1Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
1Uyai, tidzokera kuna Jehovha; nekuti akabvambura, asi achatipodzazve, akarova, asi achatisungazve patakakuvara.
2After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
2Kana mazuva maviri apera achatiraramisa, nezuva rechitatu achatimutsazve, tirarame pamberi pake.
3Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
3Ngatimuzive, ngatishingaire kuziva Jehovha; kubuda kwake kwakatemwa sokwamangwanani; achauya kwatiri semvura, semvura yokuteverera inodiridza nyika.
4O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.
4Aiwa, Efuremu, ndichakuitei? Aiwa, Judha ndichakuitei? nekuti kunaka kwenyu kwakaita semhute yamangwanani, uye sedova rinokurumidza kuenda.
5Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth.
5Naizvozvo ndakavatema navaporofita; ndakavauraya namashoko omuromo wangu, zvandakatonga zvakaita sechiedza chinobuda.
6For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
6nekuti ndinoda rudo, handidi zvibayiro, uye kuziva Mwari kupfuura zvipiriso zvinopiswa.
7But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.
7Asi vakadarika sungano saAdhamu, ndipapo pavakandinyengera.
8Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood.
8Giriyadhi iguta ravanoita zvakaipa, rinamakwapa eropa.
9And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.
9Sezvakaita makororo anovandira munhu, saizvozvo boka ravapristi rinouraya panzira inoenda Shekemi; zvirokwazvo, vakaita zvinonyadzisa.
10I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.
10Paimba yaIsiraeri ndakaona chinhu chinonyangadza kwazvo, pakati paEfuremu panovufeve, Isiraeri vakasvibiswa.
11Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people.
11Newevo, Judha, wakagadzirirwa kukohwa, nenguva yandinodzosa kutapwa kwavanhu vangu.