Hosea 8
1 Set the trumpet to thy mouth. [He cometh] as an eagle against the house of Jehovah, because they have transgressed my covenant, and rebelled against my law.
“Ika lipenga pakamwa pako. Ngati chiwombankhanga, kutsutsana ndi nyumba ya Yehova chifukwa anthu aphwanya pangano langa ndiponso agalukira lamulo langa.
2 They shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee; [we], Israel.
Israeli akulirira kwa Ine kuti, ‘Inu Mulungu wathu, ife timakudziwani!’
3 Israel hath cast off good: the enemy shall pursue him.
Koma Israeli wakana zabwino; mdani adzamuthamangitsa.
4 They have set up kings, but not by me; they have made princes, and I knew it not; of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.
Amalonga mafumu mosatsata kufuna kwanga. Amasankha akalonga popanda chilolezo changa. Amadzipangira mafano asiliva ndi agolide koma adzawonongeka nawo.
5 Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast [thee] off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will they be incapable of purity?
Iwe Samariya, taya fano lako la mwana wangʼombe! Mkwiyo wanga wayakira anthuwo. Padzapita nthawi yayitali chotani asanasinthike kukhala oyera mtima?
6 For from Israel is this also: — a workman made it, and it is no God: for the calf of Samaria shall be [broken in] pieces.
Mafanowa ndi ochokera ku Israeli! Mwana wa ngʼombe uyu anapangidwa ndi munthu waluso; si Mulungu amene anamupanga. Adzaphwanyidwa nʼkukhala zidutswa, mwana wangʼombe wa ku Samariya.
7 For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk; should it sprout, it would yield no meal; if so be it yield, strangers shall swallow it up.
“Aisraeli amadzala mphepo ndipo amakolola kamvuluvulu. Tirigu alibe ngala; sadzabala chakudya. Akanabala chakudya alendo akanadya chakudyacho.
8 Israel is swallowed up: now are they become among the nations as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.
Israeli wamezedwa, tsopano ali pakati pa anthu a mitundu ina ngati chinthu cha chabechabe.
9 For they are gone up [to] Assyria [as] a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.
Pakuti iwo anapita ku Asiriya ngati mbidzi yongodziyendera pa yokha. Efereimu wadzigulitsa kwa zibwenzi zake.
10 Although they hire among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall begin to be straitened under the burden of the king of princes.
Ngakhale wadzigulitsa pakati pa mitundu ya anthu, Ine ndidzawasonkhanitsa pamodzi. Iwo adzayamba kuzunzika pansi pa ulamuliro wankhanza wa mfumu yamphamvu.
11 Because Ephraim hath multiplied altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.
“Ngakhale Efereimu anamanga maguwa ambiri a nsembe zoperekedwa chifukwa cha tchimo, maguwa amenewa akhala malo ochimwirapo.
12 I have prescribed unto him the manifold things of my law: they are counted [as] a strange thing.
Ndinawalembera zinthu zambiri za malamulo anga, koma iwo anaziyesa ngati zinthu zachilendo.
13 They sacrifice flesh [for] the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; Jehovah hath no delight in them. Now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.
Amapereka nsembe za nyama kwa Ine ndipo iwo amadya nyamayo, koma Yehova sakondwera nazo. Tsopano Iye adzakumbukira zoyipa zawo ndi kuwalanga chifukwa cha machimo awo: iwowo adzabwerera ku Igupto.
14 For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.
Israeli wayiwala Mlengi wake ndipo wamanga nyumba zaufumu; Yuda wachulukitsa mizinda ya malinga. Koma Ine ndidzaponya moto pa mizinda yawoyo, moto umene udzatenthe malinga awo.”
