Ozeya
5 “Bveserani ipi, imwe anyantsembe,+
Bveserani, imwe dzindza ya Izraeli,
Bveserani, imwe anthu a panyumba ya mambo,
Thangwi anafuna kutongwa ndimwe;
Thangwi imwe mwakhala ninga nsampha ku Mispa
Pontho mwakhala ninga ukonde udatandwa ku Tabhori.+
3 Efraimu ndisandziwa,
Izraeli nee anakwanisa kundibisalira.
4 Pinacita iwo nee pisaatawirisa kubwerera kuna Mulungu wawo,
Thangwi iwo asafuna kakamwe kucita ulukwali,*+
Pontho iwo nkhabe dzindikira kuti ine Yahova, ndine Mulungu wawo.
5 Kugaya kwa Izraeli kusapereka umboni wakuipa thangwi ya iye;+
Izraeli na Efraimu agwegweduka thangwi ya madawo awo,
Pontho Yuda agwegweduka pabodzi na iwo.+
6 Iwo akwata mabira awo na ngʼombe zawo mbaenda kasaka Yahova,
Mbwenye nee anʼgumana.
Thangwi iye akhali kutali na iwo.+
Nkati mwa mwezi ubodzi, iwo anadzafudzwa na pyonsene piri na iwo.*
8 Lizani nyanga+ ku Jibheya, tuluka ku Rama!+
Khuwani ku Bheti-Aveni+ ninga ale anaenda kunkhondo, ife tikubwera nduli mwako iwe Bhenjamini!
9 Iwe Efraimu, anthu anadzagopa angaona pinthu pinafuna kukucitikira pa ntsiku inafuna iwe kutcunyuswa.+
Ine ndapanga madzindza a Izraeli pinthu pinafuna kuacitikira.
10 Atsogoleri a ku Yuda, akhala ninga ale anacinja madire.+
Ine ndinadzaakhutulira ukali wanga ninga madzi.
11 Efraimu apondererwa kakamwe, pontho iye athema kuthabuswa munjira ineyi,
Thangwi iye akhali dzololo toera kutowerera anyamalwa ace.+
12 Natenepa ndakhala ninga ucenje kuna Efraimu,
Pontho kuna Yuda, ndakhala ninga cinthu cakubvundisa.
13 Efraimu pidaona iye utenda wace, pontho Yuda pidaona iye cironda cace,
Efraimu aenda kuna Asirya+ mbatumizira mphangwa mambo wankulu.
Mbwenye iye nee akwanisa kukuwangisani,
Pontho iye nee akwanisa kuwangisa cironda canu.
14 Ine ndinadzakhala ninga nkhalamu ingʼono kuna Efraimu,
Pontho ninga nkhalamu yamphambvu kuna dzindza ya Yuda.
Ine ndinadzaakhwedzula-khwedzula mbandienda pyanga;+
Ine ndinadzaakwata, pontho nkhabepo anafuna kudzaaombola.+
15 Ine ndinadzabwerera pa mbuto yanga mpaka iwo athabuke thangwi ya madawo awo,
Buluka penepo, iwo anadzasaka ciphedzo canga.+
Iwo angakhala pa nyatwa, anadzandisaka.”+