Hosea 5
1 “Miɖo to nya sia, O, mi nunɔlawo kple Israel ƒe aƒe, miƒu to anyi; O, mi fia ƒometɔwo katã, miɖo to, mebe mi katã miatsrɔ̃! Elabena mieble nye dukɔ la le Mizpa, mienye ɖɔ woɖo ɖe Tabɔr to dzi
Give ear to this, O priests; give attention, O Israel, and you, family of the king; for you are to be judged; you have been a deceit at Mizpah and a net stretched out on Tabor.
2 kple ʋe goglo si woɖe ɖe Sitin, gake migaŋlɔ be, be maɖo eteƒe na ame sia ame ɖe nu si wòwɔ la ta o.
They have gone deep in the evil ways of Shittim, but I am the judge of all.
3 Menya Efraim nyuie, eye Israel hã meɣla ɖem o. O Efraim, ètrɔ zu gbolo, eye Israel gblẽ kɔ ɖo na eɖokui.
I have knowledge of Ephraim, and Israel is not secret from me; for now, O Ephraim, you have been false to me, Israel has become unclean.
4 “Miaƒe nuwɔwɔwo mate ŋu ana miatrɔ ava miaƒe Mawu la gbɔ o, elabena gbolowɔwɔ ƒe gbɔgbɔ le miaƒe dzi me ke, eye le esia ta miate ŋu anya Yehowa o.
Their works will not let them come back to their God, for a false spirit is in them and they have no knowledge of the Lord.
5 Israel ƒe aglãdzedze ɖi ɖase tso eŋuti le nye ʋɔnu. Efraim kple Yuda woadze anyi le woƒe nu vɔ̃ ta.
And the pride of Israel gives an answer to his face; and Ephraim will have a fall through his sins, and the fall of Judah will be the same as theirs.
6 Mlɔeba la, woava do kple woƒe alẽwo kple nyiwo be woasa vɔ na Yehowa, gake womakpɔe o, elabena eɖe eɖokui ɖa tso wo gbɔ.
They will go, with their flocks and their herds, in search of the Lord, but they will not see him; he has taken himself out of their view.
7 Wometo nyateƒe na Yehowa o, elabena wodzi ahasiviwo. Azɔ dzinu yeye ƒe ŋkekenyui aɖu wo kple woƒe nunɔamesiwo.
They have been false to the Lord; they have given birth to strange children; now the new moon will make them waste with their fields.
8 “Miku lãdzo le Gibea, eye miaku kpẽ le Rama. Mido aʋaɣli sesĩe le Bet Aven. O Benyamin, kpɔ megbewò ɖa!
Let the horn be sounded in Gibeah and in Ramah; give a loud cry in Beth-aven, They are after you, O Benjamin.
9 Woagbã Efraim gudugudu ne ʋɔnudrɔ̃gbe la ɖo. Le Israel ƒe toawo dome la, nu siwo mena wo nya la ava eme godoo.
Ephraim will become a waste in the day of punishment; I have given knowledge among the tribes of Israel of what is certain.
10 Yuda ƒe amegãwo le abe ame siwo ŋea liƒo ɖe eme la ene, eya ta matrɔ nye dɔmedzoe akɔ ɖe wo dzi bɔbɔbɔ abe tɔɖɔɖɔ ene,
The rulers of Judah are like those who take away a landmark; I will let loose my wrath on them like flowing water.
11 eye woaŋe Efraim, agbãe gudugudu, elabena eɖoe kplikpaa be yeadze legbawo yome.
Ephraim is troubled; he is crushed by his judges, because he took pleasure in walking after deceit.
12 Maɖu Efraim, agblẽ edome abe ale si gbagbladza ɖua avɔe ene, eye magblẽ Yuda dome abe ale si ŋɔ ɖua aŋgba ene.
And so to Ephraim I am like a wasting insect, and a destruction to the children of Judah.
13 “Esi Efraim kpɔ eƒe dɔléle, eye Yuda hã kpɔ eƒe abiwo ta la, Efraim trɔ ɖe Asiria ŋu, eye wòdɔ ame ɖo ɖe fiagã la gbɔ, gake mate ŋu ada gbe le mia ŋu, ana miaƒe abiwo naku o.
When Ephraim saw his disease and Judah his wound, then Ephraim went to Assyria and sent to the great king; but he is not able to make you well or give you help for your wound.
14 Manye dzata ɖe Efraim ŋu, eye manye dzatavi ɖe Israel ƒe aƒe la ŋu. Nye, ɛ̃, nye ŋutɔ mavuvu wo ʋayaʋaya adzo; malé wo adzoe, eye ame aɖeke maxɔ wo le asinye o.
For I will be to Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the children of Judah; I, even I, will give him wounds and go away; I will take him away, and there will be no helper.
15 Magblẽ wo ɖe aboyo me, atrɔ yi aƒe va se ɖe esime wolɔ̃ be yewodze agɔ, atrɔ ɖe ŋutinye, aɖe kuku nam, elabena ne fukpekpe dze wo dzi la, woadi nye mɔ.”
I will go back to my place till they are made waste; in their trouble they will go after me early and will make search for me.
