Hosea 9

1 [You people of] Israel, do not shout joyfully [during your festivals] like [people of other] nations do! [I say that] because you have (not been faithful to/abandoned) me, your God. At every place where the people thresh grain you have [presented gifts to your idols like men] pay money to prostitutes.

Huwag kang magalak, Oh Israel sa katuwaan, na gaya ng mga bayan; sapagka't ikaw ay nagpatutot na humihiwalay sa iyong Dios; iyong inibig ang upa sa bawa't giikan.

2 [But soon] there will not be enough grain [MTY, PRS] and wine [MTY, PRS] for you.

Ang giikan at ang pisaan ng ubas ay hindi magpapakain sa kanila, at ang bagong alak ay magkukulang sa kaniya.

3 And you people will not remain in the land that I, Yahweh, [gave to your ancestors]. You will be [captured and] taken to [Assyria], [where you will become slaves like your ancestors were] in Egypt; and in Assyria you will be forced to eat food that Yahweh has forbidden you to eat.

Sila'y hindi magsisitahan sa lupain ng Panginoon; kundi ang Ephraim ay babalik sa Egipto, at sila'y magsisikain ng maruming pagkain sa Asiria.

4 You Israelis will not [be able to] give wine offerings to him, or bring sacrifices to him. None of your other sacrifices will please him; they will be unacceptable to him, like [SIM] food that is touched by people at funerals, and everyone who eats that food will become unacceptable to him. They will be permitted to eat that food themselves, but they will not [be permitted to] bring it into the temple.

Hindi nila ipagbubuhos ng alak ang Panginoon, ni makalulugod man sa kaniya: ang kanilang mga hain ay magiging sa kanila'y parang tinapay ng nangagluksa; lahat ng magsikain niyaon ay mangapapahamak; sapagka't ang kanilang tinapay ay parang sa kanilang ipagkakagana; hindi papasok sa bahay ng Panginoon.

5 At that time you will not [RHQ] be able to celebrate the feasts and sacred festivals.

Ano ang inyong gagawin sa kaarawan ng takdang kapulungan, at sa kaarawan ng kapistahan ng Panginoon?

6 And even if you escape and are not killed [by the Assyrians], you will be captured by [the army of] Egypt, and you will [die and] be buried in Memphis, [the capital of Egypt]. Briers will [grow up and] cover your treasures of silver, and thorns will grow in your [ruined] tents/houses.

Sapagka't, narito, sila'y nagsialis sa kagibaan, gayon ma'y pipisanin sila ng Egipto, sila'y ililibing ng Memphis; ang kanilang maligayang mga bagay na pilak ay aariin ng dawag; mga tinik ang sasa kanilang mga tolda.

7 It is now the time for Yahweh to punish you, to pay you back for all the sins that you have committed. You people will [soon] know that. You have [committed] very many sins, and you very much hate Yahweh. You consider that the prophets are foolish, and you think that those who proclaim messages from him are crazy.

Ang mga kaarawan ng pagdalaw ay dumating, ang mga kaarawan ng kagantihan ay dumating; malalaman ng Israel: ang propeta ay mangmang, ang lalake na may espiritu ay ulol, dahil sa karamihan ng iyong kasamaan, at sapagka't ang poot ay malaki.

8 My God appointed [me and the other] prophets to be [like] [MET] watchmen [to warn] you people of Israel, but everywhere that we go, [it is as though] people set traps for us and people are hostile [to us, even] in the temple of our God.

Ang Ephraim ay bantay na kasama ng aking Dios: tungkol sa propeta, ay silo ng manghuhuli sa lahat ng kaniyang lansangan, at pagkakaalit ay nasa bahay ng kaniyang Dios.

9 The sins that the Israeli people have committed are as awful as [what the men of] Gibeah did long ago; [so] God will not forget the wicked things that they have done; he will punish the Israelis for [all] those sins.

Sila'y nangagpapahamak na mainam, na gaya ng mga kaarawan ng Gabaa: kaniyang aalalahanin ang kanilang kasamaan, kaniyang dadalawin ang kanilang mga kasalanan.

10 [Yahweh says], “When I first started [to do things to help] Israel, it seemed to me as though [SIM] I had found grapes in the desert. Your ancestors were [delightful], like [SIM] the first figs that grow on fig trees [each year]. But when they came to Peor [Mountain], they worshiped that disgusting idol Baal, and they became as disgusting as the idol that they loved.

Aking nasumpungan ang Israel na parang ubas sa ilang; aking nakita ang inyong mga magulang na parang unang bunga sa puno ng higos sa kaniyang unang kapanahunan: nguni't sila'y nagsiparoon kay Baalpeor, at nangagsitalaga sa mahalay na bagay, at naging kasuklamsuklam na gaya ng kanilang iniibig.

11 The things that cause Israel to be great will disappear like [SIM] a bird that flies away; [most of their women will] not become pregnant [DOU] or give birth to children.

Tungkol sa Ephraim, ang kanilang kaluwalhatian ay lilipad na parang ibon; mawawalan ng panganganak, at walang magdadalang tao, at walang paglilihi.

12 Even if their children are born and start to grow up, I will cause all of them to die [while they are still young]. Terrible things will happen to them when I abandon them!

Bagaman kanilang pinalalaki ang kanilang mga anak, gayon ma'y aking babawaan sila, na walang tao; oo, sa aba nila pagka ako'y humiwalay sa kanila!

13 I have seen Israel become beautiful and prosperous like Tyre [city] was [before it was destroyed], but now the people of Israel will [be forced to] take their children to be slaughtered [by their enemies].”

Ang Ephraim, gaya ng aking makita ang Tiro, ay natatanim sa isang masayang dako: nguni't ilalabas ng Ephraim ang kaniyang mga anak sa tagapatay.

14 Yahweh, [I do not know] [RHQ] what I should ask for my people. So I ask that you do this one thing: Cause the women who are pregnant to have miscarriages and unable [to nurse their babies].

Bigyan mo sila, Oh Panginoon-anong iyong ibibigay? bigyan mo sila ng mga bahay-batang maaagasan at mga tuyong suso.

15 [Yahweh says], “Because of all the wicked things that my people did at Gilgal, that is where I started to hate them. [And now], because of [all] the sinful things that they have done, I will expel them from my country. I will not love them any longer; all their leaders rebel [against me].

Lahat nilang kasamaan ay nasa Gilgal; sapagka't doo'y kinapootan ko sila; dahil sa kasamaan ng kanilang mga gawa, akin silang palalayasin sa aking bahay; hindi ko na sila iibigin; lahat nilang prinsipe ay mapagsalangsang.

16 Israel is like [MET] a grapevine that is dried up; [like a vine] [MET] whose roots are withered and that produces no fruit. Even if the [women of Israel] give birth to [more] children, I will cause those children, whom they love, to die.

Ang Ephraim ay nasaktan, ang kaniyang ugat ay natuyo, sila'y hindi mangagbubunga: oo, bagaman sila'y nanganak, gayon ma'y aking papatayin ang minamahal na bunga ng kanilang bahay-bata.

17 The people of Israel have not obeyed me, their God, so I will reject them. [As a result], they will wander among the [other] nations, [searching for a place to live].”

Itatakuwil sila ng aking Dios, sapagka't hindi nila dininig siya; at sila'y magiging mga gala sa gitna ng mga bansa.