Hosea
5 “Amuswiilile makani aaya nywebo nobapaizi,+
Amubikkile maano nywebo nobamuŋanda ya Israyeli,
Amuswiilile nywebo nobamuŋanda yamwami,
Nkaambo lubeta lujatikizya ndinywe;
Nkaambo ndendinywe kakole ku Mizipa
Alimwi alunsabwe luyalidwe atala lya Tabori.+
3 Mebo ndilimuzyi Efraimu,
Alimwi Israyeli tasisidwe pe kulindime.
Nkaambo lino yebo Efraimu wacita buvwuule;
Awalo Israyeli walisofwaazya mwini.+
4 Micito yabo tiibazumizyi kupilukila kuli Leza wabo,
Nkaambo kuli muuya wabuvwuule akati kabo;+
Alimwi tabamubikkili maano Jehova pe.
5 Kulisumpula kwa Israyeli kwapa bumboni bumupa mulandu walo mwini;+
Boonse bobilo, Israyeli a Efraimu bawa mucinyonyoono cabo,
Awalo Juda wawa antoomwe ambabo.+
6 Abutanga bwabo bwambelele abwaŋombe bakaunka kuyooyandaula Jehova,
Pele tiibakamujana pe.
Wakalibatantamukide akubasiya.+
7 Tiibasyomeka kuli Jehova,+
Nkaambo bazyala bana bamusyokwe.
Aboobo mwezi omwe buyo uyoobamana kubalya* azyaabilo zyabo.*
8 Amulizye mweembo+ mu Gibea, amulizye mweembo mu Rama!+
Amoongolole aloongololo lwankondo ku Beti-aveni,+ tutobela nduwe O Benjamini!
9 Yebo Efraimu uyooba cintu cigambya mubuzuba bwakusubulwa.+
Ndaambilizya cintu ciyoocitika ncobeni akati kamisyobo ya Israyeli.
10 Basilutwe ba Juda bali buyo mbuli baabo baswenzya munyinza.+
Ndiyoobatila bukali bwangu mbubonya mbuli maanzi aapoomoka.
11 Efraimu wapenzyegwa, wapwayaulwa alubeta,
Nkaambo wakalikanzide kutobela sinkondonyina.+
12 Aboobo, mebo ndakali mbuli nkoonkolekwa yamasiku kuli Efraimu
Ambuli kubola kuli bamuŋanda ya Juda.
13 Efraimu naakabona bulwazi bwakwe, awalo Juda naakabona cilonda cakwe,
Efraimu wakaunka ku Asuri,+ alimwi wakatuma mutumwa kumwami mupati.*
Pele ooyo mwami tanaakacikonzya kumuponya nywebo,
Alimwi kunyina naakacikonzya kusilika cilonda canu.
14 Mebo ndiyooba mbuli syuumbwa uucili mwana kuli Efraimu,
Ambuli syuumbwa singuzu* kuli bamuŋanda ya Juda.
15 Ndiyakuunka akupiluka kubusena bwangu kusikila mane bakasubuke akaambo kamilandu yabo,
Baakupenga, bayoondiyandaula.”+