Hosiya
9 “Keti ubwahelele, obe Isalele,
Keti ubwahelele ngwe miyati ya banu.
Mwafwa buhule* bunakulingisa utunde kuli Njambi yobe.
Unazeme fweto ibakafwete lihule ha lijungwilo lyoshe lya binona.
2 Oloni lijungwilo na citikilo ca binyu kubikushuku,
Co kuukala na binyu byabiha.
3 BaIsalele kubatwalelelaho kukala mu lifuti lya Yehova.
Efremu eluka ku Ijipiti,
Co bakalya byakujwala mu Asiria.
4 Kubaketilila lalo Yehova bwana bwa binyu.
Milambu yabo kuikamuzibisa kubwaha.
Banapu ngwe likende lya busiwa.
Boshe balilya balijwalesa bakebo babenya.
Mwafwa likende lyabo, likapwa lyabo lika,
Kulikakobela mu njibo ya Yehova.
5 Bika bimukalinga ha litangwa lya ciwano,*
Ha litangwa lya cilika ca Yehova?
6 Mwafwa taleni! bakatewa kunyonga.
Ijipiti akabakungulwila hamo, co Memufisi akabatsinda.
Biputa bya mambimbo bikaswana byuma byabo bya seho bya siuva,
Co biputa bya mingonga bikamena mu bitenti byabo.
7 Matangwa a kwilwisila bubi akaija,
Matangwa a kuhisa akaija,
Co Isalele akananguka.
Kapolofweto kendi akapwa cilema, co munalume ibanahwiminina akazaluka,
Mwafwa kusebuka kwobe, obe Isalele kunatumu, co banakuzindi manene.”
8 Muka-kunyunga Efremu wakele na Njambi yange.
Oloni hano bingila byoshe bya tupolofweto bendi binapu ngwe miheto ya muka-kuta tuzila.
Mu njibo ya Njambi yendi muli kulizinda.
9 Banambwitama mu byuma bije binena kunyonga, ngwe mukwafwililile mu matangwa a Gibea.
Akanuka kusebuka kwabo na kubana kashitiko mwafwa ya bubi bwabo.
10 “Njawanene Isalele ngwe bushuka bwa binyu mu mambo.
Njamwene bakukulwila bobe ngwe bushuka bwakulibanga bwa mikuyu ku muti wa mukuyu.
Oloni baile kuli Bale wa Peole.
Balikundikile ku cuma cije cizibisa shwamwa,*
Co bapwile ba bunyengwe ngeci mwa cuma cibazemene.
11 Bumpau bwa Efremu bupulwila kweka ngwe kazila.
Kukwesi akita, kukwesi akala na cikute nambe kwimita.
12 Nameme balele bana,
Njitsiya bana babo kweta noho habakazilukila.
Eyo, babindama munjibaseza!
13 Efremu uje ibakunine mu bulilo, wapwile ngwe Tile kuli yange.
Hano Efremu napande kunena bana bendi bakubatsiye.”
14 Obe Yehova, bane biunapande kubana.
Bane shibu ije itubakanesa bana, na mabele a kujeneka mabele.*
15 “Bilinga byabo byoshe byabibi babilingilile mu Giugali, co mukemwo munjabazindilile.
Njibasheka mu njibo yange mwafwa ya bilinga byabo byabibi.
Kunjibazeme lalo.
Bamyata babo boshe ba kutindibala.
16 Efremu bakamutsiya.
Mizi yabo ikoma, co kubakemi bushuka.
Nameme bakite, njitsiya bana babo babazema.”
17 Njambi yange akababyana,
Mwafwa kubamutolililile,
Co bakapwa baka-kuyebangela hakati ka baka-mafuti.