Hosea 11
1 Nang bata pa ang Israel, aking minahal siya, at tinawag kong aking anak mula sa Egipto.
Early in the morning were they cast off, the king of Israel has been cast off: for Israel is a child, and I loved him, and out of Egypt have I called his children.
2 Lalo silang tinawag ng mga propeta, ay lalo naman silang nagsihiwalay sa kanila: sila'y nangaghahain sa mga Baal, at nangagsusunug ng mga kamangyan sa mga larawang inanyuan.
As I called them, so they departed from my presence: they sacrificed to Baalim, and burnt incense to graven images.
3 Gayon ma'y aking tinuruan ang Ephraim na lumakad; aking kinalong sila sa aking mga bisig; nguni't hindi nila kinilala na aking pinagaling sila.
Yet I bound the feet of Ephraim, I took him on my arm; but they knew not that I healed them.
4 Akin silang pinatnubayan ng mga tali ng tao, ng mga panali ng pag-ibig; at ako'y naging sa kanila'y parang nagaalis ng paningkaw sa kanilang mga panga; at ako'y naglagay ng pagkain sa harap nila.
When men were destroyed, I drew them with the bands of my love: and I will be to them as a man striking [another] on his cheek: and I will have respect to him, I will prevail with him.
5 Sila'y hindi babalik sa lupain ng Egipto; kundi ang taga Asiria ay magiging kanilang hari, sapagka't sila'y nagsisitangging manumbalik sa akin.
Ephraim lived in Egypt; and [as for] the Assyrian, he was his king, because he would not return.
6 At ang tabak ay lalagak sa kanilang mga bayan, at susupukin ang kanilang mga halang, at lalamunin sila, dahil sa kanilang sariling mga payo.
And in his cities he prevailed not with the sword, and he ceased [to war] with his hands: and they shall eat [of the fruit] of their own devices:
7 At ang aking bayan ay mahilig ng pagtalikod sa akin: bagaman kanilang tinatawag siya na nasa itaas, walang lubos na magtataas sa kaniya.
and his people [shall] cleave fondly to their habitation; but God shall be angry with his precious things, and shall not at all exalt him.
8 Paanong pababayaan kita, Ephraim? paanong itatakuwil kita, Israel? paanong gagawin kitang parang Adma? paanong ilalagay kitang parang Zeboim? ang aking puso ay nabagbag sa loob ko, ang aking mga habag ay nangagalab.
How shall I deal with you, Ephraim? [how] shall I protect you, Israel? what shall I do with you? I will make you as Adama, and as Seboim; my heart is turned at once, my repentance is powerfully excited.
9 Hindi ko isasagawa ang kabangisan ng aking galit, hindi ako babalik upang ipahamak ang Ephraim: sapagka't ako'y Dios, at hindi tao; ang Banal sa gitna mo; at hindi ako paroroon na may galit.
I will not act according to the fury of my wrath, I will not abandon Ephraim to be utterly destroyed: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One within you: and I will not enter into the city.
10 Sila'y magsisilakad ng ayon sa Panginoon, na siyang uungal, na parang leon; sapagka't siya'y uungal, at ang mga anak ay magsisidating na nanginginig na mula sa kalunuran.
I will go after the Lord: he shall utter [his voice] as a lion: for he shall roar, and the children of the waters shall be amazed.
11 Sila'y darating na nanginginig na parang ibon na mula sa Egipto, at parang kalapati na mula sa lupain ng Asiria; at aking patatahanin sila sa kanilang mga bahay, sabi ng Panginoon.
They shall be amazed [and fly] as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of the Assyrians: and I will restore them to their houses, says the Lord.
12 Kinukulong ako ng Ephraim ng kabulaanan sa palibot, at ng sangbahayan ni Israel sa pamamagitan ng daya; nguni't ang Juda'y nagpupuno pang kasama ng Dios, at tapat na kasama ng Banal.
Ephraim has compassed me with falsehood, and the house of Israel and Juda with ungodliness: [but] now God knows them, and they shall be called God's holy people.
