Hosea 10
1 “Israel was [like a large] healthy/luxuriant vine [MET] that produced [a lot of] grapes. But as the people became richer, they made more altars [at which to worship idols]. As the people prospered, they [built and] decorated sacred pillars [that they worshiped].
O KA Iseraela, he kumu waina, i ulu palahalaha, e hua ana i ka hua nona iho; E like me ka nui o kona hua, pela no ia i hoomahuahua ai i na kuahu; E like me ka maikai o kona aina, pela no ia i hoonani ai i na kii.
2 They are deceitful; [so] now they are guilty and must be punished. [I], Yahweh, will tear down their altars and smash those pillars.
Ua kanalua ko lakou naau; Ano e hoopaiia lakou; E hoohiolo no ia i ko lakou kuahu, E hoopau no ia i ko lakou mau kii.
3 Then they will say, ‘It is because we did not revere Yahweh that we no [longer] have a king. But [even if we had] a king, he certainly could not [RHQ] do anything to help us.’
Ano hoi, e olelo auanei lakou, Aohe o kakou alii, No ka mea, aole o kakou i makau aku ia Iehova; Heaha ka mea a ke alii e hana mai ai no kakou?
4 They falsely promise [that they will do many things]; they solemnly promise and make agreements, but they do not do what they promise. So people accuse and sue [each other in the courts]; they are like [SIM] poisonous weeds [that grow] in a plowed field.
Ua olelo lakou i na olelo hoohiki wahahee i ka hana ana i ka berita; A ua ulu mai ka hoahewa e like me ka laau make ma na auwaha o ke kula.
5 The people who live in Samaria [city] are worried about [what may happen to the idol that resembles] a calf [that they set up] at Beth-Aven [town]. The people in Samaria will mourn, and the priests there will cry about it [if it is damaged or destroyed]. [Previously] they shouted joyfully about its being very great; but now it will not be great any more.
E makau auanei na kanaka o Samaria no na keikibipi o Betavena: No ka mea, e auwe auanei kona poe kanaka no ia mea; A e haalulu na kahuna no kona nani, No ka mea, ua nalowale ia.
6 It will be taken to Assyria to be a gift for the great King [of Assyria]. [So the people of] Israel will be disgraced, and they will be ashamed because [they trusted in] that idol.
A e laweia'ku hoi ia i Asuria i makana no ke alii no ka enemi: A e kau mai ka hilahila ia Eperaima, A e hilahila hoi ka Iseraela no kona manao iho.
7 The King of Samaria [and the other people in Samaria] will be gone; they will be like [SIM] a twig [that floats away] on the surface of the water [and disappears].
A o Samaria, ua okiia'ku kona alii, e like me ka hua maluna o ka wai.
8 The altars on the tops of hills [where the people worshiped idols] will be destroyed; those have been the places where the people of Israel sinned greatly. Thorns and weeds will grow and cover those altars. Then the people will plead to the mountains and hills, ‘Fall [down and] cover us [to protect us from God punishing us]!’
A e hoopauia na heiau o Avena, ka hewa o ka Iseraela: E kupu mai auanei ka laau kuku a me ka puakala maluna o ko lakou mau kuahu; A e olelo aku lakou i na mauna, E uhi mai ia makou; A i na puu, E hiolo mai maluna o makou.
9 [You people of] Israel, [ever since your ancestors did evil things] at Gibeah, you have continued to sin. [When the people at] [PRS] Gibeah [did evil things], the result was a war [in which thousands of people died].
E ka Iseraela, ua hana hewa oe mai na la o Gibea mai; Ilaila lakou i ku ai: A o ke kaua ana ma Gibea i na keiki hewa, aole anei ia e hiki aku io lakou la?
10 [So now], when I want to, I will punish the Israeli people. Because of the many sins that they have committed, [the armies of other] nations will gather to attack them, and they will cause the Israeli people to become their slaves.
Eia ko'u manao, e hahau aku ia lakou; A e akoakoa mai na kanaka e ku e ia lakou, I kuu hoopaa ana ia lakou, no ko lakou mau hewa elua.
11 Israel is [like] [MET] a well-trained (heifer/young cow) that likes to thresh [grain]. [So now you will become slaves]. [It will be as though] I will put a yoke on your neck, and you will be forced to work hard for your enemies in their fields. [You people of] Israel and Judah [will be forced to go to Assyria]; there you [DOU] will pull plows to break up the ground [for planting seeds].
A o Eperaima, ua like ia me ka bipi wahine opiopio i laka, a makemake hoi e hehi i ka palaoa: Aka, e hele aku no au maluna o kona a-i maikai: E hooholo au ia Eperaima; A e hana o Iuda me ka oopalau, A na Iakoba e kuikui i puupuu lepo nona.
12 [You plow your fields and plant your seeds] and harvest [your crops] [MET], [but what you need to do is] to act righteously and to faithfully love [me]; you need to repent [MET], because it is time to try to know [me], Yahweh; and if you do that, I will pour out [MET] many blessings on you.
E lulu oukou no oukou iho, ma ka pono, E ohi oukou ma ka lokomaikai; E waele i ko oukou mahinaai; No ka mea, he manawa keia e imi ia Iehova, A hiki mai ia, a ao aku i ka pono ia oukou.
13 You [plant seeds and harvest the crops and eat them]; [but what I consider that you have really done is] that you have planted wicked things and harvested evil things and eaten [MET] the results [IDM] of the lies [that you have told]. [Instead of trusting in me, ] you have (depended on/trusted in) your own power and in your many soldiers.
Ua mahi oukou ma ka pono ole, a ua ohi oukou i ka hewa; A e ai oukou i ka hua o ka wahahee: No ka mea, ua hilinai oe ma kou aoao iho, A i ka lehulehu o kou poe ikaika.
14 As a result, you will [soon] hear the roar of battle, and all your cities that have walls around them will be destroyed, like [SIM] Shalman’s [army] destroyed Beth-Arbel [city] in a battle, and the women [in that city] and their children were bashed to death.
Nolaila, e kupu mai auanei ka haunaele iwaena o kou poe kanaka, A e hoohioloia kou mau wahi paa a pau loa, E like me Salemana i hoohiolo ai ia Betarebela i ka la o ke kaua; I ulupaia'i ka makuwahine me kana mau keiki.
15 [You people of] [APO] Bethel [city], that is what will happen to you, because you are very wicked. And when the sun rises [on that day], the King of Israel will be killed [in the battle].”
Pela oia e hana mai ai ia oukou, ma Betela, no ko oukou hewa nui: I kakahiaka e oki loa ia'ku ke alii o ka Iseraela.
