Hosea 13
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1Apabila Efraim berbicara, gemetarlah orang; ia diangkat-angkat di Israel, tetapi ia bersalah dengan menyembah Baal, sehingga matilah ia.
1When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he was exalted in Israel, but he incurred guilt through Baal and died.
2Sekarangpun mereka terus berdosa, dan membuat baginya patung tuangan dari perak dan berhala-berhala sesuai dengan kecakapan mereka; semuanya itu buatan tukang-tukang. Persembahkanlah korban kepadanya!, kata mereka. Baiklah manusia mencium anak-anak lembu!
2And now they sin more and more, and make for themselves metal images, idols skillfully made of their silver, all of them the work of craftsmen. It is said of them, "Those who offer human sacrifice kiss calves!"
3Sebab itu mereka akan seperti kabut pagi atau seperti embun yang hilang pagi-pagi benar, seperti debu jerami yang diterbangkan badai dari tempat pengirikan atau seperti asap dari tingkap.
3Therefore they shall be like the morning mist or like the dew that goes early away, like the chaff that swirls from the threshing floor or like smoke from a window.
4Tetapi Aku adalah TUHAN, Allahmu sejak di tanah Mesir; engkau tidak mengenal allah kecuali Aku, dan tidak ada juruselamat selain dari Aku.
4But I am the LORD your God from the land of Egypt; you know no God but me, and besides me there is no savior.
5Akulah yang mengenal engkau di padang gurun, di tanah yang gersang.
5It was I who knew you in the wilderness, in the land of drought;
6Ketika mereka makan rumput, maka mereka kenyang; setelah mereka kenyang, maka hati mereka meninggi; itulah sebabnya mereka melupakan Aku.
6but when they had grazed, they became full, they were filled, and their heart was lifted up; therefore they forgot me.
7Maka Aku menjadi seperti singa bagi mereka, seperti macan tutul Aku mengintip-intip di pinggir jalan.
7So I am to them like a lion; like a leopard I will lurk beside the way.
8Aku mau mendatangi mereka seperti beruang yang kehilangan anak, Aku mau mengoyakkan dada mereka. Di sana Aku memakan mereka seperti singa; binatang liar di padang akan merobek mereka.
8I will fall upon them like a bear robbed of her cubs; I will tear open their breast, and there I will devour them like a lion, as a wild beast would rip them open.
9Aku membinasakan engkau, hai Israel, siapakah yang dapat menolong engkau?
9He destroys you, O Israel, for you are against me, against your helper.
10Di mana gerangan rajamu, supaya diselamatkannya engkau, dan semua pemukamu, supaya diberinya engkau keadilan, hai, engkau yang berkata: "Berilah kepadaku seorang raja dan pemuka-pemuka!"
10Where now is your king, to save you in all your cities? Where are all your rulers--those of whom you said, "Give me a king and princes"?
11Aku memberikan engkau seorang raja dalam murka-Ku dan mengambilnya dalam gemas-Ku.
11I gave you a king in my anger, and I took him away in my wrath.
12Kesalahan Efraim dibungkus, dosanya disimpan.
12The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is kept in store.
13Sakit beranak mendahului kelahirannya, tetapi ia adalah seorang anak yang tidak bijaksana; sebab tidak pada waktunya ia bergerak, bila waktunya tiba, ia tidak mau keluar dari kandungan ibu.
13The pangs of childbirth come for him, but he is an unwise son, for at the right time he does not present himself at the opening of the womb.
14Akan Kubebaskankah mereka dari kuasa dunia orang mati, akan Kutebuskah mereka dari pada maut? Di manakah penyakit samparmu, hai maut, di manakah tenaga pembinasamu, hai dunia orang mati? Mata-Ku tertutup bagi belas kasihan.
14Shall I ransom them from the power of Sheol? Shall I redeem them from Death? O Death, where are your plagues? O Sheol, where is your sting? Compassion is hidden from my eyes.
15Sekalipun ia tumbuh subur di antara rumput-rumput, maka angin timur, angin TUHAN, akan datang, bertiup dari padang gurun, mengeringkan sumber-sumbernya dan merusakkan mata-mata airnya; dirampasnya harta benda, segala barang yang indah-indah.
15Though he may flourish among his brothers, the east wind, the wind of the LORD, shall come, rising from the wilderness, and his fountain shall dry up; his spring shall be parched; it shall strip his treasury of every precious thing.
16(14-1) Samaria harus mendapat hukuman, sebab ia memberontak terhadap Allahnya. Mereka akan tewas oleh pedang, bayi-bayinya akan diremukkan, dan perempuan-perempuannya yang mengandung akan dibelah perutnya.
16Samaria shall bear her guilt, because she has rebelled against her God; they shall fall by the sword; their little ones shall be dashed in pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.