Hosea 5

¹Inzwai shoko iri, imi vapirisiti, teererai imi imba yaIsiraeri, rerekerai nzeve dzenyu, imi imba yamambo; nokuti ndimi munotongwa; nokuti makanga muri musungo paMizipa, nomumbure wakadzikwa paRabhori.Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.

²Vakandimukira vakapinda kwazvo pakuora, asi ndichavatuka vose.And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of them all.

³Ndinoziva Efuremu, Isiraeri havana kuvanzika pamberi pangu; nokuti zvino iwe Efuremu, wakapata, Isiraeri vakasvibiswa.I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled.

⁴Zvavakaita hazvivatenderi kudzokera kuna Mwari wavo; nokuti mweya wokufeva uri mukati mavo, havazivi Jehovha.They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD.

⁵Kuzvikudza kwaIsiraeri kunovapupurira pachena; saka Isiraeri naEfuremu vachagumburwa pazvakaipa zvavo, Judha vachagumburwawo pamwechete navo.And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them.

⁶Vachaenda namakwai avo nemombe dzavo kundotsvaka Jehovha, asi havangamuwani; akaenda kure navo.They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them.

⁷Vakanyengera Jehovha, nokuti vakabereka vana vasati vari vavo; zvino mutambo wokugara kwomwedzi uchavapedza pamwechete neminda yavo.They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.

⁸Ridzai mumanzi paGibhiyoni, nehwamanda paRama; ridzai mhere paBhetiavheni; vari shure kwako, iwe Bhenjamini!Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Beth-aven, after thee, O Benjamin.

⁹Nyika yaEfuremu ichaitwa matongo nezuva rokutukwa; ndakazivisa pakati paIsiraeri zvichazovapo zvirokwazvo.Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.

¹⁰Machinda aJudha akafanana navanobvisa chiratidzo chemiganho; ndichadurura kutsamwa kwangu pamusoro pawo semvura.The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.

¹¹Efuremu wakamanikidzwa wakapwanyiwa nokutongwa, nokuti akanga achitenda kutevera murayiro wavanhu.Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.

¹²Naizvozvo ndichava kuna Efuremu sechipfunho, uye sokuora kuimba yaJudha.Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.

¹³Efuremu akati achiona kurwara kwake, naJudha vanga rake, Efuremu akaenda Asiria, akatuma nhume kuna mambo Jarebhi; asi iye haagoni kukuporesai, kana kuporesa vanga renyu.When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.

¹⁴Nokuti ndichava seshumba kuna Efuremu, uye seshumba duku kuimba yaJudha; ini, iyeni, ndichabvambura ndokuenda; ndichavatapa, hakuna angavarwira.For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him.

¹⁵Ndichaenda ndichidzokera kunzvimbo yangu, kusvikira vatenda kutadza kwavo, vakatsvaka chiso changu; pakutambudzika kwavo vachanditsvaka nomwoyo wose.I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.