Ozeya 2:1-23
2 “Uzani abale wanu wacimuna kuti: ‘Imwepo ndimwe wanthu wangu,’*
Ndipo mpfumakazi zanu muziuze kuti: ‘Imwepo ndimwe akazi omwe mwabveredwa ntsisi.’*
2 Pasani mulandu mai wanu, mupaseni mulandu,Pakuti iye ni mkazangu lini pomwe ndipo ine ndine lini pomwe bayace.
Iye an’funika kusiya uputa bwaceNa kusiyambo kumbacita malume ya pamphasa na amuna winango.*
3 Kuti ndireke kumukhundula na kumusiya pezi ninga pa ntsiku yomwe adabadwa,Na kumucitisambo kukhala ninga dambo,Dziko lakusaya madzi,Ndicilekambo kumupha na nyota.
4 Nin’dzabvera lini ntsisi wana wace,Thangwe iwo ni wana wa uputa.
5 Pakuti mai wawo adacita uputa,
Ule omwe adawabereka adacita bzinthu bzakupasa manyazi, pakuti adati:‘Ndiniyenda kwa akwende wangu,Wale omwe ambandipasa cakudya, madzi,Bzakubvala bza ukuse bwa bira, nguwo, mafuta na bzakumwa.’
6 Tenepo, nin’dzafunga njira yace na litsito la minga,Ndipo nin’dzam’mangira muro wa minyalaKuti iye aleke kugumana njira zace.
7 Iye an’dzathamangira akwende wacewo, koma an’dzawaphata lini;An’dzawanyang’ana, koma an’dzawagumana lini.
Ndipopa iye an’dzalewa kuti: ‘Nin’bwerera kwa bayangu wakuyamba,Pakuti pa nthawe imweyire bzinthu bzikhali bwino kuposa tsapano.’
8 Iye alibe kuzindikira kuti ndikhali ine omwe ndikhamupasa tirigu, vinyu ipsa na mafuta,Nakuti ndikhali ine omwe ndikhamupasa prata izinjiNa oro yomwe iye akhaiphatisa basa pakunamata Baala.
9 ‘Tenepo, nin’dzabwerera ndipo nin’dzatenga tirigu yangu pa nthawe yakubvuna,Ndipo nin’dzamutengera vinyu yangu ipsa pa nyengo yakukonza vinyu,Ndipo nin’dzatengambo bzakubvala bzangu bza ukuse bwa bira na nguwo zangu zomwe akhabvala kuti aleke kuwoneredwa.
10 Tsapano nin’dzamukhundula kuti akwende wace omwe ambamufuna kwene-kwenewo adzamuwonere,Ndipo palibe mwamuna ne na m’bodziyo omwe an’dzamupulumusa m’manja mwangu.
11 Nin’dzamalisa cikondweso cace centse,Ndipo nin’dzamalisambo maphwando yace, phwando la mwezi upsa, ntsiku zace za sabudu na maphwando manango yentse.
12 Nin’dzapfudza miti yace ya uva na mikuyu yace yomwe iye akhambalewa kuti:
“Bzimwebzi ni bzomwe akwende wangu omwe ambandifuna kwene-kwene andipagali,”Tsono ine nin’dzacitisa mitiyo kukhala thengo,Ndipo bzirombo bza m’thengo bzin’dzaidya.
13 Inepano nin’dzamupasa mulandu thangwe ra ntsiku zomwe iye akhambapereka ntsembe kwa bzifanikiso bza Baala,Pa nthawe imweyi, iye akhabvala mphete* zace na bzakubzidekesera.Iye akhatewera akwende wace omwe akhamufuna kwene-kwenewo ndipo akhambandiyebwa,’ walewa tenepo Yahova.
14 ‘Tenepo nin’dzamunyengerera,Ndipo nin’dzamucitisa kuyenda ku dambo,Nin’dzalewalewa naye mwakumufika pa mtima.
15 Kuyambira pa nthawe imweyo mpaka kutsogolo,Nin’dzamupasa minda yace ya uva na cigwa ca AkoriNinga msuwo wa cidikhiro.Pamwepo an’dzanditawira ninga ntsiku ya pautswaka wace,Ninga pa ntsiku yomwe adacoka m’dziko la Edjipito.
16 Pa ntsiku imweyo,’ Yahova walewa kuti: ‘Iwepo un’dzandicemera kuti Bayangu,Ndipo un’dzandicemera lini pomwe kuti Mbuya Wangu.’*
17 ‘Nin’dzamubvumiza lini pomwe kulewa madzina ya bzifanikiso bza Baala,Ndipo iye an’dzakumbukira lini pomwe madzina yawo.
18 Pa ntsiku imweyo, nin’dzacita mpangano na bzirombo bza m’thengo kucitira wanthu wangu,Kuyambira mbalame zakumbuluka m’dzaulu na bzirombo bzakukwawa pa dziko la pantsi;Nin’dzatcola uta na xipada ndipo nin’dzamalisa nkhondo pa dziko la pantsi,Ndipo nin’dzawacitisa kukhala wakukhotcerereka.
19 Nin’dzapicira kukulowola kuti ukhale wangu mpaka kale-kale;Ndin’dzapicira kukulowola mwakuteweza cirungamoThangwe ra lufoyi langu lacadidi na ntsisi.
20 Nin’dzapicira kukulowola mwakukhulupirika,Ndipo iwepo un’dzadziwadi Yahova mwakukhulupirika.’
21 ‘Pa ntsiku imweyo inepano nin’dzawatawira,’ walewa tenepo Yahova,‘Inepano nin’dzatawira kudzulu,Ndipo kudzuluko kun’dzatawirambo dziko la pantsi;
22 Ndipo dziko la pantsi lin’dzatawira tirigu, vinyu ipsa na mafuta;Ndipo bzimwebzi bzin’dzatawirambo Jezireli.*
23 Inepano nin’dzamubzala pa dziko la pantsi ninga mbeu kuti akhale wangu,Ndipo nin’dzabvera ntsisi ule omwe akhabveredwa lini ntsisi,Ndipo nin’dzauza wale omwe akhali lini wanthu wangu kuti: “Imwepo ndimwe wanthu wangu,”
Ndipo iwo an’dzatawira kuti: “Imwepo ndimwe Mulungu wathu.”’”
Mafala ya m'nyantsi
^ Mafala yace caiyo: “acose uputa bwace pamaso pace na bzicito bzace bza uputabzo pakati pa masuku yace.”
^ Ayai, “aneli.”
^ Ayai, “Baala Wangu.”
^ Kuthandauza kuti “Mulungu an’dzabzala mbeu.”
