Hoseya
Witukozhezhe, bino uketukasa pa bilonda.
2 Pa kupitapo moba abiji, aye uketubuka.
Pa juba ja busatu, uketubuusha,
Kabiji tukekala bomi ku meso anji.
3 Twayai twibikisheko, tumuyuke bulongo Yehoba.
Kwa kubula nangwa kuzhinaukatu ne, aye ukeya byonkatu bisela juba;
Ukeya kwi atweba byonkatu binoka mvula,
Byonkatu mvula wa mwela wa mebele byo anekenya mushiji.”
4 “Anweba bena Efelaimu, ñanyi kintu kyo nsakwimuba?
Anweba bena Yuda, ñanyi kintu kyo nsakwimuba?
Mambo butemwe bwenu bubula kwaluka bujitu nobe makumbi a lukelo,
Buji nobe kime kibula kubanda kukunchika.
Luzhachisho lukeya pe anweba, lukasama nobe kyeya.+
6 Mambo amiwa nsekela mu butemwe bubula kwaluka* kechi mu bitapisho ne,
Ne mu kungyuka amiwa Lesa kechi mu milambo ya kusoka ne.+
7 Pano bino, abo baonauna lulayañano lwami byonkatu byuba bantu bakwabo.+
Bansatukila monka mu kyalo kyabo.
9 Jibumba ja bañanga jijitu nobe tupondo twabelamina muntu.
Bepaya bantu mu mukwakwa waya ku Shekema,+
Mambo boba bintu bya bumvu.
10 Namona kintu kyatama bingi mu bena Isalela.
11 Ne anweba bena Yuda, bemutongwela kimye kya kwimunowa,
Kimye kyo nkabwezha jibiji bantu bami bo batwajile mu buzha.”+