Hosea 13
1 Apabila Efraim berbicara, gemetarlah orang; ia diangkat-angkat di Israel, tetapi ia bersalah dengan menyembah Baal, sehingga matilah ia.
When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he was exalted in Israel. But he incurred guilt through Baal, and he died.
2 Sekarangpun mereka terus berdosa, dan membuat baginya patung tuangan dari perak dan berhala-berhala sesuai dengan kecakapan mereka; semuanya itu buatan tukang-tukang. Persembahkanlah korban kepadanya!, kata mereka. Baiklah manusia mencium anak-anak lembu!
Now they sin more and more and make for themselves cast images, idols skillfully made from their silver, all of them the work of craftsmen. People say of them, “They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calves!”
3 Sebab itu mereka akan seperti kabut pagi atau seperti embun yang hilang pagi-pagi benar, seperti debu jerami yang diterbangkan badai dari tempat pengirikan atau seperti asap dari tingkap.
Therefore they will be like the morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes, like chaff blown from a threshing floor, like smoke through an open window.
4 Tetapi Aku adalah TUHAN, Allahmu sejak di tanah Mesir; engkau tidak mengenal allah kecuali Aku, dan tidak ada juruselamat selain dari Aku.
Yet I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt; you know no God but Me, for there is no Savior besides Me.
5 Akulah yang mengenal engkau di padang gurun, di tanah yang gersang.
I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of drought.
6 Ketika mereka makan rumput, maka mereka kenyang; setelah mereka kenyang, maka hati mereka meninggi; itulah sebabnya mereka melupakan Aku.
When they had pasture, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, their hearts became proud, and as a result they forgot Me.
7 Maka Aku menjadi seperti singa bagi mereka, seperti macan tutul Aku mengintip-intip di pinggir jalan.
So like a lion I will pounce on them; like a leopard I will lurk by the path.
8 Aku mau mendatangi mereka seperti beruang yang kehilangan anak, Aku mau mengoyakkan dada mereka. Di sana Aku memakan mereka seperti singa; binatang liar di padang akan merobek mereka.
Like a bear robbed of her cubs I will attack them, and I will tear open their chests. There I will devour them like a lion, like a wild beast would tear them apart.
9 Aku membinasakan engkau, hai Israel, siapakah yang dapat menolong engkau?
You are destroyed, O Israel, because you are against Me— against your helper.
10 Di mana gerangan rajamu, supaya diselamatkannya engkau, dan semua pemukamu, supaya diberinya engkau keadilan, hai, engkau yang berkata: "Berilah kepadaku seorang raja dan pemuka-pemuka!"
Where is your king now to save you in all your cities, and the rulers to whom you said, “Give me a king and princes”?
11 Aku memberikan engkau seorang raja dalam murka-Ku dan mengambilnya dalam gemas-Ku.
So in My anger I gave you a king, and in My wrath I took him away.
12 Kesalahan Efraim dibungkus, dosanya disimpan.
The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is stored up.
13 Sakit beranak mendahului kelahirannya, tetapi ia adalah seorang anak yang tidak bijaksana; sebab tidak pada waktunya ia bergerak, bila waktunya tiba, ia tidak mau keluar dari kandungan ibu.
Labor pains come upon him, but he is an unwise son. When the time arrives, he fails to present himself at the opening of the womb.
14 Akan Kubebaskankah mereka dari kuasa dunia orang mati, akan Kutebuskah mereka dari pada maut? Di manakah penyakit samparmu, hai maut, di manakah tenaga pembinasamu, hai dunia orang mati? Mata-Ku tertutup bagi belas kasihan. (Sheol h7585)
I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from Death. Where, O Death, are your plagues? Where, O Sheol, is your sting? Compassion is hidden from My eyes. (Sheol h7585)
15 Sekalipun ia tumbuh subur di antara rumput-rumput, maka angin timur, angin TUHAN, akan datang, bertiup dari padang gurun, mengeringkan sumber-sumbernya dan merusakkan mata-mata airnya; dirampasnya harta benda, segala barang yang indah-indah.
Although he flourishes among his brothers, an east wind will come— a wind from the LORD rising up from the desert. His fountain will fail, and his spring will run dry. The wind will plunder his treasury of every precious article.
16 Samaria harus mendapat hukuman, sebab ia memberontak terhadap Allahnya. Mereka akan tewas oleh pedang, bayi-bayinya akan diremukkan, dan perempuan-perempuannya yang mengandung akan dibelah perutnya.
Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.
