Hosea 8
1 Ilagay mo ang pakakak sa iyong bibig. Gaya ng isang aguila dumarating siya laban sa bahay ng Panginoon, sapagka't kanilang sinuway ang aking tipan, at nagsisalangsang laban sa aking kautusan.
[Yahweh said to me], “Blow [MTY] your trumpet [to warn the people]! My people have rejected the agreement that I made with them, and they have rebelled against [obeying] my laws. Therefore, [their enemies] are swooping down on my people’s country like [SIM] an eagle.
2 Sila'y magsisidaing sa akin, Dios ko, kaming Israel ay nangakakakilala sa iyo.
My Israeli people cry out to me, ‘Our God, we know that you are our God!’
3 Itinakuwil ng Israel ang mabuti: hahabulin siya ng kaaway.
But because the Israeli people have rejected what is good, their enemies will pursue them.
4 Sila'y nangaglagay ng mga hari, nguni't hindi sa pamamagitan ko; sila'y nangaglagay ng mga prinsipe, at hindi ko nalaman: sa kanilang pilak at kanilang ginto ay nagsigawa sila ng diosdiosan, upang sila'y mangahiwalay.
The Israel people appointed [their last three] kings, but they did not ask me if I agreed to [what they were doing]. They chose their own leaders without asking if I would approve of them. They used their own silver and gold to make for themselves idols, and doing that led them to be destroyed.
5 Kaniyang inihiwalay ang iyong guya, Oh Samaria; ang aking galit ay nagaalab laban sa kanila: hanggang kailan sila ay magiging mga musmos.
You people of Samaria, throw away your [idol that resembles a] calf! I am extremely angry with you people! How long [RHQ] will you [do things that cause] you to be unacceptable to me?
6 Sapagka't mula sa Israel nanggaling ito; ito'y ginawa ng manggagawa, at ito'y hindi Dios; oo, ang guya ng Samaria ay magkakaputolputol.
[Someone in] Israel made that idol for you; [but I am] God and it is not. So that idol of a calf in Samaria must be smashed to pieces.
7 Sapagka't sila'y nangagsasabog ng hangin, at sila'y magsisiani ng ipoipo: siya'y walang nakatayong trigo; ang uhay ay hindi maglalaman ng harina; at kung maglaman, ay lalamunin ng mga taga ibang lupa.
[The foolish thing that the people of Israel have done is like] [MET] trying to plant wind; but what they harvest will be like [MET] a whirlwind. So the grain that they planted will have no heads [on the stalks], and as a result [there will be no grain] from which to make flour. And if it did produce good grain, foreigners would [come and] steal it.
8 Ang Israel ay nalamon: ngayo'y nasa gitna siya ng mga bansa na parang sisidlang hindi kinalulugdan.
[The people of] Israel will be defeated [MET] [by their enemies]; they will be [scattered] among other nations and become worthless.
9 Sapagka't sila'y nagsiahon sa Asiria, na parang isang mailap na asno na nagiisa: ang Ephraim ay umupa ng mga mangingibig.
Like [MET] donkeys that are looking for mates, they have requested [help] from Assyria; they paid money to [the leaders of Assyria] in order to [persuade those leaders to] protect them.
10 Oo, bagaman sila'y umuupa sa gitna ng mga bansa, akin nga silang pipisanin ngayon; at sila'y mangagtitigil na kaunting panahon ng pagpapahid ng langis sa hari at mga prinsipe.
But although they have agreed to pay money each year to [the leaders of] those countries, I will soon gather them together [to punish them]. The great King [of Assyria] will cause them to suffer greatly.
11 Sapagka't ang Ephraim, ay nagparami ng mga dambana upang magkasala, ang mga dambana ay naging sa kaniyang ipagkakasala.
Although [the people of] Israel built many altars to present offerings [to their idols] to take away [their guilt for] sinning, those altars have become places where they commit [more] sins.
12 Sinulat ko para sa kaniya ang sangpung libong bagay ng aking kautusan; kanilang inaring parang katuwang bagay.
I wrote many laws for them, but they disregarded them, saying that [they did not have to obey them because] they were different from laws that they had known previously.
13 Tungkol sa mga hain na mga handog sa akin, sila'y nangaghahain ng karne, at kinakain nila; nguni't ang mga yaon ay hindi tinatanggap ng Panginoon; ngayo'y aalalahanin niya ang kanilang kasamaan, at dadalawin ang kanilang mga kasalanan; sila'y mangababalik sa Egipto.
They offer sacrifices to me, and they eat [some of] the meat of those sacrifices, [which is what I permitted them to do]. But I, Yahweh, am not pleased with those sacrifices. I remember the evil things that they have done, and I will punish them for the sins that they have committed: I will force them to [go to other countries] [and become slaves like they were] [MET] in Egypt.
14 Sapagka't nilimot ng Israel ang May-lalang sa kaniya, at nagtayo ng mga palacio; at nagparami ang Juda ng mga bayang nakukutaan; nguni't magsusugo ako ng apoy sa kaniyang mga bayan, at susupukin ang mga kuta niyaon.
[The people of] Israel have abandoned/forgotten me, the one who created their [nation]; they have built palaces, and [the people of] Judah have built walls around many towns. But I will send a fire that will destroy all their cities and their fortresses.”
