< Hosea 2 >
1 Karena itu panggillah sesamamu dengan nama "Umat Allah" dan "Dikasihani TUHAN"
[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 TUHAN berkata, "Hai anak-anak-Ku, ibumu bukan istri-Ku lagi, dan Aku bukan suaminya. Sebab itu, perkarakanlah dia supaya ia jangan berzinah dan jangan melacur lagi.
[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 Jika ia tetap melacur, Aku akan menanggalkan pakaiannya supaya ia telanjang seperti pada hari ia dilahirkan. Akan Kujadikan dia seperti tanah kering dan gersang, maka ia akan mati kehausan.
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].
4 Kamu, anak-anaknya, tidak akan Kukasihani; kamu lahir dari pelacuran.
I will not pity the people, because they have [abandoned me] as [MET] prostitutes abandon their husbands.
5 Ibumu pelacur yang tidak tahu malu. Ia berkata, 'Aku akan pergi kepada kekasih-kekasihku yang memberi aku makanan dan minuman, wol dan kain linen, minyak zaitun dan anggur.'
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.’
6 Sebab itu, Aku akan mengurung dia dengan belukar duri, dan menutup jalannya dengan pagar tembok.
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 Ia akan mengejar kekasih-kekasihnya, tapi tidak akan sampai kepada mereka. Ia akan mencari mereka, tapi tidak akan menemukan mereka. Lalu ia akan berkata, 'Aku akan kembali kepada suamiku yang pertama; dulu keadaanku lebih baik daripada sekarang.'
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 Ibumu tidak pernah mengakui bahwa Akulah yang memberi dia gandum, anggur, minyak zaitun, dan segala emas perak yang dipakainya untuk menyembah Baal itu.
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 Karena itu, di musim panen Aku akan menarik kembali pemberian-Ku, yaitu gandum dan anggur, serta wol dan kain linen yang Kuberikan kepadanya untuk pakaiannya.
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].
10 Akan Kutelanjangi dia di depan semua kekasihnya. Tak seorang pun dari mereka dapat melepaskan dia dari kekuasaan-Ku.
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].
11 Segala pestanya akan Kuhentikan, baik pesta tahunan maupun pesta bulanan dan hari-hari Sabat; singkatnya, segala perayaan keagamaannya.
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 Aku akan memusnahkan pohon-pohon anggur dan pohon-pohon ara yang menurut dia adalah upah pelayanannya kepada para kekasihnya. Akan Kuubah kebun-kebun anggur dan kebun-kebun aranya menjadi hutan; binatang-binatang buas akan merusaknya.
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 Aku akan menghukum dia karena hari-hari yang dipakainya untuk membakar dupa kepada Baal, serta bersolek dengan perhiasannya untuk mengejar kekasih-kekasihnya, lalu melupakan Aku sama sekali. Aku, TUHAN, telah berbicara."
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.
14 TUHAN berkata, "Sebab itu Aku akan membawa dia ke padang gurun; di sana ia akan Kubujuk dengan kata-kata cinta.
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 Kebun-kebun anggurnya akan Kukembalikan kepadanya, dan Lembah Kesusahan akan Kujadikan pintu pengharapan. Di sana ia akan menyambut Aku seperti pada masa mudanya, ketika ia baru keluar dari Mesir.
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.
16 Lalu ia akan menyebut Aku suaminya, dan bukan lagi Baalnya.
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 Aku tak akan mengizinkan dia menyebut nama Baal lagi, sehingga orang akan melupakan nama itu.
I will not allow them to speak [MTY] the names of Baal; they will never use those names again.
18 Pada waktu itu Aku akan membuat perjanjian dengan segala jenis binatang supaya mereka jangan mengganggu umat-Ku. Aku akan menghentikan segala peperangan dan menyingkirkan alat-alat perang dari negeri umat-Ku itu, dan membuat mereka hidup dengan tentram dan aman.
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 Israel, engkau akan Kujadikan istri-Ku, istri yang sah untuk selamanya. Engkau akan Kukasihani dan Kucintai selalu; Aku akan berlaku jujur dan setia.
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.
20 Sesuai janji-Ku, engkau akan Kunikahi. Engkau akan mengakui Aku sebagai Tuhanmu sendiri.
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 Pada waktu itu, bila umat-Ku Israel berdoa, Aku akan mendengarkan mereka. Dari langit Aku membuat hujan turun sehingga bumi menghasilkan gandum, anggur dan minyak zaitun.
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,
and grain will grow, and the vineyards and the olive trees will grow in Jezreel [Valley].
23 Akan Kubuat umat-Ku hidup sejahtera dan menetap di negeri mereka. Kepada mereka yang disebut 'Yang Tidak Dikasihani' akan Kutunjukkan bahwa mereka Kukasihi, dan kepada mereka yang disebut 'Bukan Umat-Ku' akan Kukatakan, 'Kamu Umat-Ku'. Mereka akan menjawab begini, 'Engkaulah Allah kami.'"
[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.’”