Hooseʼaa 4
1 Yaa Israaʼeloota, Waaqayyo isin warra biyyattii keessa jiraattan irratti himata dhiʼeeffatu waan qabuuf dubbii Waaqayyoo dhagaʼaa: “Biyyattii keessa amanamummaan, jaalallii fi Waaqa beekuun hin jiru.
Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel! for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
2 Abaaruu, sobuu fi ajjeesuu, hannaa fi ejja qofatu jira; isaan kakuu hunda ni cabsu; dhiiga dhangalaasuutu baayʼata.
Swearing and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery! they break all bounds, and blood toucheth blood.
3 Sababii kanaaf biyyattiin ni gadditi; warri ishee keessa jiraatan hundis ni badu; bineensonni bosonaa, simbirroonni samiitii fi qurxummiin galaanaa dhumaa jiru.
Therefore doth the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein doth languish, with the beasts of the field, and the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also are taken away.
4 “Garuu namni tokko iyyuu dubbii hin kaasin; namni tokko iyyuu nama kaan hin himatin; sabni keessan akkuma nama luba himatu tokkoo ti.
Yet let no man strive, neither let any man reprove; for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.
5 Ati halkanii fi guyyaa gufatta; raajonnis isin wajjin gufatu. Kanaafuu ani haadha kee nan balleessa;
Therefore shalt thou stumble in the day, and the prophet also shall stumble with thee in the night; and I will destroy thy mother.
6 sabni koo beekumsa dhabuudhaan badeera. “Waan ati beekumsa tuffatteef anis akka ati luba naaf hin taaneef si tuffadheera; sababii ati seera Waaqa keetii gatteef anis ilmaan kee nan gata.
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to Me; seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.
7 Luboonni akkuma baayʼachaa deemaniin, akkasuma cubbuu natti hojjechuu baayʼisan; isaan ulfina isaanii salphinatti geeddaraniiru.
The more they were increased, the more they sinned against Me; I will change their glory into shame.
8 Isaan cubbuu saba kootii nyaatu; hammina isaaniis ni hawwu.
They feed on the sin of My people, and set their heart on their iniquity.
9 Wanni kunis akkuma sabaa, akkuma lubootaa taʼa. Anis sababii karaa isaaniitiif lachan isaanii iyyuu nan adaba; hojii isaaniis isaanumatti nan deebisa.
And it is like people, like priest; and I will punish him for his ways, and will recompense him his doings.
10 “Isaan ni nyaatu; garuu hin quufan; ni sagaagalu; garuu hin baayʼatan; kunis sababii isaan Waaqayyoon dhiisanii dabarsanii
And they shall eat, and not have enough, they shall commit harlotry, and shall not increase; because they have left off to take heed to the LORD.
11 sagaagaltummaatti, daadhii wayinii moofaa fi haaraa hubannaa isaanii fudhatetti of kennaniif.
Harlotry, wine, and new wine take away the heart.
12 Sabni koo waaqa muka irraa tolfame gorsa gaafata; uleen falfaltuus isaanitti dubbata. Hafuurri sagaagaltummaa karaa irraa isaan jalʼisa; isaan Waaqa isaaniitiif hin amanaman.
My people ask counsel at their stock, and their staff declareth unto them; for the spirit of harlotry hath caused them to err, and they have gone astray from under their God.
13 Isaan fiixeewwan tulluu irratti qalma, aarsaa gubamu immoo gaarran irratti, qilxuu jalatti, alaltuu fi hoomii gaaddisni isaanii namatti tolu jalatti dhiʼeessu. Kanaafuu intallan keessan sagaagaltummaatti deebiʼu; niitonni ilmaan keessaniis ejjatti deebiʼu.
They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and offer upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and terebinths, because the shadow thereof is good; therefore your daughters commit harlotry, and your daughters-in-law commit adultery.
14 “Sababii warri dhiiraa iyyuu sagaagaltummaatti deebiʼanii galma waaqeffannaa ejjaatti qalma dhiʼeessaniif, yommuu intallan keessan sagaagaltummaatti deebiʼanitti yookaan yommuu niitonni ilmaan keessanii ejjatti deebiʼanitti ani isaan hin adabu; sabni hubannaa hin qabne ni badaatii!
I will not punish your daughters when they commit harlotry, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery; for they themselves consort with lewd women, and they sacrifice with harlots; and the people that is without understanding is distraught.
15 “Yaa Israaʼel, ati yoo ejja hojjette illee akka Yihuudaan yakka qabaatu hin godhin. “Isin Gilgaal hin dhaqinaa; Beet Aawwenittis ol hin baʼinaa. ‘Dhugaa Waaqayyo jiraataa!’ jettaniis hin kakatinaa.
Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah become guilty; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Beth-aven, nor swear: 'As the LORD liveth.'
16 Israaʼeloonni akkuma goromsa mataa jabaate tokkoo mataa jabeeyyii taʼaniiru. Yoos Waaqayyo akkamiin akka xobbaallaawwan hoolaatti kaloo balʼaatti isaan bobbaasuu dandaʼa ree?
For Israel is stubborn like a stubborn heifer; now shall the LORD feed them as a lamb in a large place?
17 Efreem waaqota tolfamootti galeera; isa ittuma dhiisaa!
Ephraim is joined to idols; let him alone.
18 Dhugaatiin isaanii yoo dhume iyyuu isaan sagaagaltummaa isaanii ittuma fufu; bulchitoonni isaanii ulfina irra qaanii jaallatu.
When their carouse is over, they take to harlotry; her rulers deeply love dishonour.
19 Bubbeen hamaan haxaaʼee isaan balleessa; aarsaan isaaniis qaanii isaanitti fida.
The wind hath bound her up in her skirts; and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.
