Hoseya
13 “Bena Efelaimu byo baambilenga, bantu bazakaminenga;
Mambo batumbalele bingi mu Isalela.+
Pano bino, balengele mambo a kupopwela Baela+ kabiji bafwile.
2 Kabiji balengejilepo ne mambo akwabo
Balengele bipashañano bya kyela* na siliva wabo;+
Balengele bankishi na manono, ino yonse yo mingilo ya basendwe ba bya kulengalenga.
Baambijilenga bankishi amba, ‘Bantu batapisha bitapisho bafyompenga baana ba bañombe.’+
3 Onkao mambo, abo bakekala nobe makumbi amweka lukelo,
Nobe kime kikunchika bukiji,
Nobe muungu ye bolulula ku mwela mukatampe kumufumya pa kipujilo,
Kabiji bakekala nobe bwishi bubena kufumina pa kipenze kya mu musemi.
4 Amiwa yami Yehoba Lesa wenu kufumatu kimye kyo mwafuminenga mu kyalo kya Ijipita;+
Kafwako Lesa mukwabo ye mwayukile ne, mwayukiletu amiwa kwapwa,
Kabiji kafwako mupulushi mukwabo uji nobe amiwa ne.+
5 Amiwa nemukwashishenga mu kiselebwa+ mu kyalo mwabujile mema.
6 Baikuchile na nsono ya munyemvu,+
Baikuchile ne kutendeka kwitota.
Onkao mambo, bamvulamine.+
7 Amiwa nkekala kwi abo nobe mwana bokwe,+
Kabiji nobe kisumpa ubelamina kunsa ya jishinda.
8 Nkebavundumukila nobe mbeyala ubena kukeba baana banji baeleka,
Kabiji nkalala tukuji* twabo.
Nkebaja byonka byuba bokwe;
Bakebatabaula ku nyama wa mungye.
9 Bakemonauna anweba bena Isalela,
Mambo mwangalukijilemo amiwa yenka nkwasho wenu.
10 Pano mfumu wenu uji pi pa kuba’mba emupulushe mu mizhi yenu yonse?+
Kabiji bantangi* benu baji pi, bonka bo mwaambijilenga’mba,
‘Tupai mfumu ne babitumbafumu’?+
12 Bubi bwa bena Efelaimu bebukasa;*
Mambo o balengele bealama.
13 Bisanso bikala na mwanamukazhi ubena kusema bikeya pe abo.
Pano bino, abo bo baana babula maana;
Inge kimye kya kusemwa kyafika, kechi basemwa ne.
Obewa Lufu, lumuna wobe uji pi?+
Obewa Kilende, konauna kobe kuji pi?+
Kechi nkamwesha lusa ne.
15 Nangwa kya kuba ukatenkuma nobe matete,
Mwela wa ku musela ukeya, ye mwela wa Yehoba,
Ukafumina mu kiselebwa, ne kumisha mishima yabo ne tukola twabo.
Aye ukeya na konauna bintu byabo byonse bya buneme.+
16 Bena Samaliya bakebazhachisha+ na mambo a kusatukila Lesa wabo.+
Bakebatapa na mpoko,+
Baana babo bakebonaunatu shata,
Kabiji bakasabaula mavumo a banabakazhi baimita.”