Hosea 1

¹Shoko raJehovha rakasvika kuna Hosea mwanakaomana waBheeri, namazuva aUziya naJotami naAhazi naHezekia, madzimambo aJudha, uye namazuva aJerobhoami mwanakomana waJoashi, mambo waIsiraeri.The word of the LORD that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.

²Pakutanga kwokutaura kwaJehovha naHosea, Jehovha akati kuna Hosea, Enda undozvitorera mukadzi woufeve navana voufeve; nokuti nyika inofeva zvikuru, zvavakasiyana naJehovha.The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the LORD.

³Naizvozvo akaenda akatora Gomeri mukunda waDibhiraimi, iye akanaka pamuviri akamuberekera mwanakomana.So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which conceived, and bare him a son.

⁴Jehovha akati kwaari, Mutumidze zita rinonzi `jezireeri,' nokuti kwasara chinguva chiduku, ipapo ndichatsiva ropa rejezireeri paimba yaJehu, nokugumisa ushe hweimba yaIsiraeri.And the LORD said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel.

⁵Zvino nezuva iro ndichavhuna uta hwaIsiraeri mumupata wejezireeri.And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.

⁶Akanakazve pamuviri, ndokubereka mwanasikana. Jehovha akati kwaari, Mutumidze iye zita rinonzi `Roruhama;' nokuti handichazonzwiri imba yaIsiraeri nyasha nditongovakanganwira.And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And God said unto him, Call her name Lo-ruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away.

⁷Asi ndichanzwira imba yaJudha nyasha, ndichavaponesa naJehovha Mwari wavo, handingavaponesi nouta, kana nomunondo, kana nokurwa, kana namabhiza, kana navatasvi vamabhiza.But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.

⁸Zvino akati arumura Roruhama, akanakazve pamuviri, akabereka mwanakomana.Now when she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son.

⁹Jehovha akati, Mutumidze zita rinonzi `Roami;' nokuti imi hamuzi vanhu vangu, neni handingavi Mwari wenyu.Then said God, Call his name Lo-ammi: for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God.

¹⁰Kunyange zvakadaro kuwanda kwavana vaIsiraeri kuchaita sejecha regungwa, risingabviri kuyerwa kana kuverengwa; zvichaitika kuti paya pakanga panzi kwavari, Hamuzi vanhu vangu, ndipapo pazvichanzi kwavari, Muri vanakomana vaMwari mupenyu.Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.

¹¹Vana vaJudha navana vaIsiraeri vachaunganidzwa pamwechete, vachazvigadzira mukuru mumwe, ndokubva panyika nokuti zuva rejezireeri richava guru.Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land: for great shall be the day of Jezreel.