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Israel’s Sin and Captivity

¹Israel ⚓empties his vine;
He brings forth fruit for himself.
According to the multitude of his fruit
⚓He has increased the altars;
According to the bounty of his land
They have embellished his sacred pillars.
²Their heart is ⚓divided;
Now they are held guilty.
He will break down their altars;
He will ruin their sacred pillars.
³For now they say,
“We have no king,
Because we did not fear the Lord.
And as for a king, what would he do for us?”
⁴They have spoken words,
Swearing falsely in making a covenant.
Thus judgment springs up ⚓like hemlock in the furrows of the field.
⁵The inhabitants of Samaria fear
Because of the ⚓calf of Beth Aven.
For its people mourn for it,
And its priests shriek for it—
Because its ⚓glory has departed from it.
⁶The idol also shall be carried to Assyria
As a present for King ⚓Jareb.
Ephraim shall receive shame,
And Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.
⁷As for Samaria, her king is cut off
Like a twig on the water.
⁸Also the ⚓high places of Aven, ⚓the sin of Israel,
Shall be destroyed.
The thorn and thistle shall grow on their altars;
⚓They shall say to the mountains, “Cover us!”
And to the hills, “Fall on us!”
⁹“O Israel, you have sinned from the days of ⚓Gibeah;
There they stood.
The ⚓battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity
Did not overtake them.
¹⁰When it is My desire, I will chasten them.
⚓Peoples shall be gathered against them
When I bind them for their two transgressions.
¹¹Ephraim is⚓a trained heifer
That loves to thresh grain;
But I harnessed her fair neck,
I will make Ephraim pull a plow.
Judah shall plow;
Jacob shall break his clods.”
¹²Sow for yourselves righteousness;
Reap in mercy;
⚓Break up your fallow ground,
For it is time to seek the Lord,
Till He ⚓comes and rains righteousness on you.
¹³⚓You have plowed wickedness;
You have reaped iniquity.
You have eaten the fruit of lies,
Because you trusted in your own way,
In the multitude of your mighty men.
¹⁴Therefore tumult shall arise among your people,
And all your fortresses shall be plundered
As Shalman plundered Beth Arbel in the day of battle—
A mother dashed in pieces upon her children.
¹⁵Thus it shall be done to you, O Bethel,
Because of your great wickedness.
At dawn the king of Israel
Shall be cut off utterly.

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¹I^saa^laa^en hnangv zungh
nzueic haic nyei a'ngunc hmei
ziangh biouv gitv.
Yietc zei ziangh biouv camv,
yietc zei ceix ziec-dorngh camv.
Ninh nyei deic-bung yietc zei longx,
ninh zaangc zienh nyei dongc yietc zei ceix nzueic.
²Ninh mbuo nyei hnyouv guaix,
ih zanc weic ninh mbuo zoux dorngc nyei zuiz ninh mbuo oix zuqc ndaam-dorng.
Ziouv oix mborqv huv ninh mbuo nyei ziec-dorngh,
yaac mietc ninh mbuo zaangc zienh nyei dongc.
³Ninh mbuo ziouc gorngv, “Yie mbuo maiv maaih hungh
weic zuqc yie mbuo maiv taaih Ziouv.
Maiv gunv maaih hungh,
ninh weic yie mbuo haih zoux haaix nyungc?”
⁴Ninh mbuo gorngv kungx-waac,
ninh mbuo houv jienv laengz waac mv baac jaav nyei.
Dingc zuiz nyei jauv oix hnangv laengc mienh nyei miev
cuotv yiem laih jiex nyei ndeic,
laih bieiv nyei zuonx gu'nyuoz.
⁵Yiem Saa^maa^lie nyei mienh
weic Mbetc Aawen⚓ nyei ngongh dorn sin zinx.
Baaix ngongh dorn nyei mienh oix weic ngongh dorn nzauh nyiemv,
goux miuc-fangx nyei sai mienh oix weic ngongh dorn nyiemv mbui,
weic zuqc njang-laangc leih nqoi ninh mi'aqv.
⁶Naaiv norm miuc-fangx zungv zuqc dorh mingh Atc^si^lie
fungx benx zingh nyeic bun Atc^si^lie nyei domh hungh diex.
E^faa^im oix zuqc nyaiv,
I^saa^laa^en weic ninh baaix nyei miuc-fangx⚓ zuqc baaic hmien.
⁷Saa^maa^lie nyei hungh oix zuqc mietc
hnangv kuaaiv ndiangx-peix-zaa yiem wuom-minc.
⁸Yiem Mbetc Aawen⚓ nyei mbong gu'nguaaic nyei ziec-dorngh,
se I^saa^laa^en baamz zuiz nyei dorngx, oix zuqc mietc.
Maaih njimv-cou njimv-muonc oix cuotv daaih
mbiorngz jienv ninh mbuo nyei ziec-dorngh.
Ninh mbuo oix gorngv mbuox domh mbong, “Torngv jienv yie mbuo maah!”
Yaac gorngv mbuox fiuv-mbong, “Mbaang daaih ndapv yie mbuo maah!”⚓

