< Hosea 4 >

1 “Hear a word of YHWH, sons of Israel, For a strife [is] to YHWH with inhabitants of the land, For there is no truth, nor kindness, Nor knowledge of God in the land;
Fanongo ki he folofola ʻa Sihova ʻe fānau ʻa ʻIsileli: He ʻoku ai ʻae fakakikihi ʻa Sihova mo e kakai ʻoe fonua ni, “Koeʻuhi ʻoku ʻikai ha moʻoni, pe ha ʻaloʻofa, pe ha ʻilo ki he ʻOtua ʻi he fonua.
2 Swearing, and lying, and murdering, And stealing, and committing adultery—have increased, And blood has touched against blood.
Ko e kape, mo e loi, mo e fakapō, mo e feʻauaki, ʻoku hā mai mei ai, pea ʻoku ala ʻae toto ki he toto.
3 Therefore the land mourns, And every dweller is weak in it, With the beast of the field, And with the bird of the heavens, And the fishes of the sea—they are removed.
Ko ia, ʻe tangi ʻae fonua, pea ko ia taki taha ʻoku nofo ai ʻe feinga, fakataha mo e fanga manu ʻoe vao, pea mo e fanga manupuna ʻoe ata; ʻio, naʻa mo e ika ʻoe tahi ʻe ʻave mei ai.
4 Only, let no one strive, nor reprove a man, And your people [are] as those striving with a priest.
“Kae ʻoua naʻa fakakikihi mo valoki ʻe ha tangata ha taha kehe: he ko hoʻo kakai ʻoku hangē ko kinautolu ʻoku fakakikihi mo e taulaʻeiki.
5 And you have stumbled in the day, And a prophet has also stumbled with you in the night, And I have cut off your mother.
Ko ia te ke hinga ʻi he [kei ]ʻaho; pea mo e palōfita, te ne tō foki mo koe ʻi he pō, pea te u fakaʻauha hoʻo faʻē.
6 My people have been cut off for lack of knowledge, Because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being priest to Me, And you forget the Law of your God—I forget your sons, I also!
‌ʻOku ʻauha hoku kakai ʻi he masiva ʻilo: koeʻuhi kuo ke liʻaki ʻae ʻilo, te u liʻaki foki koe, ke ʻoua naʻa ke taulaʻeiki kiate au; ko e meʻa ʻi hoʻo fakangaloʻi ʻae fono ʻa ho ʻOtua, te u fakangaloʻi foki hoʻo fānau.
7 According to their abundance so they sinned against Me, I change their glory into shame.
‌ʻI henau tupu naʻa nau fai angahala kiate au: ko ia te u liliu ʻenau ongoongolelei ko e mā.
8 The sin of My people they eat, And to their iniquity lift up their soul.
‌ʻOku nau kai hake ʻae angahala ʻa hoku kakai, pea ʻoku nau tukupau honau loto ki heʻenau angakovi.
9 And it has been, like people, like priest, And I have charged on it its ways, And its habitual doings I return to it.
Pea ʻe pehē ʻi ai, hangē ko e kakai, ʻe pehē ʻae taulaʻeiki: pea te u tautea ʻakinautolu koeʻuhi ko honau ngaahi hala, pea totongi kiate kinautolu ʻenau ngaahi faianga.
10 And they have eaten, and are not satisfied, They have gone whoring, and do not increase, For they have left off taking heed to YHWH.
He te nau kai ka ʻe ʻikai mākona, te nau feʻauaki ka ʻe ʻikai tupu: koeʻuhi kuo nau tuku ʻenau tokanga kia Sihova.
11 Whoredom, and wine, and new wine, take the heart,
Ko e feʻauaki mo e uaine mo e uaine foʻou, ʻoku kavea ʻae loto.
12 My people at its staff asks and its rod declares to it, For a spirit of whoredoms has caused to err, And they go whoring from under their God.
“ʻOku fehuʻi ʻe hoku kakai ki heʻenau fuʻu ʻakau, pea ko honau tokotoko ʻoku fakahā ia kiate kinautolu: he ko e laumālie ʻoe feʻauaki kuo ne fakahēʻi ʻakinautolu, pea kuo nau ʻalu ʻo feʻauaki mei honau ʻOtua.
13 On tops of the mountains they sacrifice, And on the hills they make incense, Under oak, and poplar, and terebinth, For good [is] its shade.
‌ʻOku nau feilaulau ʻi he funga ʻoe ngaahi moʻunga, pea tutu ʻae ʻakau namu lelei ʻi he ngaahi māʻolunga, ʻi he lalo ʻoke mo e popila mo e elemi, koeʻuhi ʻoku lelei hono malu ʻo ia: ko ia ʻe feʻauaki ho ngaahi ʻofefine, pea ʻe tono tangata homou ngaahi uaifi.
14 Therefore your daughters commit whoredom, And your spouses commit adultery, I do not see after your daughters when they commit whoredom, And after your spouses when they commit adultery, For they with the harlots are separated, And with the whores they sacrifice, A people that does not understand kicks.
‌ʻIkai te u tautea homou ngaahi ʻofefine ʻi heʻenau feʻauaki, mo homou ngaahi uaifi ʻi heʻenau tono tangata? He ʻoku nau kau taha mo e kau fefine feʻauaki, pea ʻoku nau feilaulau mo e kau feʻauaki: ko ia, ʻE hinga ki lalo ʻae kakai ʻoku ʻikai ʻi ai ha poto.
15 Though you [are] a harlot, O Israel, Do not let Judah become guilty, And do not come to Gilgal, nor go up to Beth-Aven, Nor swear, YHWH lives.
“Neongo ʻe ʻIsileli ʻa hoʻo fai ʻae feʻauaki, kaeʻoua naʻa hala ai mo Siuta; pea ʻoua naʻa ke haʻu ki Kilikali, pe ʻalu hake ki Peteaveni, pe fuakava, ʻo pehē, ‘ʻOku moʻui ʻa Sihova.’
16 For Israel has turned aside as a stubborn heifer, Now YHWH feeds them as a lamb in a large place.
He ʻoku fakaholomui ʻa ʻIsileli, ʻo hangē ko e pulu mui ʻoku fakaholomui: ko eni, ʻe fafanga ʻakinautolu ʻe Sihova, ʻo hangē ko e lami ʻi he potu ʻataʻatā.
17 Ephraim is joined to idols, leave him alone.
Kuo pikitai ʻa ʻIfalemi ki heʻene ngaahi tamapua: tuku ai pe ia.
18 Sour [is] their drink, They have gone whoring diligently, Her protectors have thoroughly loved shame.
Kuo nau muimui ki he inu kona: kuo nau fai maʻuaipē ʻae feʻauaki: ko honau kau pule ʻoku manako ki he fakamā.
19 Wind has distressed her with its wings, And they are ashamed of their sacrifices!”
Kuo tākai hake ia ʻe he matangi ʻi hono kapakau, pea te nau mā ʻi heʻenau ngaahi feilaulau.

< Hosea 4 >