Hosea 9
1 Janganlah bersukacita, hai Israel! Janganlah bersorak-sorak seperti bangsa-bangsa! Sebab engkau telah berzinah dengan meninggalkan Allahmu, engkau telah mencintai upah sundal di segala tempat pengirikan gandum.
[You people of] Israel, do not shout joyfully [during your festivals] like [people of other] nations do! [I say that] because you have (not been faithful to/abandoned) me, your God. At every place where the people thresh grain you have [presented gifts to your idols like men] pay money to prostitutes.
2 Tempat pengirikan gandum dan tempat pemerasan anggur tidak akan memberi mereka makan, dan anggur akan mengecewakan mereka.
[But soon] there will not be enough grain [MTY, PRS] and wine [MTY, PRS] for you.
3 Mereka tidak akan tetap diam di tanah TUHAN, tetapi Efraim harus kembali ke Mesir, dan di Asyur mereka akan memakan makanan najis.
And you people will not remain in the land that I, Yahweh, [gave to your ancestors]. You will be [captured and] taken to [Assyria], [where you will become slaves like your ancestors were] in Egypt; and in Assyria you will be forced to eat food that Yahweh has forbidden you to eat.
4 Mereka tidak akan mempersembahkan korban curahan anggur kepada TUHAN dan korban-korban sembelihan mereka tidak akan menyenangkan hati-Nya. Roti mereka adalah seperti roti perkabungan, semua orang yang memakannya akan menjadi najis, sebab roti mereka adalah untuk dirinya sendiri, tidak boleh dibawa ke dalam rumah TUHAN.
You Israelis will not [be able to] give wine offerings to him, or bring sacrifices to him. None of your other sacrifices will please him; they will be unacceptable to him, like [SIM] food that is touched by people at funerals, and everyone who eats that food will become unacceptable to him. They will be permitted to eat that food themselves, but they will not [be permitted to] bring it into the temple.
5 Apakah yang hendak kamu perbuat pada waktu pertemuan raya dan pada waktu hari raya TUHAN?
At that time you will not [RHQ] be able to celebrate the feasts and sacred festivals.
6 Sebab walaupun mereka mengelakkan diri dari pemusnahan, Mesir akan mengumpulkan mereka, Memfis akan menguburkan mereka. Rumput akan menutupi barang-barang perak mereka yang berharga; onak akan tumbuh dalam kemah-kemah mereka.
And even if you escape and are not killed [by the Assyrians], you will be captured by [the army of] Egypt, and you will [die and] be buried in Memphis, [the capital of Egypt]. Briers will [grow up and] cover your treasures of silver, and thorns will grow in your [ruined] tents/houses.
7 Sudah datang hari-hari penghukuman, sudah datang hari-hari pembalasan, Israel akan mengalaminya, "Nabi adalah seorang pandir, orang yang penuh roh adalah orang gila!", oleh karena besarnya kesalahanmu dan besarnya permusuhan:
It is now the time for Yahweh to punish you, to pay you back for all the sins that you have committed. You people will [soon] know that. You have [committed] very many sins, and you very much hate Yahweh. You consider that the prophets are foolish, and you think that those who proclaim messages from him are crazy.
8 Efraim, umat Allahku, sedang mengintai nabi, jerat penangkap burung ada di sepanjang jalannya, permusuhan ada di rumah Allahnya.
My God appointed [me and the other] prophets to be [like] [MET] watchmen [to warn] you people of Israel, but everywhere that we go, [it is as though] people set traps for us and people are hostile [to us, even] in the temple of our God.
9 Busuk sangat perbuatan mereka seperti pada hari-hari Gibea; Ia akan mengingat kesalahan mereka dan akan menghukum dosa mereka.
The sins that the Israeli people have committed are as awful as [what the men of] Gibeah did long ago; [so] God will not forget the wicked things that they have done; he will punish the Israelis for [all] those sins.
10 Seperti buah-buah anggur di padang gurun Aku mendapati Israel dahulu; seperti buah sulung sebagai hasil pertama pohon ara Aku melihat nenek moyangmu. Tetapi mereka itu telah pergi kepada Baal-Peor dan telah membaktikan diri kepada dewa keaiban, sehingga mereka menjadi kejijikan sama seperti apa yang mereka cintai itu.
[Yahweh says], “When I first started [to do things to help] Israel, it seemed to me as though [SIM] I had found grapes in the desert. Your ancestors were [delightful], like [SIM] the first figs that grow on fig trees [each year]. But when they came to Peor [Mountain], they worshiped that disgusting idol Baal, and they became as disgusting as the idol that they loved.
11 Kemuliaan Efraim terbang seperti burung: tiada yang melahirkan, yang hamil dan yang mengandung!
The things that cause Israel to be great will disappear like [SIM] a bird that flies away; [most of their women will] not become pregnant [DOU] or give birth to children.
12 Sekalipun mereka membesarkan anak-anaknya, Aku akan membuat mereka bulus, sehingga tidak ada manusia lagi. Sungguh, celakalah juga mereka pada waktu Aku menjauh dari pada mereka!
Even if their children are born and start to grow up, I will cause all of them to die [while they are still young]. Terrible things will happen to them when I abandon them!
13 Efraim, seperti yang Aku lihat, telah membuat anak-anaknya menjadi binatang perburuan; Efraim terpaksa menyerahkan anak-anaknya kepada si pembunuh.
I have seen Israel become beautiful and prosperous like Tyre [city] was [before it was destroyed], but now the people of Israel will [be forced to] take their children to be slaughtered [by their enemies].”
14 Berilah kepada mereka, ya TUHAN--apakah yang hendak Kauberi? Berilah kepada mereka kandungan yang mandul dan buah dada yang kering.
Yahweh, [I do not know] [RHQ] what I should ask for my people. So I ask that you do this one thing: Cause the women who are pregnant to have miscarriages and unable [to nurse their babies].
15 Segala kejahatan mereka terjadi di Gilgal, sungguh, di sana Aku mulai membenci mereka. Oleh karena jahatnya perbuatan-perbuatan mereka Aku akan menghalau mereka dari rumah-Ku. Aku tidak akan mengasihi mereka lagi, semua pemuka mereka adalah pemberontak.
[Yahweh says], “Because of all the wicked things that my people did at Gilgal, that is where I started to hate them. [And now], because of [all] the sinful things that they have done, I will expel them from my country. I will not love them any longer; all their leaders rebel [against me].
16 Efraim telah dipukul, akarnya telah menjadi kering, mereka tidak akan menghasilkan buah. Bahkan sekalipun mereka melahirkan anak, Aku akan mematikan buah kandungannya yang berharga.
Israel is like [MET] a grapevine that is dried up; [like a vine] [MET] whose roots are withered and that produces no fruit. Even if the [women of Israel] give birth to [more] children, I will cause those children, whom they love, to die.
17 Allahku akan membuang mereka, sebab mereka tidak mendengarkan Dia, maka mereka akan mengembara di antara bangsa-bangsa.
The people of Israel have not obeyed me, their God, so I will reject them. [As a result], they will wander among the [other] nations, [searching for a place to live].”
