Hosea 8
1 Tiuplah sangkakala! Serangan laksana rajawali atas rumah TUHAN! Oleh karena mereka telah melangkahi perjanjian-Ku dan telah mendurhaka terhadap pengajaran-Ku.
"Put the trumpet to your lips. Something like an eagle is over the LORD's house, because they have broken my covenant, and rebelled against my law.
2 Kepada-Ku mereka berseru-seru: "Ya Allahku, kami, Israel mengenal Engkau!"
They cry to me, 'My God, we Israel acknowledge you.'
3 Israel telah menolak yang baik--biarlah musuh mengejar dia!
Israel has cast off that which is good. The enemy will pursue him.
4 Mereka telah mengangkat raja, tetapi tanpa persetujuan-Ku; mereka mengangkat pemuka, tetapi dengan tidak setahu-Ku. Dari emas dan peraknya mereka membuat berhala-berhala bagi dirinya sendiri, sehingga mereka dilenyapkan.
They have set up kings, but not by me. They have made princes, and I did not approve. Of their silver and their gold they have made themselves idols, that they may be cut off.
5 Aku menolak anak lembumu, hai Samaria; murka-Ku menyala terhadap mereka! Sampai berapa lama tidak dapat disucikan,
Let Samaria throw out his calf idol. My anger burns against them. How long will it be until they are capable of purity?
6 orang-orang Israel itu? Itu dibuat oleh tukang, dan itu bukan Allah! Sungguh, akan menjadi serpih anak lembu Samaria itu!
For this is even from Israel. The workman made it, and it is no God; indeed, the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
7 Sebab mereka menabur angin, maka mereka akan menuai puting beliung; gandum yang belum menguning tidak ada pada mereka; tumbuh-tumbuhan itu tidak menghasilkan tepung; dan jika memberi hasil, maka orang-orang lain menelannya.
For they sow the wind, and they will reap the whirlwind. He has no standing grain. The stalk will yield no head. If it does yield, strangers will swallow it up.
8 Israel sudah ditelan; sekarang mereka itu ada di antara bangsa-bangsa seperti barang yang tidak disukai orang.
Israel is swallowed up. Now they are among the nations like a worthless thing.
9 Sebab mereka telah pergi ke Asyur, bagaikan keledai hutan yang memencilkan diri; Efraim telah membagi-bagi hadiah cinta.
For they have gone up to Assyria, like a wild donkey wandering alone. Ephraim has hired lovers for himself.
10 Sekalipun mereka membagi-bagi hadiah itu di antara bangsa-bangsa, sekarang ini Aku akan mengumpulkan mereka, dan sebentar lagi mereka akan berhenti mengurapi raja dan para pemuka.
But although they sold themselves among the nations, I will now gather them; and they begin to waste away because of the oppression of the king of mighty ones.
11 Sungguh, Efraim telah memperbanyak mezbah; mezbah-mezbah itu menjadikan mereka berdosa.
Because Ephraim has multiplied altars for sinning, they became for him altars for sinning.
12 Sekalipun Kutuliskan baginya banyak pengajaran-Ku, itu akan dianggap mereka sebagai sesuatu yang asing.
I wrote for him the many things of my law; but they were regarded as a strange thing.
13 Mereka mencintai korban sembelihan; mereka mempersembahkan daging dan memakannya; tetapi TUHAN tidak berkenan kepada mereka. Sekarang Ia akan mengingat kesalahan mereka dan akan menghukum dosa mereka; mereka harus kembali ke Mesir!
As for the sacrifices of my offerings, they sacrifice flesh and eat it; But the LORD doesn't accept them. Now he will remember their iniquity, and punish their sins. They will return to Egypt, and will eat unclean things in Assyria.
14 Israel telah melupakan Pembuatnya dan telah mendirikan istana-istana; Yehuda telah memperbanyak kota-kota yang berkubu; tetapi Aku akan melepas api ke dalam kota-kota mereka, sehingga puri mereka dimakan habis.
For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; and Judah has multiplied fortified cities; but I will send a fire on his cities, and it will devour its fortresses."
