< Hosea 7 >

1 Ne medi be mada gbe le Israel ŋu la, ekema Efraim ƒe nu vɔ̃wo dzea go, eye wokloa nu le Samaria ƒe nu vɔ̃wo dzi, elabena woblea ame, gbãa ʋɔ, fia fi, eye wodaa adzo le mɔtata dzi.
like/as to heal I to/for Israel and to reveal: reveal iniquity: crime Ephraim and distress: evil Samaria for to work deception and thief to come (in): come to strip band in/on/with outside
2 Dua me tɔwo hã mede dzesii be nye ŋku le woƒe nu vɔ̃ɖiwo wɔwɔ dzi o. Woƒe nu vɔ̃ ɖe to ɖe wo godoo va kpe, eya ta mele wo katã kpɔm.
and not to say to/for heart their all distress: evil their to remember now to turn: surround them deed their before face my to be
3 “Wotsɔa woƒe nu vɔ̃ɖi wɔwɔ doa nukokoe na fia la, eye dumegãwo kpɔa dzidzɔ koa nu le woƒe alakpadadawo ta.
in/on/with distress: evil their to rejoice king and in/on/with lie their ruler
4 Wo katã wonye ahasitɔwo sɔŋ. Abe ale si abolomela doa kpodzo wòbinae va se ɖe esime eƒe abolomɔ la ho hafi wòlɔnɛ ene la, nenema ke ame siawo ƒe dzi nɔa bibim ɖe ahasiwɔwɔ ŋu.
all their to commit adultery like oven to burn: burn from to bake to cease to rouse from to knead dough till to leaven he
5 Le miaƒe fia ƒe ŋkekenyui dzi la, dumegãwo noa wain muna hebɔa ha kple fewuɖulawo.
day king our be weak: ill ruler rage from wine to draw hand his with to mock
6 Woƒe dziwo bina abe kpodzo ene, eye woyia egbɔ le ayedzedze me. Woƒe didiwo ɖea fu na wo le zã blibo la me eye le ŋdi la, wonɔna abe dzo ƒe aɖewo ene.
for to present: come like/as oven heart their in/on/with ambush their all [the] night sleeping to bake their morning he/she/it to burn: burn like/as fire flame
7 Wo katã woxɔ dzo abe kpodzo ene, eye wofiaa woƒe kplɔlawo. Woƒe fiawo katã mu dze anyi, gake ɖeke meyɔm kpɔ o.
all their to warm like/as oven and to eat [obj] to judge them all king their to fall: fall nothing to call: call to in/on/with them to(wards) me
8 “Efraim tsaka kple dukɔ bubuwo, eye wòle abe abolo si mebi nyuie o la ene.
Ephraim in/on/with people he/she/it to mix Ephraim to be bun without to overturn
9 Du bubu me tɔwo xɔ ŋusẽ le esi, gake menya o. Efraim ƒe ɖa le wɔ ƒom, gake menya gɔ̃ hã be yele tsitsim le gbɔdzɔgbɔdzɔm o.
to eat be a stranger strength his and he/she/it not to know also greyheaded to scatter in/on/with him and he/she/it not to know
10 Israel ƒe dada le ɖase dim le eŋuti; esi nu siawo katã le dzɔdzɔm hã la, metrɔ va Yehowa, eƒe Mawu la gbɔ be yeadii o.
and to answer pride Israel in/on/with face his and not to return: return to(wards) LORD God their and not to seek him in/on/with all this
11 “Efraim le abe ahɔnɛ movitɔ aɖe ene, eyɔa Egipte be wòakpe ɖe ye ŋuti, eye wòdzona yia Asiria.
and to be Ephraim like/as dove to entice nothing heart Egypt to call: call to Assyria to go: went
12 Gake ne woyi la, matsɔ nye ɖɔ atsyɔ wo; maɖiɖi wo ava anyie abe xevi si le dzodzom le yame ene. Ne mese wole ƒu ƒom la, mayi aɖalé wo.
like/as as which to go: went to spread upon them net my like/as bird [the] heaven to go down them to discipline them like/as report to/for congregation their
13 Baba na mi, nye amewo, elabena miegbem; mana woatsrɔ̃ mi, elabena miedze aglã ɖe ŋutinye! Medi vevie be maɖe wo, gake woda alakpa ɖe asinye.
woe! to/for them for to wander from me violence to/for them for to transgress in/on/with me and I to ransom them and they(masc.) to speak: speak upon me lie
14 Womedo ɣli nam tso woƒe dzi me o, ke wofa avi le woƒe abawo dzi. Woƒoa ƒu ɖe bli kple aha yeye ŋuti, ke nye la, wotrɔ le yonyeme.
and not to cry out to(wards) me in/on/with heart their for to wail upon bed their upon grain and new wine to drag/chew/saw to turn aside: turn aside in/on/with me
15 Nyee he wo, eye mena wokpɔ ŋusẽ, gake azɔ la, wotsi tsitre ɖe ŋutinye.
and I to discipline to strengthen: strengthen arm their and to(wards) me to devise: devise bad: evil
16 Wometrɔ ɖe Dziƒoʋĩtɔ la ŋu o. Wole abe dati si daa dadagbo la ene, eya ta woƒe kplɔlawo atsi yi nu ɖe nya vlo si dona le woƒe nu me la ta. Esia ta woaɖe alɔme le wo ŋuti le Egiptenyigba dzi.
to return: return not height to be like/as bow deceit to fall: kill in/on/with sword ruler their from indignation tongue their this derision their in/on/with land: country/planet Egypt

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