Hosea 7

¹Kana ndichirapa Isiraeri, kuipa kwaEfuremu kwoonekwa nezvakashata zveSamaria; nokuti vanonyengera, mbavha inopinda mukati uye boka ramakororo rinoparadza kunze.When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without.

²Asi havafungi mumwoyo yavo kuti ndinorangarira zvakaipa zvavo zvose; zvino zvavakaita zvinovakomberedza, zviri pamberi pangu.And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face.

³Vanofadza mambo nezvakashata zvavo, namachinda nenhema dzavo.They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.

⁴Vose imhombwe; vakafanana nechoto chakaveserwa nomubiki wechingwa; unorega kukuchidzira moto, kana akanya bundu rechingwa, kusvikira ravira.They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened.

⁵Nezuva ramambo wedu machinda akarwariswa nokupisa kwewaini; iye akatambanudza ruoko rwake pamwechete navaseki.In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.

⁶Nokuti vakagadzira mwoyo yavo sechoto, vachivandira; mubiki wavo wechingwa unovata husiku hwose, mangwanani chinopfuta somurazvo womoto.For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.

⁷Vanopisa vose sechoto, vanoparadza vatongi vavo; madzimambo avo ose akawira pasi, hakuna nomumwe pakati pavo anodana kwandiri.They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me.

⁸Efuremu ndiye anozvivenganisa namamwe marudzi, Efuremu chingwa chisinakushandurwa.Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned.

⁹Vatorwa vakapedza simba rake, asi iye haazvizivi; zvirokwazvo vhudzi rake rochena pose-pose, asi iye haazvizivi.Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not.

¹⁰Kuzvikudza kwaIsiraeri kunopupura pamberi pake, asi havana kudzokera kuna Jehovha Mwari wavo, kana kumutsvaka, kunyange izvi zvose zvakadaro.And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek him for all this.

¹¹Efuremu akaita senjiva isina mano, isina njere; vanodana Ijipiti, vanoenda Asiria.Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.

¹²Kana vachienda, ndichakandira mumbure wangu pamusoro pavo, ndichavakwevera pasi seshiri dzokudenga; ndichavaranga sezvavakaudzwa paungano yavo.When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as their congregation hath heard.

¹³Vane nhamo ivo nokuti vakatsauka kwandiri; ngavaparadzwe, nokuti vakandidarikira; kunyange ndakanga ndichida kuvadzikinura, vakandirevera nhema.Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me.

¹⁴Havana kudana kwandiri nemwoyo yavo, asi vanoungudza panhovo dzavo; vanounganira zviyo newaini itsva, vanondimukira.And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me.

¹⁵Kunyange ndakavadzidzisa nokusimbisa maoko avo, kunyange zvakadaro vanofunga kundiitira zvakaipaThough I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.

¹⁶Vanodzoka asi havangadzokeri kuna iye ari kumusoro; vakafanana nouta hunonyengera; machinda avo achaparadzwa nomunondo nokuda kwehasha dzamarimi avo; ndiko kuchava kusekwa kwavo panyika yeIjipiti.They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.