Hosea 9
1 Wee Isiraeli-rĩ, tiga gũkena; tiga gũkũngũĩra ta ndũrĩrĩ iria ingĩ. Nĩgũkorwo ũkoretwo ũtarĩ mwĩhokeku harĩ Ngai waku; wee nĩwendete mũcaara wa maraya, ũkaũcaragia kũrĩa guothe kũhuhagĩrwo ngano.
[You people of] Israel, do not shout joyfully [during your festivals] like [people of other] nations do! [I say that] because you have (not been faithful to/abandoned) me, your God. At every place where the people thresh grain you have [presented gifts to your idols like men] pay money to prostitutes.
2 Ihuhĩro cia ngano na ihihĩro cia ndibei itikahũũnia andũ, o na gũtigakorwo na ndibei ya mũhihano.
[But soon] there will not be enough grain [MTY, PRS] and wine [MTY, PRS] for you.
3 Matigaatũũra bũrũri wa Jehova; Efiraimu agaacooka bũrũri wa Misiri, na arĩe irio irĩ thaahu kũu Ashuri.
And you people will not remain in the land that I, Yahweh, [gave to your ancestors]. You will be [captured and] taken to [Assyria], [where you will become slaves like your ancestors were] in Egypt; and in Assyria you will be forced to eat food that Yahweh has forbidden you to eat.
4 Matigaitĩra Jehova maruta ma ndibei, kana magongona mao mamũkenie. Kũrĩo magongona ta macio makaahaana ta mũgate wa andũ megũcakaya; arĩa othe makaamarĩa nĩmakanyiitwo nĩ thaahu. Irio icio igaakorwo irĩ ciao o ene; itikareehwo hekarũ-inĩ ya Jehova.
You Israelis will not [be able to] give wine offerings to him, or bring sacrifices to him. None of your other sacrifices will please him; they will be unacceptable to him, like [SIM] food that is touched by people at funerals, and everyone who eats that food will become unacceptable to him. They will be permitted to eat that food themselves, but they will not [be permitted to] bring it into the temple.
5 Mũgeeka atĩa mũthenya ũrĩa mwamũre wa ciathĩ cianyu, mĩthenya ĩyo ya gĩathĩ kĩa Jehova?
At that time you will not [RHQ] be able to celebrate the feasts and sacred festivals.
6 O na mangĩkaahonoka kwanangwo, andũ a bũrũri wa Misiri nĩmakamacookereria, nao andũ a Memufisi mamathike. Congʼe nĩguo ũgaacooka handũ ha igĩĩna ciao cia betha, nayo mĩigua ĩhumbĩre hema ciao.
And even if you escape and are not killed [by the Assyrians], you will be captured by [the army of] Egypt, and you will [die and] be buried in Memphis, [the capital of Egypt]. Briers will [grow up and] cover your treasures of silver, and thorns will grow in your [ruined] tents/houses.
7 Matukũ ma kũherithio nĩmakinyu, ĩĩ, matukũ ma kũrĩhania nĩmakinyĩte. Isiraeli nĩamenye ũguo. Tondũ mehia manyu nĩ maingĩ mũno, na rũmena rwanyu rũkaneneha mũno, mũnabii akoonagwo arĩ mũndũ mũkĩĩgu, na mũndũ ũrĩa ũrĩ na ũrathi akonwo arĩ mũgũrũki.
It is now the time for Yahweh to punish you, to pay you back for all the sins that you have committed. You people will [soon] know that. You have [committed] very many sins, and you very much hate Yahweh. You consider that the prophets are foolish, and you think that those who proclaim messages from him are crazy.
8 Mũnabii nĩwe ũtuĩtwo mũrangĩri wa Efiraimu nĩ Ngai wakwa; no rĩrĩ, mĩtego ĩmwetereire njĩra-inĩ ciake ciothe, na rũmena rũkamweterera nyũmba-inĩ ya Ngai wake.
My God appointed [me and the other] prophets to be [like] [MET] watchmen [to warn] you people of Israel, but everywhere that we go, [it is as though] people set traps for us and people are hostile [to us, even] in the temple of our God.
