Against Priests and Kings
1 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.
Sikieni haya, enyi makuhani, sikilizeni, enyi nyumba ya Israeli, tegeni masikio yenu, enyi wa nyumba ya mfalme, kwa kuwa hukumu hii yawahusu ninyi; maana mmekuwa mtego huko Mizpa, na wavu uliotandwa juu ya Tabori.
2 And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of them all.
Nao walioasi wameongeza sana ufisadi wao; lakini mimi ndiye awakaripiaye wote pia.
3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled.
Mimi namjua Efraimu, wala Israeli hakufichwa nisimwone; maana sasa, Ee Efraimu, umefanya uzinzi; Israeli ametiwa unajisi.
4 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.
Matendo yao hayatawaacha kumgeukia Mungu wao; maana roho ya uzinzi imo ndani yao, wala hawamjui Bwana.
5 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.
Na kiburi cha Israeli chamshuhudia mbele ya uso wake; kwa sababu hiyo, Israeli na Efraimu watajikwaa katika uovu wao. Yuda naye atajikwaa pamoja nao.
6 They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him ; he hath withdrawn himself from them.
Watakwenda na makundi yao ya kondoo na ng'ombe wamtafute Bwana; lakini hawatamwona; amejitenga nao.
7 They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.
Wametenda kwa hila juu ya Bwana; maana wamezaa wana wageni; sasa mwezi huu uandamao utawala pamoja na mashamba yao.
8 Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Beth-aven, after thee, O Benjamin.
Pigeni tarumbeta katika Gibea, na baragumu katika Rama; pazeni sauti ya hofu katika Beth-Aveni; nyuma yako, Ee Benyamini!
9 Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.
Efraimu atakuwa ukiwa siku ya kukemewa; katika kabila za Israeli nimetangaza habari itakayotokea halafu bila shaka.
10 The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.
Wakuu wa Yuda ni kama watu waondoao alama ya mpaka; nitawamwagia ghadhabu yangu kama maji.
11 Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.
Efraimu ameonewa, amesetwa katika hukumu, kwa sababu alikuwa radhi kufuata ubatili.
12 Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
Kwa sababu hiyo mimi nimekuwa kama nondo kwa Efraimu, nimekuwa kama ubovu kwa nyumba ya Yuda.
13 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.
Efraimu alipouona ugonjwa wake, na Yuda jeraha yake, ndipo Efraimu alipokwenda kwa Ashuru, akatuma watu kwa mfalme Yarebu; lakini yeye hawezi kuwapoza, wala hatawaponya jeraha yenu.
14 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 .
Maana mimi nitakuwa kama simba kwa Efraimu, na kama mwana-simba kwa nyumba ya Yuda; mimi, naam, mimi nitararua, kisha nitakwenda zangu; nitachukulia mbali, wala hapatakuwa na mtu wa kupokonya.
15 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.
Nitakwenda zangu niparudie mahali pangu, hata watakapoungama makosa yao na kunitafuta uso wangu; katika taabu yao watanitafuta kwa bidii.
