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, Israel, sa tuwa na tulad ng ibang mga tao. Sapagkat hindi ka naging tapat, tinalikuran ang iyong Diyos. Kinagiliwan mo ang magbayad ng sahod na hinihingi ng isang babaing nagbebenta ng aliw sa lahat ng mga giikan.

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

Ngunit ang giikan at ang pisaan ng ubas ay hindi magpapakain sa kanila; bibiguin siya ng bagong alak.

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.

Hindi sila patuloy na maninirahan sa lupain ni Yahweh, sa halip, babalik sa Egipto ang Efraim, at isang araw kakain sila 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 na sila magbubuhos ng mga handog na alak kay Yahweh, ni hindi na nakalulugod sa kaniya ang mga ito. Magiging tulad sa pagkain ng nagluluksa ang kanilang mga alay: ang lahat ng kakain nito ay magiging marumi. Sapagkat para sa kanila lamang ang kanilang pagkain, hindi ito makakarating sa tahanan ni Yahweh.

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

Ano ang gagawin mo sa araw ng itinakdang kapistahan, sa araw ng kapistahan para kay Yahweh?

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.

Sapagkat, tingnan ninyo, kung nakatakas man sila mula sa pagkawasak, titipunin sila ng Egipto at ililibing sila ng Memfis. Ang kanilang kayamanan na pilak—matatakpan ang mga ito ng matatalim na dawag at mapupuno ng mga tinik ang 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.

Parating na ang mga araw ng pagpaparusa, parating na ang araw ng paghihiganti. Hayaang malaman ng buong Israel ang mga bagay ito. Ang isang propeta ay hangal, nasiraan ng ulo ang lalaking kinasiyahan, dahil sa labis ng inyong kasamaan at labis na poot.

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 propeta na kasama ng aking Diyos ay ang bantay para sa Efraim, ngunit ang patibong sa mga ibon ay nasa lahat ng kaniyang mga daanan, ang poot para sa kaniya ay nasa tahanan ng kaniyang Diyos.

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.

Lubha nilang sinira ang kanilang mga sarili tulad sa mga panahon ng Gibea. Aalalahanin ng Diyos ang kanilang kasamaan at parurusahan niya 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.

Sinasabi ni Yahweh, “Nang natagpuan ko ang Israel, tulad ito ng paghahanap ng mga ubas sa ilang. Tulad ng unang bunga sa panahon ng puno ng igos, natagpuan ko ang inyong mga ama. Ngunit nagpunta sila kay Baal Peor, at ibinigay nila ang kanilang mga sarili sa kahiya-hiyang diyus-diyosang iyon. Naging kasuklam-suklam sila tulad ng diyus-diyosan na kanilang inibig.

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.

Patungkol kay Efraim, lilipad na parang ibon ang kanilang kaluwalhatian. Wala nang isisilang, wala nang pagbubuntis at wala nang 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!

Bagama't nagkaroon sila ng mga anak, kukunin ko sila upang wala ng matira sa kanila. Kahabag-habag sila kapag tumalikod ako 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].”

Nakita ko ang Efraim, katulad ng Tiro, na naitanim sa isang parang, ngunit dadalhin ng Efraim ang kaniyang mga anak sa isang tao na papatay sa kanila.”

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, Yahweh—ano ang ibibigay mo sa kanila? Bigyan mo sila ng sinapupunan na makukunan at mga susong walang gatas.

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].

Dahil sa lahat ng kanilang kasamaan sa Gilgal, doon nagsimula ang aking pagkasuklam sa kanila. Dahil sa makasalanang mga gawa, paaalisin ko sila sa aking tahanan. Hindi ko na sila iibigin, suwail ang lahat ng kanilang mga opisyal.

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.

Nagkasakit ang Efraim at natuyo ang kanilang mga ugat, hindi na sila namumunga. Kahit may mga anak sila, ilalagay ko ang kanilang minamahal na mga anak sa kamatayan.”

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].”

Itatakwil sila ng aking Diyos dahil hindi sila sumunod sa kaniya. Magiging mga palaboy sila sa mga bansa.