1 Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah.
Waambieni ndugu zenu wanaume, Ami na ndugu zenu wanawake, Ruhama.
Israel, a Faithless Wife
2 Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts;
Msihini mama yenu, msihini; kwa maana yeye si mke wangu, wala mimi si mume wake; na ayawekee mbali mambo ya uasherati wake yasiwe mbele ya uso wake, na mambo ya uzinzi wake yasiwe kati ya maziwa yake;
3 lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.
nisije nikamvua nguo zake akawa uchi, nikamweka katika hali aliyokuwa nayo siku ya kuzaliwa kwake, na kumfanya kama jangwa, na kumweka kama nchi kame, na kumfisha kwa kiu;
4 And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms.
naam, sitawaonea rehema watoto wake; kwa maana ni watoto wa uzinzi.
5 For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink.
Maana mama yao amezini; yeye aliyewachukua mimba ametenda mambo ya aibu; maana alisema, Nitafuatana na wapenzi wangu, wanipao chakula changu na maji yangu, sufu yangu na kitani yangu, mafuta yangu na vileo vyangu.
6 Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.
Basi kwa ajili ya hayo, angalia, nitaiziba njia yako kwa miiba, nami nitafanya kitalu juu yake, asipate kuyaona mapito yake.
7 And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now.
Naye atawafuata wapenzi wake, lakini hatawapata; atawatafuta, lakini hatawaona; ndipo atakaposema, Nitakwenda nikamrudie mume wangu wa kwanza; kwa maana hali yangu ya zamani ilikuwa njema kuliko hali yangu ya sasa.
8 For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal.
Maana hakujua ya kuwa mimi ndiye aliyempa ngano, na divai, na mafuta, na kumwongezea fedha na dhahabu, walivyovitumia kwa ajili ya Baali.
9 Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover my wool and my flax given to cover her nakedness.
Basi kwa ajili ya hayo, nitaitwaa tena ngano yangu kwa wakati wake, na divai yangu kwa wakati wake, nami nitamnyang'anya sufu yangu na kitani yangu, vya kumfunika uchi wake.
10 And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of mine hand.
Na sasa nitaifunua aibu yake mbele ya macho ya wapenzi wake, wala hapana mtu atakayemwokoa katika mkono wangu.
11 I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts.
Tena nitaikomesha furaha yake yote, na sikukuu zake, na siku zake za mwandamo wa mwezi, na sabato zake, na makusanyiko yake yote yaliyoamriwa.
12 And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, whereof she hath said, These are my rewards that my lovers have given me: and I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them.
Nami nitaiharibu mizabibu yake na mitini yake, ambayo alisema, Hii ndiyo ujira wangu niliopewa na wapenzi wangu; nami nitaifanya kuwa msitu, na wanyama wa mashamba wataila.
13 And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the LORD.
Nami nitamwadhibu kwa sababu ya siku za Mabaali, aliowafukizia uvumba; hapo alipojipamba kwa pete masikioni mwake, na kwa vito asema Bwana.
14 Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.
Kwa hiyo angalia, mimi nitamshawishi, na kumleta nyikani, na kusema naye maneno ya kumtuliza moyo.
15 And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.
Nami nitampa mashamba yake ya mizabibu toka huko, na bonde la Akori kuwa mlango wa tumaini; naye ataniitikia huko, kama siku zile za ujana wake, na kama siku ile alipopanda kutoka nchi ya Misri.
16 And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, that thou shalt call me Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali.
Tena siku hiyo itakuwa, asema Bwana, utaniita Ishi
17 For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name.
Kwa maana nitayaondoa majina ya Mabaali kinywani mwake, wala hawatatajwa tena kwa majina yao.
18 And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.
Nami siku hiyo nitafanya agano na wanyama wa mashamba kwa ajili yao, tena na ndege wa angani, tena na wadudu wa nchi; nami nitavivunja upinde na upanga na silaha vitoke katika nchi, nami nitawalalisha salama salimini.
19 And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.
Nami nitakuposa uwe wangu kwa milele; naam, nitakuposa kwa haki, na kwa hukumu, na kwa ufadhili, na kwa rehema.
20 I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the LORD.
Nami nitakuposa kwa uaminifu; nawe utamjua Bwana.
21 And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the LORD, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth;
Tena itakuwa siku hiyo, mimi nitaitika, asema Bwana; nitaziitikia mbingu, nazo zitaiitikia nchi;
22 and the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hear Jezreel.
nayo nchi itaiitikia nafaka na divai na mafuta; nayo yataiitikia Yezreeli.
23 And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God.
Nami nitampanda katika nchi kwa ajili yangu mwenyewe; nami nitamrehemu yeye asiyepewa rehema; nami nitawaambia wale wasiokuwa watu wangu, Ninyi ndinyi watu wangu; nao watasema, Wewe ndiwe Mungu wangu.
