Hosea 4
1 Hear the word of YHWH, ye children of Israel: for YHWH hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of Elohim in the land.
Koute pawòl SENYÈ a, O fis a Israël yo, paske SENYÈ a gen yon pwose kont pèp peyi a: Anverite, nanpwen fidelite, ni dousè, ni konesans Bondye nan peyi a.
2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
Gen joure ak madichon, vyole konfyans, asasine moun, vòlè, fè adiltè. Yo aji ak vyolans jiskaske yo vèse san, e vèse san fè san vèse plis.
3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
Akoz sa, peyi a va fè dèy. Tout moun ki rete ladann ap megri menm ak tout sa ki viv. Menm bèt chan yo ak zwazo syèl yo, epi pwason lanmè yo va mouri.
4 Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.
Malgre sa, pa kite okenn moun pote akizasyon, ni okenn moun vin repwoche; paske pèp nou an se tankou sila ki fè kont ak prèt yo.
5 Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother.
Konsa, nou va glise tonbe nan lajounen e menm pwofèt la va glise tonbe avèk nou nan lannwit. Epi Mwen va detwi manman ou.
6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy Elohim, I will also forget thy children.
Pèp Mwen an detwi akoz mank konesans. Akoz ou te rejte konesans, Mwen menm tou, Mwen va rejte ou. Ou p ap ka fè prèt pou Mwen, akoz ou te bliye lalwa Bondye. Konsa, Mwen menm tou, Mwen ap bliye pitit nou yo.
7 As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame.
Plis ke yo te miltipliye, plis ke yo te peche kont mwen. Mwen va fè glwa yo vin chanje an wont.
8 They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.
Yo manje sou peche a pèp Mwen an, e yo dirije volonte yo vè inikite yo.
9 And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.
Se konsa sa va ye: jan pèp la ye a, se konsa prèt la ye. Akoz sa, Mwen va pini yo pou chemen yo, e Mwen va rekonpanse yo pou zak yo.
10 For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to YHWH.
Yo va manje, men yo p ap gen ase. Yo va fè pwostitisyon, men yo p ap ogmante, akoz yo sispann koute SENYÈ a.
11 Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.
Lavi pwostitisyon, diven, ak diven nèf retire bon konprann.
12 My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their Elohim.
Pèp mwen an mande konsèy a zidòl ki fèt ak bwa yo. Paske yon lespri pwostitisyon te egare yo; yo te enfidèl a Bondye yo a.
13 They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery.
Yo ofri sakrifis sou tèt mòn yo, e yo brile lansan sou kolin yo. Anba pye bwadchèn yo, pye sikrèn ak pye mapou yo; akoz lonbraj yo dous. Akoz sa, fi nou yo fè pwostitisyon e madanm nou yo fè adiltè.
14 I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall.
Mwen p ap pini fi nou yo lè yo fè pwostitisyon, ni madanm nou yo lè yo fè adiltè. Paske, mesye yo, yo menm, ale sou kote ak pwostitiye yo, e fè sakrifis yo ak pwostitiye tanp yo. Konsa, pèp san konprann nan vin detwi nèt.
15 Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor swear, YHWH liveth.
Malgre sa, ou menm, Israël, ou fè pwostitisyon an, men ou pa kite Juda vin koupab; pa monte vè Guilgal, ni monte nan Beth-Aven, ni sèmante: “Jan Bondye vivan an!”
16 For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now YHWH will feed them as a lamb in a large place.
Paske Israël fè tèt li di, tankou yon gazèl ak tèt rèd. Èske SENYÈ a, koulye a, kapab nouri yo tankou jenn mouton nan yon bèl chan?
17 Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.
Éphraïm vin jwenn ak zidòl yo. Kite li pou kont li.
18 Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers with shame do love, Give ye.
Bwason yo vin gen gou si. Yo jwe pwostitiye tout tan. Chèf yo vrèman renmen wont yo.
19 The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.
Van an te vlope li nan zèl li yo; yo va wont akoz sakrifis yo fè.
