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.
[Set] the trumpet to thy mouth. [He shall come] as an eagle against the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.
2 Ugbu a ndị Izrel na-etiku m mkpu akwa, ‘Chineke anyị, anyị bụ Izrel maara gị.’
Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee.
3 Ma Izrel ajụla ihe dị mma. Ugbu a, ndị iro ga-achụ ya ọsọ.
Israel hath cast off [the thing that is] good: the enemy shall pursue him.
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 set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew [it] not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.
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?
Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast [thee] off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long [will it be] ere they attain to innocency?
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.
For from Israel [was] it also: the workman made it; therefore it [is] not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
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 have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.
8 Elodala Izrel! Lee, ha nọ ugbu a nʼetiti ndị mba ọzọ dịka mkpọkọrọ ite.
Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein [is] no pleasure.
9 Nʼihi na ha ejeela Asịrịa dịka ịnyịnya ibu ọhịa na-awagharị naanị ya. Ifrem ewerela onwe ya resi ndị enyi ya.
For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.
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.
Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of 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 hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.
12 E depụtaara m ha ọtụtụ ihe banyere iwu m, ma ha were ya dịka ihe e si na mba ọzọ webata.
I have written to him the great things of my law, [but] they were counted as a strange thing.
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.
They sacrifice flesh [for] the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat [it; but] the LORD accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.
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.”
For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.
