Hosea 8
1 [Set] the trumpet to thy mouth. [He shall come] as an eagle against the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.
“Mitsɔ kpẽ la ɖo nu! Egbɔna abe hɔ̃ ene ɖe Yehowa ƒe aƒe la ŋu, elabena wotu nye nubabla la hetsitre ɖe nye seawo ŋu.
2 Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee.
Azɔ la, Israel le ɣli dom nam be, ‘Míaƒe Mawu, kpe ɖe mía ŋuti!’
3 Israel hath cast off [the thing that is] good: the enemy shall pursue him.
Gake Israel gbe nu le nu si nyo la gbɔ; azɔ la, eƒe futɔwo ati eyome.
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.
Woɖo fiawo, gake womebia gbem hafi o, eye wotia dumegã siwo dzi nyemeda asi ɖo o. Wotsɔ woƒe klosalo kple sika wɔ legbawoe na wo ɖokui hena woawo ŋutɔ ƒe tsɔtsrɔ̃.
5 Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast [thee] off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long [will it be] ere they attain to innocency?
O Samaria, tsɔ wò nyivilegba si nèwɔ la ƒu gbe. Nye dɔmedzoe le bibim ɖe wo ŋu. Gbe ka gbe miana mia ŋuti nakɔ?
6 For from Israel [was] it also: the workman made it; therefore it [is] not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
Nu siawo dzɔ tso Israel, nyivilegba si gbede tu la, menye Mawu o, eya ta woagbã Samaria ƒe nyivi la gudugudu.
7 For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.
“Woƒã ya, eya ta woaŋe ahomya. Woƒe bliwo magbã ahadza o, eya ta ahɔ̃litiwo matse ku o, eye ne bli anɔ blitikpui aɖewo ŋu hã la, amedzrowo ahae aɖu.
8 Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein [is] no pleasure.
Israel gbã gudugudu, ɖeko wòle dukɔwo dome abe nu maɖinu ene,
9 For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.
elabena wodzo yi Asiria hele tsatsam abe gbetedziwo ene. Efraim tsɔ eɖokui dzra na ahiãviwo.
10 Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes.
Togbɔ be wodzra wo ɖokuiwo na dukɔwo hã la, magaƒo wo nu ƒu azɔ. Woakpe fu le fiagã la kple dumegãwo ƒe teteɖeanyi ta.
11 Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.
“Efraim tu vɔsamlekpui geɖewo, hena nu vɔ̃ vɔsa, gake menye nyee wòtu wo na o. Wotu wo hena nu vɔ̃ wɔwɔ.
12 I have written to him the great things of my law, [but] they were counted as a strange thing.
Ne mede se akpe ewo nɛ hã la, ɖeko wòagblɔ be menye yee wode seawo na o, ke boŋ ame bubuwoe wode wo na.
13 They sacrifice flesh [for] the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat [it; but] the LORD accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.
Wowua nye vɔsalãwo hena lã la ɖuɖu, gake woƒe nu menyoa Yehowa ŋu o. Azɔ aɖo ŋku woƒe vɔ̃ɖivɔ̃ɖi dzi, eye wòahe to na wo ɖe woƒe nu vɔ̃ ta, ale woagatrɔ ayi Egipte.
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.
Israel ŋlɔ eƒe wɔla be, eye wòtu fiasã gã dranyiwo. Yuda ɖo gli sesẽwo ƒo xlã eƒe duwo. Maɖo dzo ɖa wòafia woƒe duwo, eye wòabi woƒe mɔ sesẽwo.”
