Hosea 8
1 [Yahweh said to me], “Blow [MTY] your trumpet [to warn the people]! My people have rejected the agreement that I made with them, and they have rebelled against [obeying] my laws. Therefore, [their enemies] are swooping down on my people’s country like [SIM] an eagle.
“Itunong ang trumpeta sa imong ngabil! Moadto ang agila sa balay ni Yahweh tungod kay wala gituman sa katawhan ang akong kasabotan ug nagsupak batok sa akong balaod.
2 My Israeli people cry out to me, ‘Our God, we know that you are our God!’
Nagtawag sila kanako, 'Akong Dios, nakaila kaming mga Israelita kanimo.'
3 But because the Israeli people have rejected what is good, their enemies will pursue them.
Apan gisalikway sa Israel kung unsa ang maayo, ug pagagukdon siya sa kaaway.
4 The Israel people appointed [their last three] kings, but they did not ask me if I agreed to [what they were doing]. They chose their own leaders without asking if I would approve of them. They used their own silver and gold to make for themselves idols, and doing that led them to be destroyed.
Nagpili sila ug hari, apan dili pinaagi kanako. Naghimo silag mga prinsipe, apan wala ako masayod. Naghimo sila ug mga diosdios alang sa ilang kaugalingon pinaagi sa ilang mga plata ug bulawan, apan tungod lamang kini aron nga pagalaglagon sila.”
5 You people of Samaria, throw away your [idol that resembles a] calf! I am extremely angry with you people! How long [RHQ] will you [do things that cause] you to be unacceptable to me?
“Gisalikway ang inyong nating baka, Samaria. Nagsilaob ang akong kasuko batok niining mga tawhana. Hangtod kanus-a man sila magpabiling sad-an?
6 [Someone in] Israel made that idol for you; [but I am] God and it is not. So that idol of a calf in Samaria must be smashed to pieces.
Tungod kay gikan sa Israel kini nga diosdios; ang magbubuhat ang naghimo niini; Dili ang Dios! Pagagun-obon ang baka sa Samaria.
7 [The foolish thing that the people of Israel have done is like] [MET] trying to plant wind; but what they harvest will be like [MET] a whirlwind. So the grain that they planted will have no heads [on the stalks], and as a result [there will be no grain] from which to make flour. And if it did produce good grain, foreigners would [come and] steal it.
Tungod kay nagpugas ug hangin ang katawhan ug magaani ug alimpulos. Ang nagtindog nga trigo walay mga bunga; dili kini maghatag ug harina. Kung mahinog man kini, pagalamoyon kini sa mga langyaw.
8 [The people of] Israel will be defeated [MET] [by their enemies]; they will be [scattered] among other nations and become worthless.
Gilamoy ang Israel; naghigda sila karon taliwala sa mga kanasoran sama sa butang nga walay kapuslanan.
9 Like [MET] donkeys that are looking for mates, they have requested [help] from Assyria; they paid money to [the leaders of Assyria] in order to [persuade those leaders to] protect them.
Tungod kay niadto sila sa Asiria sama sa ihalas nga asno nga nag-inusara. Nagsuhol ang Efraim ug hinigugma alang sa iyang kaugalingon.
10 But although they have agreed to pay money each year to [the leaders of] those countries, I will soon gather them together [to punish them]. The great King [of Assyria] will cause them to suffer greatly.
Bisan tuod nagsuhol sila ug hinigugma taliwala sa mga nasod, tigomon ko sila karon. Mangaluya sila tungod sa pagdaogdaog sa hari ug sa mga prinsipe.
11 Although [the people of] Israel built many altars to present offerings [to their idols] to take away [their guilt for] sinning, those altars have become places where they commit [more] sins.
Tungod kay gipadaghan sa Efraim ang mga halaran alang sa mga halad sa sala, apan nahimo hinoon kining mga halaran sa pagbuhat ug mga sala.
12 I wrote many laws for them, but they disregarded them, saying that [they did not have to obey them because] they were different from laws that they had known previously.
Mahimo kong isulat sa 10, 000 ka higayon ang akong balaod alang kanila, apan lantawon nila kini nga daw katingalahan kanila.
13 They offer sacrifices to me, and they eat [some of] the meat of those sacrifices, [which is what I permitted them to do]. But I, Yahweh, am not pleased with those sacrifices. I remember the evil things that they have done, and I will punish them for the sins that they have committed: I will force them to [go to other countries] [and become slaves like they were] [MET] in Egypt.
Ug alang sa mga pagsakripisyo sa akong mga halad, ginahalad nila ang karne ug ginakaon kini, apan ako, si Yahweh, wala nagdawat niini. Karon, hunahunaon ko ang ilang mga kalapasan ug silotan ang ilang mga sala. Mobalik sila sa Ehipto.
14 [The people of] Israel have abandoned/forgotten me, the one who created their [nation]; they have built palaces, and [the people of] Judah have built walls around many towns. But I will send a fire that will destroy all their cities and their fortresses.”
Gikalimtan na ako sa Israel, nga iyang magbubuhat, ug nagtukod ug mga palasyo. Gilig-on sa Juda ang daghang mga siyudad, apan magpadala ako ug kalayo sa iyang mga siyudad; moguba kini sa iyang mga kota.
