Hosea 4
1 Winjuru wach Jehova Nyasaye, un jo-Israel, nikech Jehova Nyasaye nigi wach modonjonugo, un ji modak e piny: “Onge adiera, onge hera, bende udagi yie ni Nyasaye nitie e piny.
Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel, for the Lord shall enter into judgment with the inhabitants of the land: for there is no truth, and there is no mercy, and there is no knowledge of God in the land.
2 Nitie mana kwongʼ, miriambo kod nek, kuo gi chode; kendo giketho singruok duto, kendo chwero remo timore monwore.
Cursing, and lying, and killing, and theft, and adultery have overflowed, and blood hath touched blood.
3 Nikech ma, piny opongʼ gi kuyo kendo ji modak e iye dhero kendo tho; ondiegi manie thim gi winy mafuyo e kor polo gi rech manie nembe tho.
Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth in it shall languish with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of the air: yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be gathered together.
4 “Kik ngʼato kel wach mar donjo, kik ngʼato donjne wadgi, nimar jou chalo mana ka joma donjo ni jadolo.
But yet let not any man judge: and let not a man be rebuked: for thy people are as they that contradict the priest.
5 Uchwanyoru odiechiengʼ gotieno to jonabi bende chwanyore mana kaka un. Omiyo abiro tieko minu.
And thou shalt fall today, and the prophet also shall fall with thee: in the night I have made thy mother to be silent.
6 Joga itieko nikech chando ngʼeyo. “Nikech utamoru dwaro ngʼeyo, an bende adagiu kaka jodolona; nikech usejwangʼo chike mag Nyasachu, an bende anajwangʼ nyithindu.
My people have been silent, because they had no knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will reject thee, that thou shalt not do the office of priesthood to me: and thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.
7 Kaka jodolo medore, e kaka gimedo timo richo e nyima; gisewilo duongʼ margi gi gima kelo wichkuot.
According to the multitude of them so have they sinned against me: I will change their glory into shame.
8 Giyiengʼ gi richo mag joga, bende gimor gi timbegi maricho.
They shall eat the sins of my people, and shall lift up their souls to their iniquity.
9 Kendo obiro bet ni: Kaka ji chalo e kaka jodolo bende chalo. To abiro kumogi kuom yoregigo, kendo anachulgi machal gi timbegi.
And there shall be like people like priest: and I will visit their ways upon them, and I will repay them their devices.
10 “Gibiro chiemo to ok giniyiengʼ; gibiro chodo to ok gini nywolre, nikech giseweyo Jehova Nyasaye, mondo gichiwre
And they shall eat and shall not be filled: they have committed fornication, and have not ceased: because they have forsaken the Lord in not observing his law.
11 ne chode, ne kongʼo machon kod kongʼo manyien, magolo winjo mar joga.
Fornication, and wine, and drunkenness take away the understanding.
12 Gipenjo wach kuom nyasaye molos gi bao kendo idwokogi gi yien mopa. Chuny mar chode terogi mabor; ok gin jo-adier ne Nyasachgi.
My people have consulted their stocks, and their staff hath declared unto them: for the spirit of fornication hath deceived them, and they have committed fornication against their God.
13 Gitimo misango ewi gode maboyo kendo gitimo Sewni kuonde motingʼore gi malo, e tiend yiend ober, gi omburi kod yiende mamoko madongo dongo kendo boyo, kama otimo tipo maber. Emomiyo nyiu lokore ochode to mond yawuotu to donjo e chode.
They offered sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burnt incense upon the hills: under the oak, and the poplar, and the turpentine tree, because the shadow thereof was good: therefore shall your daughters commit fornication, and your spouses shall be adulteresses.
14 “Ok anakum nyiu ka gibedo ochode, kata mond yawuotu ka terore, nikech chwo giwegi ema dhi ir mon ma jochode, gi mon manie hekalu mar Baal. Joma onge ngʼeyo biro yudo chandruok!
I will not visit upon your daughters when they shell commit fornication, and upon your spouses when they shall commit adultery: because themselves conversed with harlots, and offered sacrifice with the effeminate, and the people that doth not understand shall be beaten.
15 “Yaye Israel, kata obedo ni utimo anjawo mar chode, kik umi Juda donj e timbego. “Kik udhi Gilgal; kik udhi Beth Aven. Kendo kik ukwongʼru kuwacho niya, ‘Akwongʼora gi nying Jehova Nyasaye mangima!’
If thou play the harlot, O Israel, at least let not Juda offend: and go ye not into Galgal, and come not up into Bethaven, and do not swear: The Lord liveth.
16 Jo-Israel wigi tek mana ka roya bwongʼ ma wiye tek. Ere kaka Jehova Nyasaye nyalo kwayogi e lek kaka ikwayo rombe e lek man-gi lum?
For Israel hath gone astray like a wanton heifer: now will the Lord feed them, as a lamb in a spacious place.
17 Jo-Efraim oriwore gi nyiseche manono; weyeuru kamano!
Ephraim is a partaker with idols, let him alone.
18 Kata ka kong-gi orumo, to gidhi nyime gi timbegi mag chode; jotendgi ohero timbe makelo wichkuot.
Their banquet is separated, they have gone astray by fornication: they that should have protected them have loved to bring shame upon them.
19 Kalausi biro tingʼogi matergi mabor, kendo misenginigi nokelnegi wichkuot.”
The wind hath bound them up in its wings, and they shall be confounded because of their sacrifices.
