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.
Tiuplah sangkakala! Serangan laksana rajawali atas rumah TUHAN! Oleh karena mereka telah melangkahi perjanjian-Ku dan telah mendurhaka terhadap pengajaran-Ku.
2 My Israeli people cry out to me, ‘Our God, we know that you are our God!’
Kepada-Ku mereka berseru-seru: "Ya Allahku, kami, Israel mengenal Engkau!"
3 But because the Israeli people have rejected what is good, their enemies will pursue them.
Israel telah menolak yang baik--biarlah musuh mengejar dia!
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.
Mereka telah mengangkat raja, tetapi tanpa persetujuan-Ku; mereka mengangkat pemuka, tetapi dengan tidak setahu-Ku. Dari emas dan peraknya mereka membuat berhala-berhala bagi dirinya sendiri, sehingga mereka dilenyapkan.
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 menolak anak lembumu, hai Samaria; murka-Ku menyala terhadap mereka! Sampai berapa lama tidak dapat disucikan,
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.
orang-orang Israel itu? Itu dibuat oleh tukang, dan itu bukan Allah! Sungguh, akan menjadi serpih anak lembu Samaria itu!
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.
Sebab mereka menabur angin, maka mereka akan menuai puting beliung; gandum yang belum menguning tidak ada pada mereka; tumbuh-tumbuhan itu tidak menghasilkan tepung; dan jika memberi hasil, maka orang-orang lain menelannya.
8 [The people of] Israel will be defeated [MET] [by their enemies]; they will be [scattered] among other nations and become worthless.
Israel sudah ditelan; sekarang mereka itu ada di antara bangsa-bangsa seperti barang yang tidak disukai orang.
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.
Sebab mereka telah pergi ke Asyur, bagaikan keledai hutan yang memencilkan diri; Efraim telah membagi-bagi hadiah cinta.
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.
Sekalipun mereka membagi-bagi hadiah itu di antara bangsa-bangsa, sekarang ini Aku akan mengumpulkan mereka, dan sebentar lagi mereka akan berhenti mengurapi raja dan para pemuka.
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.
Sungguh, Efraim telah memperbanyak mezbah; mezbah-mezbah itu menjadikan mereka berdosa.
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.
Sekalipun Kutuliskan baginya banyak pengajaran-Ku, itu akan dianggap mereka sebagai sesuatu yang asing.
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 mencintai korban sembelihan; mereka mempersembahkan daging dan memakannya; tetapi TUHAN tidak berkenan kepada mereka. Sekarang Ia akan mengingat kesalahan mereka dan akan menghukum dosa mereka; mereka harus 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.”
Israel telah melupakan Pembuatnya dan telah mendirikan istana-istana; Yehuda telah memperbanyak kota-kota yang berkubu; tetapi Aku akan melepas api ke dalam kota-kota mereka, sehingga puri mereka dimakan habis.
