Hosea 8
1 “Maglagay ng isang trumpeta sa inyong mga labi. Paparating ang isang agila sa aking tahanan, si Yahweh. Nangyayari ito dahil sinuway ng mga tao ang aking kasunduan at naghimagsik 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 Tumawag sila sa akin, 'Aking Diyos, kami sa Israel ay kilala ka.'
My Israeli people cry out to me, ‘Our God, we know that you are our God!’
3 Ngunit tinatalikuran ng Israel kung ano ang mabuti, at tutugisin siya ng kaniyang kaaway.
But because the Israeli people have rejected what is good, their enemies will pursue them.
4 Nagtalaga sila ng mga hari, ngunit hindi sa pamamagitan ko, gumawa sila ng mga prinsipe, ngunit hindi ko nalalaman. Sa pamamagitan ng kanilang mga pilak at ginto gumawa sila ng mga diyus-diyosan para sa kanilang mga sarili, ngunit ito ay nangyari upang sila ay mapapahamak.”
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 Sinabi ng propeta, “itinapon niya ang inyong guya, Samaria.” sinabi ni Yahweh, “Nagliliyab ang aking galit laban sa mga taong ito. Hanggang kailan sila mananatiling marumi?
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 Sapagkat nagmula ang diyus-diyosang ito sa Israel; ginawa ito ng manggagawa; hindi ito Diyos! Dudurugin ng pira-piraso ang guya ng Samaria.
[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 Sapagkat itinanim ng mga tao ang hangin at umani ng ipu-ipo. Ang nakatayong trigo ay walang mga uhay; hindi ito makapagbibigay ng harina. Kung mahihinog man ito, uubusin ito ng mga dayuhan.
[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 Nilunok ang Israel, ngayon nagsinungaling sila sa mga bansa tulad ng walang pakinabang.
[The people of] Israel will be defeated [MET] [by their enemies]; they will be [scattered] among other nations and become worthless.
9 Sapagkat pumunta sila sa Asiria tulad ng mailap na asno na nag-iisa. Umupa ang Efraim ng mangingibig para sa kaniyang sarili.
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 Kahit na umupa sila ng mangingibig sa mga bansa, muli ko silang titipunin. Sisimulan ko silang itatapon dahil sa pang-aapi ng 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 Sapagkat nagparami ng mga altar ang Efraim na alayan para sa kasalanan, subalit naging mga altar ang mga ito para makagawa ng mga kasalanan.
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 Maaari kong isulat ng sampung libong beses ang aking kautusan para sa kanila, ngunit titingnan lang nila ito tulad ng isang bagay na kakaiba sa kanila.
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 Patungkol sa mga alay na mga handog sa akin, nag-alay sila ng karne at kinain ito, ngunit ako, si Yahweh, ay hindi tinatanggap ang mga ito. Ngayon alalahanin ko ang kanilang kasamaan at parurushan ang kanilang mga kasalanan. Babalik sila 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 Kinalimutan ako ng Israel, ang kaniyang manlilikha at nagpatayo ng mga palasyo. Pinatibay ni Juda ang maraming mga lungsod, ngunit magpapadala ako ng apoy sa kaniyang mga lungsod at sisirain nito ang kaniyang mga kuta.
[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.”
