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 is enjoying wind, And is pursuing an east wind, All the day lying and spoiling he multiplieth, And a covenant with Asshur they make, And oil to Egypt is carried.
2 Onyenwe anyị na-akpọ Juda ikpe. Ọ ga-ata Jekọb ahụhụ dịka ụzọ ya si dị, kwụghachikwa ya dịka omume ya si dị.
And a controversy hath Jehovah with Judah, To lay a charge on Jacob according to his ways, According to his doings He returneth to 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 he took his brother by the heel, And by his strength he was a prince 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 is a prince unto the Messenger, And he overcometh [by] weeping, And he maketh supplication to Him, At Bethel He doth find him, And there He doth speak with us,
5 Onyenwe anyị Chineke onye pụrụ ime ihe niile, Onyenwe anyị bụ aha ya.
Even Jehovah, God of the Hosts, Jehovah [is] His memorial.
6 Ịghaghị ịlọghachikwute Chineke gị, guzosie ike nʼịhụnanya na ikpe ziri ezi, na-elekwa anya Chineke gị mgbe niile.
And thou, through thy God, dost turn, Kindness and judgment keep thou, And wait on thy God continually.
7 Onye ahịa na-eji ihe ọtụtụ aghụghọ na-erenye ndị mmadụ ahịa, ọ hụrụ imegbu emegbu nʼanya.
Canaan! in his hand [are] balances of deceit! To oppress he hath loved.
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.”
And Ephraim saith: 'Surely I have become rich, I have found wealth for myself, All my labours — they find not against me iniquity that [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.
And I — Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt, Again do I turn thee back into tents, As in the days of the appointed time.
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 have spoken unto the prophets, And I have multiplied vision, And by the hand of the prophets I use similes.
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.
Surely Gilead [is] iniquity, Only, vanity they have been, In Gilead bullocks they have sacrificed, Also their altars [are] as heaps, on the furrows of a field.
12 Jekọb gbalagara nʼala Aram; Izrel fere ofufe nʼihi inweta nwunye, nʼihi ịkwụ ụgwọ ya, o lekọtara atụrụ.
And Jacob doth flee to the country of Aram, And Israel doth serve for a wife, Yea, for a wife he hath kept watch.
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 hath Jehovah brought up Israel out of Egypt, And by a prophet it hath been watched.
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 most bitterly, And his blood on himself he leaveth, And his reproach turn back to him doth his Lord!
