Hosea 9
1 [You people of] Israel, do not shout joyfully [during your festivals] like [people of other] nations do! [I say that] because you have (not been faithful to/abandoned) me, your God. At every place where the people thresh grain you have [presented gifts to your idols like men] pay money to prostitutes.
Nou menm pèp Izrayèl, pa fè kè nou kontan! Sispann fè fèt tankou moun lòt nasyon yo. Nou vire do bay Bondye nou an, nou pa kenbe pawòl nou te gen avè l' la. Tankou fanm ki nan dezòd, nou kouche kote nou jwenn glasi pou ti grenn yo fè nou kado.
2 [But soon] there will not be enough grain [MTY, PRS] and wine [MTY, PRS] for you.
Men, talè konsa, nou p'ap gen kont farin, ni kont lwil pou nou sèvi. Kanta pou diven, nou p'ap jwenn sa menm.
3 And you people will not remain in the land that I, Yahweh, [gave to your ancestors]. You will be [captured and] taken to [Assyria], [where you will become slaves like your ancestors were] in Egypt; and in Assyria you will be forced to eat food that Yahweh has forbidden you to eat.
Pèp Izrayèl la p'ap rete nan peyi Seyè a. Moun Efrayim yo ap tounen peyi Lejip ankò. Yo pral manje nan peyi Lasiri manje yo pa te gen dwa manje.
4 You Israelis will not [be able to] give wine offerings to him, or bring sacrifices to him. None of your other sacrifices will please him; they will be unacceptable to him, like [SIM] food that is touched by people at funerals, and everyone who eats that food will become unacceptable to him. They will be permitted to eat that food themselves, but they will not [be permitted to] bring it into the temple.
Lè sa a, yo p'ap ka ofri diven bay Seyè a, ni yo p'ap ka fè okenn ofrann bèt ki pou ta fè l' plezi. Tout manje yo ap tankou manje yo bay nan veye. Tout moun ki manje manje sa yo p'ap nan kondisyon pou fè sèvis pou Bondye. Manje a va sèvi pou plen vant yo ase. Yo p'ap ka pran ladan l' pou ofri bay Seyè a nan tanp li a.
5 At that time you will not [RHQ] be able to celebrate the feasts and sacred festivals.
Kisa y'a fè menm lè gwo jou a, lè jou pou yo fè fèt pou Seyè a va rive?
6 And even if you escape and are not killed [by the Assyrians], you will be captured by [the army of] Egypt, and you will [die and] be buried in Memphis, [the capital of Egypt]. Briers will [grow up and] cover your treasures of silver, and thorns will grow in your [ruined] tents/houses.
Men malè tonbe sou yo, yo leve, yo pati. Moun peyi Lejip yo ap ranmase yo, y'ap antere yo nan lavil Menmfis. Raje pral pouse tout kote yo te konn mete richès yo. Pikan pral anvayi tout kote yo te moute kay yo.
7 It is now the time for Yahweh to punish you, to pay you back for all the sins that you have committed. You people will [soon] know that. You have [committed] very many sins, and you very much hate Yahweh. You consider that the prophets are foolish, and you think that those who proclaim messages from him are crazy.
Jou pou yo pini nou an rive. Wi, lè pou yo ban nou sa nou merite a pral rive. Lè sa a, moun peyi Izrayèl yo va konprann sa k'ap rive yo a. Y'ap plede di: Pwofèt sa a pèdi tèt li. Nonm ki gen lespri Bondye moute l' la pa konn sa l'ap di. Men se paske yo fè gwo peche, se paske yo vire do bay Bondye kifè sa rive yo.
8 My God appointed [me and the other] prophets to be [like] [MET] watchmen [to warn] you people of Israel, but everywhere that we go, [it is as though] people set traps for us and people are hostile [to us, even] in the temple of our God.
Bondye voye m' tankou yon pwofèt pou m' avèti moun Izrayèl yo, pèp li a. Men tout kote m' pase, yo pare pèlen pou yo pran m' tankou yon zwazo. Menm nan pwòp kay Bondye a, yo pa vle wè m'.
