Hosea 4
1 Oasr kas toasr lun LEUM GOD lain mwet su muta in acn se inge. Israel, porongo ma El fahk: “Wangin inse pwaye ku kulang fin acn uh, ac mwet uh tiana etu ke God.
“Hear a word of YHWH, sons of Israel, For a strife [is] to YHWH with inhabitants of the land, For there is no truth, nor kindness, Nor knowledge of God in the land;
2 Elos orala wulela ac kunausla. Elos kikiap, akmas, pisrapasr ac kosro. Ma koluk uh yokelik, ac akmas uh fususeni.
Swearing, and lying, and murdering, And stealing, and committing adultery—have increased, And blood has touched against blood.
3 Ke ma inge kof fin acn uh ac fah wanginla, ac ma nukewa fin acn uh ac fah misa. Kain kosro nukewa ac won uh, oayapa ik, ac fah misa.”
Therefore the land mourns, And every dweller is weak in it, With the beast of the field, And with the bird of the heavens, And the fishes of the sea—they are removed.
4 LEUM GOD El fahk, “Kowos in tia sufan kutena mwet ku kaelos — kowos mwet tol pa nga lain uh.
Only, let no one strive, nor reprove a man, And your people [are] as those striving with a priest.
5 Kowos tukulkul na ke len ac fong, ac mwet palu elos oapana kowos, tukulkul na. Nga fah kunausla Israel, su nina kiowos.
And you have stumbled in the day, And a prophet has also stumbled with you in the night, And I have cut off your mother.
6 Mwet luk elos ac fah lisyukla mweyen wangin etu lalos keik. Kowos mwet tol, kowos tia pac eteyu, ac kowos pilesru luti luk. Ke ma inge, nga fah pilesrekowos ac nga fah tia akilen wen nutuwos su pangon mu elos mwet tol luk.
My people have been cut off for lack of knowledge, Because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being priest to Me, And you forget the Law of your God—I forget your sons, I also!
7 “Ke pisen mwet tol uh puseni, ma koluk lainyu uh yokelik pac; ke ma inge nga fah ekulla fulat lowos nu ke mwekin.
According to their abundance so they sinned against Me, I change their glory into shame.
8 Kowos kasrupi ke sripen ma koluk lun mwet luk, ouinge kowos lungse tuh ma koluk lalos in yokelik na.
The sin of My people they eat, And to their iniquity lift up their soul.
9 Mwe kai nu sin mwet uh ac fah orek pac nu suwos. Nga fah kai kowos ac kowos fah eis molin ma koluk lowos.
And it has been, like people, like priest, And I have charged on it its ways, And its habitual doings I return to it.
10 Kowos fah mongo ac tia kihpi. Kowos fah orek kosro ke nien alu lun mwet pegan in oasr tulik nutuwos, tuh ac fah wangin tulik nutuwos, mweyen kowos forla likiyu in fahsr tukun god saya.”
And they have eaten, and are not satisfied, They have gone whoring, and do not increase, For they have left off taking heed to YHWH.
11 LEUM GOD El fahk, “Wain mah ac wain sasu, kewa na akwelye nunak lun mwet luk.
Whoredom, and wine, and new wine, take the heart,
12 Elos sukok kas in kasru sin sie polosak! Ac elos nunku mu soko sikal sak ku in fahk nu selos ma elos ke etu. Elos sisyula. Oana sie mutan su orek kosro ac eis molin kosro lal, elos eisalosyang sifacna nu sin god ngia.
My people at its staff asks and its rod declares to it, For a spirit of whoredoms has caused to err, And they go whoring from under their God.
13 Elos oru kisa lalos ke nien alyalu fin mangon eol uh, ac esukak mwe keng yen lullul ye sak lulap fin inging uh. “Ke ma inge acn nutuwos elos orek kosro in eis molo, ac mutan kien wen nutuwos elos orek kosro.
On tops of the mountains they sacrifice, And on the hills they make incense, Under oak, and poplar, and terebinth, For good [is] its shade.
14 Tusruk, nga ac fah tia kaelos ke ma elos oru inge, mweyen kowos sifacna fahsri mutan kosro ke nien alu lun mwet pegan ac orek kisa yorolos. Oana soakas se ma fahk mu, ‘Mutanfahl se ma wangin etauk la ac fah musalla.’
Therefore your daughters commit whoredom, And your spouses commit adultery, I do not see after your daughters when they commit whoredom, And after your spouses when they commit adultery, For they with the harlots are separated, And with the whores they sacrifice, A people that does not understand kicks.
15 “Kowos mwet Israel finne tia inse pwaye nu sik, lela mwet Judah in tia tafongla ke lumah sac pacna. Nimet alu in acn Gilgal ku Bethaven, ku orek wulela we ke Inen LEUM GOD moul.
Though you [are] a harlot, O Israel, Do not let Judah become guilty, And do not come to Gilgal, nor go up to Beth-Aven, Nor swear, YHWH lives.
16 Mwet Israel elos srangesr lohng kas oana soko cow fusr. Nga ac ku in kitalos fuka oana sheep fusr in imae?
For Israel has turned aside as a stubborn heifer, Now YHWH feeds them as a lamb in a large place.
17 Mwet Israel elos oan ye ku lun ma sruloala. Tari, sang lungse laltal.
Ephraim is joined to idols, leave him alone.
18 Ke pacl elos arulana sruhila ke nim wain, elos orek pwar yurin mutan kosro su kukakin manolos; ouinge elos pilesrala fulat lalos ac sifacna akmwekinyalos.
Sour [is] their drink, They have gone whoring diligently, Her protectors have thoroughly loved shame.
19 Elos fah ukyukla oana ke ku lun eng uh okla ma uh, ac elos fah mwekin ke mwe kisa pegan ma elos oru.”
Wind has distressed her with its wings, And they are ashamed of their sacrifices!”
