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. As an eagle [he cometh] 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.’
They shall cry unto me, My God, we Israel know thee.
3 Ma Izrel ajụla ihe dị mma. Ugbu a, ndị iro ga-achụ ya ọsọ.
Israel hath cast off that which 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?
He hath cast off thy calf, O Samaria; 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 is even this; the workman made it, and it is no God: yea, 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 sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: he hath no standing corn; the blade shall yield no meal; if so be it yield, 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 are they among the nations 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, [like] 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 hire among the nations, now will I gather them; and they begin to be minished by reason of 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 multiplied altars to sin, altars have been 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.
Though I write for him my law in ten thousand [precepts], they are 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.
As for the sacrifices of mine offerings, they sacrifice flesh 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 builded palaces; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the castles thereof.
