Hosea 1
1 [I am] Hosea, the son of Beeri. Yahweh gave me these messages [at various times] during the years that Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah were the kings of Judah, and Jeroboam the son of Jehoash was the King of Israel.
Firman TUHAN yang datang kepada Hosea bin Beeri pada zaman Uzia, Yotam, Ahas dan Hizkia, raja-raja Yehuda, dan pada zaman Yerobeam bin Yoas, raja Israel.
2 When Yahweh first [began to] give messages to me [to tell to the people of Israel], he said to me, “Go and marry a prostitute. But [some of] her children will be born as a result of her having sex with men to whom she is not married. That will illustrate how the people of Israel have turned away from me and worship (idols/other gods).”
Ketika TUHAN mulai berbicara dengan perantaraan Hosea, berfirmanlah Ia kepada Hosea: "Pergilah, kawinilah seorang perempuan sundal dan peranakkanlah anak-anak sundal, karena negeri ini bersundal hebat dengan membelakangi TUHAN."
3 So I married Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim. She became pregnant and gave birth to my son.
Maka pergilah ia dan mengawini Gomer binti Diblaim, lalu mengandunglah perempuan itu dan melahirkan baginya seorang anak laki-laki.
4 Yahweh said to me, “Give him the name Jezreel, [which means ‘God scatters’], because I will soon punish the descendants [MTY] of [King] Jehu [by scattering them], because he killed many of my people at Jezreel [town]. [Some day] I will end the kingdom of Israel,
Kemudian berfirmanlah TUHAN kepada Hosea: "Berilah nama Yizreel kepada anak itu, sebab sedikit waktu lagi maka Aku akan menghukum keluarga Yehu karena hutang darah Yizreel dan Aku akan mengakhiri pemerintahan kaum Israel.
5 by destroying the power [MTY] of [the army of] Israel in Jezreel Valley.”
Maka pada waktu itu Aku akan mematahkan busur panah Israel di lembah Yizreel."
6 [Later] Gomer became pregnant [again], and she gave birth to a daughter. Yahweh said to me “Give her the name Lo-ruhamah, [which means ‘not loved],’ because I will no longer [show that I] love the people [MET] of Israel, and I will not forgive them [for the sins that they have committed].
Lalu perempuan itu mengandung lagi dan melahirkan seorang anak perempuan. Berfirmanlah TUHAN kepada Hosea: "Berilah nama Lo-Ruhama kepada anak itu, sebab Aku tidak akan menyayangi lagi kaum Israel, dan sama sekali tidak akan mengampuni mereka.
7 But I will [show that I] love the people [MTY] of Judah [by saving them from their enemies]. However, it will not be by weapons and armies or horses and chariots that I will save them. Instead, it will be by [the power that I], Yahweh their God, [have].”
Tetapi Aku akan menyayangi kaum Yehuda dan menyelamatkan mereka demi TUHAN, Allah mereka. Aku akan menyelamatkan mereka bukan dengan panah atau pedang, dengan alat perang atau dengan kuda dan orang-orang berkuda."
8 After Gomer had (weaned/stopped breast-feeding) Lo-ruhamah, she became pregnant again, and she gave birth to another son.
Sesudah menyapih Lo-Ruhama, mengandunglah perempuan itu lagi dan melahirkan seorang anak laki-laki.
9 Yahweh said “Give him the name Lo-ammi, [which means 'not my people', ] because the people of Israel are no [longer my people], and I am not their God.
Lalu berfirmanlah Ia: "Berilah nama Lo-Ami kepada anak itu, sebab kamu ini bukanlah umat-Ku dan Aku ini bukanlah Allahmu."
10 But [some day] the people of Israel will be [as numerous] as [SIM] the [grains of] sand on the seashore; no one will be able to count them. Now [I] am saying to them, ‘You are not my people,’ but then people will say to them, ‘[You are the] children of God who is all-powerful.’
Tetapi kelak, jumlah orang Israel akan seperti pasir laut, yang tidak dapat ditakar dan tidak dapat dihitung. Dan di tempat di mana dikatakan kepada mereka: "Kamu ini bukanlah umat-Ku," akan dikatakan kepada mereka: "Anak-anak Allah yang hidup."
11 [At that time], the people of Judah and the people of Israel will unite. They will appoint one leader for all of them, and they will return from the countries [to which they have been (exiled/forced to go)]. That will be a great time; Jezreel [also means ‘God plants’, and it will be as though God will plant them in this country again].”
Orang Yehuda dan orang Israel akan berkumpul bersama-sama dan akan mengangkat bagi mereka satu pemimpin, lalu mereka akan menduduki negeri ini, sebab besar hari Yizreel itu.
