1Uyai, tidzokera kuna Jehovha; nekuti akabvambura, asi achatipodzazve, akarova, asi achatisungazve patakakuvara.
1“Come, and let us return to Yahweh; for he has torn us to pieces, and he will heal us; he has injured us, and he will bind up our wounds.
2Kana mazuva maviri apera achatiraramisa, nezuva rechitatu achatimutsazve, tirarame pamberi pake.
2After two days he will revive us. On the third day he will raise us up, and we will live before him.
3Ngatimuzive, ngatishingaire kuziva Jehovha; kubuda kwake kwakatemwa sokwamangwanani; achauya kwatiri semvura, semvura yokuteverera inodiridza nyika.
3Let us acknowledge Yahweh. Let us press on to know Yahweh. As surely as the sun rises, Yahweh will appear. He will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain that waters the earth.”
4Aiwa, Efuremu, ndichakuitei? Aiwa, Judha ndichakuitei? nekuti kunaka kwenyu kwakaita semhute yamangwanani, uye sedova rinokurumidza kuenda.
4“Ephraim, what shall I do to you? Judah, what shall I do to you? For your love is like a morning cloud, and like the dew that disappears early.
5Naizvozvo ndakavatema navaporofita; ndakavauraya namashoko omuromo wangu, zvandakatonga zvakaita sechiedza chinobuda.
5Therefore I have cut them to pieces with the prophets; I killed them with the words of my mouth. Your judgments are like a flash of lightning.
6nekuti ndinoda rudo, handidi zvibayiro, uye kuziva Mwari kupfuura zvipiriso zvinopiswa.
6For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
7Asi vakadarika sungano saAdhamu, ndipapo pavakandinyengera.
7But they, like Adam, have broken the covenant. They were unfaithful to me, there.
8Giriyadhi iguta ravanoita zvakaipa, rinamakwapa eropa.
8Gilead is a city of those who work iniquity; it is stained with blood.
9Sezvakaita makororo anovandira munhu, saizvozvo boka ravapristi rinouraya panzira inoenda Shekemi; zvirokwazvo, vakaita zvinonyadzisa.
9As gangs of robbers wait to ambush a man, so the company of priests murder in the way toward Shechem, committing shameful crimes.
10Paimba yaIsiraeri ndakaona chinhu chinonyangadza kwazvo, pakati paEfuremu panovufeve, Isiraeri vakasvibiswa.
10In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing. There is prostitution in Ephraim. Israel is defiled.
11Newevo, Judha, wakagadzirirwa kukohwa, nenguva yandinodzosa kutapwa kwavanhu vangu.
11“Also, Judah, there is a harvest appointed for you, when I restore the fortunes of my people.