Hosea 13
1 Dahulu suku Efraim dihormati sehingga apabila ada perintah dari suku itu, suku-suku lain di Israel takut. Tapi suku Efraim berdosa karena menyembah Baal, sebab itu ia akan lenyap.
When the words of my law came from Ephraim, he was lifted up in Israel; but when he did evil through the Baal, death overtook him.
2 Sampai sekarang orang-orang Efraim itu masih terus berbuat dosa; mereka membuat patung-patung perak untuk disembah--patung yang direncanakan oleh akal manusia dan dibentuk oleh tangan manusia. Mereka berkata, "Persembahkanlah kurban kepada patung-patung ini!" Aneh, manusia mencium patung anak sapi!
And now their sins are increased; they have made themselves a metal image, false gods from their silver, after their designs, all of them the work of the metal-workers; they say of them, Let them give offerings, let men give kisses to the oxen.
3 Karena itu orang-orang itu akan lenyap seperti kabut atau embun di pagi hari. Mereka akan seperti debu merang yang ditiup angin di pengirikan gandum, dan seperti asap yang keluar dari cerobong.
So they will be like the morning cloud, like the dew which goes early away, like the dust of the grain which the wind is driving out of the crushing-floor, like smoke going up from the fireplace.
4 TUHAN berkata, "Akulah TUHAN Allahmu, yang membawa kamu keluar dari Mesir. Kamu tidak mempunyai Allah selain Aku. Akulah satu-satunya penyelamatmu.
But I am the Lord your God, from the land of Egypt; you have knowledge of no other God and there is no saviour but me.
5 Di tanah gersang di padang gurun, Akulah yang menjaga kamu.
I had knowledge of you in the waste land where no water was.
6 Tapi setelah kamu berada di negeri yang baik, dan kamu kenyang serta puas, kamu menjadi angkuh lalu melupakan Aku.
When I gave them food they were full, and their hearts were full of pride, and they did not keep me in mind.
7 Karena itu Aku akan menyergap kamu seperti singa. Seperti macan tutul Aku akan menghadang kamu di jalan.
So I will be like a lion to them; as a cruel beast I will keep watch by the road;
8 Aku akan menyerang kamu seperti beruang yang kehilangan anak-anaknya. Aku akan menyobek-nyobek kamu. Seperti singa Aku akan menerkam kamu di tempatmu, dan seperti binatang buas Aku akan mencabik-cabik kamu.
I will come face to face with them like a bear whose young ones have been taken from her, and their inmost hearts will be broken; there the dogs will make a meal of them; they will be wounded by the beasts of the field.
9 Aku akan menghancurkan kamu, hai bangsa Israel! Dan siapakah yang dapat menolongmu?
I have sent destruction on you, O Israel; who will be your helper?
10 Kamu minta raja dan pemimpin, tapi di manakah mereka semua sekarang? Dapatkah mereka menyelamatkan rakyatmu?
Where is your king, that he may be your saviour? and all your rulers, that they may take up your cause? of whom you said, Give me a king and rulers.
11 Dengan marah Aku memberikan raja kepadamu, dan dengan geram Kutarik mereka kembali."
I have given you a king, because I was angry, and have taken him away in my wrath.
12 TUHAN berkata, "Dosa dan kesalahan Israel telah dicatat, dan catatannya disimpan.
The wrongdoing of Ephraim is shut up; his sin is put away in secret.
13 Israel mempunyai kesempatan untuk hidup, tapi ia begitu bodoh sehingga tidak menggunakan kesempatan itu. Ia seperti bayi yang sesaat lagi akan lahir tapi tidak mau keluar dari rahim ibu.
The pains of a woman in childbirth will come on him: he is an unwise son, for at this time it is not right for him to keep his place when children come to birth.
14 Bangsa ini tidak akan Kuselamatkan dari kuasa dunia orang mati. Hai kematian, sebarkanlah wabahmu! Laksanakanlah pekerjaanmu yang menghancurkan itu! Aku tidak mengasihani bangsa ini lagi. (Sheol h7585)
I will give the price to make them free from the power of the underworld, I will be their saviour from death: O death! where are your pains? O underworld! where is your destruction? my eyes will have no pity. (Sheol h7585)
15 Sekalipun Israel makmur seperti rumput yang subur, namun Aku akan mengirim angin timur yang panas dari padang gurun. Angin itu akan mengeringkan segala mata air dan sumur-sumur, sehingga lenyaplah semua yang berharga.
Though he gives fruit among his brothers, an east wind will come, the wind of the Lord coming up from the waste land, and his spring will become dry, his fountain will be without water: it will make waste the store of all the vessels of his desire.
16 Samaria harus dihukum karena memberontak melawan Aku. Rakyatnya akan tewas dalam pertempuran; anak-anak bayinya akan digilas, dan wanita-wanita hamil dibelah perutnya."
Samaria will be made waste, for she has gone against her God: they will be cut down by the sword, their little children will be broken on the rocks, their women who are with child will be cut open.
