Hosea 1

1 Inilah pesan yang diberikan TUHAN kepada Hosea anak Beeri pada masa kerajaan Yehuda berturut-turut diperintah oleh Raja Uzia, Yotam, Ahas, serta Hizkia, dan kerajaan Israel diperintah oleh Yerobeam anak Yoas.

[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 Ketika TUHAN pertama kali berbicara kepada bangsa Israel dengan perantaraanku, TUHAN berkata, "Hosea, kawinilah seorang yang suka melacur, dan anak-anakmu juga akan menjadi seperti dia. Umat-Ku sama seperti istrimu itu; mereka tidak setia kepada-Ku, dan meninggalkan Aku."

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 Maka aku mengawini seorang wanita bernama Gomer anak Diblaim. Setelah ia melahirkan anak kami yang pertama, seorang anak laki-laki,

So I married Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim. She became pregnant and gave birth to my son.

4 TUHAN berkata kepadaku, "Namakan anakmu itu Yizreel sebab tidak lama lagi Aku akan menghukum raja Israel karena pembunuhan yang dilakukan Yehu, leluhurnya, di Yizreel. Aku akan mengakhiri pemerintahan keturunan Yehu.

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 Pada waktu itu di Lembah Yizreel Aku akan menghancurkan kekuatan tentara Israel."

by destroying the power [MTY] of [the army of] Israel in Jezreel Valley.”

6 Kemudian istriku itu melahirkan anak kami yang kedua, seorang anak perempuan. TUHAN berkata kepadaku, "Hosea, namakan anakmu itu 'Yang Tidak Dikasihani', karena Aku tidak akan mengasihani lagi bangsa Israel, dan sama sekali tidak akan mengampuni mereka.

[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 Tetapi bangsa Yehuda akan Kukasihani. Aku TUHAN, Allah mereka, akan menyelamatkan mereka, tapi bukan dengan peperangan, juga bukan dengan pedang atau panah atau kuda dan pengendaranya."

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 Setelah anak kami yang kedua disapih, istriku mengandung lagi lalu melahirkan seorang anak laki-laki.

After Gomer had (weaned/stopped breast-feeding) Lo-ruhamah, she became pregnant again, and she gave birth to another son.

9 TUHAN berkata kepadaku, "Namakan anakmu itu 'Bukan Umat-Ku', sebab orang Israel bukan umat-Ku, dan Aku bukan Allah mereka."

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 Bangsa Israel akan menjadi sebanyak pasir di laut, sehingga tak dapat ditakar atau dihitung. Sekarang Allah berkata kepada mereka, "Kamu bukan umat-Ku," tapi akan tiba saatnya Ia akan berkata kepada mereka, "Akulah Allah yang hidup dan kamu anak-anak-Ku!"

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 Bangsa Yehuda dan bangsa Israel akan dipersatukan kembali. Mereka akan mengangkat satu orang pemimpin, dan mereka akan berkembang dan makmur lagi di negeri mereka. Sungguh, hari Yizreel akan menjadi hari yang besar!

[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].”