Hosiya 4
1 Nụrụnụ okwu Onyenwe anyị unu ndị Izrel, nʼihi na Onyenwe anyị nwere ebubo megide unu ndị bi nʼala a. “Nʼihi na ọ dịghị ikwesi ntụkwasị obi, ọ dịghị ịhụnanya, ọ dịghịkwa ihe ọmụma banyere Chineke nʼala a niile.
Hear the word of the Lord, you children of Israel: for the Lord [has] a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
2 Ọ bụ naanị ịbụ ọnụ, ịgha ụgha na igbu mmadụ, izu ohi na ịkwa iko. Ọgbaaghara dị nʼebe niile, ya na ogbugbu mmadụ na-esepụghị aka.
Cursing, and lying, and murder, and theft, and adultery abound in the land, and they mingle blood with blood.
3 Nke a mere ala jiri nọrọ nʼiru ụjụ, ndị niile nọ na ya na-atakwa ahụ, ma anụ ọhịa, ma nnụnụ nke igwe, ọ bụladị azụ dị nʼosimiri ka a na-ekpochapụ.
Therefore shall the land mourn, and shall be diminished with all that dwell in it, with the wild beasts of the field, and the reptiles of the earth, and with the birds of the sky, and the fish of the sea shall fail:
4 “Ma otu ọ dị, ka onye ọbụla ghara ise okwu, ka onye ọbụla ghara ibo ibe ya ebubo. Nʼihi na ndị gị dịka ndị na-eseso onye nchụaja okwu.
that neither any one may plead, nor any one reprove [another]; but my people are as a priest spoken against.
5 Ị na-asọ ngọngọ ehihie na abalị, ndị amụma na-esokwa gị sụọ ngọngọ. Nʼihi ya aga m ala nne gị nʼiyi
Therefore they shall fall by day, and the prophet with you shall fall: I have compared your mother to night.
6 ndị m ka a na-ala nʼiyi nʼihi na ha amaghị ihe. “Ebe ọ bụ na ị jụrụ ihe ọmụma, aga m ajụkwa gị dị ka onye nchụaja m; ebe ọ bụ na ị gbakụtara iwu Chineke gị azụ mụ onwe m ga-agbakụtakwa ụmụ gị azụ.
My people are like as if they had no knowledge: because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you shall not minister as priest to me: and [as] you has forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.
7 Ka ha na-abawanye nʼọnụọgụgụ, otu a ka ha si na-aga nʼihu na-emehie megide m, ha gbanwere Chineke ha dị ebube nʼihi ihe na-eweta ihere.
According to their multitude, so they sinned against me: I will turn their glory into shame.
8 Ha na-eriju afọ site na mmehie ndị m. Ha ji anya ukwu na-achọ ka ha na-emehie na-aga nʼihu.
They will devour the sins of my people, and will set their hearts on their iniquities.
9 Ọ ga-abụkwa ka ndị nchụaja dị, otu a ka ndị obodo dịkwa. Nʼihi ya, aga m enye ha ntaramahụhụ ma kwụghachi ha ụgwọ nʼihi omume ha niile.
And the priest shall be as the people: and I will avenge on them their ways, and I will recompense to them their counsels.
10 “Ha ga na-eri ihe ma afọ agaghị eju ha. Ha ga-ebi ndụ akwụna ma ha agaghị amụba, nʼihi na ha ajụla Onyenwe anyị, were onwe ha nyefee
And they shall eat, and shall not be satisfied: they have gone a-whoring, and shall by no means prosper: because they have left off to take heed to the Lord.
11 nʼaka ịgba akwụna, na mmanya ochie na mmanya ọhụrụ, nke na-ewepụ mmụọ nghọta.
The heart of my people has gladly engaged in fornication and wine and strong drink.
12 Ndị nke m na-ajụ osisi apịrị apị ase ihe ha ga-eme, na-anata ọsịsa site na mkpara osisi onye ọ na-ajụ ase. Mmụọ nke ịgba akwụna na-eme ka ha kpafuo; ha gbara akwụna ma hapụ Chineke ha.
They asked counsel by [means of] signs, and they reported answer to them by their staves: they have gone astray in a spirit of whoredom, and gone grievously a-whoring from their God.
13 Ha na-achụ aja nʼelu ugwu niile, na-esure onyinye nsure ọkụ nʼelu ugwu nta niile, na nʼokpuru osisi ook, osisi pọpla na osisi terebint, ebe ndo ya dị ezi mma. Nʼihi nke a ka ụmụ unu ndị inyom na-agba akwụna, ndị nwunye ụmụ unu na-akwa iko.
They have sacrificed on the tops of the mountains, and on the hills they have sacrificed under the oak and poplar, and under the shady tree, because the shade was good: therefore your daughters shall go a-whoring, and your daughters-in-law shall commit adultery.
14 “Agaghị m ata ụmụ unu ndị inyom ahụhụ, mgbe ha na-agba akwụna, maọbụ taa ndị nwunye ụmụ nwoke unu ahụhụ mgbe ha na-akwa iko, nʼihi na ndị ikom unu nʼonwe ha na-ejekwuru ndị akwụna, ha na ndị akwụna ụlọ arụsị na-achụkọkwa aja, ma ndị a na-enweghị nghọta ga-ala nʼiyi.
And I will not visit upon your daughters when they shall commit fornication, nor your daughters-in-law when they shall commit adultery: for they themselves mingled themselves with harlots, and sacrificed with polluted ones, and the people that understood not entangled itself with a harlot.
15 “Ọ bụ ezie na unu bụ ndị na-akwa iko unu bụ Izrel, ma ka ikpe gharakwa ịma Juda. “Unu agakwala Gilgal, unu agakwala ruo Bet-Aven, unu aṅụkwala iyi sị, ‘Dịka Onyenwe anyị na-adị ndụ.’
But you, O Israel, be not ignorant, and go you not, [men of] Juda, to Galgala; and go not up to the house of On, and swear not by the living Lord.
16 Ndị Izrel dị isiike dịka nwaagbọghọ ehi dị isiike. Onyenwe anyị ọ ga-esi aṅaa zụọ ha dịka ụmụ atụrụ nʼebe ịta nri sara mbara?
For Israel was maddened like a mad heifer: now the Lord will feed them as a lamb in a wide place.
17 Ifrem na arụsị agbaala ndụ hapụ ya ka ọ nọọrọ onwe ya.
Ephraim, joined with idols, has laid stumbling blocks in his own way.
18 Ọ bụladị mgbe mmanya ha gwụrụ, ha na-aga nʼihu na-agba akwụna; ha hụrụ ihere nʼanya nke ukwuu karịa otuto ha.
He has chosen the Chananites: they have grievously gone a-whoring: they have loved dishonor through her insolence.
19 Ifufe ga-ebupụ ha, aja ha na-achụ ga-ewetara ha ihere.
You are a blast of wind in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their altars.
