Israel to Reap the Whirlwind
1“Put the trumpet to your lips!
An eagle is over the house of the Lord
because the people have broken my covenant
and rebelled against my law.
2Israel cries out to me,
‘Our God, we acknowledge you!’
3But Israel has rejected what is good;
an enemy will pursue him.
4They set up kings without my consent;
they choose princes without my approval.
With their silver and gold
they make idols for themselves
to their own destruction.
5Samaria, throw out your calf-idol!
My anger burns against them.
How long will they be incapable of purity?
6They are from Israel!
This calf—a metalworker has made it;
it is not God.
It will be broken in pieces,
that calf of Samaria.
7“They sow the wind
and reap the whirlwind.
The stalk has no head;
it will produce no flour.
Were it to yield grain,
foreigners would swallow it up.
8Israel is swallowed up;
now she is among the nations
like something no one wants.
9For they have gone up to Assyria
like a wild donkey wandering alone.
Ephraim has sold herself to lovers.
10Although they have sold themselves among the nations,
I will now gather them together.
They will begin to waste away
under the oppression of the mighty king.
11“Though Ephraim built many altars for sin offerings,
these have become altars for sinning.
12I wrote for them the many things of my law,
but they regarded them as something foreign.
13Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to me,
and though they eat the meat,
the Lord is not pleased with them.
Now he will remember their wickedness
and punish their sins:
They will return to Egypt.
14Israel has forgotten their Maker
and built palaces;
Judah has fortified many towns.
But I will send fire on their cities
that will consume their fortresses.”
Israẹli yípadà kúrò ní ọnà
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.
2Israẹli kígbe pè mí
‘Háà! Ọlọ́run wa, àwa mọ̀ ọ́n!’
3Ṣùgbọ́n Israẹli ti kọ ohun tí ó dára sílẹ̀
ọ̀tá yóò sì máa lépa rẹ̀
4Wọ́n 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.
5Ju ère ẹgbọrọ màlúù rẹ, ìwọ Samaria!
Ìbínú mi ń ru sí wọn:
yóò ti pẹ́ tó kí wọ́n tó dé ipò àìmọ̀kan?
6Israẹli ni wọ́n ti wá!
Ère yìí—agbẹ́gilére ló ṣe é
Àní ère ẹgbọrọ màlúù Samaria, ni a ó fọ́ túútúú.
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.
8A ti gbé Israẹli mì,
báyìí, ó sì ti wà láàrín àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè
bí ohun èlò tí kò wúlò.
9Nítorí pé wọ́n ti gòkè lọ sí Asiria
gẹ́gẹ́ bí kẹ́tẹ́kẹ́tẹ́ igbó tó ń rìn kiri.
Efraimu ti ta ara rẹ̀ fún àwọn olólùfẹ́ rẹ̀.
10Bí 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.
11“Nítorí Efraimu ti kọ́ pẹpẹ púpọ̀ fún ìrúbọ ẹ̀ṣẹ̀
gbogbo rẹ̀ ti di pẹpẹ ìdẹ́ṣẹ̀ fún un
12Mo kọ ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ohun tí ó jẹ́ òfin mi fún wọn.
Ṣùgbọ́n wọn kà á sí ohun àjèjì
13Wọ́n 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
148.14: Am 1.4,7,10,12,14; 2.2,5.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.”