Hosea 1:1-11
1 Ifi e fyebo ifyo Yehova aebele Hosea* umwana wa kwa Beeri mu nshiku sha kwa Usia,+ Yotamu,+ Ahasi+ na Hisekia,+ imfumu sha Yuda,+ na mu nshiku sha kwa Yeroboamu+ umwana wa kwa Yoashi,+ imfumu ya bena Israele.
2 Ilyo Yehova atendeke ukulanda na bantu ukupitila muli Hosea, Yehova aebele Hosea ati: “Kabiye, kope umwanakashi uukaba cilende,* kabili akakwata abana ba muli bucilende,* pantu icalo nacileka ukukonka Yehova pa mulandu wa bucilende.”*+
3 E ico alileupa Gomere umwana mwanakashi wa kwa Diblaimu, na o alimite no kumufyalila umwana umwaume.
4 Lyena Yehova amwebele ati: “Umwinike ati Yesreele,* pantu kwashala panono ndi no kulubulwisha aba mu ng’anda ya kwa Yehu+ pa mulandu wa kusuumya umulopa mu Yesreele, kabili nkalenga ubufumu bwa ba mu ng’anda ya kwa Israele bukapwe.+
5 Muli bulya bushiku nkafuna ubuta bwa kwa Israele mu Mupokapoka wa Yesreele.”*
6 Na kabili alimite no kufyala umwana umwanakashi. Kabili Lesa aebele Hosea ati: “Umwinike ati Loruhama,* pantu nshakomfwile aba mu ng’anda ya kwa Israele uluse+ na kabili, pantu nkabatamfya.+
7 Lelo aba mu ng’anda ya kwa Yuda nkabomfwila uluse,+ kabili ine ne Yehova Lesa wabo nkabapususha;+ nshakabapusushishe ku buta nangu ku lupanga nangu ku nkondo, nangu kuli bakabalwe nangu ku banina pali bakabalwe.”+
8 Pa numa ya kusumuna Loruhama, alimite no kufyala umwana umwaume.
9 Lyena Lesa amwebele ati: “Umwinike ati Loami,* pantu imwe tamuli bantu bandi na ine nshakabe Lesa wenu.
10 “Kabili impendwa ya bena Israele* ikaba ngo mucanga wa kuli bemba uushingapimwa nangu ukupendwa.+ Kabili uko baebelwe ukuti, ‘Tamuli bantu bandi,’+ e ko bakebwa ukuti, ‘Muli bana ba kwa Lesa wa mweo.’+
11 Kabili abantu ba mu Yuda na ba mu Israele bakalonganikwa pamo+ kabili bakaisalila intungulushi no kufuma mu calo, pantu ubushiku bwa kwa Yesreele bukaba ubukalamba.+
Amafutunoti
^ E fyo balemba ishina lya kuti Hoshaya mu kwipifya, ilyalola mu kuti “Jah Eupuswishe; Jah Napususha.”
^ Nelyo “umulalelale.”
^ Nelyo “mu bulalelale.”
^ Nelyo “no bulalelale.”
^ Ilyalola mu kuti “Lesa Akatanda Imbuto.”
^ Nelyo “Mu Mpanga Iyabatama Iya Yesreele.”
^ Ilyalola mu kuti “Tabamubeleele Uluse.”
^ Ilyalola mu kuti “Te Bantu Bandi.”
^ Mu ciHebere, “abana ba kwa Israele.”
