Hosiya 12
1 Akaọrụ Ifrem bụ naanị ịchụso ikuku, ọ na-achụso ikuku si nʼọwụwa anyanwụ bido nʼụtụtụ ruo nʼabalị. Otu a ka ha si eme ka ịgha ụgha, na ime ihe ike na-abawanye ụba. Ha na Asịrịa na-agbakwa ndụ, ha na-ebugakwa mmanụ nʼIjipt.
Ephraim, feedeth on wind, and pursueth the east wind, all the day, falsehood and force, doth he magnify, —and, a covenant with Assyria, would they solemnize, and, oil into Egypt, must be borne along.
2 Onyenwe anyị na-akpọ Juda ikpe. Ọ ga-ata Jekọb ahụhụ dịka ụzọ ya si dị, kwụghachikwa ya dịka omume ya si dị.
But, a controversy, hath Yahweh with Judah, —so that he may bring punishment on Jacob, according to his ways, According to his doings, repay him.
3 Mgbe ọ nọ nʼafọ nne ya ka o jidere nwanne ya nwoke nʼikiri ụkwụ. Mgbe ọ ghọrọ dimkpa, ya na Chineke gbara mgba.
In the womb, took he his brother by the heel; and, in his manly vigour, strove he with God:
4 E, ya na mmụọ ozi gbara mgba. Nʼoge ahụ, o jidesiri ya aka ike, kwaa akwa, rịọọ ngọzị site nʼaka ya. Ọ hụrụ ya na Betel, gwaakwa ya okwu,
Yea he strove against a Messenger, and prevailed, he wept, and made supplication unto him, —At Bethel, he found him, and, there, he spake with us;
5 Onyenwe anyị Chineke onye pụrụ ime ihe niile, Onyenwe anyị bụ aha ya.
And, Yahweh, is God of host, —Yahweh, is his memorial.
6 Ịghaghị ịlọghachikwute Chineke gị, guzosie ike nʼịhụnanya na ikpe ziri ezi, na-elekwa anya Chineke gị mgbe niile.
Thou, therefore, by thy God, shalt return, —lovingkindness and justice, do thou keep, so wait thou for thy God, continually.
7 Onye ahịa na-eji ihe ọtụtụ aghụghọ na-erenye ndị mmadụ ahịa, ọ hụrụ imegbu emegbu nʼanya.
A trafficker! in his hand, are balances of deceit, to oppress, he loveth.
8 Ifrem kwuru, “Abaala m ọgaranya! Abụrụla m onye nwere akụnụba dị ukwuu! Ọ bụ ezie na m bụ onye nwere akụ dị ukwuu, ma agaghị achọta njehie maọbụ mmehie ọbụla nʼime m.”
So then Ephraim said, Surely I have gotten me riches, I have found wealth for myself, —in all my toils, they cannot find in me perversity which is sin.
9 “Abụ m Onyenwe anyị na Chineke gị, onye si nʼIjipt kpọpụta unu. Aga m emekwa ka ị biri nʼụlọ ikwu ọzọ, dịka ọ dị nʼoge mmemme ndị ahụ niile a kara aka.
But, I, Yahweh, have been thy God, from the land of Egypt, —I will yet make thee dwell in tents, as in the days of appointed meeting.
10 A gwara m ndị amụma, ọ bụ m mere ka ha hụ ọhụ dị iche iche, sitekwa nʼọnụ ndị amụma tụọ ilu dị iche iche.”
And I will lay my word upon the prophets, yea, I myself, have magnified, vision, —and, by the hand of the prophets, will I use similitudes.
11 Gilead ọ na-eme ajọ ihe? Ndị ya bụ ndị efulefu. Ha na-achụ aja oke ehi dị iche iche na Gilgal? Ebe ịchụ aja ha niile ga a dịka ebe a chịkọtara ukwu nkume, nke dị nʼubi a kọrọ akọ.
If, Gilead, is in sorrow, surely false, have they been, In Gilgal, have they sacrificed, bullocks, —their very altars, shall become as heaps upon the furrows of the field.
12 Jekọb gbalagara nʼala Aram; Izrel fere ofufe nʼihi inweta nwunye, nʼihi ịkwụ ụgwọ ya, o lekọtara atụrụ.
When Jacob fled to the country of Syria, then Israel served for a wife, and, for a wife, he watched over a flock.
13 Ọ bụkwa onye amụma ka Onyenwe anyị ji site nʼIjipt kpọpụta Izrel, o sitekwara nʼaka onye amụma lekọtazie ya anya.
And, by a prophet, Yahweh, brought up, Israel out of Egypt, —and, by a prophet, was he watched over.
14 Ma Ifrem akpasuola iwe ilu nke ukwuu. Onyenwe ya ga-awụkwasịkwa ya ikpe ọmụma. Ọ ga-akwụghachi ya dịka nlelị ya si dị.
Ephraim hath provoked, very bitterly, —his own blood, therefore, upon him, will he leave, and, his reproach, shall his Lord, bring back to him.
