Hosea 8
Tongan Bible, Revised West VersionTranslation
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1“ʻAi ʻae meʻalea ki ho ngutu. Te ne haʻu ʻo hangē ko e ʻikale ki he fale ʻo Sihova, koeʻuhi kuo nau maumauʻi ʻeku fuakava, pea fai talangataʻa ki heʻeku fono.
1Let 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.
2ʻE tangi ʻa ʻIsileli kiate au, ʻo pehē, ‘ʻE hoku ʻOtua, ʻoku mau ʻilo koe.’
2They shall call upon me: O my God, we, Israel, know thee.
3Kuo liʻaki ʻe ʻIsileli ʻae meʻa ʻoku lelei: ʻe tuli ia ʻe he fili.
3Israel hath cast off the thing that is good, the enemy shall pursue him.
4Kuo nau fakanofo ʻae ngaahi tuʻi, kae ʻikai ʻiate au: kuo nau tuʻutuʻuni ʻae ngaahi ʻeiki, pea naʻe ʻikai te u ʻilo: kuo nau ngaohi ʻaki ʻa ʻenau siliva mo ʻenau koula ʻae tamapua, koeʻuhi ka nau ʻauha.
4They 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.
5Ko hoʻo ʻuhiki pulu, ʻE Samēlia, kuo ne liʻaki koe; kuo tupu ʻeku ʻita kiate kinautolu: ʻe fēfē hono fuoloa, ka nau hoko ʻo taʻehalaia?
5Thy calf, O Samaria, is cast off, my wrath is kindled against them. How long will they be incapable of being cleansed?
6He naʻe meia ʻIsileli foki ia: ko e tufunga naʻa ne ngaohi ia; ko ia ʻoku ʻikai ko e ʻOtua ia: ka ko e pulu siʻi ʻa Samēlia, ʻe maumauʻi ia ke fakaikiiki.
6For 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.
7He kuo nau tūtuuʻi ʻae matangi, pea te nau utu ʻae ʻahiohio: ʻoku ʻikai hano muka: ʻe ʻikai maʻu ha mahoaʻa mei hono fua: ka ai ha fua, ʻe kai ia ʻo ʻosi ʻe he kau muli.
7For 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.
8Kuo fōngia hifo ʻa ʻIsileli: te nau hoko ni ʻi he lotolotonga ʻoe Senitaile, ʻo hangē ko e ipu ʻoku ʻikai ʻi ai ha fiemālie.
8Israel is swallowed up: now is he become among the nations like an unclean vessel.
9He kuo nau ʻalu hake ki ʻAsilia, ha ʻasi kai vao tokotaha pe: kuo unga ʻe ʻIfalemi ʻae kau mamana.
9For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath given gifts to his lovers.
10ʻIo, neongo kuo nau unga ʻi he ngaahi puleʻanga, te u tānaki ni ʻakinautolu, pea te nau mamahi siʻi, koeʻuhi ko e kavenga ʻae tuʻi ʻoe ngaahi ʻeiki.
10But 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.
11Koeʻuhi kuo ngaohi ʻe ʻIfalemi ʻae ngaahi feilaulauʻanga lahi ke angahala, ʻe ai ʻae ngaahi feilaulauʻanga ke angahala ai.
11Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin: altars are become to him unto sin.
12Kuo u tohi kiate ia ʻae ngaahi meʻa lahi ʻa ʻeku fono, ka naʻe lau ia hangē ha meʻa kehe.
12I shall write to him my manifold laws, which have been accounted as foreign.
13ʻOku nau feilaulau ʻaki ʻae kakano, ko e ngaahi feilaulau ʻo ʻeku ngaahi hifo, pea kai; ka ʻoku ʻikai ke maʻu ia ʻe Sihova, he te ne manatu ni ʻenau hia, pea totongi ki heʻenau ngaahi angahala: te nau liliu atu ki ʻIsipite.
13They 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.
14He kuo fakangaloʻi ʻe ʻIsileli ʻa hono Tupuʻanga, pea ʻoku ne langa ʻae ngaahi fale fakaʻeiki; pea kuo fakalahi ʻe Siuta ʻae ngaahi kolo kuo ʻāʻi: ka te u fekau ʻae afi ki hono ngaahi kolo, pea te ne kai ʻae ngaahi fale fakaʻeiʻeiki ʻi ai.”
14And 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.
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