 5:18; Isa 10:20; 19:22; Hes 12:13; Yer 3:22; 30:17; Hos 14:4“Njooni, tumrudie Bwana.
Ameturarua vipande vipande
lakini atatuponya;
ametujeruhi lakini
atatufunga majeraha yetu.
26:2 Mit 2:1-9; Za 80:18; 30:5; Mt 16:21Baada ya siku mbili atatufufua;
katika siku ya tatu atatuinua,
ili tuweze kuishi mbele zake.
36:3 Ay 4:3; 29:23; Yoe 2:23; Hos 12:6; Za 72:6; Hos 11:10Tumkubali Bwana,
tukaze kumkubali yeye.
Kutokea kwake ni hakika kama vile
kuchomoza kwa jua;
atatujia kama mvua za masika,
kama vile mvua za vuli
ziinyweshavyo nchi.”
46:4 Hos 11:8; 7:1; 13:3“Nifanye nini nawe, Efraimu?
Nifanye nini nawe, Yuda?
Upendo wako ni kama ukungu wa asubuhi,
kama umande wa alfajiri utowekao.
56:5 Yer 5:14; 23:29; Ebr 4:12; Yer 1:9-10Kwa hiyo ninawakata ninyi vipande vipande
kwa kutumia manabii wangu;
nimewaua ninyi kwa maneno ya kinywa changu,
hukumu zangu zinawaka
kama umeme juu yenu.
66:6 1Sam 15:22; Mk 12:33; Yer 4:22; Hos 2:20; Mit 21:3; Mt 12:7; Za 40:6Kwa maana nataka rehema, wala si dhabihu,
kumkubali Mungu zaidi
kuliko sadaka za kuteketezwa.
76:7 Mwa 9:11; Yer 11:10; Hos 5:7; 8:1Wamevunja Agano kama Adamu:
huko hawakuwa waaminifu kwangu.
86:8 Hos 12:11Gileadi ni mji wenye watu waovu,
umetiwa madoa kwa nyayo za damu.
96:9 Yer 5:30-31; Eze 22:9; Za 10:8; Hos 4:2; Yer 7:9-10Kama wanyangʼanyi wamviziavyo mtu,
ndivyo magenge ya makuhani wafanyavyo;
wanaulia watu kwenye njia iendayo Shekemu,
wakifanya uhalifu wa aibu.
106:10 Yer 5:31; Eze 23:7; Yer 23:14; Hos 5:3Nimeona jambo la kutisha
katika nyumba ya Israeli.
Huko Efraimu amejitolea kwa ukahaba
na Israeli amenajisika.
116:11 Yoe 3:12-13; Yer 51:33“Pia kwa ajili yako, Yuda,
mavuno yameamriwa.
“Wakati wowote ningerejesha neema ya watu wangu,
