Hosiya 11
1 “Mgbe Izrel bụ nwantakịrị, ahụrụ m ya nʼanya, ọ bụkwa site nʼIjipt ka m kpọpụtara nwa m.
“Because Israel [is] a youth, and I love him, Out of Egypt I have called for My Son.
2 Ma dịka m na-akpọ ha, otu a ka ha na-aga nʼebe dị anya site nʼebe m nọ. Ha chụrụ Baal aja, surekwa aja ihe nsure ọkụ na-esi isi ụtọ nye arụsị dị iche iche.
They have called to them correctly, They have gone from before them, They sacrifice to lords, And make incense to carved images.
3 Ọ bụ mụ onwe m kuziiri Ifrem otu e si aga ije, ejidere m ha nʼaka m abụọ, ma ha amaghị na ọ bụ mụ onwe m gwọrọ ya.
And I have caused Ephraim to go on foot, Taking them by their arms, And they have not known that I strengthened them.
4 Eji m ụdọ nke mmadụ bụ ebere, na ịhụnanya duo ya. Adịrị m ha dịka onye nʼebuli ibu arọ site nʼolu ha, ehulatakwara m ala, were aka m tinye ha nri nʼọnụ.
I draw them with cords of man, With thick cords of love, And I am to them as a raiser up of a yoke on their jaws, And I incline to him—I feed [him].
5 “Ọ bụ na ha agaghị alaghachi azụ nʼIjipt, Asịrịa ọ gaghị abụ eze ha, nʼihi na ha ajụla ịlọghachikwute m?
He does not return to the land of Egypt, And Asshur—he [is] his king, For they have refused to return.
6 Mma agha ga-efegharị nʼobodo ha niile, ọ ga-eripịa ndị nchụaja na-agba afa, ọ ga-eripịakwa nzube ọjọọ ha niile.
The sword has been grievous in his cities, And it has ended his bars, and consumed—from their own counsels.
7 Ndị m ekpebiela nʼobi ha ịhapụ m. Nʼagbanyeghị na ha na-akpọ m Chineke nke kachasị ihe niile elu, ma mụ onwe m agaghị ebuli ha elu nʼụzọ ọbụla.
And My people are hanging in suspense about My returning, And to the Most High they call, Together they do not exalt.
8 “M ga-esi aṅaa rara gị nye, gị Ifrem? M ga-esi aṅaa rara gị nye, gị Izrel? M ga-esi aṅaa mee gị ka ịdị ka Adma? M ga-esi aṅaa meso gị dịka Zeboiim? Obi m na-akwasị akwa ike nʼime m; ọ na-agụsị m agụụ ike inyere unu aka.
How do I give you up, O Ephraim? Do I deliver you up, O Israel? How do I make you as Admah? Do I set you as Zeboim? My heart is turned in Me, My sympathy has been kindled together.
9 Agaghị m emezu iwe ọkụ m maọbụ bibiekwa Ifrem ọzọ. Nʼihi na abụ m Chineke, abụghị m mmadụ. Abụ m Onye Nsọ na-ebi nʼetiti unu. Agaghị m emegidekwa obodo ha.
I do not do the fierceness of My anger, I do not turn back to destroy Ephraim, For I [am] God, and not a man—The Holy One in your midst, and I do not enter in enmity.
10 Nʼihi na ha ga-agbaso Onyenwe anyị. Ọ ga-agbọkwa ụja dịka ọdụm. Mgbe ọ gbọrọ ụja, ụmụ ya ga-eji ịma jijiji site nʼakụkụ ọdịda anyanwụ bịakwute ya.
They go after YHWH—He roars as a lion, When He roars, then the sons from the west tremble.
11 Dịka igwe nnụnụ ka ha ga-ama jijiji bịa site nʼIjipt, dịka nduru ka ha ga-efelata site nʼAsịrịa. Aga m eme ka ha biri nʼụlọ ha ọzọ,” otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwupụtara.
They tremble as a sparrow out of Egypt, And as a dove out of the land of Asshur, And I have caused them to dwell in their own houses,” A declaration of YHWH.
12 Ifrem e jirila okwu ụgha gbaa m gburugburu, ezinaụlọ Izrel e jirila aghụghọ na-emeso m omume, ma Juda nọsịrị ike nʼekweghị nchịkọta nʼebe Chineke nọ, ọbụladị megide Onye Nsọ ahụ nke kwesiri ntụkwasị obi.
“Ephraim has surrounded Me with feigning, And the house of Israel with deceit. And Judah is again ruling with God, And [is] faithful with the Holy Ones!”
