Hosea 6
1 Halikayo, manumbalik tayo kay Yahweh. Sapagkat pinagpira-piraso niya tayo, ngunit pagagalingin niya tayo; Sinugatan niya tayo, ngunit tatalian niya ang ating mga sugat.
[The Israeli people say, ] “Come, let’s return to Yahweh! He has caused [us] to be injured, but he will heal us. He has caused [us] to be wounded, but [it is as though] he will put bandages on our wounds [MET].
2 Pagkatapos ng dalawang araw, bubuhayin niya tayo; ibabangon niya tayo sa ikatlong araw, at mabubuhay tayo sa kaniyang harapan.
After a very short time he will revive us; in less than three days he will restore us in order that we may live in his presence.
3 Kilalanin natin si Yahweh; sikapin nating makilala si Yahweh. Ang kaniyang paglabas ay tiyak na parang bukang-liwayway; darating siya sa atin tulad ng ambon, tulad ng ulan sa tagsibol na dumidilig ng lupain.”
We must try to know Yahweh; [if we do that, ] he will come [and help] us, as surely as the sun rises [every morning], as surely as rain falls every winter/cold season, and as surely as the rain falls again (in the springtime/at the end of the cold season).”
4 Ano ang gagawin ko sa inyo, Efraim? Ano ang gagawin ko sa inyo, Juda. Ang inyong katapatan ay tulad ng ulap sa umaga, tulad ng hamog na mabilis na nawawala.
[But Yahweh knows they are insincere; ] [so he says to them, ] “You [people of] Israel, and you [people of] Judah, [I do not know] [RHQ] what I should do to you. Your being faithful [to me will disappear as quickly] as [SIM] the morning mist [disappears], like [SIM] the dew [on the ground] that disappears quickly [when the sun shines].
5 Kaya pinutol ko sila ng pira-piraso sa pamamagitan ng mga propeta, pinatay ko sila ng mga salita ng aking mga bibig. Ang iyong utos ay tulad ng ilaw na nagliliwanag.
I warned [HYP] you by [the messages that I gave to] the prophets, [but you did not pay attention to my messages]. Therefore I will completely destroy you; the punishment that I give you will strike you like lightning.
6 Sapagkat hangad ko ang katapatan at hindi mga handog at ang aking kaalaman, ang Diyos ay higit pa sa mga susunuging handog.
I want [my people] to faithfully love [me] more than [I want them to offer] sacrifices [to me]; [I want them] to know me more than [I want them to] completely burn sacrifices [on the altar].
7 Tulad ni Adan, sinira nila ang kasunduan; hindi sila naging tapat sa akin.
But they have refused to obey my agreement, [just] like Adam did; they have not been faithful to me.
8 Ang Gilead ay isang lungsod ng mga gumagawa ng kasamaan, puno ng bakas ng dugo.
Gilead is a city [full] of people who do wicked things; [in the streets] are the bloody footprints [of those who have murdered others].
9 Gaya ng pangkat ng mga magnanakaw na naghihintay sa isang tao, kaya nagsama-sama ang mga pari upang pumatay sa daan patungong Shekem; nakagawa sila ng kahiya-hiyang mga kasalanan.
The priests are like [SIM] bandits who wait (in ambushes/along the road) to attack people; they murder [people who are walking] on the road to Shechem, and they commit other disgraceful crimes.
10 Nakita ko sa sambahayan ng Israel ang mga kakila-kilabot na bagay. Nandoon ang pagbebenta ng aliw ng Efraim, at nadungisan ang Israel.
I have seen horrible things [being done] in Israel [MTY]. The people have abandoned me [like prostitutes who have abandoned their husbands] [MET]; [so the people of] Israel have become unacceptable to me.
11 Sa iyo man, Juda, ay may nakatakdang pag-aani, kapag naibalik ko na ang mabuting kapalaran ng aking mga tao.
And you [people of] Judah, I have appointed a time when I will punish [MET] you, too. Whenever I wanted to enable my people to prosper again,”
