Hoseya
11: 1 Igihe Isiraheli yari akiri umwana, namukunze, mpamagara umuhungu wanjye
Misiri.
2: 2 Nkuko babahamagaye, baragenda bava muri bo: baratamba ibitambo
Baaliimu, atwika imibavu ku mashusho abajwe.
3: 3 Nigishije Efurayimu na bo kugenda, mbafata amaboko; ariko bari babizi
si uko nabakijije.
4 Nabashushanyijeho imigozi y'umuntu, n'imigozi y'urukundo, kandi nari kuri bo
nk'abakuramo ingogo ku rwasaya, nkabaha inyama.
5 Ntazasubira mu gihugu cya Egiputa, ariko Ashuri azaba
umwami we, kuko banze gutaha.
6 Inkota izaguma mu migi ye, izarya amashami yayo,
no kubarya, kubera inama zabo bwite.
7 Ubwoko bwanjye bwaransubiye inyuma, nubwo babahamagaye
kuri Isumbabyose, ntanumwe rwose wamushyira hejuru.
Efurayimu nzaguterera nte? Nzagukiza nte Isiraheli? gute
Nzakugira Adma? Nzagushira nte nka Zeboim? umutima wanjye
Yahinduwe muri njye, kwihana kwanjye gukongejwe hamwe.
Sinzokwica uburakari bwanjye, sinzagaruka
kurimbura Efurayimu, kuko ndi Imana, ntabwo ndi umuntu; Uwera hagati
kandi sinzinjira mu mujyi.
Bazakurikira Uwiteka: Azatontoma nk'intare, igihe azabishaka
gutontoma, noneho abana bazahinda umushyitsi baturutse iburengerazuba.
11:11 Bazahinda umushyitsi nk'inyoni ivuye mu Misiri, nk'inuma ziva mu gihugu
ya Ashuri, nzabashyira mu ngo zabo, ni ko Uwiteka avuga.
11:12 Efurayimu yangose ibinyoma, n'inzu ya Isiraheli
uburiganya: ariko Yuda nyamara agenga Imana, kandi ni umwizerwa kubatagatifu.