Hosea 10
1 Israel hi iti khanna khangtou hiuvem? Kihoithosahna lengpigui, aga bohkeng konga ga. Agamsungu ahao jep jepleh, gamchom mite indoi jong atamcheh chehin ahi.
“Israel was [like a large] healthy/luxuriant vine [MET] that produced [a lot of] grapes. But as the people became richer, they made more altars [at which to worship idols]. As the people prospered, they [built and] decorated sacred pillars [that they worshiped].
2 Alungthimu jong jou le nal jeng adimset in, hijeha chu tua hi athemmo nau mo akipoh teidiu ahi. Alungthimu hoitalou hijeha chu gotna chang dinguahi. Pakaiyin amaicham jouseu jong asuhsetna, aphuh lhuh ding, adoikhom joseu jong asuh mang soh kei ding ahi.
They are deceitful; [so] now they are guilty and must be punished. [I], Yahweh, will tear down their altars and smash those pillars.
3 Chutengleh amahon seijuntin, “Keihon leng kaneipouve, ipijeh-inem itileh keihon Pakai kaging tapouve, ahinlah kaneijuvin jong, ipi eibol peh behuvem?”
Then they will say, ‘It is because we did not revere Yahweh that we no [longer] have a king. But [even if we had] a king, he certainly could not [RHQ] do anything to help us.’
4 Thu homkeo asei seijuvin, jouva kihahsel abol boljengun, kitepna asem semjengui. Hijeh chun loulaiya tucha nunga dumom keh dondoh bangin thinathei thu kitan chu ahung sohdohjinge.
They falsely promise [that they will do many things]; they solemnly promise and make agreements, but they do not do what they promise. So people accuse and sue [each other in the courts]; they are like [SIM] poisonous weeds [that grow] in a plowed field.
5 Samaria khopia chengte chu, Beth-aven a bongnou lim kisem jeh'in abonchauvin akihot lhul gam tauve. Hiche milim kisem chung chang jeh'a hi amite lungkham diu, Amilim houna'a thempua pang ho jong hung kap diu ahi. Aloupina akitol mang jeh'a lunghem diu ahiye.
The people who live in Samaria [city] are worried about [what may happen to the idol that resembles] a calf [that they set up] at Beth-Aven [town]. The people in Samaria will mourn, and the priests there will cry about it [if it is damaged or destroyed]. [Previously] they shouted joyfully about its being very great; but now it will not be great any more.
6 Hiche milim doi jong hi Assyria gam'a kitol mang ding, Chule leng lenpa henga kai apeh diu ahi. Ephraim jong milim doi ahou jeh'a ajumin van ahol ding, Israel jong kijum soa jachatna akimu ding ahi.
It will be taken to Assyria to be a gift for the great King [of Assyria]. [So the people of] Israel will be disgraced, and they will be ashamed because [they trusted in] that idol.
7 Samaria lengpa jong mangthah ding, twi chunga thinghal kilap bang ding ahi.
The King of Samaria [and the other people in Samaria] will be gone; they will be like [SIM] a twig [that floats away] on the surface of the water [and disappears].
8 Israel chonsetna jouse kisubei hel ding, aven khoa khomol doiphung jouse jong kisubei ding, amaicham phung jouseu a jong lingle khao hung keh doh ding ahi. Molsang jouse jaha jong neikhu khumuvin atiuva, lhangsang jouse jaha jong neile’uvin ati dingu ahi.
The altars on the tops of hills [where the people worshiped idols] will be destroyed; those have been the places where the people of Israel sinned greatly. Thorns and weeds will grow and cover those altars. Then the people will plead to the mountains and hills, ‘Fall [down and] cover us [to protect us from God punishing us]!’
9 Pakaiyin hitin aseiye, “Vo Israel, Gibeah nikho laiya pat nangma chonse jingjeng nahin, Khantoubena imacha naboldohbe ima aumpoi. Hiche jeh'a hi Gibeah khopi gallin alonkhum lou ding ham?
[You people of] Israel, [ever since your ancestors did evil things] at Gibeah, you have continued to sin. [When the people at] [PRS] Gibeah [did evil things], the result was a war [in which thousands of people died].
10 Themmona avelvella anei jeh uva, hil lel pholel mite doudinga keima kahunga amaho dou dia namtin vaipi kakhop ding ahi.
[So now], when I want to, I will punish the Israeli people. Because of the many sins that they have committed, [the armies of other] nations will gather to attack them, and they will cause the Israeli people to become their slaves.
11 Ephraim hi phatea kihil themsa chang chil ding thanom jing bongnou gol tobang ahin, Angong chang jolsilsel chu kadep dep ahin, Ahin Ephraim namkol kabupeha, Judan jong, lou akai teitei ding, Jacob jengin jong louva thingtum akitah ding ahi.
Israel is [like] [MET] a well-trained (heifer/young cow) that likes to thresh [grain]. [So now you will become slaves]. [It will be as though] I will put a yoke on your neck, and you will be forced to work hard for your enemies in their fields. [You people of] Israel and Judah [will be forced to go to Assyria]; there you [DOU] will pull plows to break up the ground [for planting seeds].
12 Nangma ding chehin chondihna muchi tun kitu soh keiyuvinlang lungset longlou chu aga kilo sohkeiyuvin lang, nalung tah chu kikhoikeh in, tuhi Pakai holphat ahitai. Pakai ahunga huhhingna nachunguva goju banga ajuhsahna dinga, tuphat tah hi Pakai hol phat ahi.
[You plow your fields and plant your seeds] and harvest [your crops] [MET], [but what you need to do is] to act righteously and to faithfully love [me]; you need to repent [MET], because it is time to try to know [me], Yahweh; and if you do that, I will pour out [MET] many blessings on you.
13 Ahilah nanghon gitlouna chu lou kaijin nakaiyun, khan gitlouna na tun, lepchena ga naneove. Ajeh chu nanghon nangho lampi seh sehle nami hat tamtah hobou natahsanun ahi.
You [plant seeds and harvest the crops and eat them]; [but what I consider that you have really done is] that you have planted wicked things and harvested evil things and eaten [MET] the results [IDM] of the lies [that you have told]. [Instead of trusting in me, ] you have (depended on/trusted in) your own power and in your many soldiers.
14 Tua hi namite chunga galkhoh tah hunga nakulpiu kisuse ding, Minu chu achate chunga ahel hela kitatkeh ding ahi??
As a result, you will [soon] hear the roar of battle, and all your cities that have walls around them will be destroyed, like [SIM] Shalman’s [army] destroyed Beth-Arbel [city] in a battle, and the women [in that city] and their children were bashed to death.
15 Nakhan gitlouna alet jeh'a, Bethel in nachunga na atoh ding ahi. Jingkah lamleh Israel lengpa chu kisumang hel ding ahi.
[You people of] [APO] Bethel [city], that is what will happen to you, because you are very wicked. And when the sun rises [on that day], the King of Israel will be killed [in the battle].”