Ziouv Gorngv Cuotv Oix Dingc I^saa^laa^en Nyei Zuiz

⁹Ziouv gorngv, “I^saa^laa^en Mienh baamz zuiz hlo
hnangv yiem Gi^mbe^aa nyei ziangh hoc.⚓
Yiem wuov ninh mbuo yaac zanc-zanc zoux jienv mingh.
Yiem Gi^mbe^aa mborqv jaax nyei jauv ziouc maiv zeiz oix zunc zaaic ninh mbuo fai?⚓
¹⁰Ei yie nyei hnyouv yie oix dingc ninh mbuo nyei zuiz,
bun maanc guoqv mienh gapv zunv daaih mborqv ninh mbuo.
Wuov zanc laaix ninh mbuo zoux nyei i yiemc zuiz ninh mbuo zuqc ndoh.
¹¹E^faa^im se hnangv dauh njaaux liuz nyei ngongh nyeiz,
a'hneiv nyueih mbiauh.
Yie yaac korv-lienh ninh nzueic haic nyei jaang.
Mv baac yie oix zorqv ⟨ndiangx-gaaz⟩ bun E^faa^im gaaz jienv,
Yu^ndaa oix zuqc laih ndau,
Yaakopv yaac oix zuqc weic ganh guaaih ndau.
¹²Meih mbuo oix zuqc weic ganh zuangx baengh fim nyei nyim,
ziouc siou duqv ziepc zuoqv hnamv nyei jauv.
Oix zuqc zoux bun meih mbuo nyei ndau muonc,⚓
weic zuqc ih zanc taux ziangh hoc lorz Ziouv,
Zuov ninh daaih bun baengh fim nyei jauv⚓
hnangv mbiungc nor, duih njiec taux meih mbuo.
¹³Meih mbuo zuangx nyei se zuiz,
meih mbuo siou nyei se maiv baengh fim nyei sic.
Meih mbuo nyanc nyei se gorngv-baeqc nyei biouv.
Weic zuqc meih mbuo kaux ganh mborqv jaax nyei maaz-cie,
yaac kaux meih mbuo mborqv jaax henv nyei baeng camv,
¹⁴mborqv jaax nyei qiex mbui ziouc yiem meih mbuo nyei baeqc fingx mbu'ndongx.
Meih mbuo yietc zungv weih wuonv nyei dorngx oix zuqc baaic,
hnangv yiem mborqv jaax nyei hnoi,
Sanman Hungh mietc nzengc Mbetc Aan^mben Zingh.
Maaih deix maa caux jienv ninh mbuo nyei fu'jueiv
yaac zuqc zong muonc nzengc.
¹⁵I^saa^laa^en nyei zeiv-fun aah!⚓
Meih mbuo oix zuqc mienh hnangv naaiv zoux bun meih mbuo,
laaix meih mbuo zoux domh orqv sic.
Taux lungh mbiouz-mbiouz njang,
I^saa^laa^en nyei hungh ziouc zuqc mietc nzengc.