Hosea 6
King James Version with ApocryphaTranslation
King James Version with Apocrypha
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
1Come, and let us return unto the LORD : for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
1“Haʻu, pea tuku ke tau tafoki kia Sihova: he kuo ne haeʻi, pea te ne fakamoʻui ʻakitautolu; kuo ne taaʻi, pea te ne toe fakamaʻopoʻopo.
2After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
2Hili ʻae ʻaho ʻe ua te ne toe fakamoʻui ʻakitautolu: ʻi hono tolu ʻoe ʻaho te ne toe fokotuʻu ʻakitautolu, pea te tau moʻui ʻi hono ʻao.
3Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD : his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
3Pea te tau toki ʻilo ʻoka tau ka muimui atu ke ʻilo ʻa Sihova: ko ʻene ʻalu atu ʻoku teuteu ʻo hangē ko e pongipongi; pea te ne hoko kiate kitautolu ʻo hangē ko e ʻuha, ko e ʻuha mui mo e ʻuha muʻa ki he kelekele.
4¶ O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.
4“ʻE ʻIfalemi, Ko e hā te u fai kiate koe? ʻE Siuta, ko e hā te u fai kiate koe? He ko hoʻo lelei ʻoku hangē ko e ʻao ʻoe pongipongi, pea hangē ko e hahau ʻoe hengihengi ʻoku mole atu.
5Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth.
5Ko ia kuo u taaʻi ʻakinautolu ʻi he kau palōfita; kuo u tāmateʻi ʻakinautolu ʻi he ngaahi lea ʻa hoku ngutu: pea ko hoʻo ngaahi fakamaau ʻoku hangē ko e maama ʻoku ulo atu.
6For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
6He kuo u holi ki he ʻaloʻofa, kae ʻikai ki he feilaulau; pea ko e ʻilo ki he ʻOtua ʻo lahi hake ʻi he feilaulau.
7But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.
7Kae hangē ko e tangata kuo nau maumauʻi ʻae fuakava: kuo nau fai kākā ʻi ai kiate au.
8Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood.
8Ko e kolo ʻokinautolu ʻoku fai kovi ʻa Kiliati, pea ʻoku ʻuli ʻi he toto.
9And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.
9Hangē ʻoku tatali ʻe he fakataha ʻoe kau kaihaʻa ki ha tangata, ʻoku pehē ʻae fai fakapō ʻi he hala ʻe he fakataha ʻoe kau taulaʻeiki ʻo loto tatau pe: he ʻoku nau fai angaʻuli.
10I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.
10Kuo u mamata ki ha meʻa fakailifia ʻi he fale ʻo ʻIsileli: ʻoku ʻi ai ʻae feʻauaki ʻa ʻIfalemi, kuo ʻuliʻi ʻa ʻIsileli.
11Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people.
11“Kuo tuʻutuʻuni foki, ʻe Siuta, ha ututaʻu kiate koe, ʻi heʻene liliu ʻae pōpula ʻa hoku kakai.
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