Hosea 9

1 Rejoice not, O Israel, unto exultation, like the peoples, for thou hast gone astray from thy God, thou hast loved a harlot's hire upon every corn-floor.

Nou menm pèp Izrayèl, pa fè kè nou kontan! Sispann fè fèt tankou moun lòt nasyon yo. Nou vire do bay Bondye nou an, nou pa kenbe pawòl nou te gen avè l' la. Tankou fanm ki nan dezòd, nou kouche kote nou jwenn glasi pou ti grenn yo fè nou kado.

2 The threshing-floor and the wine-press shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail her.

Men, talè konsa, nou p'ap gen kont farin, ni kont lwil pou nou sèvi. Kanta pou diven, nou p'ap jwenn sa menm.

3 They shall not dwell in the LORD'S land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean food in Assyria.

Pèp Izrayèl la p'ap rete nan peyi Seyè a. Moun Efrayim yo ap tounen peyi Lejip ankò. Yo pral manje nan peyi Lasiri manje yo pa te gen dwa manje.

4 They shall not pour out wine-offerings to the LORD, neither shall they be pleasing unto Him; their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of mourners, all that eat thereof shall be polluted; for their bread shall be for their appetite, it shall not come into the house of the LORD.

Lè sa a, yo p'ap ka ofri diven bay Seyè a, ni yo p'ap ka fè okenn ofrann bèt ki pou ta fè l' plezi. Tout manje yo ap tankou manje yo bay nan veye. Tout moun ki manje manje sa yo p'ap nan kondisyon pou fè sèvis pou Bondye. Manje a va sèvi pou plen vant yo ase. Yo p'ap ka pran ladan l' pou ofri bay Seyè a nan tanp li a.

5 What will ye do in the day of the appointed season, and in the day of the feast of the LORD?

Kisa y'a fè menm lè gwo jou a, lè jou pou yo fè fèt pou Seyè a va rive?

6 For, lo, they are gone away from destruction, yet Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them; their precious treasures of silver, nettles shall possess them, thorns shall be in their tents.

Men malè tonbe sou yo, yo leve, yo pati. Moun peyi Lejip yo ap ranmase yo, y'ap antere yo nan lavil Menmfis. Raje pral pouse tout kote yo te konn mete richès yo. Pikan pral anvayi tout kote yo te moute kay yo.

7 The days of visitation are come, the days of recompense are come, Israel shall know it. The prophet is a fool, the man of the spirit is mad! For the multitude of thine iniquity, the enmity is great.

Jou pou yo pini nou an rive. Wi, lè pou yo ban nou sa nou merite a pral rive. Lè sa a, moun peyi Izrayèl yo va konprann sa k'ap rive yo a. Y'ap plede di: Pwofèt sa a pèdi tèt li. Nonm ki gen lespri Bondye moute l' la pa konn sa l'ap di. Men se paske yo fè gwo peche, se paske yo vire do bay Bondye kifè sa rive yo.

8 Ephraim is a watchman with my God; as for the prophet, a fowler's snare is in all his ways, and enmity in the house of his God.

Bondye voye m' tankou yon pwofèt pou m' avèti moun Izrayèl yo, pèp li a. Men tout kote m' pase, yo pare pèlen pou yo pran m' tankou yon zwazo. Menm nan pwòp kay Bondye a, yo pa vle wè m'.

9 They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah; He will remember their iniquity, He will punish their sins.

Yo lage kò yo nèt nan fè sa ki mal, tankou yo te fè l' lavi Gibeya. Bondye va chonje jan yo mechan, l'a pini yo pou tout peche yo fè.

10 I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness, I saw your fathers as the first-ripe in the fig-tree at her first season; but so soon as they came to Baal-peor, they separated themselves unto the shameful thing, and became detestable like that which they loved.

Seyè a di: Lè m' te fèk jwenn pèp Izrayèl la, se te tankou si m' te jwenn yon grap rezen nan mitan yon dezè. Lè m' te fèk wè zansèt nou yo, se te tankou si m' te wè premye fig frans ki mi nan rekòt fig la. Men, lè yo rive Baal-Peyò yo lage kò yo nan sèvi Baal. Yo fè m' vin rayi yo, tankou mwen rayi zidòl yo te renmen yo.

11 As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird; there shall be no birth, and none with child, and no conception.

Sa ki te yon lwanj pou pèp Efrayim lan ap vole ale tankou zwazo. Yo p'ap fè pitit, madanm yo p'ap gwovant, madanm yo p'ap menm ansent.

12 Yea, though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that there be not a man left; yea, woe also to them when I depart from them!

Menm si yo rive fè pitit, mwen p'ap kite yo fin grandi. Lè m' vire do ba yo, malè ap rive yo.

13 Ephraim, like as I have seen Tyre, is planted in a pleasant place; but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the slayer.

Mwen fè yon vizyon, mwen wè pitit gason moun Izrayèl yo nan yon bèl jaden, epi se moun Izrayèl yo menm ki t'ap mennen yo bay ansasen.

14 Give them, O LORD, whatsoever Thou wilt give; give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.

Seyè! Kisa m' ta mande ou fè pou yo? Fè madanm yo toujou an pèdisyon? Fè yo pa gen lèt pou bay pitit yo tete?

15 All their wickedness is in Gilgal, for there I hated them; because of the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of My house; I will love them no more, all their princes are rebellious.

Seyè a di konsa: Mechanste pèp la konmanse depi nan peyi Gilgal. Se la menm mwen konmanse rayi yo. Yo fè twòp move zak. Se poutèt sa, m'ap mete yo deyò nan peyi mwen an. Mwen p'ap renmen yo ankò, paske tout chèf yo se yon bann wòklò.

16 Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit; yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay the beloved fruit of their womb.

Peyi Efrayim lan tankou yon pyebwa ki pa ka donnen ankò. Rasin li yo fin cheche. Yo p'ap fè pitit. Menm si yo rive fè pitit, m'ap touye pitit yo pi renmen yo.

17 My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto Him; and they shall be wanderers among the nations.

Bondye m'ap sèvi a ap voye yo jete, paske yo pa t' koute li. Yo pral mache pwomennen san rete nan mitan nasyon yo.