Hosea 8
1 'Unto thy mouth — a trumpet, As an eagle against the house of Jehovah, Because they transgressed My covenant, And against My law they have rebelled.
“Ika lipenga pakamwa pako. Ngati chiwombankhanga, kutsutsana ndi nyumba ya Yehova chifukwa anthu aphwanya pangano langa ndiponso agalukira lamulo langa.
2 To Me they cry, 'My God, we — Israel — have known Thee.'
Israeli akulirira kwa Ine kuti, ‘Inu Mulungu wathu, ife timakudziwani!’
3 Cast off good hath Israel, an enemy pursueth him.
Koma Israeli wakana zabwino; mdani adzamuthamangitsa.
4 They have made kings, and not by Me, They have made princes, and I have not known, Their silver and their gold they have made to them idols, So that they are cut off.
Amalonga mafumu mosatsata kufuna kwanga. Amasankha akalonga popanda chilolezo changa. Amadzipangira mafano asiliva ndi agolide koma adzawonongeka nawo.
5 Cast off hath thy calf, O Samaria, Burned hath Mine anger against them, Till when are they not capable of purity?
Iwe Samariya, taya fano lako la mwana wangʼombe! Mkwiyo wanga wayakira anthuwo. Padzapita nthawi yayitali chotani asanasinthike kukhala oyera mtima?
6 For even it [is] of Israel; an artificer made it, And it [is] not God, For the calf of Samaria is fragments!
Mafanowa ndi ochokera ku Israeli! Mwana wa ngʼombe uyu anapangidwa ndi munthu waluso; si Mulungu amene anamupanga. Adzaphwanyidwa nʼkukhala zidutswa, mwana wangʼombe wa ku Samariya.
7 For wind they sow, and a hurricane they reap, Stalk it hath none — a shoot not yielding grain, If so be it yield — strangers do swallow it up.
“Aisraeli amadzala mphepo ndipo amakolola kamvuluvulu. Tirigu alibe ngala; sadzabala chakudya. Akanabala chakudya alendo akanadya chakudyacho.
8 Israel hath been swallowed up, Now they have been among nations, As a vessel in which is no delight.
Israeli wamezedwa, tsopano ali pakati pa anthu a mitundu ina ngati chinthu cha chabechabe.
9 For they — they have gone up [to] Asshur, A wild ass alone by himself [is] Ephraim, They have hired lovers!
Pakuti iwo anapita ku Asiriya ngati mbidzi yongodziyendera pa yokha. Efereimu wadzigulitsa kwa zibwenzi zake.
10 Also though they hire among nations, Now I gather them, and they are pained a little, From the burden of a king of princes.
Ngakhale wadzigulitsa pakati pa mitundu ya anthu, Ine ndidzawasonkhanitsa pamodzi. Iwo adzayamba kuzunzika pansi pa ulamuliro wankhanza wa mfumu yamphamvu.
11 Because Ephraim did multiply altars to sin, They have been to him altars to sin.
“Ngakhale Efereimu anamanga maguwa ambiri a nsembe zoperekedwa chifukwa cha tchimo, maguwa amenewa akhala malo ochimwirapo.
12 I write for him numerous things of My law, As a strange thing they have been reckoned.
Ndinawalembera zinthu zambiri za malamulo anga, koma iwo anaziyesa ngati zinthu zachilendo.
13 The sacrifices of Mine offerings! They sacrifice flesh, and they eat, Jehovah hath not accepted them, Now doth He remember their iniquity, And inspect their sin, They — [to] Egypt they turn back.
Amapereka nsembe za nyama kwa Ine ndipo iwo amadya nyamayo, koma Yehova sakondwera nazo. Tsopano Iye adzakumbukira zoyipa zawo ndi kuwalanga chifukwa cha machimo awo: iwowo adzabwerera ku Igupto.
14 And forget doth Israel his Maker, and buildeth temples, And Judah hath multiplied cities of defence, And I have sent a fire into his cities, And it hath consumed their palaces!
Israeli wayiwala Mlengi wake ndipo wamanga nyumba zaufumu; Yuda wachulukitsa mizinda ya malinga. Koma Ine ndidzaponya moto pa mizinda yawoyo, moto umene udzatenthe malinga awo.”
