1Isiraeri achiri mwana muduku, ndaimuda, ndikadana mwanakomana wangu abve Egipita.
1“When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.
2Vaporofita vachinyanya kuvadana,, ivo vakanyanya kuvatiza; vakabayira vaBhaari, nokupisira zvifananidzo zvakavezwa zvinonhuhwira.
2They called to them, so they went from them. They sacrificed to the Baals, and burned incense to engraved images.
3Kunyange zvakadaro ini ndakadzidzisa Efuremu kufamba; ndakavatakura mumaoko angu, asi havana kuziva kuti ndini ndakavaporesa.
3Yet I taught Ephraim to walk. I took them by his arms; but they didn’t know that I healed them.
4Ndakavakakata namabote omunhu, nezvisungo zvorudo; ndakava kwavari somunhu anobvisa joko pashaya dzavo, ndikagadza zvokudya pamberi pavo.
4I drew them with cords of a man, with ties of love; and I was to them like those who lift up the yoke on their necks; and I bent down to him and I fed him.
5Havangadzokeri kunyika yeEgipita, asi muAsiria ndiye achava mambo wavo, nekuti vakaramba kudzokera kwandiri.
5“They won’t return into the land of Egypt; but the Assyrian will be their king, because they refused to repent.
6Munondo uchava nehasha pakati pemaguta avo, uchapedza zvipfigiso zvavo nokuzviparadza, nemhaka yamano avo.
6The sword will fall on their cities, and will destroy the bars of their gates, and will put an end to their plans.
7Vanhu vangu vanoramba vachida kudzokera shure vachindisiya; kunyange vachidamwa kune Wekumusoro-soro, havatongosimuki.
7My people are determined to turn from me. Though they call to the Most High, he certainly won’t exalt them.
8Ndingakuregedza seiko, iwe Isiraeri? Ndingakuita seiko seAdhima? Ndingakuenzanisa seiko neZebhoimi? Mwoyo wangu washandukurwa mukati mangu, tsitsi dzangu dzamutswa pamwechete.
8“How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I hand you over, Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I make you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within me, my compassion is aroused.
9Handingaiti nokutsamwa kwangu kukuru, handingadzoki ndichiti ndiparadze Efuremu; nekuti ndiri Mwari, handizi munhu, ndini Mutsvene pakati penyu, handingauyi ndakatsamwa.
9I will not execute the fierceness of my anger. I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of you; and I will not come in wrath.
10Vachatevera Jehovha, achiomba seshumba; nekuti uchaomba, vana vachauya vachidedera vachibva mavirazuva.
10They will walk after Yahweh, who will roar like a lion; for he will roar, and the children will come trembling from the west.
11Vachauya seshiri vachibva Egipita, senjiva vachibva panyika yeAsiria; ini ndichavagarisa mudzimba dzavo, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.
11They will come trembling like a bird out of Egypt, and like a dove out of the land of Assyria; and I will settle them in their houses,” says Yahweh.
12Efuremu vakandikombera nenhema, uye imba yaIsiraeri nokunyengera; Judha vanongoramba vachipenga pamberi paMwari, pamberi paiye Mutsvene akatendeka.
12Ephraim surrounds me with falsehood, and the house of Israel with deceit. Judah still strays from God, and is unfaithful to the Holy One.