Koseya 8
1 “Ffuwa ekkondeere. Empungu eri ku nnyumba ya Mukama kubanga abantu bamenye endagaano yange ne bajeemera amateeka gange.
Set the trumpet to thy mouth. [He cometh] as an eagle against the house of Jehovah, because they have transgressed my covenant, and rebelled against my law.
2 Isirayiri bankaabira nga boogera nti, ‘Katonda waffe, tukumanyi.’
They shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee; [we], Israel.
3 Naye Isirayiri baleseeyo ekirungi; omulabe kyaliva abayigganya.
Israel hath cast off good: the enemy shall pursue him.
4 Balonda bakabaka nga sikkirizza, balonda abakulembeze be sikakasizza. Beekolera ebifaananyi ebyole mu ffeeza yaabwe ne mu zaabu yaabwe ebiribaleetera okuzikirira.
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 Kanyuga ebweru ekifaananyi ky’ennyana yo, ggwe Samaliya. Obusungu bwange bubabuubuukirako. Balituusa ddi okuba abatali batuukirivu?
Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast [thee] off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will they be incapable of purity?
6 Bava mu Isirayiri. Ennyana eyo omuntu eyakuguka mu by’okuweesa, ye yagikola so si Katonda. Era ennyana eyo eya Samaliya eribetentebwa.
For from Israel is this also: — a workman made it, and it is no God: for the calf of Samaria shall be [broken in] pieces.
7 “Basiga empewo, ne bakungula embuyaga. Ekikolo olw’obutaba na mutwe, kyekiriva kirema okubala ensigo. Naye ne bwe kyandibaze, bannaggwanga bandigiridde.
For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk; should it sprout, it would yield no meal; if so be it yield, strangers shall swallow it up.
8 Isirayiri amaliddwawo; ali wakati mu mawanga ng’ekintu ekitagasa.
Israel is swallowed up: now are they become among the nations as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.
9 Bambuse ne bagenda eri Obwasuli, ng’endogoyi ey’omu nsiko eri yokka. Efulayimu aguliridde abaganzi.
For they are gone up [to] Assyria [as] a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.
10 Newaakubadde nga beetunze eri amawanga, ndibakuŋŋaanya, era ndibawaayo eri okubonaabona nga banyigirizibwa kabaka ow’amaanyi.
Although they hire among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall begin to be straitened under the burden of the king of princes.
11 “Newaakubadde nga Efulayimu baazimba ebyoto bingi eby’ebiweebwayo olw’ekibi, bifuuse byoto bya kukolerako bibi.
Because Ephraim hath multiplied altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.
12 Nabawandiikira ebintu bingi mu mateeka gange, naye ne babifuula ekintu ekigwira.
I have prescribed unto him the manifold things of my law: they are counted [as] a strange thing.
13 Bawaayo ebiweebwayo gye ndi, ne balya ennyama yaabyo, Mukama tabasanyukira. Kaakano alijukira obutali butuukirivu bwabwe n’ababonereza olw’ebibi byabwe: Baliddayo e Misiri.
They sacrifice flesh [for] the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; Jehovah hath no delight in them. Now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.
14 Isirayiri yeerabidde omutonzi we, n’azimba embiri, ne Yuda ne yeeyongera okuzimba ebibuga ebiriko bbugwe; naye ndisindika omuliro ku bibuga byabwe, ne gwokya ebigo byabwe.”
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.
