Hosea 8
1 Set the cornet to thy mouth. [Let the enemy come] like the eagle against the house of the Lord: because they have transgressed my covenant, and against my law have they trespassed.
“Malakata afaan keetti kaaʼadhu! Sababii namoonni kakuu koo cabsanii seera kootti fincilaniif risaan tokko mana Waaqayyootiin ol jira.
2 To me will they then cry, My God, we, Israel, know thee.
Israaʼel, ‘Yaa Waaqa keenya nu si beekna!’ jedhee gara kootti iyyate.
3 [But] Israel did reject the good; so let the enemy pursue him.
Taʼu iyyuu Israaʼel waan gaarii dideera; kanaafuu diinni isa ariʼa.
4 They set up kings, but not my advice: they chose princes and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made themselves idols so that they will be cut off.
Isaan walii galtee koo malee mootota moosifatan; utuu ani hin fudhatiniif ilmaan moototaa filatan. Isaan meetii fi warqee isaaniitiin badiisa isaaniitiif waaqota tolfamoo ofii isaaniitiif tolfatan.
5 Thy calf, O Samaria, hath caused thy rejection; my anger is kindled against them: how long will it be that they cannot cleanse themselves?
Yaa Samaariyaa, waaqa kee tolfamaa bifa jabbii sana baasii gati! Dheekkamsi koo isaanitti bobaʼa. Isaan hamma yoomiitti qulqullaaʼuu dadhabu?
6 For whom Israel did also that [idol] spring; an artisan made it, and no God is it: so then shall it become broken in splinters— that calf of Samaria.
Isaan warra Israaʼel! Jabbii kana ogeessa hojii harkaatu tolche; inni Waaqa miti. Jabbiin Samaariyaa ni hurraaʼa.
7 For the wind do they sow, and the whirlwind shall they reap: [their seed] bringeth no standing corn; the plant yieldeth no meal; but should it yield it, strangers would swallow it up.
“Isaan bubbee facaafatanii bubbee hamaa haammatu. Mukni isaa mataa hin qabu; daraaraas hin baasu. Utuu inni midhaan naqatee silaa namoonni ormaa ni nyaatu ture.
8 Swallowed up is Israel: now are they among the nations as a vessel without any value.
Israaʼel liqimfameera; isaan amma saboota gidduutti akka waan faayidaa hin qabne tokkoo ti.
9 For they are needs gone up to Assyria, they who like a wild ass should dwell alone: Ephraim spendeth lovers' gifts.
Isaan akkuma harree diidaa kan asii fi achi kophaa jooruu gara Asooriitti ol baʼaniiruutii; Efreemis michootatti of gurgureera.
10 But even though they should spend gifts among the nations, now will I gather them: and they shall be humbled a little through the burden of the king of princes.
Isaan saboota gidduutti yoo of gurguran iyyuu ani amma walitti isaan nan qaba. Isaan hacuuccaa mooticha jabaa jalatti ni sukkuumamu.
11 Because Ephraim hath multiplied altars to sin, the altars have been unto him the means of sinning.
“Efreem aarsaa cubbuutiif iddoo aarsaa hedduu yoo hojjete iyyuu, lafti sun iddoo aarsaa itti cubbuu hojjechuuf qopheessan taʼeera.
12 I ever wrote down for him the great things of my law; but as a strange thing are they accounted.
Ani waaʼee seera koo waan baayʼee isaaniif barreesseera; isaan garuu akkuma waan alaa dhufe tokkootti ilaalu.
13 My sacrificial offerings they slay as common flesh that they may eat it; the Lord accepteth them not in favor: now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins; they shall indeed return to Egypt.
Isaan aarsaa naaf kenname dhiʼeessu; foon sanas ni nyaatu; Waaqayyo garuu isaanitti hin gammanne. Inni amma hammina isaanii yaadatee cubbuu isaanii adaba: Isaan gara Gibxitti deebiʼu.
14 For Israel forgot his Maker, and built palaces; and Judah multiplied fortified cities; but I will send a fire among his cities, and it shall devour their fine edifices.
Israaʼel Uumaa isaa irraanfatee masaraawwan mootummaa ijaare; Yihuudaan magaalaawwan hedduutti dallaa ijaare. Ani garuu ibidda daʼannoowwan isaanii barbadeessu magaalaawwan isaaniitti nan erga.”
