Hosea 8
1 [Yahweh said to me], “Blow [MTY] your trumpet [to warn the people]! My people have rejected the agreement that I made with them, and they have rebelled against [obeying] my laws. Therefore, [their enemies] are swooping down on my people’s country like [SIM] an eagle.
TUHAN berkata, "Bunyikanlah tanda bahaya! Musuh menyerang negeri-Ku seperti burung elang menyambar mangsa! Umat-Ku melanggar perjanjian-Ku dengan mereka, dan melawan ajaran-ajaran-Ku.
2 My Israeli people cry out to me, ‘Our God, we know that you are our God!’
Sekalipun mereka menyebut Aku Allah mereka, dan berkata bahwa mereka adalah umat-Ku yang mengenal Aku,
3 But because the Israeli people have rejected what is good, their enemies will pursue them.
namun mereka tidak mau menerima apa yang baik. Oleh karena itu mereka akan dikejar oleh musuh-musuh mereka.
4 The Israel people appointed [their last three] kings, but they did not ask me if I agreed to [what they were doing]. They chose their own leaders without asking if I would approve of them. They used their own silver and gold to make for themselves idols, and doing that led them to be destroyed.
Umat-Ku memilih raja tanpa menanyakan pendapat-Ku. Mereka mengangkat pemimpin tanpa persetujuan-Ku. Mereka mengambil emas dan perak mereka lalu membuat patung berhala yang mengakibatkan kehancuran mereka sendiri.
5 You people of Samaria, throw away your [idol that resembles a] calf! I am extremely angry with you people! How long [RHQ] will you [do things that cause] you to be unacceptable to me?
Aku benci kepada sapi emas yang disembah penduduk kota Samaria. Aku marah sekali kepada mereka. Sampai kapan mereka akan terus mencemarkan diri dengan menyembah berhala?
6 [Someone in] Israel made that idol for you; [but I am] God and it is not. So that idol of a calf in Samaria must be smashed to pieces.
Sapi emas yang disembah di Samaria itu adalah buatan para pengrajin Israel! Itu bukan Allah, dan harus dihancurkan!
7 [The foolish thing that the people of Israel have done is like] [MET] trying to plant wind; but what they harvest will be like [MET] a whirlwind. So the grain that they planted will have no heads [on the stalks], and as a result [there will be no grain] from which to make flour. And if it did produce good grain, foreigners would [come and] steal it.
Umat-Ku menabur angin maka mereka akan menuai badai! Ladang gandum mereka tidak menguning, maka tak akan menghasilkan tepung untuk makanan. Tapi kalau ladang itu menguning juga, maka gandumnya akan dihabiskan oleh bangsa-bangsa lain.
8 [The people of] Israel will be defeated [MET] [by their enemies]; they will be [scattered] among other nations and become worthless.
Seperti periuk yang pecah, demikianlah Israel tidak berarti lagi, dan sudah menjadi bangsa yang biasa seperti bangsa-bangsa lain.
9 Like [MET] donkeys that are looking for mates, they have requested [help] from Assyria; they paid money to [the leaders of Assyria] in order to [persuade those leaders to] protect them.
Seperti keledai liar yang membangkang, begitulah orang-orang Israel menuruti kemauannya sendiri. Mereka mencari bantuan dari Asyur, dan membeli persahabatan bangsa-bangsa lain.
10 But although they have agreed to pay money each year to [the leaders of] those countries, I will soon gather them together [to punish them]. The great King [of Assyria] will cause them to suffer greatly.
Namun demikian Aku akan mengumpulkan dan menghukum mereka. Tak lama lagi mereka akan merintih kesakitan, apabila mereka ditindas oleh raja Asyur.
11 Although [the people of] Israel built many altars to present offerings [to their idols] to take away [their guilt for] sinning, those altars have become places where they commit [more] sins.
Makin banyak mezbah dibangun oleh orang Israel untuk menghapus dosa, makin banyak pula tempat bagi mereka untuk berbuat dosa!
12 I wrote many laws for them, but they disregarded them, saying that [they did not have to obey them because] they were different from laws that they had known previously.
Aku menulis banyak sekali ajaran bagi mereka, tapi semua itu mereka tolak karena menganggap tidak ada sangkut pautnya dengan mereka.
13 They offer sacrifices to me, and they eat [some of] the meat of those sacrifices, [which is what I permitted them to do]. But I, Yahweh, am not pleased with those sacrifices. I remember the evil things that they have done, and I will punish them for the sins that they have committed: I will force them to [go to other countries] [and become slaves like they were] [MET] in Egypt.
Mereka suka mempersembahkan kurban kepada-Ku, dan makan daging kurban itu, tapi Aku TUHAN, tidak senang dengan kurban-kurban itu. Sekarang Aku akan mengingat dosa mereka dan menghukum mereka karena dosa-dosa itu; Aku akan mengirim mereka kembali ke Mesir!
14 [The people of] Israel have abandoned/forgotten me, the one who created their [nation]; they have built palaces, and [the people of] Judah have built walls around many towns. But I will send a fire that will destroy all their cities and their fortresses.”
Orang Israel membangun istana-istana, tapi mereka lupa kepada Pencipta mereka. Orang Yehuda memperbanyak kota-kota berbenteng, tapi Aku akan menurunkan api untuk membakar habis istana-istana dan kota-kota mereka."
