Hoŝea 8
1 Metu trumpeton al via buŝo! Li flugas kiel aglo al la domo de la Eternulo, pro tio, ke ili agis kontraŭ Mia interligo kaj defalis de Mia instruo.
[Yahweh said to me], “Blow [MTY] your trumpet [to warn the people]! My people have rejected the agreement that I made with them, and they have rebelled against [obeying] my laws. Therefore, [their enemies] are swooping down on my people’s country like [SIM] an eagle.
2 Al Mi ili vokos: Ho mia Dio, ni, Izraelidoj, ekkonis Vin.
My Israeli people cry out to me, ‘Our God, we know that you are our God!’
3 Izrael forpuŝis la bonon; malamiko lin persekutos.
But because the Israeli people have rejected what is good, their enemies will pursue them.
4 Ili starigis reĝojn, sed ne de Mi; ili starigis princojn, sed sen Mia scio; el sia arĝento kaj oro ili faris al si idolojn, por pereigi sin.
The Israel people appointed [their last three] kings, but they did not ask me if I agreed to [what they were doing]. They chose their own leaders without asking if I would approve of them. They used their own silver and gold to make for themselves idols, and doing that led them to be destroyed.
5 Forpuŝita estas via bovido, ho Samario; ekflamis kontraŭ ili Mia kolero; kiel longe ankoraŭ ili ne povos puriĝi?
You people of Samaria, throw away your [idol that resembles a] calf! I am extremely angry with you people! How long [RHQ] will you [do things that cause] you to be unacceptable to me?
6 Ĉar ĝi estas faritaĵo de Izrael; artisto ĝin faris, kaj ĝi ne estas dio; dispecetiĝos la bovido de Samario.
[Someone in] Israel made that idol for you; [but I am] God and it is not. So that idol of a calf in Samaria must be smashed to pieces.
7 Ĉar ili semas venton, ili rikoltos ventegon; grenon li ne havos; la kreskantaĵo ne donos farunon; se ĝi eĉ donos, fremduloj ĝin formanĝos.
[The foolish thing that the people of Israel have done is like] [MET] trying to plant wind; but what they harvest will be like [MET] a whirlwind. So the grain that they planted will have no heads [on the stalks], and as a result [there will be no grain] from which to make flour. And if it did produce good grain, foreigners would [come and] steal it.
8 Izrael estas formanĝata; nun ili fariĝis inter la popoloj kiel senvalora vazo.
[The people of] Israel will be defeated [MET] [by their enemies]; they will be [scattered] among other nations and become worthless.
9 Ĉar ili iris en Asirion, kiel sovaĝa azeno solece vaganta; la Efraimidoj donis amajn donacojn.
Like [MET] donkeys that are looking for mates, they have requested [help] from Assyria; they paid money to [the leaders of Assyria] in order to [persuade those leaders to] protect them.
10 Kvankam ili donis donacojn al la nacioj, Mi nun kolektus ilin, por ke ili iom ripozu de la ŝarĝo de la reĝo de la princoj.
But although they have agreed to pay money each year to [the leaders of] those countries, I will soon gather them together [to punish them]. The great King [of Assyria] will cause them to suffer greatly.
11 Sed multe da altaroj konstruis Efraim, por peki; ili fariĝis por li altaroj pekigaj.
Although [the people of] Israel built many altars to present offerings [to their idols] to take away [their guilt for] sinning, those altars have become places where they commit [more] sins.
12 Mi skribis por li la multon de Miaj leĝoj; sed li rigardas ilin kiel fremdaĵon.
I wrote many laws for them, but they disregarded them, saying that [they did not have to obey them because] they were different from laws that they had known previously.
13 La oferojn, donacatajn al Mi, ili buĉas nur pro viando, por ĝin manĝi; la Eternulo ne deziras ilin; nun Li rememoros iliajn malbonagojn kaj punos iliajn pekojn; ili revenos en Egiptujon.
They offer sacrifices to me, and they eat [some of] the meat of those sacrifices, [which is what I permitted them to do]. But I, Yahweh, am not pleased with those sacrifices. I remember the evil things that they have done, and I will punish them for the sins that they have committed: I will force them to [go to other countries] [and become slaves like they were] [MET] in Egypt.
14 Izrael forgesis sian Kreinton, kaj konstruas palacojn; Jehuda konstruis multe da fortikigitaj urboj; sed Mi sendos fajron sur liajn urbojn, kaj ĝi ekstermos liajn palacojn.
[The people of] Israel have abandoned/forgotten me, the one who created their [nation]; they have built palaces, and [the people of] Judah have built walls around many towns. But I will send a fire that will destroy all their cities and their fortresses.”
