< 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.
“Place a trumpet at your lips! An eagle is coming over the house of Yahweh because the people have broken my covenant and rebelled against my law.
2 Israẹli kígbe pè mí, ‘Ọlọ́run wa, àwa mọ̀ ọ́n!’
They cry out to me, 'My God, we in Israel know you.'
3 Ṣùgbọ́n Israẹli ti kọ ohun tí ó dára sílẹ̀ ọ̀tá yóò sì máa lépa rẹ̀.
But Israel has rejected what is good, and 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, but without my knowledge. With their silver and gold they have made idols for themselves, but it was only so they might 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?
“Your calf has been rejected, Samaria. My anger is burning against these people. For how long will they stay guilty?
6 Israẹli ni wọ́n ti wá! Ère yìí agbẹ́gilére ló ṣe é, àní ère ẹgbọrọ màlúù Samaria, ni a ó fọ́ túútúú.
For this idol came from Israel; a workman made it; it is not God! The calf of Samaria will be broken to 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 the people sow the wind and reap the whirlwind. The standing grain has no heads; it yields no flour. If it does come to maturity, foreigners will devour it.
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 lie among the nations like something useless.
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 went up to Assyria like a wild donkey all alone. Ephraim has hired lovers for herself.
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.
Even though they have hired lovers among the nations, I will now gather them together. They will begin to waste away because of the oppression of the king of princes.
11 “Nítorí Efraimu ti kọ́ pẹpẹ púpọ̀ fún ìrúbọ ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ gbogbo rẹ̀ ti di pẹpẹ ìdẹ́ṣẹ̀ fún un
For Ephraim has multiplied altars for sin offerings, but they have become altars for committing sins instead.
12 Mo kọ ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ohun tí ó jẹ́ òfin mi fún wọn, ṣùgbọ́n wọn kà á sí ohun àjèjì.
I could write down my law for them ten thousand times, but they would view it as something strange to them.
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 I, Yahweh, do not accept them. Now I will think about 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.”
Israel has forgotten me, his Maker, and has built palaces. Judah has fortified many cities, but I will send fire on his cities; it will destroy his fortresses.

< Hosea 8 >