Israel ta handukilwa kuKalunga
1 Ndele ame onda hangika kondjovo ei yOmwene: 2 Inda u ka udifile momatwi aJerusalem u tye: Omwene ota ti ngaha:
“Ame onda dimbulukwa ouwa wounyasha woye, nohole yoye, fimbo wa li omufuko omupe, eshi wa shikula nge mombuwa ihamu mene nande sha. 3 Israel okwa li a yapulilwa Omwene, oshiveli shoilikolwa yaye aishe; keshe ou te shi li, ote ke lyeetela etimba, oshiponga tashi ke mu hanga, Omwene ta ti.”
4 Udeni ondjovo yOmwene, onye eumbo laJakob, onye amushe omapata eumbo laIsrael! 5 Omwene ota ti ngaha:
Ooxokulu ova mona owii washike mwaame, eshi ve liteeka nge va ya kokule, ndele va shikula oikalunga yongaho ndele voovene va ninga vongaho? 6 Ndele vo inava tya: Omwene oku li peni, ou e tu tembula muEgipiti nokwe tu endifa mombuwa, medu la mbwalangadja nolomakololo, medu lomanota nolomudidimbe wefyo, edu ihali endwa nande okomunhu, ndele kape na nomunhu ta kala mo? 7 Ndele Ame onde mu eta medu eli loikunino mu lye oiimati nounyenye wayo. Ndelenee nye eshi mwe uya mo mwa nyateka edu lange nefyuululo lange mwe li ninga oixuna. 8 Ovapristeli inava pula: Omwene oku li peni? Novayukifi vomhango inava shiiva nge; novafita ove liteeka nge, novaxunganeki ova xunganeka edina laBaal, ndele va shikula oinima kai na nande ekwafo. 9 Onghee hano natango nda hala oku mu hokololifa, Omwene osho ta ti, ndele handi ka hokolola noludalo lovatekulu veni. 10 Taulukeni hano, nye mu ka tale Ovakipro keenhunhu davo, tumeni ko kedu laKedar, nye mu didilike shili ngeenge oinima ya tya ngaha ya ningwa ko? 11 Ope na tuu oshiwana sha pingakanifa oikalunga yasho, nande kai fi Kalunga? Ndelenee ovanhu vange ova pingakanifa oshinge shavo noinima yongaho kai nekwafo. 12 Akutu omaulu nye, kuminweni oinima ei, nye mu haluke nokutumhauka omaxwilili, Omwene osho ta ti. 13 Osheshi ovanhu vange ova nyona pavali: Ove liteeka nge nande Aame ofifiya yomeva omwenyo, ndele vo ve lixupila omifima da tenda omifya, dihe shii okukala omeva.
14 “Israel omupika vati ile omudalelwa mo? Oshike she mu ningifa oshihakanwa? 15 Eenghoshi eenyasha ode mu kumbila, da ndundumika ondaka yado, ya kuwaana. Nedu laye ove li ninga ombuwa, noilando yavo oya xwikwa po, kai novanhu. 16 Novanhu vomuMemfis novomuTahpanhes yo ohava kulula omutwe woye ongwala. 17 Haave mwene we shi likongela, eshi wa efa Omwene Kalunga koye, omafiku enya eshi e ku endifa nondjila yaye? 18 Hano paife oto ka mona shike, eshi to i kuEgipiti u ka nwe omeva aNil? Ndele to ka mona shike eshi to i kuAsiria u ka nwe omeva omulonga waEufrat? 19 Owii woye mwene otau ku denge, nokuliteeka kwoye kudjuu otaku ku handukile. Hano, kala u shi shii nokumona oululu woshiponga shoye apa u fike, eshi wa efa Omwene Kalunga koye, ndele ino kala nokutila nge. Omwene osho ta ti, Omwene womatanga ovakwaita. 20 Osheshi ove owa teya ondjoko yoye mefimbo lonale, ndele wa tokola eestropa doye. Ndele wa tya: ‘Ame inandi hala okuyakula.’ Osheshi ngaashi ombwada ove wa nangala koikulundudu aishe ile nokoshi yoshixwa keshe shitalala. 21 Ame onde ku twika omuviinyu wa hoololwa onhwikelela. Ndelenee owa shitukila nge ngahelipi omuviinyu mwii womoixwa? 22 Hano nande ove u likoshife nofewa nomute muhapu, natango tuu oulunde woye tau kala ngaashi onyata koshipala shange, Omwene Kalunga ta ti. 23 Ove oto dulu ngahelipi okupopya to ti: ‘Ame inandi linyateka, nosho inandi shikula Baal?’ Litala eenghedi doye nhumbi wa kala mefilu, lipulapula nomwenyo woye, oilonga yoye, ove ongamelo yonghadi i nonhapo ihapu, nai tondauke nokutelaana. 24 Ofine yonghadi ya ikilila ombuwa, ya duka nokudikulila nokufudaana, olyelye ta dulu oku i dikululifa? Keshe ou e mu hala ke noudjuu, ohani yedikulo laye, opo tave mu hange opo. 25 Lungama shili omhadi yoye liha kane olukaku layo, nomunino woye uha fye enota! Ndelenee ove to ti: ‘Itashi kwafa sha, osheshi ame ondi hole ovanailongo, ndele handi ke va shikulila ko.’ 26 Ngaashi omulunga a kwatwa, ta fi ohoni, nosho yo eumbo laIsrael pamwe neehamba dalo nomalenga avo omakulunhu novapristeli novaxunganeki otava ka fifwa ohoni, 27 eshi tava lombwele oshiti: ‘Oove tate,’ ndele tava lombwele emanya: ‘Ove wa dala nge.’ Osheshi vo ova pa nge ombuda, hashipala. Ndelenee ngeenge tava hangika koshiponga, opo nee otava ifana nge tava ti: ‘Fikama, u tu kwafe!’ 28 Oikalunga yoye oi li peni, we i lihongela? Nava fikame, ngeenge otava dulu oku ku kwafa fiku to hangika koshiponga; osheshi ngaashi oilando yoye oi li ihapu, osho yo oikalunga yoye, akutu Juda. 29 Otamu twile nge shike eemhata? Onye amushe mwe liteeka nge. Omwene osho ta ti. 30 Ovana veni ovamati onde va dengela epwanga, osheshi inava dulika komakumaido ange. Omaongamukonda eni okwa lya ovaxunganeki ngaashi onghoshi tai li. 31 Akutu, oludalo nye, pwilikineni ondjovo yOmwene! Aame ombuwa kuIsrael vati, ile edu lomilaulu? Omolwashike hano ovanhu vange tava ti: ‘Fye hatu lipangele fye vene, itatu uya vali kwoove.’
32 “Okakadona otaka dimbwa ngeno omidjalo dako, nomufuko ekwamo laye? Ndelenee ovanhu vange ova dimbwa nge omafiku mahapu. 33 Heeno, owe lilongekidila shili ondjila yoye yokukonga oipala! Nosho ngaha wa kala nokwiikilila eendjila dowii. 34 Nomeenyemba doshikutu shoye omwa monika ohonde yovafyoona va dipawa inava nyona sha. Ove ino va hanga tava fe eumbo loye, ndelenee nande ngaha. 35 Ndele oto popi ndele to ti: ‘Ame nghi netimba. Ehandu laye ola pitilila nge po.’ Tala, ame onda hala oku ku hokololifa, osheshi ove oto ti: ‘Ame inandi nyona sha.’ 36 Ove oto tondokele shike, ndele to endelele okulundulula eendjila doye? MolwaEgipiti oto ka fifwa ohoni ngaashi wa fifwa ohoni molwaAsiria. 37 Naaku u li, ou nokudja ko u likwete ombadomutwe, osheshi Omwene ota ekeleshi ovo we va lineekela, ove ku na apa to mono elao pamwe navo.
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