Hosea 8
1 Put the ram’s horn to your lips! An eagle looms over the house of the LORD, because the people have transgressed My covenant and rebelled against My law.
“Huhai karumbeta mwĩhũge! Thũ ĩrerete igũrũ rĩa nyũmba ya Jehova ta nderi, tondũ andũ nĩmathũkĩtie kĩrĩkanĩro gĩakwa, na makarega watho wakwa.
2 Israel cries out to Me, “O our God, we know You!”
Isiraeli nĩarangaĩra, akoiga atĩrĩ, ‘Wee Ngai witũ, nĩtũkũmenyete!’
3 But Israel has rejected good; an enemy will pursue him.
No Isiraeli nĩaregete ũndũ ũrĩa mwega; nĩ ũndũ ũcio thũ nĩĩkamũingatithia.
4 They set up kings, but not by Me. They make princes, but without My approval. With their silver and gold they make themselves idols, to their own destruction.
Marũgamagia athamaki matarĩ na rũtha rwakwa, magathuura anene itametĩkĩrĩtie. Methondekagĩra mĩhianano na betha na thahabu ciao, nayo ĩgatuĩka ya kũmaniina.
5 He has rejected your calf, O Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence?
Wee Samaria-rĩ, te mũhianano wa ngai ĩyo ya njaũ! Marakara makwa nĩmakanĩte harĩ yo. Nĩ nginya-rĩ megũtũũra maremetwo nĩgũikara marĩ atheru?
6 For this thing is from Israel— a craftsman made it, and it is not God. It will be broken to pieces, that calf of Samaria.
Acio moimĩte Isiraeli! Njaũ ĩno nĩ mũturi ũmĩthondekete; yo ti Ngai. Njaũ ĩyo ya Samaria-rĩ, nĩĩkoinangwo icunjĩ.
7 For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. There is no standing grain; what sprouts fails to yield flour. Even if it should produce, the foreigners would swallow it up.
“Mahaandaga rũhuho, makagetha kĩhuhũkanio; ngano ndĩrĩ na magira, ndĩngiumia mũtu; korwo no ĩciare ngano, andũ a kũngĩ nĩo mangĩmĩrĩa.
8 Israel is swallowed up! Now they are among the nations like a worthless vessel.
Isiraeli nĩameretio; rĩu arĩ gatagatĩ ka ndũrĩrĩ ahaana ta kĩndũ gĩtarĩ bata.
9 For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey on its own. Ephraim has hired lovers.
Nĩgũkorwo nĩmambatĩte, magathiĩ Ashuri, ta ndigiri ya gĩthaka ĩkĩũrũra ĩrĩ iiki. Efiraimu nĩeyendetie kũrĩ endwa ake.
10 Though they hire allies among the nations, I will now round them up, and they will begin to diminish under the oppression of the king of princes.
O na gũtuĩka nĩmeyendetie gatagatĩ-inĩ ka ndũrĩrĩ, rĩu nĩngũmacookanĩrĩria hamwe. Mekwambĩrĩria kũhinyara, mahinyĩrĩirio nĩ mũthamaki ũrĩa ũrĩ hinya.
11 Though Ephraim multiplied the altars for sin, they became his altars for sinning.
“O na gũtuĩka Efiraimu nĩakĩte igongona nyingĩ cia kũrutagĩrwo maruta ma kũhoroherio mehia, icio ituĩkĩte igongona cia kwĩhagĩria.
12 Though I wrote for them the great things of My law, they regarded them as something strange.
Ndaamandĩkĩire maũndũ maingĩ watho-inĩ wakwa, no makĩmatua taarĩ maũndũ mageni.
13 Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to Me, and though they eat the meat, the LORD does not accept them. Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins: They will return to Egypt.
Marutaga magongona marĩa ndeheirwo, magacooka makarĩa nyama icio, no Jehova ndakenagio nĩmo. Na rĩrĩ, nĩekũririkana waganu wao, na aherithie mehia mao. Nao nĩmagacooka bũrũri wa Misiri.
14 Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; Judah has multiplied its fortified cities. But I will send fire upon their cities, and it will consume their citadels.
Isiraeli nĩariganĩirwo nĩ ũrĩa wamũmbire, na agaaka nyũmba cia ũnene; Juda nĩairigĩire matũũra maingĩ na thingo cia hinya. No nĩngarehere matũũra mao manene mwaki ũrĩa ũgaacina ciikaro ciao iria ciirigĩtwo na hinya.”
