Hosea 12

¹' Efuremu vanozvigutisa nemhepo, vanoteverera mhepo yokumabvazuva; vanoramba vachiwedzera nhema nokuparadza; vanoita sungano neAsiria, uye mafuta anoiswa Ijipiti.Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.

²Jehovha ane gakava naJudhawo, acharova Jakobho pamusoro penzira dzake, achamuripira pamusoro pezvaakaita.The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.

³Muchizvaro akabata chichitsinho chomukuru wake, ava nesimba romurume akaita mitsimba naMwari;He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:

⁴zvirokwazvo, akaita mitsimba nomutumwa akakunda; akachema, akamunyengetera; akamuwana paBhetieri, akataurapo nesu,Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spake with us;

⁵iye Jehovha, Mwari wehondo; Jehovha ndiro zita rokumurangarira naro.Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial.

⁶Naizvozvo chidzokera kuna Mwari wako; chengeta rudo nokururamisa, urambe uchimirira Mwari wako.Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.

⁷Iye muKanani, zviyero zvinonyengera zviri muruoko rwake, anofanira kumanikidza.He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.

⁸Asi Efuremu anoti, `Zvirokwazvo, ndafuma, ndazviwanira fuma; pamabasa angu ose havangawani kwandiri zvakaipa zvezvivi.'And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.

⁹Asi ndini Jehovha Mwari wako, kubva panyika yeIjipiti; ndichakugarisaizve mumatende, sapamazuva emitambo yakatarwa.And I that am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt will yet make thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn feast.

¹⁰Ndakataurawo navaporofita, ndikawanza zvandakavaratidza; ndakavataurira zvifananidzo nemiromo yavaporofita.I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.

¹¹Ko paGiriyadhi pane zvakaipa here? Havana maturo chose; vanobaya nzombe paGirigari; zvirokwazvo maaritari avo akaita matutu amabwe pamihoronga yeminda.Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields.

¹²Jakobho akatizira kunyika yeArami, Isiraeri akabatira mukadzi, akafudza makwai kuti awane mukadzi.And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

¹³Jehovha akabudisa Isiraeri paIjipiti nomuporofita, akazochengetwa nomuporofita.And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.

¹⁴Efuremu vakatsamwisa Jehovha zvikuru; naizvozvo mhaka yeropa rake ichasiyiwa kwaari, Ishe wake achadzosera kuzvidzwa kwake kwaari.Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.