Hosea 2:1-23
2 “Sosa kuli bamunonko auti, ‘Muli bantu bandi!’+ na ku nkashi shobe usose auti, ‘Mwe banakashi ababelelwa uluse!’+
2 Lubululeni umulandu na nyinenwe;+ lubululeni umulandu, pantu te mukashi wandi+ na ine nshili mulume wakwe.+ Awe afumye ubulalelale bwakwe ku cinso cakwe no bucende bwakwe pa kati ka mabele yakwe,+
3 pa kuti nimufuula ashale ubwamba+ ashale fye nga mu bushiku afyelwemo,+ abe nga matololo+ kabili nge mpanga iyaumisha+ no kuti nimwipaya ku cilaka.+
4 Kabili nshakabelele uluse abana bakwe,+ pantu bena bana ba mu bulalelale.+
5 Pantu nyinabo nacita ubulalelale.+ Uwabemite acita ifya nsoni,+ pantu atila, ‘Ndefwaya ukukonka abantemwa,+ abampeela ifya kulya na menshi, amasako ya mpaanga ne nsalu sha kolokondwe, amafuta ne fya kunwa.’+
6 “E ico mona ndecita ulubao lwa myunga ku nshila yobe; kabili nkemika ilinga lya kumucilikila,+ pa kuti ekasanga inshila shakwe.+
7 Kabili akakonka abacende bakwe,+ lelo takabasange;+ kabili akabasokota, lelo takabasange. E lyo akatila, ‘Ndefwaya ukuya no kubwelela ku mulume wandi, uwa ntanshi,+ pantu ilya nshita naleikala bwino ukucila ifyo ndeikala pali nomba.’+
8 Lelo ena tailwike+ ukuti nine namupeele ifya kulya+ no mwangashi na mafuta, no kuti namufushiishe silfere, na golde, uo abomfeshe kuli Baali.+
9 “‘E ico nkabwela no kupokolola ingano shandi mu nshita ya shiko no mwangashi wandi mu nshita ya uko,+ kabili nkasompola na masako yandi aya mpaanga ne nsalu yandi iya kolokondwe iya kufimba pa bwamba bwakwe.+
10 Lelo nomba nkafimbulapo pa bwamba bwakwe pa menso ya bacende bakwe,+ kabili takwakabe no wa kumusompola mu minwe yandi.+
11 Kabili nkapwisha ukusekelela kwakwe konse,+ imitebeto yakwe,+ umweshi wakwe uupya+ ne sabata lyakwe ne nshita sha mitebeto yakwe yonse.
12 Kabili nkonaula ne myangashi+ yakwe ne mikunyu+ yakwe, iyo atila: “Fya bupe kuli ine, ifyo abacende bandi bampeela”; nkafilenga ukuba umutengo,+ ne nama mpanga shikafilya.
13 Kabili nkamulubulwisha+ pa nshiku alefutumwina icushi ce lambo+ ku filubi fya kwa Baali,+ ilyo alefwala inindaminwe ne fya kufwala fyakwe ifisuma+ no kulakonka abacende bakwe,+ kabili nine alabile,’+ e fyasosa Yehova.
14 “‘E ico moneni ndemunasha, kabili nkamulenga ukuya mu matololo,+ kabili nkakolopeka umutima wakwe.+
15 Kabili nkamupeela amabala yakwe aya myangashi ukufuma ilyo ukuya ku ntanshi,+ kabili nkalenga ilungu lya Akore+ ukuba umwinshi we subilo; na o akaasuka kulya nga mu nshiku sha bukashana+ bwakwe kabili nga mu nshiku afumine mu calo ca Egupti.+
16 Na mu bushiku bulya,’ e fyasosa Yehova, ‘ukanjita ati umulume wandi, tawakanjite kabili ati shikulu wandi.’+
17 “‘Kabili nkafumya amashina ya filubi fya kwa Baali mu kanwa kakwe,+ kabili tafyakebukishiwe kabili ku mashina ya fiko.+
18 E lyo nkapangana icipangano muli bulya bushiku ne nama mpanga+ ne fipupuka mu muulu ne fikulika pa nshi, nkafumya mu calo ubuta no lupanga ne nkondo,+ no kubalenga ukusendama umutelelwe.+
19 Kabili nkakukobekela ku kuba uwandi umuyayaya,+ mu bulungami na mu mulinganya e mo nkakukobekelela na mu cikuuku na mu nkumbu.+
20 Nkakukobekela mu cishinka; kabili ukeshiba Yehova.’+
21 “‘Kabili mu bushiku bulya nkaasuka,’ e fyasosa Yehova, ‘Nkaasuka imyulu, na yo, ikaasuka icalo;+
22 icalo na co, cikaasuka ingano+ no mwangashi na mafuta; na fyo, fikaasuka Yesreele [icalola mu kuti ‘Lesa akatanda imbuto’].+
23 Nkabatanda nge mbuto shandi mwi sonde,+ kabili nkabelela uluse uushabelelwa uluse,+ na ku bashili bantu bandi nkatila: “Muli bantu bandi”;+ na bo, bakatila: “Ni mwe Lesa wandi.”’”+
