Hosea 12
1 Ephraim feedeth on wind, and pursueth the east wind; the whole day he increaseth deceit and corruption; and a covenant do they make with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.
Efraim menjaga angin, dan mengejar angin timur sehari suntuk, memperbanyak dusta dan pemusnahan; mereka mengadakan perjanjian dengan Asyur, dan membawa minyak kepada Mesir.
2 But with Judah also hath the Lord [to hold] a controversy; and to punish Jacob according to his ways, according to his doings will he recompense him.
TUHAN mempunyai perbantahan dengan Yehuda, Ia akan menghukum Yakub sesuai dengan tingkah lakunya, dan akan memberi balasan kepadanya sesuai dengan perbuatan-perbuatannya.
3 In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and in his strength he strove with an angel.
Di dalam kandungan ia menipu saudaranya, dan dalam kegagahannya ia bergumul dengan Allah.
4 Yea, he strove with an angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication unto him: in Beth-el he should find him, and there he will speak with us.
Ia bergumul dengan Malaikat dan menang; ia menangis dan memohon belas kasihan kepada-Nya. Di Betel ia bertemu dengan Dia, dan di sanalah Dia berfirman kepadanya:
5 And the Lord God of hosts, the Eternal One is his memorial.
--yakni TUHAN, Allah semesta alam, TUHAN nama-Nya--
6 Therefore do thou return to thy God: keep goodness and justice, and wait on thy God continually.
"Engkau ini harus berbalik kepada Allahmu, peliharalah kasih setia dan hukum, dan nantikanlah Allahmu senantiasa."
7 But like a merchant, who hath the balances of deceit in his hand, loving to overreach,
Sama seperti Kanaan, dengan neraca palsu di tangannya, dan suka memeras,
8 Did Ephraim say, I am certainly become rich, I have acquired substance unto myself: it is all through my labors; they will find no iniquity in me, that could be sin.
berkatalah Efraim: "Bukankah aku telah menjadi kaya, telah mendapat harta benda bagiku! Tetapi segala hasil jerih payahku tidak mendatangkan kesalahan yang merupakan dosa bagiku."
9 And I am the Lord thy God from the land of Egypt: I will yet make thee dwell in tents, as in the days of antiquity.
Tetapi Aku adalah TUHAN, Allahmu sejak di tanah Mesir; Aku masih mau membuat engkau diam kembali di kemah-kemah seperti di hari-hari pertemuan raya.
10 And I have spoken through the prophets, and I myself have multiplied visions, and by the means of the prophets have I spoken in similitudes.
Aku berbicara kepada para nabi dan banyak kali memberi penglihatan dan memberi perumpamaan dengan perantaraan para nabi.
11 If in Gil'ad there was misfortune, [it is because] there was naught but idolatry; in Gilgal they sacrificed bullocks [to idols]: their altars also are as stone-heaps on the furrows of the fields.
Bila di Gilead ada kejahatan, maka mereka menjadi kesia-siaan belaka; di Gilgal mereka mempersembahkan lembu-lembu jantan, maka mezbah-mezbah mereka juga menjadi seperti timbunan batu di alur-alur ladang.
12 And Jacob fled into the fields of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept [the flocks].
Yakub melarikan diri ke tanah Aram, dan Israel memperhambakan diri untuk mendapat isteri, ya, untuk mendapat isteri ia menjadi gembala.
13 And by a prophet did the Lord bring Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he guarded.
Israel dituntun oleh TUHAN keluar dari Mesir dengan perantaraan seorang nabi, ya, ia dijaga oleh seorang nabi.
14 [Yet] Ephraim provoked [him] to anger most bitterly: therefore will his Lord cast his blood-guiltiness upon him, and his reproach will he recompense unto him.
Efraim telah menimbulkan sakit hati-Nya secara pahit, maka Tuhannya akan membiarkan hutang darahnya menimpa dia, dan akan membalas celanya kepadanya.
