Oséias 13

1 When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling.

He exalted himself in Israel,

but when he became guilty through Baal, he died.

2 Now they sin more and more,

and have made themselves molten images of their silver,

even idols according to their own understanding,

all of them the work of the craftsmen.

They say of them, ‘They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calves.’

3 Therefore they will be like the morning mist,

like the dew that passes away early,

like the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing floor,

and like the smoke out of the chimney.

4 "Yet I am Yahweh your God from the land of Egypt;

and you shall acknowledge no god but me,

and besides me there is no savior.

5 I knew you in the wilderness,

in the land of great drought.

6 According to their pasture, so were they filled;

they were filled, and their heart was exalted.

Therefore they have forgotten me.

7 Therefore I am like a lion to them.

Like a leopard, I will lurk by the path.

8 I will meet them like a bear that is bereaved of her cubs,

and will tear the covering of their heart.

There I will devour them like a lioness.

The wild animal will tear them.

9 You are destroyed, Israel, because you are against me,

against your helper.

10 Where is your king now, that he may save you in all your cities?

And your judges, of whom you said, ‘Give me a king and princes’?

11 I have given you a king in my anger,

and have taken him away in my wrath.

12 The guilt of Ephraim is stored up.

His sin is stored up.

13 The sorrows of a travailing woman will come on him.

He is an unwise son,

for when it is time, he doesn’t come to the opening of the womb.

14 I will ransom them from the power of Sheol.*13:14 Sheol is the place of the dead.

I will redeem them from death!

Death, where are your plagues?

Sheol, where is your destruction?

"Compassion will be hidden from my eyes.

15 Though he is fruitful among his brothers, an east wind will come,

the breath of Yahweh coming up from the wilderness;

and his spring will become dry,

and his fountain will be dried up.

He will plunder the storehouse of treasure.

16 Samaria will bear her guilt,

for she has rebelled against her God.

They will fall by the sword.

Their infants will be dashed in pieces,

and their pregnant women will be ripped open."

He Whakawātanga Papahueke ki a Īharaira

1 I te kōrerotanga a Ēparaima, tērā te tūiri;

i whakanui ake ia i a ia i roto i a Īharaira.

Engari, kei tōna hēnga i roto i a Paara, ka mate ia.

2 Nā ināianei, kua neke ake tō rātou hara,

kua hangā e rātou tā rātou hiriwa

hei whakapakoko whakarewa mā rātou,

hei whakapakoko e rite ana ki tā rātou i mātau ai,

ā, ko taua mea katoa he mahi nā ngā kaimahi:

e kōrerotia ana aua mea e rātou,

"Me kihi e ngā tāngata e mea patunga tapu ana,

ngā kūao kau."

3 Mō reira ka rite rātou ki te kapua o te ata,

ki te tōmairangi hoki e ngaro wawe atu nei,

ki te pāpapa hoki e āia atu ana e te paroro i te patunga wīti,

ā, ki te paowa hoki o te tumere.

4 "Ko Ihowā anō ia ahau, ko tōu Atua,

o te whenua mai rā anō o Īhipa;

kaua anō koe e mōhio ki tētahi atua, ko ahau anake,

kāhore atu hoki he kaiwhakaora, ko ahau anake.

5 I mōhiotia tonutia koe e ahau i te koraha,

i te whenua kāhore rawa nei he wai.

6 Ko tō rātou mākonatanga rite tonu ki te wāhi i kai ai rātou;

i mākona rātou, ā, whakakake ana ō rātou ngākau;

nā, wareware tonu iho ki ahau.

7 Nā, ko tāku ki a rātou, ka rite ki te raiona;

ka tiaki ahau i te ara ānō he reparo.

8 Ko tōku tūtakitanga ki a rātou

ka rite ki tō te pea kua tangohia nei āna kūao,

ka haea hoki e ahau te taupā o ō rātou ngākau;

ā, hei reira ka kainga rātou e ahau ki te kai a te raiona;

ka haehaea rātou e te kīrehe o te pārae.

9 "Ko tōu whakangaromanga ia, e Īharaira,

he hoariri koe ki ahau, ki tōu kaiāwhina.

10 Kei hea ināianei tōu kīngi, hei whakaora i a koe

i roto i ōu pā katoa, ōu kaiwhakawā hoki,

ērā i kī rā koe,

‘Hōmai he kīngi me ētahi rangatira ki ahau’?

11 Kua hoatu e ahau he kīngi ki a koe i ahau e riri ana,

ā, kua tangohia atu ia e ahau i ahau e āritarita ana.

12 "Ko te hē o Ēparaima, takai rawa;

ko tōna hara, rongoā rawa.

13 Ka pā ki a ia ngā mamae o te wahine e whakamamae ana;

he tamaiti whakaarokore ia.

He wā hoki tēnei kia kaua ia e whakaroa

ki te wāhi e pakaru mai ai ngā tamariki.

14 "Ka hokona rātou e ahau ki te kaha o te rēinga,

ka utua e ahau kei mate.

E te mate, kei hea ōu mate urutā?

E te urupā, kei hea tāu whakangaro?

Ka hunā atu te rīpenetā i ōku kanohi.

15 "Ahakoa whai hua ia i roto i ōna tēina,

ka puta mai te hau, he marangai,

ko te manawa o Ihowā e pā mai ana i te koraha,

ā, ka maroke tōna mātāpuna,

ka mimiti tōna manawa-whenua.

Ka pāhuatia e ia ngā taonga

o ngā oko katoa e matenuitia ana.

16 Ka whakawahā e Hamaria tōna hara;

kua whakakeke hoki ia ki tōna Atua.

Ka hinga rātou i te hoari;

ka tāia iho ā rātou tamariki, mongamonga ana,

ka haehaea hoki ā rātou wāhine e hapū ana."