होशे 2
[At that time, ] you will say to your fellow-Israeli men, “[You are] God’s people,” and [you will say] to your fellow-Israeli women, “You are ones whom God loves.”
2 २ “अपनी माता से विवाद करो, विवाद क्योंकि वह मेरी स्त्री नहीं, और न मैं उसका पति हूँ। वह अपने मुँह पर से अपने छिनालपन को और अपनी छातियों के बीच से व्यभिचारों को अलग करे;
[Yahweh also said to me], “I want you to accuse the Israeli people. [It is as though] [MET] this nation is your mother, but this nation is [no longer as though it is] [MET] my wife, and it is [no longer as though] [MET] I am its husband. Tell the Israeli people that they must stop [acting like] a prostitute [by worshiping other gods]; they must stop showing by their behavior that they (are unfaithful to/have abandoned) [me] [MET].
3 ३ नहीं तो मैं उसके वस्त्र उतारकर उसको जन्म के दिन के समान नंगी कर दूँगा, और उसको मरुस्थल के समान और मरूभूमि सरीखी बनाऊँगा, और उसे प्यास से मार डालूँगा।
If they do not do that, I will not give them [food and] clothes [as a husband should give to his wife]; I will take away those things, and I will cause their nation to become [as deserted] as it was on the day that I [brought their ancestors out of Egypt and caused them to become a nation] [MET]. I will cause their country to be like [SIM] a desert; there will be no rain to water the ground [MET].
I will not pity the people, because they have [abandoned me] as [MET] prostitutes abandon their husbands.
5 ५ उनकी माता ने छिनाला किया है; जिसके गर्भ में वे पड़े, उसने लज्जा के योग्य काम किया है। उसने कहा, ‘मेरे यार जो मुझे रोटी-पानी, ऊन, सन, तेल और मद्य देते हैं, मैं उन्हीं के पीछे चलूँगी।’
Their parents are like prostitutes [MET]: they have been unfaithful [to me], and they have done [very] disgraceful things. They said, ‘We will run to [our idols/gods] who love us; [they are the ones] who give us food and water and wool and linen and [olive] oil, and [wine to] drink.’
So [it will be as though] [MET] I am blocking their road with thornbushes, and putting put a wall around them so that they do not know which way to go.
7 ७ वह अपने यारों के पीछे चलने से भी उन्हें न पाएगी; और उन्हें ढूँढ़ने से भी न पाएगी। तब वह कहेगी, ‘मैं अपने पहले पति के पास फिर लौट जाऊँगी, क्योंकि मेरी पहली दशा इस समय की दशा से अच्छी थी।’
They will run to their idols/gods that [they think] love them, but they will not find them. They will search for their false gods, but they will not find them. Then they will say, ‘[Perhaps] we should return to [Yahweh], whom we worshiped previously [MET], because things were better for us then than they are now.’
8 ८ वह यह नहीं जानती थी, कि अन्न, नया दाखमधु और तेल मैं ही उसे देता था, और उसके लिये वह चाँदी सोना जिसको वे बाल देवता के काम में ले आते हैं, मैं ही बढ़ाता था।
But they do not realize that I, [Yahweh], am the one who gave them grain and wine and [olive] oil; I am the one who gave them silver and gold which they used to worship Baal.
9 ९ इस कारण मैं अन्न की ऋतु में अपने अन्न को, और नये दाखमधु के होने के समय में अपने नये दाखमधु को हर लूँगा; और अपना ऊन और सन भी जिनसे वह अपना तन ढाँपती है, मैं छीन लूँगा।
Therefore I will return and take my grain and grapes from them when they are ripe. I will take from them the wool and linen that I gave to them [to make their clothes] [MTY].
I will show those false gods/idols that what my people are doing is disgusting [MET], and no one will be able to hinder me from [punishing them].
I will cause their religious celebrations to cease, the festivals that they celebrate every year and at every new moon and on their (Sabbath days/weekly days of rest). I will cause all their religious celebrations to cease.
