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10 Dadka Israa'iil waa geed canab ah oo barwaaqaysan, kaasoo midhihiisa soo bixiya, oo sida midhihiisu u bateen ayuu meelihiisa allabariga u badiyey, oo sida dalkiisu u barwaaqaysan yahay ayay u samaysteen tiirar qurqurxoon. Qalbigoodu waa kala qaybsan yahay, oo haatan waxaa lagu heli doonaa gardarro. Meelahooda allabariga ayuu wax ku dhufan doonaa, oo tiirarkoodana wuu wada kharribi doonaa. Sida xaqiiqada ah hadda waxay odhan doonaan, Annagu boqor ma lihin, waayo, Rabbiga kama cabsanno, haddaba bal maxaa boqor noo taraya? Waxay ku hadlaan erayo aan waxba ahayn, iyagoo si been ah ugu dhaaranaya markay axdiyo gelayaan. Sidaas daraaddeed xukunku wuxuu u soo bixi doonaa sidii dacarmariid ka soo baxa beerta jeexjeexeeda. Dadka dalka Samaariya degganu aad bay u cabsan doonaan sanamyada weylaha ah ee Beytaawen aawadood, waayo, dadkiisa iyo weliba wadaaddadii ku rayrayn jiray way u barooran doonaan sanamka, waana sharaftiisii aawadeed, maxaa yeelay, way ka tagtay. Oo weliba sanamkii waxaa loo qaadi doonaa dalka Ashuur inuu Boqor Yaareeb gabbaro u noqdo aawadeed. Reer Efrayim wuxuu heli doonaa ceeb, oo dadka Israa'iilna waxay ka ceeboobi doonaan taladooda. Oo weliba Samaariyana boqorkeedii wuxuu u baabba'ay sida xumbada biyaha dul sabbayso. Oo weliba meelaha sare ee Aawen ku yaal oo dembiga dadka Israa'iil ahna waa la wada dumin doonaa. Meelahooda allabarigana waxaa ka soo kor bixi doona qodxan iyo yamaarug. Waxay buuraha ku odhan doonaan, War na qariya. Oo gumburahana waxay ku odhan doonaan, Nagu soo dhaca. Dadka Israa'iilow, tan iyo wakhtigii Gibecaah waad dembaabayseen. Halkaasay istaagaan si aan dagaalkii lala dagaallamay carruurta dembigu Gibecaah u gaadhin. 10 Markaan damco ayaan iyaga edbin doonaa, oo dadyowga ayaa isugu soo wada ururi doona iyaga, markii loo xidho labadoodii xadgudub aawadood. 11 Oo reer Efrayim waa sidii qaalin lo'aad oo la tababbaray, taasoo jecel inay hadhuudhka ku tumato, laakiinse anigu waan u tudhay surkeedii qurxoonaa. Reer Efrayim waxaan korkooda saari doonaa mid iyaga fuula. Dadka Yahuudah dhulkay jeexi doonaan, reer Yacquubna waxay burburin doonaan ciidda qallalan. 12 Nafsaddiinna xaqnimo wax ugu beerta, oo si naxariista waafaqsan wax u goosta, oo jabsada dhulkiinna jeexan, waayo, waa wakhti ku habboon in Rabbiga la doondoona, ilaa uu yimaado oo uu xaqnimo idinku soo dejiyo. 13 Waxaad falateen sharnimo, waxaad soo goosateen xumaan, oo waxaad cunteen midhihii beenta, waayo, waxaad isku hallayseen jidkiinna iyo raggiinna tirada iyo xoogga badan. 14 Haddaba sidaas daraaddeed buuq baa dadkiinna ka dhex kici doona, oo qalcadihiinna oo dhanna waxaa loo wada baabbi'in doonaa sidii Shalman Beytarbeel maalintii dagaalka u baabbi'iyey oo kale. Hooyada iyo carruurteediiba ayaa dhulka lagu tuuray. 15 Sidaas oo kalaa Beytel laydinkaga samayn doonaa, waana sharnimadiinna weyn daraaddeed. Markii waagu beryo ayaa boqorka dalka Israa'iil dhammaantiis la baabbi'in doonaa.

10 Israel was a spreading vine;(A)
    he brought forth fruit for himself.
As his fruit increased,
    he built more altars;(B)
as his land prospered,(C)
    he adorned his sacred stones.(D)
Their heart is deceitful,(E)
    and now they must bear their guilt.(F)
The Lord will demolish their altars(G)
    and destroy their sacred stones.(H)

Then they will say, “We have no king
    because we did not revere the Lord.
But even if we had a king,
    what could he do for us?”
They make many promises,
    take false oaths(I)
    and make agreements;(J)
therefore lawsuits spring up
    like poisonous weeds(K) in a plowed field.
The people who live in Samaria fear
    for the calf-idol(L) of Beth Aven.[a](M)
Its people will mourn over it,
    and so will its idolatrous priests,(N)
those who had rejoiced over its splendor,
    because it is taken from them into exile.(O)
It will be carried to Assyria(P)
    as tribute(Q) for the great king.(R)
Ephraim will be disgraced;(S)
    Israel will be ashamed(T) of its foreign alliances.
Samaria’s king will be destroyed,(U)
    swept away like a twig on the surface of the waters.
The high places(V) of wickedness[b](W) will be destroyed—
    it is the sin of Israel.
Thorns(X) and thistles will grow up
    and cover their altars.(Y)
Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!”(Z)
    and to the hills, “Fall on us!”(AA)

“Since the days of Gibeah,(AB) you have sinned,(AC) Israel,
    and there you have remained.[c]
Will not war again overtake
    the evildoers in Gibeah?
10 When I please, I will punish(AD) them;
    nations will be gathered against them
    to put them in bonds for their double sin.
11 Ephraim is a trained heifer
    that loves to thresh;
so I will put a yoke(AE)
    on her fair neck.
I will drive Ephraim,
    Judah must plow,
    and Jacob must break up the ground.
12 Sow(AF) righteousness(AG) for yourselves,
    reap the fruit of unfailing love,
and break up your unplowed ground;(AH)
    for it is time to seek(AI) the Lord,
until he comes
    and showers his righteousness(AJ) on you.
13 But you have planted wickedness,
    you have reaped evil,(AK)
    you have eaten the fruit of deception.(AL)
Because you have depended on your own strength
    and on your many warriors,(AM)
14 the roar of battle will rise against your people,
    so that all your fortresses will be devastated(AN)
as Shalman(AO) devastated Beth Arbel on the day of battle,
    when mothers were dashed to the ground with their children.(AP)
15 So will it happen to you, Bethel,
    because your wickedness is great.
When that day dawns,
    the king of Israel will be completely destroyed.(AQ)

Footnotes

  1. Hosea 10:5 Beth Aven means house of wickedness (a derogatory name for Bethel, which means house of God).
  2. Hosea 10:8 Hebrew aven, a reference to Beth Aven (a derogatory name for Bethel); see verse 5.
  3. Hosea 10:9 Or there a stand was taken