1Israel, return to Yahweh your God; for you have fallen because of your sin.
1Aiwa, imwi Isiraeri, dzokerai kuna Jehovha Mwari wenyu, nekuti makagumburwa nezvakaipa zvenyu.
2Take words with you, and return to Yahweh. Tell him, “Forgive all our sins, and accept that which is good: so we offer our lips like bulls.
2Endai namashoko, mudzokere kuna Jehovha, muti kwaari, Bvisai zvakaipa zvose, mugamuchire zvinhu zvakanaka, ipapo tichakupai miromo yedu, zvive zvibayiro zvedu.
3Assyria can’t save us. We won’t ride on horses; neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, ‘Our gods!’ for in you the fatherless finds mercy.”
3Asiria havangatiponesi; hatingatasvi mabhiza, hatingazoti kubasa ramaoko edu. Ndimi vamwari vedu; nekuti nherera dzinowana nyasha kwamuri.
4“I will heal their waywardness. I will love them freely; for my anger is turned away from him.
4Ndichaporesa kudzokera kwavo shure, ndichavada nokuda kwangu; nekuti kutsamwa kwangu kwabviswa kwavari.
5I will be like the dew to Israel. He will blossom like the lily, and send down his roots like Lebanon.
5Ndichava sedova kuna Isiraeri, vachatunga seruva, vachatanda midzi yavo seRebhanoni.
6His branches will spread, and his beauty will be like the olive tree, and his fragrance like Lebanon.
6Matavi avo achatanda, kunaka kwavo kuchafanana nomuorivhi, nokunhuhwira kwavo sokweRebhanoni.
7Men will dwell in his shade. They will revive like the grain, and blossom like the vine. Their fragrance will be like the wine of Lebanon.
7Vanogara mumumvuri wavo vachadzoka, vachavandudzika sezviyo, nokutunga maruva somuzambiringa; kurumbidzwa kwavo kuchafanana newaini yeRebhanoni.
8Ephraim, what have I to do any more with idols? I answer, and will take care of him. I am like a green fir tree; from me your fruit is found.”
8Efuremu, ndichineiko nezvifananidzo? Ndakapindura, ndinehanya naye; ndakafanana nomuonde mutema, zvibereko zvako zvichawanikwa kwandiri.
9Who is wise, that he may understand these things? Who is prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of Yahweh are right, and the righteous walk in them; But the rebellious stumble in them.
9Ndianiko akachenjera, anzwisise zvinhu izvi, kana akangwara, azvizive? nekuti nzira dzaJehovha dzakarurama, vakarurama vachafamba nadzo; asi vadariki vachawa madziri.