Hosea 4
1 Dengarlah firman TUHAN, hai orang Israel, sebab TUHAN mempunyai perkara dengan penduduk negeri ini, sebab tidak ada kesetiaan dan tidak ada kasih, dan tidak ada pengenalan akan Allah di negeri ini.
Hear the word of Yahweh, you people of Israel. Yahweh has a lawsuit against the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truthfulness or covenantal faithfulness, no knowledge of God in the land.
2 Hanya mengutuk, berbohong, membunuh, mencuri, berzinah, melakukan kekerasan dan penumpahan darah menyusul penumpahan darah.
There is cursing, lying, killing, stealing and adultery. The people have broken all bounds, and bloodshed comes after bloodshed.
3 Sebab itu negeri ini akan berkabung, dan seluruh penduduknya akan merana; juga binatang-binatang di padang dan burung-burung di udara, bahkan ikan-ikan di laut akan mati lenyap.
So the land is drying up, and everyone living in it is wasting away; the beasts in the fields and the birds in the sky, even the fish in the sea, are being taken away.
4 Hanya janganlah ada orang mengadu, dan janganlah ada orang menegor, sebab terhadap engkaulah pengaduan-Ku itu, hai imam!
But do not allow anyone to bring a lawsuit; do not let anyone accuse anyone else. For it is you, the priests, whom I am accusing.
5 Engkau akan tergelincir jatuh pada siang hari, juga nabi akan tergelincir jatuh bersama-sama engkau pada malam hari; dan Aku akan membinasakan ibumu.
You priests will stumble during the day; the prophets will also stumble with you by night, and I will destroy your mother.
6 Umat-Ku binasa karena tidak mengenal Allah; karena engkaulah yang menolak pengenalan itu maka Aku menolak engkau menjadi imam-Ku; dan karena engkau melupakan pengajaran Allahmu, maka Aku juga akan melupakan anak-anakmu.
My people are being destroyed because of the lack of knowledge. Because you priests have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as priests to me. Because you have forgotten my law, although I am your God, I also will forget your children.
7 Makin bertambah banyak mereka, makin berdosa mereka kepada-Ku, kemuliaan mereka akan Kutukar dengan kehinaan.
The more the priests multiplied, the more they sinned against me. They exchanged their honor for shame.
8 Mereka mendapat rezeki dari dosa umat-Ku dan mengharapkan umat-Ku itu berbuat salah.
They feed on the sin of my people; they are greedy for more of their wickedness.
9 Maka seperti nasib rakyat demikianlah nasib imam: Aku akan menghukum dia karena tindakan-tindakannya dan Aku akan membalaskan perbuatan-perbuatannya kepadanya.
It will be the same for the people as for the priests: I will punish them all for their practices; I will repay them for their deeds.
10 Mereka akan makan, tetapi tidak menjadi kenyang, mereka akan bersundal, tetapi tidak menjadi banyak, sebab mereka telah meninggalkan TUHAN untuk berpegang kepada sundal.
They will eat but not have enough; they will commit prostitution but not increase, because they have gone far away from Yahweh.
11 Anggur dan air anggur menghilangkan daya pikir.
They love sexual promiscuity, wine, and new wine, which have taken away their understanding.
12 Umat-Ku bertanya kepada pohonnya, dan tongkatnya akan memberitahu kepadanya, sebab roh perzinahan menyesatkan mereka, dan mereka berzinah meninggalkan Allah mereka.
My people consult their wooden idols, and their walking sticks give them prophecies. For a mind of promiscuity has misled them, and they have acted as prostitutes instead of being faithful to their God.
13 Mereka mempersembahkan korban di puncak gunung-gunung dan membakar korban di atas bukit-bukit, di bawah pohon besar dan pohon hawar dan pohon rimbun, sebab naungannya baik. Itulah sebabnya anak-anakmu perempuan berzinah dan menantu-menantumu perempuan bersundal.
They sacrifice on the tops of the mountains and burn incense on the hills, under oaks, poplars and terebinths, because the shade is good. So your daughters commit sexual immorality, and your daughters-in-law commit adultery.
14 Aku tidak akan menghukum anak-anak perempuanmu sekalipun mereka berzinah, atau menantu-menantumu perempuan, sekalipun mereka bersundal; sebab mereka sendiri mengasingkan diri bersama-sama dengan perempuan-perempuan sundal dan mempersembahkan korban bersama-sama dengan sundal-sundal bakti, dan umat yang tidak berpengertian akan runtuh.
I will not punish your daughters when they choose to commit sexual immorality, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery. For the men also give themselves to the prostitutes, and they offer sacrifices so they can commit immoral acts with sacred prostitutes. So this people who does not understand will be thrown down.
15 Jika engkau ini berzinah, hai Israel, janganlah Yehuda turut bersalah! Janganlah pergi ke Gilgal, dan janganlah naik ke Bet-Awen, dan janganlah bersumpah: "Demi TUHAN yang hidup!"
Though you, Israel, have committed adultery, may Judah not become guilty. Do not go to Gilgal, you people; do not go up to Beth Aven, and do not swear, saying, “As Yahweh lives.”
16 Sebab Israel degil seperti lembu yang degil, masakan sekarang TUHAN menggembalakan mereka, seperti domba di tanah lapang?
For Israel has behaved stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer. How can Yahweh bring them to pasture like lambs in a meadow?
17 Efraim bersekutu dengan berhala-berhala, biarkanlah dia!
Ephraim united himself with idols; leave him alone.
18 Persepakatan para pemabuk! mereka menyerahkan diri habis-habisan kepada persundalan; mereka lebih mencintai kehinaan dari pada kemasyhuran mereka.
Even when their strong drink is gone, they continue to commit adultery; her rulers dearly love their shame.
19 Angin melingkupi mereka dalam sayap-sayapnya, dan mereka akan mendapat malu karena korban-korban mereka.
The wind will wrap her up in its wings; and they will be ashamed because of their sacrifices.
