Efraimu Asadya Mphepo
Mbiri yakale yakuphatiswa basa ninga mphaka ya Baba wathu. Yakobo aphata citende ca m'bale wace mbalimbana ku Beteli; ana ace lero asathamangira mphepo ya kum'mawa, asacita cibverano na Asiriya, mbaphatisa basa mbalanga zakunyengezera mbaumirira kuti nkhabe munthu anagumana madawo kuna iwo. Bwererani, phatisisani kufuna na kulungama, dikhirani.
12 1Efraimu asadya mphepo mbathukuta mphepo yakubuluka kumabulukiro a dzuwa ntsiku yonsene; iwo asaunjika uthambi na uchamwa. Asacita cibverano na Asiriya, mafuta awo asathukuliwa mbaenda ku Ejitu. 2Baba wathu ali na nseru na Yuda, Iye anadzatonga Yakobe thangwi ya njira zace; mwakulingana na macitiro ace anadzamulipa. 3M'mimba iye aphata citende ca m'bale wace, na mu mphambvu zace alimbana na Baba wathu. 4Alimbana na nthumwa mbapembera; alira mbaphemba ntsisi zace. Ku Beteli an'gumana, penepo alonga na ife. 5Baba wa mankhondo a kudzulu—Baba wathu ndi dzina inakumbukirwa Iye. 6Na tenepo imwe—bwererani kuna Baba wanu; phatani mwamphambvu kufuna kwa cibverano na ulungami, pontho dikhirani Baba wanu n'dzidzi onsene.
7Nyamalonda wakuti ali na misanje yakunyengeza m'manja mwace—iye asakomerwa na kupondera anthu. 8Efraimu asalonga, “Haa, mbwenye ndapfuma; ndagumana mpfuma kwa ine ndekha. Mu mabasa anga onsene, nkhabe anadzagumana kudawa mwa ine—nkhabe cinthu cakuti ndi kudawa kwandimomwene.”
9“Mbwenye Ine ndine Baba wanu, wakuti ndidakubulusani m'dziko ya Ejitu; Ine ndinadzacitisa pontho kuti mukhale m'mahema, ninga mu ntsiku za phwando yakusankhulwa. a a v9 Phwando yakusankhulwa ndi Sukoti (Phwando ya Mahema), pakakhala Izarayeli m'mahema peno m'mitsasa ya kwa kanthawi toera kukumbukira pyaka pya n'thando. 10Ine ndalonga kuna aprofeta; ndine wakuti ndathimizira masomphenya, na kubulukira mwa aprofeta ndapereka misangani.”
11Giliyadi angakhala kuipa, iwo akhala ninga pezi; ku Giligali asapereka ng'ombe zimuna za ntsembe—maguwa awo nawombo ali ninga milu ya miyala pa misere ya munda. 12Yakobe athawira ku dziko ya Arami; penepo Izarayeli aphata basa toera kugumana nkazi, pontho thangwi ya nkazi akumbiza mabira. 13Kubulukira mwa mprofeta, Baba wathu abulusa Izarayeli ku Ejitu, na kubulukira mwa mprofeta iye akoyiwa. 14Efraimu acitisa kuipirwa kwakuwawa; na tenepo Baba wace Wankulu anadzasiya mulando wace wa ciropa pa iye, mbamulipa thangwi ya kunyoza kwace.
