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Teem txim rau cov Yixayee
1“Cov pov thawj 'e, cia li mloog tej no.
Cov Yixayee 'e, cia li tig ntsej mloog.
Vajntxwv caj ces 'e, cia li mloog.
Nej yuav raug teem txim,
vim nej ua rooj ntxiab caws
rau ntawm lub moos Mixapa,
thiab ua rooj hlua cuab
ntawm lub moos Thanpau.
2Lawv khawb qhov taub tob tob
rau ntawm lub moos Sithi,
tiamsis kuv yuav nplawm qhuab qhia
lawv cov ntawd sawvdaws.
3“Kuv paub Efa‑i,
thiab Yixayee nraim tsis dhau kuv,
Efa‑i 'e koj mus deev hluas nraug
Yixayee kuj qias puas tsuas.
4Tej uas lawv ua tsis kheev lawv rov los
cuag lawv tus Vajtswv,
vim lub siab uas nyiam deev luag
nyob hauv lawv, thiab lawv tsis paub Yawmsaub.
5Yixayee txojkev khav theeb
kuj rov ua timkhawv kom lawv lawm,
Yixayee thiab Efa‑i yuav dawm ntog
vim ob tug tej kev txhaum,
Yuda kuj yuav dawm ntog nrog ob tug ua ke.
6Lawv yuav coj yaj coj tshis coj nyuj
mus nrhiav Yawmsaub,
los kuj nrhiav tsis ntsib,
nws twb ncaim lawv lawm.
7Lawv tau fav xeeb rau Yawmsaub,
rau qhov lawv yug menyuam tsaub xwb.
Tej kevcai hnub hli xiab yuav muab lawv
thiab lawv tej teb rhuav tshem tag.
8“Cia li tshuab raj kub yaj
rau hauv lub moos Kinpe‑a,
cia li tshuab raj xyu rau hauv lub moos Lama,
cia li qw suab ceeb toom
rau ntawm lub moos Npe‑avee.
Npeeyamee 'e, cia li coj lawv mus.⚓
9Hnub uas teem txim,
Efa‑i yuav raug nyob do cuas.
Kuv tshaj tawm txog tej uas muaj tseeb
rau hauv Yixayee tej xeem.
10Yuda cov thawj ntxeev ua zoo li
cov uas txav luag ciam teb,
kuv yuav nchuav kuv txojkev npau taws
rau saum lawv ib yam li nchuav dej.
11Efa‑i raug quab yuam
thiab raug muab tsuj txiav txim,
vim yog nws npaj siab mus
raws kua tej uas qhuav qhawv xwb.⚓
12Vim li no kuv zoo yam nkaus li
tus kab noj Efa‑i,
thiab zoo yam li qhov lwj kas
rau Yuda caj ces.
13Thaum Efa‑i pom nws qhov mob
thiab Yuda pom nws lub qhov txhab,
Efa‑i kuj mus nrhiav cov Axilia
thiab txib neeg mus thov lawv tus vajntxwv loj.
Tiamsis nws kho tsis tau nej
thiab kho tsis tau nej lub qhov txhab zoo.
14Kuv yuav zoo yam li
tus tsov ntxhuav rau Efa‑i,
kuv yuav zoo yam li tus thav tsov ntxhuav
rau Yuda caj ces.
Kuv, yog kuv ntag,
yuav muab dua tag li khiav mus,
kuv yuav muab cab mus
thiab tsis muaj leejtwg yuav cawm tau.
15Kuv yuav rov mus rau kuv lub chaw,
mus txog thaum lawv lees paub lawv tej kev txhaum
thiab nrhiav kuv lub xubntiag.
Thaum lawv raug kev txom nyem
nyuaj siab lawv yuav los nrhiav kuv.”
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Judgment Against Israel
1“Hear this, you priests!
Pay attention, you Israelites!
Listen, royal house!
This judgment is against you:
You have been a snare at Mizpah,
a net spread out on Tabor.
2The rebels are knee-deep in slaughter.
I will discipline all of them.
3I know all about Ephraim;
Israel is not hidden from me.
Ephraim, you have now turned to prostitution;
Israel is corrupt.
4“Their deeds do not permit them
to return to their God.
A spirit of prostitution is in their heart;
they do not acknowledge the Lord.
5Israel’s arrogance testifies against them;
the Israelites, even Ephraim, stumble in their sin;
Judah also stumbles with them.
6When they go with their flocks and herds
to seek the Lord,
they will not find him;
he has withdrawn himself from them.
7They are unfaithful to the Lord;
they give birth to illegitimate children.
When they celebrate their New Moon feasts,
he will devour⚓ their fields.
8“Sound the trumpet in Gibeah,
the horn in Ramah.
Raise the battle cry in Beth Aven⚓ ;
lead on, Benjamin.
9Ephraim will be laid waste
on the day of reckoning.
Among the tribes of Israel
I proclaim what is certain.
10Judah’s leaders are like those
who move boundary stones.
I will pour out my wrath on them
like a flood of water.
11Ephraim is oppressed,
trampled in judgment,
intent on pursuing idols.⚓
12I am like a moth to Ephraim,
like rot to the people of Judah.
13“When Ephraim saw his sickness,
and Judah his sores,
then Ephraim turned to Assyria,
and sent to the great king for help.
But he is not able to cure you,
not able to heal your sores.
14For I will be like a lion to Ephraim,
like a great lion to Judah.
I will tear them to pieces and go away;
I will carry them off, with no one to rescue them.
15Then I will return to my lair
until they have borne their guilt
and seek my face—
in their misery
they will earnestly seek me.”