Hosea 2
1 Katakanlah kepada saudara-saudaramu laki-laki: "Ami!" dan kepada saudara-saudaramu perempuan: "Ruhama!"
[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 "Adukanlah ibumu, adukanlah, sebab dia bukan isteri-Ku, dan Aku ini bukan suaminya; biarlah dijauhkannya sundalnya dari mukanya, dan zinahnya dari antara buah dadanya,
[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 supaya jangan Aku menanggalkan pakaiannya sampai dia telanjang, dan membiarkan dia seperti pada hari dia dilahirkan, membuat dia seperti padang gurun, dan membuat dia seperti tanah kering, lalu membiarkan dia 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 Tentang anak-anaknya, Aku tidak menyayangi mereka, sebab mereka adalah anak-anak sundal.
I will not pity the people, because they have [abandoned me] as [MET] prostitutes abandon their husbands.
5 Sebab ibu mereka telah menjadi sundal; dia yang mengandung mereka telah berlaku tidak senonoh. Sebab dia berkata: Aku mau mengikuti para kekasihku, yang memberi roti dan air minumku, bulu domba dan kain lenanku, minyak dan minumanku.
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, sesungguhnya, Aku akan menyekat jalannya dengan duri-duri, dan mendirikan pagar tembok mengurung dia, sehingga dia tidak dapat menemui jalannya.
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 Dia akan mengejar para kekasihnya, tetapi tidak akan mencapai mereka; dia akan mencari mereka, tetapi tidak bertemu dengan mereka. Maka dia akan berkata: Aku akan pulang kembali kepada suamiku yang pertama, sebab waktu itu aku lebih berbahagia dari pada 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 Tetapi dia tidak insaf bahwa Akulah yang memberi kepadanya gandum, anggur dan minyak, dan yang memperbanyak bagi dia perak dan emas yang dibuat mereka menjadi patung Baal.
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 Sebab itu Aku akan mengambil kembali gandum-Ku pada masanya dan anggur-Ku pada musimnya, dan akan merampas kain bulu domba dan kain lenan-Ku yang harus menutupi auratnya.
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 Dan sekarang, Aku akan menyingkapkan kemaluannya, di depan mata para kekasihnya, dan seorangpun tidak akan melepaskan dia dari tangan-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 Aku akan menghentikan segala kegirangannya, hari rayanya, bulan barunya dan hari Sabatnya dan segala perayaannya.
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 anggurnya dan pohon aranya, yang tentangnya dikatakannya: Ini semuanya pemberian kepadaku, yang dihadiahkan kepadaku oleh para kekasihku! Aku akan membuatnya menjadi hutan, dan binatang-binatang di padang akan memakannya habis.
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 Dan Aku akan menghukum dia karena hari-hari ketika dia membakar korban untuk para Baal, berhias dengan anting-antingnya dan kalungnya, dan mengikuti para kekasihnya dan melupakan Aku," demikianlah firman TUHAN.
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 "Sebab itu, sesungguhnya, Aku ini akan membujuk dia, dan membawa dia ke padang gurun, dan berbicara menenangkan hatinya.
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 Aku akan memberikan kepadanya kebun anggurnya dari sana, dan membuat lembah Akhor menjadi pintu pengharapan. Maka dia akan merelakan diri di sana seperti pada masa mudanya, seperti pada waktu dia berangkat keluar dari tanah 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 Maka pada waktu itu, demikianlah firman TUHAN, engkau akan memanggil Aku: Suamiku, dan tidak lagi memanggil Aku: Baalku!
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 Lalu Aku menjauhkan nama para Baal dari mulutmu, maka nama mereka tidak lagi disebut.
I will not allow them to speak [MTY] the names of Baal; they will never use those names again.
18 Aku akan mengikat perjanjian bagimu pada waktu itu dengan binatang-binatang di padang dan dengan burung-burung di udara, dan binatang-binatang melata di muka bumi; Aku akan meniadakan busur panah, pedang dan alat perang dari negeri, dan akan membuat engkau berbaring dengan tenteram.
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 Aku akan menjadikan engkau isteri-Ku untuk selama-lamanya dan Aku akan menjadikan engkau isteri-Ku dalam keadilan dan kebenaran, dalam kasih setia dan kasih sayang.
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 Aku akan menjadikan engkau isteri-Ku dalam kesetiaan, sehingga engkau akan mengenal TUHAN.
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 Maka pada waktu itu, demikianlah firman TUHAN, Aku akan mendengarkan langit, dan langit akan mendengarkan bumi.
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,
22 Bumi akan mendengarkan gandum, anggur dan minyak, dan mereka ini akan mendengarkan Yizreel.
and grain will grow, and the vineyards and the olive trees will grow in Jezreel [Valley].
23 Aku akan menaburkan dia bagi-Ku di bumi, dan akan menyayangi Lo-Ruhama, dan Aku berkata kepada Lo-Ami: Umat-Ku engkau! dan ia akan berkata: Allahku!"
[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.’”
