Hosea 8
1 “Fi ìpè sí ẹnu rẹ! Ẹyẹ idì wà lórí ilé Olúwa nítorí pé àwọn ènìyàn ti dalẹ̀ májẹ̀mú, wọ́n sì ti ṣọ̀tẹ̀ sí òfin mi.
“Put the trumpet to your lips! Something like an eagle is over the LORD’s house, because they have broken my covenant and rebelled against my law.
2 Israẹli kígbe pè mí, ‘Ọlọ́run wa, àwa mọ̀ ọ́n!’
They cry to me, ‘My God, we, Israel, acknowledge you!’
3 Ṣùgbọ́n Israẹli ti kọ ohun tí ó dára sílẹ̀ ọ̀tá yóò sì máa lépa rẹ̀.
Israel has cast off that which is good. The enemy will pursue him.
4 Wọ́n fi àwọn ọba jẹ ṣùgbọ́n, kì í ṣe nípasẹ̀ mi wọ́n yan ọmọ-aládé láì si ìmọ̀ mi níbẹ̀. Wọ́n fi fàdákà àti wúrà ṣe ère fún ara wọn, si ìparun ara wọn.
They have set up kings, but not by me. They have made princes, and I did not approve. Of their silver and their gold they have made themselves idols, that they may be cut off.
5 Ju ère ẹgbọrọ màlúù rẹ, ìwọ Samaria! Ìbínú mi ń ru sí wọn: yóò ti pẹ́ tó kí wọ́n tó dé ipò àìmọ̀kan?
Let Samaria throw out his calf idol! My anger burns against them! How long will it be until they are capable of purity?
6 Israẹli ni wọ́n ti wá! Ère yìí agbẹ́gilére ló ṣe é, àní ère ẹgbọrọ màlúù Samaria, ni a ó fọ́ túútúú.
For this is even from Israel! The workman made it, and it is no God; indeed, the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
7 “Wọ́n gbin afẹ́fẹ́ wọ́n sì ká ìjì. Igi ọkà kò lórí, kò sì ní mú oúnjẹ wá. Bí ó bá tilẹ̀ ní ọkà àwọn àjèjì ni yóò jẹ.
For they sow the wind, and they will reap the whirlwind. He has no standing grain. The stalk will yield no head. If it does yield, strangers will swallow it up.
8 A ti gbé Israẹli mì, báyìí, ó sì ti wà láàrín àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè bí ohun èlò tí kò wúlò.
Israel is swallowed up. Now they are among the nations like a worthless thing.
9 Nítorí pé wọ́n ti gòkè lọ sí Asiria gẹ́gẹ́ bí kẹ́tẹ́kẹ́tẹ́ igbó tó ń rìn kiri. Efraimu ti ta ara rẹ̀ fún àwọn olólùfẹ́ rẹ̀.
For they have gone up to Assyria, like a wild donkey wandering alone. Ephraim has hired lovers for himself.
10 Bí ó tilẹ̀ jẹ́ pé wọ́n ti ta ara wọn sí àárín Orílẹ̀-èdè, Èmi ó ṣà wọ́n jọ nísinsin yìí. Wọn ó sì bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí í ṣòfò dànù lọ́wọ́ ìnilára ọba alágbára.
But although they sold themselves among the nations, I will now gather them; and they begin to waste away because of the oppression of the king of mighty ones.
11 “Nítorí Efraimu ti kọ́ pẹpẹ púpọ̀ fún ìrúbọ ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ gbogbo rẹ̀ ti di pẹpẹ ìdẹ́ṣẹ̀ fún un
Because Ephraim has multiplied altars for sinning, they became for him altars for sinning.
12 Mo kọ ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ohun tí ó jẹ́ òfin mi fún wọn, ṣùgbọ́n wọn kà á sí ohun àjèjì.
I wrote for him the many things of my law, but they were regarded as a strange thing.
13 Wọ́n ń rú ẹbọ tí wọ́n yàn fún mi, wọ́n sì ń jẹ ẹran ibẹ̀, ṣùgbọ́n inú Olúwa kò dùn sí wọn. Báyìí yóò rántí ìwà búburú wọn yóò sì jẹ wọ́n ní yà fún ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ wọn. Wọn yóò padà sí Ejibiti.
As for the sacrifices of my offerings, they sacrifice meat and eat it, but the LORD does not accept them. Now he will remember their iniquity, and punish their sins. They will return to Egypt.
14 Nítorí Israẹli ti gbàgbé ẹlẹ́dàá rẹ̀ Ó sì ń kọ́ ààfin púpọ̀ Juda ti kọ́ ìlú olódi púpọ̀ ṣùgbọ́n èmi ó rán iná kan sí orí àwọn ìlú rẹ̀ èyí tí yóò jẹ ibi agbára rẹ̀ run.”
For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; and Judah has multiplied fortified cities; but I will send a fire on his cities, and it will devour its fortresses.”
