< 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
Hear this O priests and pay attention - O house of Israel and O house of the king give ear for [belongs] to you the judgment for a trap you have been to Mizpah and a net spread out over 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.
And slaughtering rebels they have made deep and I [am] discipline to all of them.
3 Menya Efraim nyuie, eye Israel hã meɣla ɖem o. O Efraim, ètrɔ zu gbolo, eye Israel gblẽ kɔ ɖo na eɖokui.
I I know Ephraim and Israel not it is hidden from me for now you have prostituted yourself O Ephraim it has made itself unclean Israel.
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.
Not they permit deeds their to return to God their for a spirit of prostitution [is] in inner being their and Yahweh not they know.
5 Israel ƒe aglãdzedze ɖi ɖase tso eŋuti le nye ʋɔnu. Efraim kple Yuda woadze anyi le woƒe nu vɔ̃ ta.
And it testifies [the] pride of Israel in face its and Israel and Ephraim they will stumble on iniquity their it will stumble also Judah with them.
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.
With flock[s] their and with herd[s] their they will go to seek Yahweh and not they will find [him] he has withdrawn from them.
7 Wometo nyateƒe na Yehowa o, elabena wodzi ahasiviwo. Azɔ dzinu yeye ƒe ŋkekenyui aɖu wo kple woƒe nunɔamesiwo.
With Yahweh they have dealt treacherously for children strange they have borne now it will devour them a new moon with portions their.
8 “Miku lãdzo le Gibea, eye miaku kpẽ le Rama. Mido aʋaɣli sesĩe le Bet Aven. O Benyamin, kpɔ megbewò ɖa!
Blow a horn in Gibeah a trumpet in Ramah sound an alarm Beth Aven 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 a waste it will become on [the] day of rebuke among [the] tribes of Israel I make known [something] trustworthy.
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,
They have become [the] leaders of Judah like [those who] displace a boundary on them I will pour out like water wrath my.
11 eye woaŋe Efraim, agbãe gudugudu, elabena eɖoe kplikpaa be yeadze legbawo yome.
[is] oppressed Ephraim [is] crushed of judgment for he was determined he walked after a command.
12 Maɖu Efraim, agblẽ edome abe ale si gbagbladza ɖua avɔe ene, eye magblẽ Yuda dome abe ale si ŋɔ ɖua aŋgba ene.
And I [am] like moth to Ephraim and like rottenness to [the] house 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.
And he saw Ephraim sickness his and Judah wound his and he went Ephraim to Assyria and he sent to king Jareb and he not he is able to heal you and not it will depart from you [the] 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] like lion to Ephraim and like young lion to [the] house of Judah I I I will tear to pieces and I may go I will carry off and there not [will be] a deliverer.
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 I will return to place my until that they will be held guilty and they will seek face my when it is distress to them they will seek earnestly me.

< Hosea 5 >