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.
“Tinye opi ike nʼọnụ gị! Nʼihi na ugo nʼefefe nʼelu ụlọ Onyenwe anyị, nʼihi na ha emebiela ọgbụgba ndụ m, nupu isi megide iwu m.
2 Israel shall cry to me, My God, we know thee.
Ugbu a ndị Izrel na-etiku m mkpu akwa, ‘Chineke anyị, anyị bụ Izrel maara gị.’
3 Israel hath cast off [the thing that is] good: the enemy shall pursue him.
Ma Izrel ajụla ihe dị mma. Ugbu a, ndị iro ga-achụ ya ọsọ.
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 for themselves idols, that they may be cut off.
Ha meere onwe ha ndị eze, ma ha ajụtaghị m ase; ha na-achọrọkwa ndị ọchịchị, ma ghara ịjụta ase nʼaka m. Ọlaọcha na ọlaedo ha ka ha ji na-akpụrụ onwe ha arụsị, nke ha ji ebibi onwe ha.
5 Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast [thee] off; my anger is kindled against them: how long [will it be] ere they attain to innocence?
Ajụla m arụsị nwa ehi a ị kpụrụ, O Sameria. Nʼihi na ọnụma m na-ere ọkụ megide ha. Ruo olee mgbe ka ha ga-anọ bụrụ ndị na-enweghị ike ịdị ọcha?
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.
Ọ bụ nʼIzrel ka ha si. Ọ bụ onye na-akpụ ụzụ kpụrụ ya; ọ bụghị Chineke. A ga-akụrisikwa nwa ehi Sameria ahụ.
7 For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if it shall yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.
“Ha akụọla ifufe, ha ga-aghọtakwa oke ifufe. Osisi ọka ha na-eguzo na-enweghị okpo ọka ọbụla. A sịkwarị na ọ mịrị mkpụrụ, ndị mba ọzọ ga-atapịa ya.
8 Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel in which [is] no pleasure.
Elodala Izrel! Lee, ha nọ ugbu a nʼetiti ndị mba ọzọ dịka mkpọkọrọ ite.
9 For they have gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.
Nʼihi na ha ejeela Asịrịa dịka ịnyịnya ibu ọhịa na-awagharị naanị ya. Ifrem ewerela onwe ya resi ndị enyi ya.
10 Yes, 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.
Ọ bụ ezie na ha ewerela onwe ha resi ọtụtụ mba dị iche iche, aga m achịkọta ha. Ha ga-atakwa ahụ nʼihi ọnọdụ mmegbu nke eze na ndịisi ga-achị ha.
11 Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be to him to sin.
“Nʼihi na Ifrem ewuola ọtụtụ ebe nchụaja maka ịchụ aja mmehie, ebe nchụaja ndị a abụrụla ebe a na-eme mmehie.
12 I have written to him the great things of my law, [but] they were counted as a strange thing.
E depụtaara m ha ọtụtụ ihe banyere iwu m, ma ha were ya dịka ihe e si na mba ọzọ webata.
13 They sacrifice flesh [for] the sacrifices of my 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.
Ha na-achụ aja dịka onyinye nye m, ha na-erikwa anụ ndị ahụ ha jiri chụọ aja, ma na Onyenwe anyị enweghị mmasị nʼebe aja ha dị. Ugbu a, ọ ga-echeta ajọ omume ha, nye ha ntaramahụhụ nʼihi mmehie niile ha, ha ga-alaghachi nʼIjipt.
14 For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fortified cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.
Izrel echezọọla Onye kere ha ma wukwaa obi ndị eze dị iche iche. Juda ewukwaala obodo dị iche iche e wusiri ike. Nʼihi ya, aga m ezite ọkụ nʼobodo ha niile, ọkụ ga-erepịa obodo ha niile e wusiri ike.”
