Hosea 4
1 Listen to the word of the Lord, sons of Israel, for the Lord is judge of the inhabitants of the land. Yet there is no truth, and there is no mercy, and there is no knowledge of God, in the land.
Dengarlah firman TUHAN, hai orang Israel, sebab TUHAN mempunyai perkara dengan penduduk negeri ini, sebab tidak ada kesetiaan dan tidak ada kasih, dan tidak ada pengenalan akan Allah di negeri ini.
2 Slander, and lying, and killing, and theft, and adultery have overflowed, and bloodshed has brought more bloodshed.
Hanya mengutuk, berbohong, membunuh, mencuri, berzinah, melakukan kekerasan dan penumpahan darah menyusul penumpahan darah.
3 Because of this, the land will mourn, and all who dwell in it will languish, with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air. And the fishes of the sea also will be gathered together.
Sebab itu negeri ini akan berkabung, dan seluruh penduduknya akan merana; juga binatang-binatang di padang dan burung-burung di udara, bahkan ikan-ikan di laut akan mati lenyap.
4 So, truly, let each and every one not judge, and let no man be accused, for your people are just like those who speak against the priesthood.
Hanya janganlah ada orang mengadu, dan janganlah ada orang menegor, sebab terhadap engkaulah pengaduan-Ku itu, hai imam!
5 And you will be ruined on this day, and now the prophet will be ruined with you. In the night, I have made your mother to be silent.
Engkau akan tergelincir jatuh pada siang hari, juga nabi akan tergelincir jatuh bersama-sama engkau pada malam hari; dan Aku akan membinasakan ibumu.
6 My people have become silent because they had no knowledge. Since you have rejected knowledge, I will drive you away; you do not perform the duties of the priesthood for me, and you have forgotten the law of your God, and so I will forget your sons.
Umat-Ku binasa karena tidak mengenal Allah; karena engkaulah yang menolak pengenalan itu maka Aku menolak engkau menjadi imam-Ku; dan karena engkau melupakan pengajaran Allahmu, maka Aku juga akan melupakan anak-anakmu.
7 According to the multitude of them, so have they sinned against me. I will change their glory into disgrace.
Makin bertambah banyak mereka, makin berdosa mereka kepada-Ku, kemuliaan mereka akan Kutukar dengan kehinaan.
8 They will devour the sins of my people, and they will lift up their souls towards their iniquity.
Mereka mendapat rezeki dari dosa umat-Ku dan mengharapkan umat-Ku itu berbuat salah.
9 And, just as it is with the people, so will it be with the priest; and I will visit their ways upon them, and I will repay them for their intentions.
Maka seperti nasib rakyat demikianlah nasib imam: Aku akan menghukum dia karena tindakan-tindakannya dan Aku akan membalaskan perbuatan-perbuatannya kepadanya.
10 And they will eat and not be satisfied. They have been committing fornication, and they did not cease. Since they have abandoned the Lord, they will not be safeguarded.
Mereka akan makan, tetapi tidak menjadi kenyang, mereka akan bersundal, tetapi tidak menjadi banyak, sebab mereka telah meninggalkan TUHAN untuk berpegang kepada sundal.
11 Fornication, and wine, and drunkenness, have taken away their heart.
Anggur dan air anggur menghilangkan daya pikir.
12 My people have inquired of their stave, and their staff has announced to them. For the spirit of fornication has deceived them, and they have been fornicating before their God.
Umat-Ku bertanya kepada pohonnya, dan tongkatnya akan memberitahu kepadanya, sebab roh perzinahan menyesatkan mereka, dan mereka berzinah meninggalkan Allah mereka.
13 They have offered sacrifice on the tops of the mountains and burnt incense on the hills, under the oak, and the poplar, and the terebinth tree, because its shadow was good; therefore, your daughters will commit fornication and your spouses will be adulteresses.
Mereka mempersembahkan korban di puncak gunung-gunung dan membakar korban di atas bukit-bukit, di bawah pohon besar dan pohon hawar dan pohon rimbun, sebab naungannya baik. Itulah sebabnya anak-anakmu perempuan berzinah dan menantu-menantumu perempuan bersundal.
14 I will not send afflictions on your daughters, when they will commit fornication, nor on your spouses, when they will commit adultery, because you yourselves have associated with harlots and have offered sacrifice with the effeminate, and because the people who do not understand will be defeated.
Aku tidak akan menghukum anak-anak perempuanmu sekalipun mereka berzinah, atau menantu-menantumu perempuan, sekalipun mereka bersundal; sebab mereka sendiri mengasingkan diri bersama-sama dengan perempuan-perempuan sundal dan mempersembahkan korban bersama-sama dengan sundal-sundal bakti, dan umat yang tidak berpengertian akan runtuh.
15 If you commit fornication, Israel, at least let Judah not commit offenses; and do not be willing to enter into Gilgal, nor to ascend to Bethaven, and neither should you swear, “As the Lord lives.”
Jika engkau ini berzinah, hai Israel, janganlah Yehuda turut bersalah! Janganlah pergi ke Gilgal, dan janganlah naik ke Bet-Awen, dan janganlah bersumpah: "Demi TUHAN yang hidup!"
16 For Israel has gone astray like a wanton heifer; so now the Lord will pasture them like a young lamb in a wide expanse.
Sebab Israel degil seperti lembu yang degil, masakan sekarang TUHAN menggembalakan mereka, seperti domba di tanah lapang?
17 Ephraim participates in idolatry, so send him away.
Efraim bersekutu dengan berhala-berhala, biarkanlah dia!
18 Their feasting has been set aside; they have committed fornication after fornication. They love to bring disgrace to their protectors.
Persepakatan para pemabuk! mereka menyerahkan diri habis-habisan kepada persundalan; mereka lebih mencintai kehinaan dari pada kemasyhuran mereka.
19 The wind has fastened them to its wings, and they will be confounded because of their sacrifices.
Angin melingkupi mereka dalam sayap-sayapnya, dan mereka akan mendapat malu karena korban-korban mereka.
