HOSEA 5
1“Utlwang fa, lona baperesiti! Elang tlhoko, lona Baiseraele! Sekegang ditsebe, lona ba kgosing! Gonne kotlo e lebanye lona, ka lona lo ne lo le digole tsa Mitsepha le matloa a a thaisitsweng mo Thabore, 2le gopo e e boteng ya Sitime, mme nna ke tla ba otla botlhe. 3Eferaime, nna ke a mo itse, le Iseraele ga a fitlhega fa pele ga me: Jaanong ò akafetse, Eferaime; Iseraele o itshekologile.”
Tlhagiso ka ga tirelo-medimo-e-sele
4Ditiro tsa bona ga di ba letlelele go boela Modimong wa bona; gonne mowa wa boaka o mo teng ga bona, mme Morena ga ba mo itse. 5Boikgodiso jwa Iseraele bo supa ka ga gagwe mo ponatshegong. Iseraele le Eferaime ba tla digwa ke maleo a bona, Juta le ene a wa nabo. 6Ba tla ya go batla Morena ka difutshane le dikgomo tsa bona, mme ga ba nke ba mmona. O ba tlogetse. 7Ba diretse Morena ka boikanyologo, gonne ba tsetse bana ba dikgora. Jaanong ngwedi o o rogilweng o tla ba ja mmogo le masimo a bona.
Bajuta ba lwa le Baiseraele
8Letsang lonaka kwa Gibea le phala kwa Rama, lo tlhabe mokgosi kwa Bethawene! Gadima kwa morago, Benyamene! 9Eferaime o tla fetoga sekaka letsatsing la petso. Ke itsisitse ditso tsa Iseraele tse e leng tsa nnete.
10“Balaodi ba Juta ba tshwana le ba ba sutisang molelwane. Ke tla tshololela bogale jwa me mo go bona jaaka metsi. 11Eferaime o a gatelelwa, o senyegetswe ke molao; gonne o kgatlhilwe ke go latela boithamako. 12Mme nna ke tshwana le motoutwana mo go Eferaime, ke tshwana le phetlhi mo ntlong ya Juta.
13“E rile Eferaime a bona bolwetse jwa gagwe, le Juta a bona tlhagala ya gagwe, Eferaime a ya kwa Asiria, a roma kwa go kgosi Jarebe; mme ene ga a kgone go lo fodisa. Tlhagala ga e na go tloga mo go lona. 14Gonne nna ke tshwana le tau mo go Eferaime, ke tshwana le ledumedi mo go ba ntlo ya Juta; ke nna ke garolakang, ke be ke tloga; ke nna ke gapang go se yo o gololang.
15“Ke tla tsamaya ke boela felong ga me, go fitlhelela ba ipone molato, ba batle sefatlhego sa me. Mo tlalelong ya bona ba tla mpatla ka tlhoafalo ba re:
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