< Hosea 1 >
1 Ang salita ng Panginoon na dumating kay Oseas na anak ni Beeri, nang mga kaarawan ni Uzias, ni Jotam, ni Ahaz, at ni Ezechias, na mga hari sa Juda, at nang mga kaarawan ni Jeroboam na anak ni Joas, na hari sa Israel.
[I am] Hosea, the son of Beeri. Yahweh gave me these messages [at various times] during the years that Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah were the kings of Judah, and Jeroboam the son of Jehoash was the King of Israel.
2 Nang unang magsalita ang Panginoon sa pamamagitan ni Oseas, sinabi ng Panginoon kay Oseas, Yumaon ka, magasawa ka sa isang patutot at mga anak sa patutot; sapagka't ang lupain ay gumagawa ng malaking pagpapatutot, na humihiwalay sa Panginoon.
When Yahweh first [began to] give messages to me [to tell to the people of Israel], he said to me, “Go and marry a prostitute. But [some of] her children will be born as a result of her having sex with men to whom she is not married. That will illustrate how the people of Israel have turned away from me and worship (idols/other gods).”
3 Sa gayo'y yumaon siya, at kinuha niya si Gomer na anak ni Diblaim; at siya'y naglihi, at nanganak sa kaniya ng isang lalake.
So I married Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim. She became pregnant and gave birth to my son.
4 At sinabi ng Panginoon sa kaniya, Tawagin mo ang kaniyang pangalang Jezreel; sapagka't sangdali pa at aking igaganti ang dugo ng Jezreel sa sangbahayan ni Jehu, at aking papaglilikatin ang kaharian ng sangbahayan ni Israel.
Yahweh said to me, “Give him the name Jezreel, [which means ‘God scatters’], because I will soon punish the descendants [MTY] of [King] Jehu [by scattering them], because he killed many of my people at Jezreel [town]. [Some day] I will end the kingdom of Israel,
5 At mangyayari sa araw na yaon, na aking babaliin ang busog ng Israel sa libis ng Jezreel.
by destroying the power [MTY] of [the army of] Israel in Jezreel Valley.”
6 At siya'y naglihi uli, at nanganak ng isang babae. At sinabi ng Panginoon sa kaniya, Tawagin mo ang kaniyang pangalang Lo-ruhama; sapagka't hindi na ako magdadalang habag sa sangbahayan ni Israel, na sa anoman ay hindi ko patatawarin sila.
[Later] Gomer became pregnant [again], and she gave birth to a daughter. Yahweh said to me “Give her the name Lo-ruhamah, [which means ‘not loved],’ because I will no longer [show that I] love the people [MET] of Israel, and I will not forgive them [for the sins that they have committed].
7 Nguni't ako'y maaawa sa sangbahayan ni Juda, at ililigtas ko sila sa pamamagitan ng Panginoon nilang Dios, at hindi ko ililigtas sila sa pamamagitan ng busog, o sa pamamagitan man ng tabak, o sa pamamagitan man ng pagbabaka, o sa pamamagitan man ng mga kabayo, o sa pamamagitan man ng mga mangangabayo.
But I will [show that I] love the people [MTY] of Judah [by saving them from their enemies]. However, it will not be by weapons and armies or horses and chariots that I will save them. Instead, it will be by [the power that I], Yahweh their God, [have].”
8 Nang maihiwalay nga niya sa suso ni Lo-ruhama, siya'y naglihi, at nanganak ng isang lalake.
After Gomer had (weaned/stopped breast-feeding) Lo-ruhamah, she became pregnant again, and she gave birth to another son.
9 At sinabi ng Panginoon, Tawagin mo ang kaniyang pangalang Loammi; sapagka't kayo'y hindi aking bayan, at ako'y hindi magiging inyong Dios.
Yahweh said “Give him the name Lo-ammi, [which means 'not my people', ] because the people of Israel are no [longer my people], and I am not their God.
10 Gayon ma'y ang bilang ng mga anak ni Israel ay magiging parang buhangin sa dagat na hindi matatakal, o mabibilang man; at mangyayari, na sa dakong pagsabihan sa kanila, Kayo'y hindi aking bayan, sasabihin sa kanila, Kayo'y mga anak ng buhay na Dios.
But [some day] the people of Israel will be [as numerous] as [SIM] the [grains of] sand on the seashore; no one will be able to count them. Now [I] am saying to them, ‘You are not my people,’ but then people will say to them, ‘[You are the] children of God who is all-powerful.’
11 At ang mga anak ni Juda, at ang mga anak ni Israel ay mapipisan, at sila'y mangaghahalal sa kanilang sarili ng isang pangulo, at sila'y magsisisampa mula sa lupain; sapagka't magiging dakila ang kaarawan ng Jezreel.
[At that time], the people of Judah and the people of Israel will unite. They will appoint one leader for all of them, and they will return from the countries [to which they have been (exiled/forced to go)]. That will be a great time; Jezreel [also means ‘God plants’, and it will be as though God will plant them in this country again].”