Hosea 12
1 Segala sesuatu yang dilakukan oleh orang Israel dari pagi sampai malam tak berguna dan bersifat memusnahkan seperti angin timur. Kecurangan dan kekejaman meningkat di antara mereka. Mereka membuat perjanjian-perjanjian dengan Asyur dan membawa minyak ke Mesir sebagai tanda persahabatan."
[The leaders of] Israel are constantly wavering [about seeking help from other countries]. [Seeking their help is as useless as] [MET] chasing the wind. They pile up their lies and violent acts. [First, ] they make a treaty with Assyria, and [then they] send olive oil to [the rulers of] Egypt [to seek their help].
2 TUHAN mempunyai perkara dengan bangsa Yehuda; Ia juga akan menghukum Israel karena tingkah laku mereka. Ia akan membalas perbuatan mereka.
Yahweh [says that he] will bring accusations against [the leaders of] Judah, and that he will punish [the descendants of] Jacob for what they have done.
3 Sejak di dalam kandungan, Yakub leluhur mereka telah menyerobot Esau saudara kembarnya; dan setelah dewasa, Yakub bergelut dengan Allah.
[When Jacob was] in his mother’s womb, he grabbed his brother [Esau’s] heel [because he wanted to be born first]. When Jacob grew up, he wrestled with God.
4 Ia bergelut dengan seorang malaikat, dan ia menang. Lalu ia menangis dan minta diberkati. Kemudian di Betel, Allah datang kepada Yakub leluhur kita itu, dan berbicara dengan dia.
He struggled with [the one who had appeared to him in the form of] an angel, and Jacob defeated him, but [then] he cried and asked the angel to bless him. [Later], God came to Jacob at Bethel and talked with him there.
5 Allah itu ialah TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa. Namanya ialah TUHAN. Dengan nama itulah Ia menghendaki orang beribadat kepada-Nya.
[That was] the Commander of the armies of angels whose name is Yahweh [who talked with him]!
6 Karena itu, hai kamu keturunan Yakub, percayalah kepada Allahmu dan kembalilah kepada-Nya. Hiduplah dengan penuh kasih dan kejujuran, dan tunggulah dengan sabar sampai Allahmu bertindak.
But you [people of Israel] must return to your God! You must faithfully love [him], and you must do what is fair/just and always depend on him.
7 TUHAN berkata kepada bangsa Israel, "Kamu curang seperti orang Kanaan; pedagang-pedagangmu suka menipu langganannya dengan timbangan yang tidak benar.
The merchants [among you] use scales that do not weigh correctly; they love/like to cheat people.
8 'Kita sekarang kaya,' kata mereka. 'Kita untung! Tak seorang pun bisa menuduh bahwa kita mendapat kekayaan itu secara tak jujur.'
[The people of] Israel boast, saying “We are [very] rich [DOU]; and we got all that money by our own efforts, and without committing any sin.”
9 Tetapi Aku, TUHAN Allahmu, yang membawa kamu keluar dari Mesir, akan membuat kamu tinggal lagi di kemah-kemah seperti dahulu ketika Aku datang kepadamu di padang gurun.
“I am Yahweh your God, [the one who brought your ancestors] out of Egypt. [And some day] I will force you to live in tents again [like your ancestors did] when [they celebrated] the Festival [of Living in Temporary Shelters].
10 Aku telah berbicara kepada nabi-nabi, dan memberikan banyak penglihatan kepada mereka. Melalui mereka Aku memberitahukan rencana-rencana-Ku untuk kamu, umat-Ku,
[Many times] I spoke to the prophets, and I gave them many visions, and I gave them parables to tell [to the people].”
11 namun demikian masih ada yang menyembah berhala di Gilead, dan mempersembahkan sapi di atas mezbah di Gilgal. Tapi mereka yang menyembah berhala itu akan mati, dan mezbah-mezbah di Gilgal itu akan menjadi timbunan batu di ladang-ladang."
[The people of] Gilead [city] are [RHQ] extremely wicked; they are worthless. The people sacrifice bulls in Gilgal [city], but their altars will [soon] become like [SIM] piles of stone [at the edge of] a plowed field.
12 Yakub leluhur kita lari ke Mesopotamia, lalu untuk mendapat istri, ia berhamba kepada orang di sana dan menggembalakan domba-domba orang itu.
[Your ancestor] Jacob fled [from his brother Esau] and went to northwest Mesopotamia. He worked [for his uncle Laban for many years] to get a wife; he took care of [his uncle’s] sheep [to pay] for her.
13 TUHAN mengutus seorang nabi untuk membawa orang Israel keluar dari perbudakan di Mesir, dan untuk menjaga mereka.
[Many years later, ] Yahweh enabled a prophet to bring the [ancestors of you] people of Israel here from Egypt; that prophet, [Moses], took care of them.
14 Orang Israel telah membuat TUHAN marah sekali; mereka patut dihukum karena kejahatan mereka. TUHAN akan menghukum mereka karena mereka telah membuat orang menghina Dia.
[But now the people of] Israel have caused [Yahweh] to become very angry; Yahweh says that they deserve to die because they caused [many others] to die [MTY]; he will pay them back for the sins that they have committed against him and for insulting him.
