Ozeya
Iwo apitiriza kupereka ntsembe kuna madzimunthu a Bhaale,+
Pontho akhapitiriza kupereka ntsembe zakupiswa kuna madzimunthu akusemwa.+
3 Mbwenye ndine adapfundzisa Efraimu kufamba+ mbandinkwata mʼmanja mwanga;+
Mbwenye iwo nee adzindikira kuti ine ndikhadaawangisa.
4 Ine ndaphatisira ufuni na udidi ninga nkhambala* toera kuatsogolera kuti iwo abwere kuna ine;+
Ine ndikhali munthu wakuti akhabulusa goli mʼmapewa mwawo,
Pontho mwaufuni, ine ndikhapasa cakudya mʼbodzi na mʼbodzi wa iwo.
5 Nakuti iwo akhonda kubwerera kuna ine, iwo nee anabwererabve ku dziko ya Ejitu,+
Mbwenye Asirya anadzakhala mambo wawo.+
6 Supada inadzazungulira mʼmizinda yawo,+
Inadzafudza mipiringanyo yawo mbipha anthu a mwenemo thangwi ya pinthu pyakuipa pinanyerezera iwo.+
7 Mbumba yanga yatonga toera ikhale yakukhonda kukhulupirika kuna ine.+
Maseze iwo aacemera toera aende kuna wapadzulu,* nee mʼbodzi alamuka.
8 Thangwi yanji ine ndinakusiya iwe Efraimu?+
Thangwi yanji ine ndinakupereka kuna anyamalwa ako iwe Izraeli?
Thangwi yanji ine ndinakutsalakana ninga Adhima?
Thangwi yanji ndinakucitira ninga pidacita ine kuna Zebhoimu?+
Ine ndacinja pikhanyerezera ine kucita kuna imwe;
Mu ndzidzi ubodzi ene, ine ndisakubverani ntsisi kakamwe.+
9 Nee ndinadzakhutula ukali wanga,
Nee ndinafudza pontho Efraimu,+
Thangwi ine ndine Mulungu, tayu munthu,
Ndine Wakucena pakati panu;
Pontho nee ndinabwera kuna imwe mwakuipirwa.
10 Iwo anadzalambira pontho Yahova, pontho iye anadzalira ninga nkhalamu;+
Iye angalira, anace anabwera mbakatetemera kubulukira kumadokero a dzuwa.+
11 Pakubuluka ku Ejitu, iwo anabwera mbakatetemera ninga mbalame,
Ninga nkhangaiwa pakubuluka ku dziko ya Asirya;+
Pontho ndinadzaacitisa kuti akhale mʼmanyumba mwawo,” alonga Yahova.+
12 “Efraimu basi ene asalonga uthambi kuna ine,
Pontho dzindza ya Izraeli isandinyengeza.+
Mbwenye Yuda asapitiriza kufamba na Mulungu,
Pontho iye ndi wakukhulupirika kuna Wakucena Kakamwe.”+