Hosea 10
1 Israel seperti pohon anggur yang berbuah lebat. Semakin bertambah kekayaannya, semakin banyak mezbah yang dibuatnya. Semakin makmur, semakin bagus pula dibuatnya tugu-tugu berhala yang disembahnya.
“Israel was [like a large] healthy/luxuriant vine [MET] that produced [a lot of] grapes. But as the people became richer, they made more altars [at which to worship idols]. As the people prospered, they [built and] decorated sacred pillars [that they worshiped].
2 Orang-orang yang hatinya curang itu, sekarang harus menanggung akibat dosanya. Allah akan menghancurkan mezbah mereka, dan meruntuhkan tugu-tugu berhala mereka.
They are deceitful; [so] now they are guilty and must be punished. [I], Yahweh, will tear down their altars and smash those pillars.
3 Tidak lama lagi mereka akan berkata, "Kita tidak mempunyai raja sebab kita tidak takut kepada TUHAN. Apa gunanya seorang raja bagi kita?"
Then they will say, ‘It is because we did not revere Yahweh that we no [longer] have a king. But [even if we had] a king, he certainly could not [RHQ] do anything to help us.’
4 Mereka membual dan membuat janji palsu serta mengikat perjanjian yang tidak berguna. Hukum diputarbalikkan sehingga ketidakadilan bertumbuh seperti tanaman beracun di ladang yang telah dicangkuli.
They falsely promise [that they will do many things]; they solemnly promise and make agreements, but they do not do what they promise. So people accuse and sue [each other in the courts]; they are like [SIM] poisonous weeds [that grow] in a plowed field.
5 Penduduk kota Samaria akan takut; mereka dan imam-imam yang melayani sapi emas di Betel itu akan sedih dan menangis karena segala kemegahan berhala mereka itu telah lenyap.
The people who live in Samaria [city] are worried about [what may happen to the idol that resembles] a calf [that they set up] at Beth-Aven [town]. The people in Samaria will mourn, and the priests there will cry about it [if it is damaged or destroyed]. [Previously] they shouted joyfully about its being very great; but now it will not be great any more.
6 Berhala itu akan diangkut ke Asyur untuk dihadiahkan kepada raja agung. Israel mengikuti rencana yang membuat mereka mendapat malu dan dihina.
It will be taken to Assyria to be a gift for the great King [of Assyria]. [So the people of] Israel will be disgraced, and they will be ashamed because [they trusted in] that idol.
7 Samaria akan hancur dan rajanya dibawa pergi seperti sepotong kayu yang dihanyutkan air.
The King of Samaria [and the other people in Samaria] will be gone; they will be like [SIM] a twig [that floats away] on the surface of the water [and disappears].
8 Kuil-kuil di bukit-bukit di Betel tempat orang Israel menyembah berhala, akan dihancurkan. Duri dan rumput akan tumbuh pada mezbah mereka. Lalu mereka akan berteriak kepada gunung-gunung, "Tutupilah kami!" dan kepada bukit-bukit, "Timpalah kami!"
The altars on the tops of hills [where the people worshiped idols] will be destroyed; those have been the places where the people of Israel sinned greatly. Thorns and weeds will grow and cover those altars. Then the people will plead to the mountains and hills, ‘Fall [down and] cover us [to protect us from God punishing us]!’
9 TUHAN berkata, "Sejak kejadian di Gibea, orang Israel belum juga berhenti berbuat dosa melawan Aku. Sebab itu di Gibea juga mereka akan ditimpa peperangan.
[You people of] Israel, [ever since your ancestors did evil things] at Gibeah, you have continued to sin. [When the people at] [PRS] Gibeah [did evil things], the result was a war [in which thousands of people died].
10 Aku akan menyerang orang-orang yang berdosa itu, dan menghukum mereka. Bangsa-bangsa akan bergabung untuk melawan mereka, dan mereka akan dihukum karena dosa mereka yang banyak itu.
[So now], when I want to, I will punish the Israeli people. Because of the many sins that they have committed, [the armies of other] nations will gather to attack them, and they will cause the Israeli people to become their slaves.
11 Dahulu Israel seperti sapi muda yang terlatih baik, dan yang suka mengirik gandum. Aku tak perlu memasang gandar pada tengkuknya yang bagus itu. Tetapi sekarang Aku telah memutuskan untuk memaksanya bekerja berat. Yehuda Kusuruh membajak, dan Israel Kusuruh menggaru.
Israel is [like] [MET] a well-trained (heifer/young cow) that likes to thresh [grain]. [So now you will become slaves]. [It will be as though] I will put a yoke on your neck, and you will be forced to work hard for your enemies in their fields. [You people of] Israel and Judah [will be forced to go to Assyria]; there you [DOU] will pull plows to break up the ground [for planting seeds].
12 Aku berkata, 'Hai Israel! Bukalah ladang baru untuk dirimu, taburilah benih keadilan, dan tuailah berkat yang dihasilkan oleh kesungguhan cintamu kepada-Ku. Sebab, sudah waktunya engkau mencari Aku, Tuhanmu. Aku akan datang dan menghujani engkau dengan berkat-berkat-Ku.'
[You plow your fields and plant your seeds] and harvest [your crops] [MET], [but what you need to do is] to act righteously and to faithfully love [me]; you need to repent [MET], because it is time to try to know [me], Yahweh; and if you do that, I will pour out [MET] many blessings on you.
13 Tapi engkau melakukan yang sebaliknya; engkau mengusahakan kejahatan, dan menuai ketidakadilan. Engkau telah makan buah-buah hasil kebohonganmu." TUHAN berkata lagi, "Hai bangsa Israel, karena kamu mengandalkan kereta-kereta perangmu dan banyaknya prajurit-prajuritmu,
You [plant seeds and harvest the crops and eat them]; [but what I consider that you have really done is] that you have planted wicked things and harvested evil things and eaten [MET] the results [IDM] of the lies [that you have told]. [Instead of trusting in me, ] you have (depended on/trusted in) your own power and in your many soldiers.
14 maka rakyatmu akan ditimpa peperangan, dan semua bentengmu akan dihancurkan. Keadaannya akan seperti pada hari Raja Salman membinasakan kota Bet-Arbel dalam pertempuran, dan menggilas ibu-ibu bersama anak-anaknya.
As a result, you will [soon] hear the roar of battle, and all your cities that have walls around them will be destroyed, like [SIM] Shalman’s [army] destroyed Beth-Arbel [city] in a battle, and the women [in that city] and their children were bashed to death.
15 Itulah yang akan terjadi dengan kamu, hai penduduk Betel, karena kamu telah melakukan kejahatan yang besar. Pada waktu fajar, segera setelah pertempuran mulai, rajamu akan mati."
[You people of] [APO] Bethel [city], that is what will happen to you, because you are very wicked. And when the sun rises [on that day], the King of Israel will be killed [in the battle].”
