Hosea 7
1 When my desire was for the fate of my people to be changed and to make Israel well, then the sin of Ephraim was made clear, and the evil-doing of Samaria; for their ways are false, and the thief comes into the house, while the band of outlaws takes property by force in the streets.
apabila Aku menyembuhkan Israel, maka tersingkaplah kesalahan Efraim dan kejahatan-kejahatan Samaria: sebab mereka melakukan penipuan: pencuri mendobrak masuk, gerombolan merampas di luar.
2 And they do not say to themselves that I keep in mind all their sin; now their evil acts come round them on every side; they are before my face.
Dan tidak terpikir mereka bahwa Aku mengingat segala kejahatan mereka. Sekarangpun perbuatan-perbuatan mereka mengepung mereka, semuanya ada di hadapan wajah-Ku.
3 In their sin they make a king for themselves, and rulers in their deceit.
Mereka menyukakan raja dengan kejahatan mereka, dan para pemuka dengan kebohongan mereka.
4 They are all untrue; they are like a burning oven; the bread-maker does not make up the fire from the time when the paste is mixed till it is leavened.
Sekaliannya mereka orang-orang berzinah, bagaikan dapur perapian yang menyala terus, ketika tukang bakar roti berhenti membesarkan apinya, sementara ia meremas adonan sampai menjadi muai oleh ragi.
5 On the day of our king, the rulers made him ill with the heat of wine; his hand was stretched out with the men of pride.
Pada pesta raja kita mereka membuat sakit para pemuka dengan anggur yang menghangatkan; ia bersekutu dengan para pencemooh.
6 For they have made their hearts ready like an oven, while they are waiting secretly; their wrath is sleeping all night; in the morning it is burning like a flaming fire.
Batin mereka seperti dapur perapian; hati mereka menyala-nyala; semalam-malaman murka mereka surut, pada waktu pagi menyala kembali seperti api yang menjilat.
7 They are all heated like an oven, and they put an end to their judges; all their kings have been made low; not one among them makes prayer to me.
Mereka semua sudah panas seperti dapur perapian, dan memakan habis para hakim mereka. Semua raja mereka sudah tewas, tidak ada seorang di antara mereka yang berseru kepada-Ku.
8 Ephraim is mixed with the peoples; Ephraim is a cake not turned.
Efraim mencampurkan dirinya di antara bangsa-bangsa, Efraim telah menjadi roti bundar yang tidak dibalik.
9 Men from other lands have made waste his strength, and he is not conscious of it; grey hairs have come on him here and there, and he has no knowledge of it.
Orang-orang luar memakan habis kekuatannya, tetapi ia sendiri tidak mengetahuinya; juga ia sudah banyak beruban, tetapi ia sendiri tidak mengetahuinya.
10 And the pride of Israel gives an answer to his face; but for all this, they have not gone back to the Lord their God, or made search for him.
Kecongkakan Israel menjadi saksi terhadap dirinya, namun mereka tidak berbalik kepada TUHAN, Allah mereka, dan tidak mencari Dia kendati semuanya ini.
11 And Ephraim is like a foolish dove, without wisdom; they send out their cry to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
Efraim telah menjadi merpati tolol, tidak berakal, dengan memanggil kepada Mesir, dengan pergi kepada Asyur.
12 When they go, my net will be stretched out over them; I will take them like the birds of heaven, I will give them punishment, I will take them away in the net for their sin.
Apabila mereka pergi, Aku akan membentangkan jaring-Ku ke atas mereka; Aku akan menurunkan mereka seperti burung-burung di udara, Aku akan menghajar mereka karena kejahatan-kejahatan mereka.
13 May trouble be theirs! for they have gone far away from me; and destruction, for they have been sinning against me; I was ready to be their saviour, but they said false words against me.
Celakalah mereka, sebab mereka melarikan diri dari pada-Ku! Binasalah mereka, sebab mereka memberontak terhadap Aku! Aku ini mau menebus mereka, tetapi mereka berdusta terhadap Aku.
14 And they have not made prayer to me in their hearts, but they make loud cries on their beds; they are cutting themselves for food and wine, they are turned against me.
Seruan mereka kepada-Ku tidak keluar dari hatinya, tetapi mereka meratap di pembaringan mereka. Mereka menoreh-noreh diri karena gandum dan anggur, dan mereka berontak terhadap Aku.
15 Though I have given training and strength to their arms, they have evil designs against me.
Sekalipun Aku telah melatih dan menguatkan lengan-lengan mereka, namun mereka merancang kejahatan terhadap Aku.
16 They have gone to what is of no value; they are like a false bow; their captains will come to destruction by the sword, and their ruler by my wrath; for this, the land of Egypt will make sport of them.
Mereka berbalik kepada Baal, mereka adalah seperti busur tipu; pemuka-pemuka mereka akan tewas oleh pedang karena ucapan mereka yang kasar. Inilah yang akan menjadi olok-olok kepada mereka di tanah Mesir.
