Efurayimu ntazogaruka i muhira
Efurayimu ni umukate udahiye neza, inuma y'igipfu itamba hagati ya Misiri na Ashuri, ifuru umuriro wayo ucumbika ijoro ryose. Abami bagwa umwe inyuma y'uwundi kandi nta n'umwe atakambira Data. Avuga ko yari kubacungura, ariko barira bari ku buriri bwabo aho guhindukira.
7 1Igihe cose ngerageza gukiza Isirayeli, icaha ca Efurayimu kiraboneka, n’ububi bwa Samariya; kuko bakora uburyarya—umusuma arinjira, abambuzi bakanyaga hanze. 2Ariko ntibavuga mu mitima yabo ko nibuka ububi bwabo bwose. None ibikorwa vyabo biraba bakikije; biri imbere y’amaso yanje.
3Ururyarya rwabo baruhimbaza umwami, n’abaganwa bakaryoshwa n’ibinyoma vyabo. 4Bose ni abasambanyi, nk’itanure rishushijwe n’umubumvyi, aheba kuvuruga umuriro kuva aho yakandiye imvange gushika iyibimbye. 5Ku musi w’umwami wacu abaganwa barirwaza n’ubushuhe bw’umuvinyu; we akabungana n’abanebarizi. 6Kuko begera imitima yabo yaka nk’itanure mu gihe bateze; mw’ijoro ryose uburake bwabo buracumba, ku gitondo bugaka nk’umuriro uzira. 7Bose barashushe nk’itanure, bakamira abategetsi babo. Abami babo bose baraguye; nta n’umwe muri bo anyambaza.
8Efurayimu arivanga mu bisata vy’abantu; Efurayimu ni umugati usanzaye utahinduwe. 9Ab’amahanga barya inkomezi ziwe, ariko ntabizi; imvi zimumijemwo, ariko ntabizi. 10Ukwishima kwa Isirayeli kumushinja mu maso hiwe, yamara ntibagaruka kuri Se wabo, eka ntibanamurondere, muri ivyo vyose.
11Efurayimu yacitse nk’inuma, ikijuju kandi itagira ubwenge, ihamagara Misiri, igaca ija i Ashuri. 12Mu kugenda kwabo, nzobatega urusenga rwanje; nzobamanura nk’inyoni zo mu kirere. Nzobahana nk’uko ikoraniro ryabo ryagabishijwe.
13Baragowe, kuko bampungiye! Bazohonywa, kuko bangararije! Nari nkwiye kubacungura, ariko bamporera ibinyoma. 14Ntibantakambira bavanye ku mutima, ariko baboroga bari ku bitanda vyabo; kubera intete n’umuvinyu mushasha barikebagura; barampakanira. a a v14 Kwikebagura umubiri vyari bimwe mu migenzo y’ubupfumu bw’abapagani b’i Kanani, bakora kugira ngo basabe imana z’inkuba zibahe intete n’umuvinyu—ivyo bikaba bitandukanye n’ugutakambira Data uvanye ku mutima. 15Naho namenyereje nkongera nkomeza amaboko yabo, yamara bampanga nabi. 16Barahindukira, ariko ntiduga hejuru; bacitse nk’umuheto udakomeye. Abaganwa babo bazoguhukira inkota kubera ubwishime bw’indimi zabo; ivyo bizobacira akatwe mu gihugu ca Misiri.