होशेय 12
1 १ एफ्राईम वारा जोपासतो, आणि पूर्वेच्या वाऱ्याचा पाठलाग करतो, तो सतत लबाडी आणि हिंसा वाढवतो, तो अश्शूरांशी करार करतो, आणि मिसरात जैतूनाचे तोल घेऊन जातो.
[The leaders of] Israel are constantly wavering [about seeking help from other countries]. [Seeking their help is as useless as] [MET] chasing the wind. They pile up their lies and violent acts. [First, ] they make a treaty with Assyria, and [then they] send olive oil to [the rulers of] Egypt [to seek their help].
2 २ परमेश्वराचा वाद यहूदाशी आहे. आणि तो याकोबास त्याच्या कृत्याचे शासन करील. त्यांचे प्रतिफळ त्यास मिळेल.
Yahweh [says that he] will bring accusations against [the leaders of] Judah, and that he will punish [the descendants of] Jacob for what they have done.
[When Jacob was] in his mother’s womb, he grabbed his brother [Esau’s] heel [because he wanted to be born first]. When Jacob grew up, he wrestled with God.
4 ४ त्या स्वर्गदूताशी झोंबी केली, आणि जिंकला, त्याने रडून देवाची करुणा भाकली, तो बेथेलास देवाला भेटला, देव तेथे त्याच्याबरोबर बोलला.
He struggled with [the one who had appeared to him in the form of] an angel, and Jacob defeated him, but [then] he cried and asked the angel to bless him. [Later], God came to Jacob at Bethel and talked with him there.
[That was] the Commander of the armies of angels whose name is Yahweh [who talked with him]!
6 ६ म्हणून तू आपल्या देवाकडे वळ, विश्वासू आणि न्यायी राहून त्याचा करार पाळ, आणि तुझ्या देवाची निरंतर वाट पहा.
But you [people of Israel] must return to your God! You must faithfully love [him], and you must do what is fair/just and always depend on him.
The merchants [among you] use scales that do not weigh correctly; they love/like to cheat people.
8 ८ एफ्राईम म्हणाला, “मी खरोखर धनवान झालो आहे, माझ्यासाठी संपत्ती मिळवली आहे. माझ्या सर्व कामात त्यांना अन्याय दिसला नाही, ज्यामध्ये माझ्यात पाप आढळते.”
[The people of] Israel boast, saying “We are [very] rich [DOU]; and we got all that money by our own efforts, and without committing any sin.”
9 ९ मी परमेश्वर तुझा देव, जो मिसर देशापासून तुझ्याबरोबर आहे, नेमलेल्या सणाच्या दिवसाप्रमाणे मी तुला पुन्हा तंबूत वसविणार.
“I am Yahweh your God, [the one who brought your ancestors] out of Egypt. [And some day] I will force you to live in tents again [like your ancestors did] when [they celebrated] the Festival [of Living in Temporary Shelters].
10 १० मी संदेष्टयांशी देखील बोललो आहे. आणि त्यांना मी पुष्कळ दृष्टांत दिले आहेत, मी त्यांना संदेष्ट्यांद्वारे दाखले दिले आहे.
[Many times] I spoke to the prophets, and I gave them many visions, and I gave them parables to tell [to the people].”
11 ११ जर गिलादामध्ये दुष्टता असली तर निश्चितच लोक नालायक आहेत. गिलादात ते बैल अर्पण करतात, त्यांच्या वेद्यांची संख्या शेतातील तासामध्ये असलेल्या दगडाएवढी आहे.
[The people of] Gilead [city] are [RHQ] extremely wicked; they are worthless. The people sacrifice bulls in Gilgal [city], but their altars will [soon] become like [SIM] piles of stone [at the edge of] a plowed field.
12 १२ याकोब अरामाच्या मैदानात पळून गेला. इस्राएलाने पत्नीसाठी चाकरी केली आपल्या पत्नीसाठी मेंढरे राखली.
[Your ancestor] Jacob fled [from his brother Esau] and went to northwest Mesopotamia. He worked [for his uncle Laban for many years] to get a wife; he took care of [his uncle’s] sheep [to pay] for her.
13 १३ परमेश्वराने एका संदेष्ट्याद्वारे मिसरातून इस्राएलास बाहेर काढले, आणि संदेष्ट्याद्वारेच त्यांची काळजी घेतली.
[Many years later, ] Yahweh enabled a prophet to bring the [ancestors of you] people of Israel here from Egypt; that prophet, [Moses], took care of them.
14 १४ एफ्राईमाने परमेश्वराचा क्रोध अत्यंत चेतवला आहे. म्हणून त्याचा धनी त्याच्या रक्तपाताचा दोष त्याच्यावर आणिल आणि त्याच्या लज्जास्पद कामाची त्यास परतफेड करील.
[But now the people of] Israel have caused [Yahweh] to become very angry; Yahweh says that they deserve to die because they caused [many others] to die [MTY]; he will pay them back for the sins that they have committed against him and for insulting him.