9 The sins that the Israeli people have committed are as awful as [what the men of] Gibeah did long ago; [so] God will not forget the wicked things that they have done; he will punish the Israelis for [all] those sins.
Yo lage kò yo nèt nan fè sa ki mal, tankou yo te fè l' lavi Gibeya. Bondye va chonje jan yo mechan, l'a pini yo pou tout peche yo fè.
10 [Yahweh says], “When I first started [to do things to help] Israel, it seemed to me as though [SIM] I had found grapes in the desert. Your ancestors were [delightful], like [SIM] the first figs that grow on fig trees [each year]. But when they came to Peor [Mountain], they worshiped that disgusting idol Baal, and they became as disgusting as the idol that they loved.
Seyè a di: Lè m' te fèk jwenn pèp Izrayèl la, se te tankou si m' te jwenn yon grap rezen nan mitan yon dezè. Lè m' te fèk wè zansèt nou yo, se te tankou si m' te wè premye fig frans ki mi nan rekòt fig la. Men, lè yo rive Baal-Peyò yo lage kò yo nan sèvi Baal. Yo fè m' vin rayi yo, tankou mwen rayi zidòl yo te renmen yo.
11 The things that cause Israel to be great will disappear like [SIM] a bird that flies away; [most of their women will] not become pregnant [DOU] or give birth to children.
Sa ki te yon lwanj pou pèp Efrayim lan ap vole ale tankou zwazo. Yo p'ap fè pitit, madanm yo p'ap gwovant, madanm yo p'ap menm ansent.
12 Even if their children are born and start to grow up, I will cause all of them to die [while they are still young]. Terrible things will happen to them when I abandon them!
Menm si yo rive fè pitit, mwen p'ap kite yo fin grandi. Lè m' vire do ba yo, malè ap rive yo.
13 I have seen Israel become beautiful and prosperous like Tyre [city] was [before it was destroyed], but now the people of Israel will [be forced to] take their children to be slaughtered [by their enemies].”
Mwen fè yon vizyon, mwen wè pitit gason moun Izrayèl yo nan yon bèl jaden, epi se moun Izrayèl yo menm ki t'ap mennen yo bay ansasen.
14 Yahweh, [I do not know] [RHQ] what I should ask for my people. So I ask that you do this one thing: Cause the women who are pregnant to have miscarriages and unable [to nurse their babies].
Seyè! Kisa m' ta mande ou fè pou yo? Fè madanm yo toujou an pèdisyon? Fè yo pa gen lèt pou bay pitit yo tete?
15 [Yahweh says], “Because of all the wicked things that my people did at Gilgal, that is where I started to hate them. [And now], because of [all] the sinful things that they have done, I will expel them from my country. I will not love them any longer; all their leaders rebel [against me].
Seyè a di konsa: Mechanste pèp la konmanse depi nan peyi Gilgal. Se la menm mwen konmanse rayi yo. Yo fè twòp move zak. Se poutèt sa, m'ap mete yo deyò nan peyi mwen an. Mwen p'ap renmen yo ankò, paske tout chèf yo se yon bann wòklò.
16 Israel is like [MET] a grapevine that is dried up; [like a vine] [MET] whose roots are withered and that produces no fruit. Even if the [women of Israel] give birth to [more] children, I will cause those children, whom they love, to die.
Peyi Efrayim lan tankou yon pyebwa ki pa ka donnen ankò. Rasin li yo fin cheche. Yo p'ap fè pitit. Menm si yo rive fè pitit, m'ap touye pitit yo pi renmen yo.
17 The people of Israel have not obeyed me, their God, so I will reject them. [As a result], they will wander among the [other] nations, [searching for a place to live].”
Bondye m'ap sèvi a ap voye yo jete, paske yo pa t' koute li. Yo pral mache pwomennen san rete nan mitan nasyon yo.
