Hosea 8
1 “Huhai karumbeta mwĩhũge! Thũ ĩrerete igũrũ rĩa nyũmba ya Jehova ta nderi, tondũ andũ nĩmathũkĩtie kĩrĩkanĩro gĩakwa, na makarega watho wakwa.
Let there be a trumpet in your throat, like an eagle over the house of the Lord, on behalf of those who have transgressed my covenant and violated my law.
2 Isiraeli nĩarangaĩra, akoiga atĩrĩ, ‘Wee Ngai witũ, nĩtũkũmenyete!’
They will call on me: “O my God, we, Israel, know you.”
3 No Isiraeli nĩaregete ũndũ ũrĩa mwega; nĩ ũndũ ũcio thũ nĩĩkamũingatithia.
Israel has thrown away goodness; the enemy will overtake him.
4 Marũgamagia athamaki matarĩ na rũtha rwakwa, magathuura anene itametĩkĩrĩtie. Methondekagĩra mĩhianano na betha na thahabu ciao, nayo ĩgatuĩka ya kũmaniina.
They have reigned, but not by me. Leaders have emerged, and I did not recognize them. Their silver and their gold, they have made into idols for themselves, so that they might cross over.
5 Wee Samaria-rĩ, te mũhianano wa ngai ĩyo ya njaũ! Marakara makwa nĩmakanĩte harĩ yo. Nĩ nginya-rĩ megũtũũra maremetwo nĩgũikara marĩ atheru?
Your calf, Samaria, has been rejected. My fury has been enraged against them. How long will they be incapable of being cleansed?
6 Acio moimĩte Isiraeli! Njaũ ĩno nĩ mũturi ũmĩthondekete; yo ti Ngai. Njaũ ĩyo ya Samaria-rĩ, nĩĩkoinangwo icunjĩ.
For it is itself also from Israel: a workman made it, and it is not God. For the calf of Samaria will be used for the webs of spiders.
7 “Mahaandaga rũhuho, makagetha kĩhuhũkanio; ngano ndĩrĩ na magira, ndĩngiumia mũtu; korwo no ĩciare ngano, andũ a kũngĩ nĩo mangĩmĩrĩa.
For they will sow wind and reap a whirlwind. It does not have a firm stalk; the bud will yield no grain. But if it does yield, strangers will eat it.
8 Isiraeli nĩameretio; rĩu arĩ gatagatĩ ka ndũrĩrĩ ahaana ta kĩndũ gĩtarĩ bata.
Israel has been devoured. Now, among the nations, it has become like an unclean vessel.
9 Nĩgũkorwo nĩmambatĩte, magathiĩ Ashuri, ta ndigiri ya gĩthaka ĩkĩũrũra ĩrĩ iiki. Efiraimu nĩeyendetie kũrĩ endwa ake.
For they have gone up to Assur, a wild ass alone by himself. Ephraim has given presents to his lovers.
10 O na gũtuĩka nĩmeyendetie gatagatĩ-inĩ ka ndũrĩrĩ, rĩu nĩngũmacookanĩrĩria hamwe. Mekwambĩrĩria kũhinyara, mahinyĩrĩirio nĩ mũthamaki ũrĩa ũrĩ hinya.
But even when they will have brought the nations together for the sake of money, now I will assemble them. And they will rest for a little while from the burden of the king and the leaders.
11 “O na gũtuĩka Efiraimu nĩakĩte igongona nyingĩ cia kũrutagĩrwo maruta ma kũhoroherio mehia, icio ituĩkĩte igongona cia kwĩhagĩria.
For Ephraim multiplied altars to sin, and sanctuaries have become an offense for him.
12 Ndaamandĩkĩire maũndũ maingĩ watho-inĩ wakwa, no makĩmatua taarĩ maũndũ mageni.
I will write to him my intricate laws, which have been treated like strangers.
13 Marutaga magongona marĩa ndeheirwo, magacooka makarĩa nyama icio, no Jehova ndakenagio nĩmo. Na rĩrĩ, nĩekũririkana waganu wao, na aherithie mehia mao. Nao nĩmagacooka bũrũri wa Misiri.
They will offer victims, they will immolate flesh and will eat, and the Lord will not accept them. For now he will remember their iniquity, and he will repay their sins: they will be turned back to Egypt.
14 Isiraeli nĩariganĩirwo nĩ ũrĩa wamũmbire, na agaaka nyũmba cia ũnene; Juda nĩairigĩire matũũra maingĩ na thingo cia hinya. No nĩngarehere matũũra mao manene mwaki ũrĩa ũgaacina ciikaro ciao iria ciirigĩtwo na hinya.”
And Israel has forgotten his Maker and has built shrines. And Judah has increased its fortified cities. And I will send fire upon his cities, and it will devour its structures.