12 १२ मैं उसकी दाखलताओं और अंजीर के वृक्षों को, जिनके विषय वह कहती है कि यह मेरे छिनाले की प्राप्ति है जिसे मेरे यारों ने मुझे दी है, उन्हें ऐसा उजाड़ूँगा कि वे जंगल से हो जाएँगे, और वन-पशु उन्हें चर डालेंगे।
I will destroy [all] their grapevines and fig trees, which they said were what their [idols/gods] who loved them paid them for worshiping those idols. I will cause those places to become a desert, and wild animals will eat the fruit [that remains].
13 १३ वे दिन जिनमें वह बाल देवताओं के लिये धूप जलाती, और नत्थ और हार पहने अपने यारों के पीछे जाती और मुझ को भूले रहती थी, उन दिनों का दण्ड मैं उसे दूँगा, यहोवा की यही वाणी है।
I will punish my people for [all] the times that they burned incense to [honor] the idols of Baal. They decorated themselves with rings and jewelry, and they went to worship those [false gods/idols] that [they thought] [IRO] loved them, but they abandoned/forgot me! [That is what I], Yahweh, say.
But listen! [Some day] I will persuade my people [to worship me again]; I will lead them [out] into the desert and speak kindly to them [there].
15 १५ वहीं मैं उसको दाख की बारियाँ दूँगा, और आकोर की तराई को आशा का द्वार कर दूँगा और वहाँ वह मुझसे ऐसी बातें कहेगी जैसी अपनी जवानी के दिनों में अर्थात् मिस्र देश से चले आने के समय कहती थी।
I will give their vineyards [back] to them, and I will cause Achor Valley, [which means ‘valley of trouble'], to become a valley where they will confidently expect [me to do good things for them]. They will (respond to/want to please) me there like they did long ago, when I freed them from [being slaves in] Egypt.
At that time, they will say to me, ‘[It is as though] [MET] you are our husband.’ They will not say that I am their [master, like they considered that] Baal [was].
17 १७ क्योंकि भविष्य में मैं उसे बाल देवताओं के नाम न लेने दूँगा; और न उनके नाम फिर स्मरण में रहेंगे।
I will not allow them to speak [MTY] the names of Baal; they will never use those names again.
18 १८ और उस समय मैं उनके लिये वन-पशुओं और आकाश के पक्षियों और भूमि पर के रेंगनेवाले जन्तुओं के साथ वाचा बाँधूँगा, और धनुष और तलवार तोड़कर युद्ध को उनके देश से दूर कर दूँगा; और ऐसा करूँगा कि वे लोग निडर सोया करेंगे।
At that time [it will be as though] I will make an agreement with [all] the wild animals and birds, and [even with] the little animals that scurry across the ground, so that they will never harm my people [again]. And I will remove from their nation all the weapons [for fighting] battles, [like] swords and bows [and arrows]. The result will be that my people will live peacefully and safely, and will not be afraid.
19 १९ मैं सदा के लिये तुझे अपनी स्त्री करने की प्रतिज्ञा करूँगा, और यह प्रतिज्ञा धार्मिकता, और न्याय, और करुणा, और दया के साथ करूँगा।
I will cause them to be [as though they are] [MET] my bride forever. I will be righteous and fair/just; I will faithfully love them and be kind to them.
I will not abandon them, and they will realize [that I] Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do.]
21 २१ “यहोवा की यह वाणी है कि उस समय मैं आकाश की सुनकर उसको उत्तर दूँगा, और वह पृथ्वी की सुनकर उसे उत्तर देगा;
At that time, [when they request me to do things for them], [I will do those things]. When they request clouds and rain to fall on their land, I will speak to the clouds, and rain will fall on the earth,
22 २२ और पृथ्वी अन्न, नये दाखमधु, और ताजे तेल की सुनकर उनको उत्तर देगी, और वे यिज्रेल को उत्तर देंगे।
and grain will grow, and the vineyards and the olive trees will grow in Jezreel [Valley].
23 २३ मैं अपने लिये उसे देश में बोऊँगा, और लोरुहामा पर दया करूँगा, और लोअम्मी से कहूँगा, तू मेरी प्रजा है, और वह कहेगा, ‘हे मेरे परमेश्वर।’”
[At that time], I will take care of the Israeli people [like a farmer plants and takes care of his crops] [MET]. I will love those people that I previously said were ones I did not love, and I previously said, ‘You are not my people,’ and [then] they will say to me, ‘You are our God.’”