9 Nĩmatoonyereire, makarikĩra mũno ũũru-inĩ, o ta ũrĩa meekire matukũ-inĩ ma Gibea. Nake Ngai nĩakaririkana waganu wao, na amaherithie nĩ ũndũ wa mehia mao.
The sins that the Israeli people have committed are as awful as [what the men of] Gibeah did long ago; [so] God will not forget the wicked things that they have done; he will punish the Israelis for [all] those sins.
10 “Rĩrĩa ndaamenyire Isiraeli, kwarĩ ta mũndũ onete thabibũ werũ-inĩ; rĩrĩa ndonire maithe manyu-rĩ, kwarĩ ta mũndũ onete matunda ma mũtĩ wa mũkũyũ marĩa maambaga kwĩrua. No rĩrĩa Isiraeli mookire Baali-Peoru, nĩmeyamũrĩire mũhianano ũcio wa gĩconoko, na magĩthũka, magĩtuĩka o ta kĩndũ kĩu mendete.
[Yahweh says], “When I first started [to do things to help] Israel, it seemed to me as though [SIM] I had found grapes in the desert. Your ancestors were [delightful], like [SIM] the first figs that grow on fig trees [each year]. But when they came to Peor [Mountain], they worshiped that disgusting idol Baal, and they became as disgusting as the idol that they loved.
11 Riiri wa Efiraimu ũkoombũka ta nyoni ũũre: gũtigakorwo ũhoro wa gũciara, kana gũkuua nda, o na kana kũgĩa nda.
The things that cause Israel to be great will disappear like [SIM] a bird that flies away; [most of their women will] not become pregnant [DOU] or give birth to children.
12 O na mangĩkaarera ciana-rĩ, nĩngaciũraga ciothe. Rĩrĩa ngaagarũrũka ndĩmatige, kaĩ nĩmagakorwo na haaro-ĩ!
Even if their children are born and start to grow up, I will cause all of them to die [while they are still young]. Terrible things will happen to them when I abandon them!
13 Nĩnyonete Efiraimu, ahaandĩtwo handũ hega, o ta Turo. No rĩrĩ, Efiraimu akaaruta ciana ciake, acineane kũrĩ mũũragani.”
I have seen Israel become beautiful and prosperous like Tyre [city] was [before it was destroyed], but now the people of Israel will [be forced to] take their children to be slaughtered [by their enemies].”
14 Mahe, Wee Jehova; no nĩ kĩĩ ũkũmahe? Mahe nda iria ihunaga, na ũmahe nyondo iria itarĩ iria.
Yahweh, [I do not know] [RHQ] what I should ask for my people. So I ask that you do this one thing: Cause the women who are pregnant to have miscarriages and unable [to nurse their babies].
15 “Nĩ ũndũ wa waganu wao wothe marĩ kũu Giligali, nĩkĩo ndamamenire marĩ o kũu. Nĩ ũndũ wa ciĩko ciao cia mehia-rĩ, nĩngamarutũrũra moime nyũmba yakwa, na ndigacooka kũmenda rĩngĩ; atongoria ao othe nĩ aremi.
[Yahweh says], “Because of all the wicked things that my people did at Gilgal, that is where I started to hate them. [And now], because of [all] the sinful things that they have done, I will expel them from my country. I will not love them any longer; all their leaders rebel [against me].
16 Andũ a Efiraimu nĩacine nĩ mbaa, naguo mũri wao nĩũhoohete, maticiaraga maciaro. O na mangĩciara ciana-rĩ, nĩngooraga ciana icio ciao mendete.”
Israel is like [MET] a grapevine that is dried up; [like a vine] [MET] whose roots are withered and that produces no fruit. Even if the [women of Israel] give birth to [more] children, I will cause those children, whom they love, to die.
17 Ngai wakwa nĩakamarega, nĩgũkorwo matiamwathĩkĩire; magaatuĩka andũ a kũũrũũraga ndũrĩrĩ-inĩ.
The people of Israel have not obeyed me, their God, so I will reject them. [As a result], they will wander among the [other] nations, [searching for a place to live].”
