Hooseʼaa 8
1 “Malakata afaan keetti kaaʼadhu! Sababii namoonni kakuu koo cabsanii seera kootti fincilaniif risaan tokko mana Waaqayyootiin ol jira.
Let there be a trumpet in thy throat like an eagle upon the house of the Lord: because they have transgressed my covenant, and have violated my law.
2 Israaʼel, ‘Yaa Waaqa keenya nu si beekna!’ jedhee gara kootti iyyate.
They shall call upon me: O my God, we, Israel, know thee.
3 Taʼu iyyuu Israaʼel waan gaarii dideera; kanaafuu diinni isa ariʼa.
Israel hath cast off the thing that is good, the enemy shall pursue him.
4 Isaan walii galtee koo malee mootota moosifatan; utuu ani hin fudhatiniif ilmaan moototaa filatan. Isaan meetii fi warqee isaaniitiin badiisa isaaniitiif waaqota tolfamoo ofii isaaniitiif tolfatan.
They have reigned, but not by me: they have been princes, and I knew not: of their silver, and their gold they have made idols to themselves, that they might perish.
5 Yaa Samaariyaa, waaqa kee tolfamaa bifa jabbii sana baasii gati! Dheekkamsi koo isaanitti bobaʼa. Isaan hamma yoomiitti qulqullaaʼuu dadhabu?
Thy calf, O Samaria, is cast off, my wrath is kindled against them. How long will they be incapable of being cleansed?
6 Isaan warra Israaʼel! Jabbii kana ogeessa hojii harkaatu tolche; inni Waaqa miti. Jabbiin Samaariyaa ni hurraaʼa.
For itself also is the invention of Israel: a workman made it, and it is no god: for the calf of Samaria shall be turned to spiders’ webs.
7 “Isaan bubbee facaafatanii bubbee hamaa haammatu. Mukni isaa mataa hin qabu; daraaraas hin baasu. Utuu inni midhaan naqatee silaa namoonni ormaa ni nyaatu ture.
For they shall sow wind, and reap a whirlwind, there is no standing stalk in it, the bud shall yield no meal; and if it should yield, strangers shall eat it.
8 Israaʼel liqimfameera; isaan amma saboota gidduutti akka waan faayidaa hin qabne tokkoo ti.
Israel is swallowed up: now is he become among the nations like an unclean vessel.
9 Isaan akkuma harree diidaa kan asii fi achi kophaa jooruu gara Asooriitti ol baʼaniiruutii; Efreemis michootatti of gurgureera.
For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath given gifts to his lovers.
10 Isaan saboota gidduutti yoo of gurguran iyyuu ani amma walitti isaan nan qaba. Isaan hacuuccaa mooticha jabaa jalatti ni sukkuumamu.
But even though they shall have hired the nations, now will I gather them together: and they shall rest a while from the burden of the king, and the princes.
11 “Efreem aarsaa cubbuutiif iddoo aarsaa hedduu yoo hojjete iyyuu, lafti sun iddoo aarsaa itti cubbuu hojjechuuf qopheessan taʼeera.
Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin: altars are become to him unto sin.
12 Ani waaʼee seera koo waan baayʼee isaaniif barreesseera; isaan garuu akkuma waan alaa dhufe tokkootti ilaalu.
I shall write to him my manifold laws, which have been accounted as foreign.
13 Isaan aarsaa naaf kenname dhiʼeessu; foon sanas ni nyaatu; Waaqayyo garuu isaanitti hin gammanne. Inni amma hammina isaanii yaadatee cubbuu isaanii adaba: Isaan gara Gibxitti deebiʼu.
They shall offer victims, they shall sacrifice flesh, and shall eat it, and the Lord will not receive them: now will he remember their iniquity, and will visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.
14 Israaʼel Uumaa isaa irraanfatee masaraawwan mootummaa ijaare; Yihuudaan magaalaawwan hedduutti dallaa ijaare. Ani garuu ibidda daʼannoowwan isaanii barbadeessu magaalaawwan isaaniitti nan erga.”
And Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and hath built temples: and Juda hath built many fenced cities: and I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the houses thereof.
