Hosiya 8
1 “Tinye opi ike nʼọnụ gị! Nʼihi na ugo nʼefefe nʼelu ụlọ Onyenwe anyị, nʼihi na ha emebiela ọgbụgba ndụ m, nupu isi megide iwu m.
[He shall come] into their midst as the land, as an eagle against the house of the Lord, because they have transgressed my covenant, and have sinned against my law.
2 Ugbu a ndị Izrel na-etiku m mkpu akwa, ‘Chineke anyị, anyị bụ Izrel maara gị.’
They shall soon cry out to me, [saying], O God, we know thee.
3 Ma Izrel ajụla ihe dị mma. Ugbu a, ndị iro ga-achụ ya ọsọ.
For Israel has turned away from good things; they have pursued an enemy.
4 Ha meere onwe ha ndị eze, ma ha ajụtaghị m ase; ha na-achọrọkwa ndị ọchịchị, ma ghara ịjụta ase nʼaka m. Ọlaọcha na ọlaedo ha ka ha ji na-akpụrụ onwe ha arụsị, nke ha ji ebibi onwe ha.
They have made kings for themselves, but not by me: they have ruled, but they did not make it known to me: [of] their silver and their gold they have made images to themselves, that they might be destroyed.
5 Ajụla m arụsị nwa ehi a ị kpụrụ, O Sameria. Nʼihi na ọnụma m na-ere ọkụ megide ha. Ruo olee mgbe ka ha ga-anọ bụrụ ndị na-enweghị ike ịdị ọcha?
Cast off thy calf, O Samaria; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will they be unable to purge themselves in Israel?
6 Ọ bụ nʼIzrel ka ha si. Ọ bụ onye na-akpụ ụzụ kpụrụ ya; ọ bụghị Chineke. A ga-akụrisikwa nwa ehi Sameria ahụ.
Whereas the workman made it, and it is not God; wherefore thy calf, Samaria, was a deceiver:
7 “Ha akụọla ifufe, ha ga-aghọtakwa oke ifufe. Osisi ọka ha na-eguzo na-enweghị okpo ọka ọbụla. A sịkwarị na ọ mịrị mkpụrụ, ndị mba ọzọ ga-atapịa ya.
for they sowed blighted [seed], and their destruction shall await them, a sheaf of corn that avails not to make meal; and even if it should produce it, strangers shall devour it.
8 Elodala Izrel! Lee, ha nọ ugbu a nʼetiti ndị mba ọzọ dịka mkpọkọrọ ite.
Israel is swallowed up: now is he become among the nations as a worthless vessel.
9 Nʼihi na ha ejeela Asịrịa dịka ịnyịnya ibu ọhịa na-awagharị naanị ya. Ifrem ewerela onwe ya resi ndị enyi ya.
For they have gone up to the Assyrians: Ephraim has been strengthened against himself; they loved gifts.
10 Ọ bụ ezie na ha ewerela onwe ha resi ọtụtụ mba dị iche iche, aga m achịkọta ha. Ha ga-atakwa ahụ nʼihi ọnọdụ mmegbu nke eze na ndịisi ga-achị ha.
Therefore shall they be delivered to the nations: now I will receive them, and they shall cease a little to anoint a king and princes.
11 “Nʼihi na Ifrem ewuola ọtụtụ ebe nchụaja maka ịchụ aja mmehie, ebe nchụaja ndị a abụrụla ebe a na-eme mmehie.
Because Ephraim has multiplied altars, [his] beloved altars are become sins to him.
12 E depụtaara m ha ọtụtụ ihe banyere iwu m, ma ha were ya dịka ihe e si na mba ọzọ webata.
I will write down a multitude [of commands] for him; but his statutes are accounted strange things, [even] the beloved altars.
13 Ha na-achụ aja dịka onyinye nye m, ha na-erikwa anụ ndị ahụ ha jiri chụọ aja, ma na Onyenwe anyị enweghị mmasị nʼebe aja ha dị. Ugbu a, ọ ga-echeta ajọ omume ha, nye ha ntaramahụhụ nʼihi mmehie niile ha, ha ga-alaghachi nʼIjipt.
For if they should offer a sacrifice, and eat flesh, the lord will not accept them: now will he remember their iniquities, and will take vengeance on their sins: they have returned to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things among the Assyrians.
14 Izrel echezọọla Onye kere ha ma wukwaa obi ndị eze dị iche iche. Juda ewukwaala obodo dị iche iche e wusiri ike. Nʼihi ya, aga m ezite ọkụ nʼobodo ha niile, ọkụ ga-erepịa obodo ha niile e wusiri ike.”
And Israel has forgotten him that made him, and they have built fanes, and Juda has multiplied walled cities: but I will send fire on his cities, and it shall devour their foundations.
