1“People of Israel, call your brothers ‘My people.’ And call your sisters ‘My loved ones.’
Israel Is Punished and Brought Back to the Lord
2“Tell your mother she is wrong.
Tell her she is wrong.
She isn’t acting like a wife to me anymore.
She no longer treats me as her husband.
Tell her to stop looking and acting like a prostitute.
Tell her not to let her lovers
lie on her breasts anymore.
3If she doesn’t stop it, I will strip her naked.
I’ll make her as bare as she was on the day she was born.
I’ll make her like a desert.
She will become like dry land.
And I’ll let her die of thirst.
4“I won’t show my love to her children.
They are the children of other men.
5Their mother hasn’t been faithful to me.
She who became pregnant with them
has brought shame on herself.
She said, ‘I will chase after my lovers.
They give me my food and water.
They provide me with wool and linen.
They give me olive oil and wine.’
6So I will block her path with bushes that have thorns.
I’ll build a wall around her.
Then she can’t go to her lovers.
7She will still chase after her lovers.
But she won’t catch them.
She’ll look for them.
But she won’t find them.
Then she’ll say,
‘I’ll go back to my husband.
That’s where I was at first.
I was better off then than I am now.’
8She wouldn’t admit that I was the one
who gave her everything she had.
I provided her with grain, olive oil and fresh wine.
I gave her plenty of silver and gold.
But she used it to make statues of Baal.
9“So I will take away my grain when it gets ripe.
I’ll take my fresh wine when it’s ready.
I’ll take back my wool and my linen.
I gave them to her to cover her naked body.
10So now I’ll uncover her body.
All her lovers will see it.
No one can stop me from punishing her.
11I will put a stop to the special times she celebrates.
I’ll bring an end to the feasts she celebrates each year.
I’ll stop her New Moon feasts and her Sabbath days.
I’ll bring all her appointed feasts to an end.
12I will destroy her vines and her fig trees.
She said they were her pay from her lovers.
I’ll make them like clumps of bushes and weeds.
Wild animals will eat them up.
13Israel burned incense to the gods
that were named Baal.
I will punish her
for all the times she did that.
She decorated herself with rings and jewelry.
Then she went after her lovers.
But she forgot all about me,”
declares the Lord.
14“So now I am going to draw her back to me.
I will lead her into the desert.
There I will speak tenderly to her.
15I will give her back her vineyards.
I will make the Valley of Achor a door of hope for her.
Then she will love me, as she did when she was young.
She will love me just as she did
when she came up out of Egypt.
16“A new day is coming,” announces the Lord.
“Israel will call me ‘my husband.’
She will no longer call me ‘my master.’
17She will no longer speak about the gods
that are named Baal.
She will not pray to them for help anymore.
18At that time I will make a covenant
for the good of my people.
I will make it with the wild animals
and the birds in the sky.
It will also be made with the creatures
that move along the ground.
I will remove bows and swords
and other weapons of war from the land.
Then my people can lie down in safety.
19I will make Israel my own.
She will belong to me forever.
I will do to her what is right and fair.
I will love her tenderly.
20I will be faithful to her.
And she will recognize me as the Lord.
21“So at that time I will answer her,”
announces the Lord.
“I will command the skies
to send rain on the earth.
22Then the earth will produce grain, olive oil and fresh wine.
And Israel will be called Jezreel.
That’s because I will answer her prayers.
23I will plant her in the land for myself.
I will show my love to the one I called Not My Loved One.
I will say, ‘You are my people’
to those who were called Not My People.
And they will say, ‘You are my God.’ ”
1“Kaya tawagin ninyo ang inyong kapwa Israelita na ‘Aking mga mamamayan’2:1 Aking mga mamamayan: sa Hebreo, Ami. at ‘Kinaawaan.’ ”2:1 Kinaawaan: sa Hebreo, Ruhama.
Sumama sa Ibang Lalaki si Gomer
2“Mga anak, sawayin ninyo ang inyong ina dahil iniwan na niya ako na kanyang asawa. Sabihin ninyo na dapat tigilan na niya ang pangangalunya. 3Kung hindi siya titigil ay huhubaran ko siya, at ang kahubaran niya ay gaya noong siya ay isinilang. Gagawin ko siyang parang disyerto o ilang, at pababayaang mamatay sa uhaw. 4-5At kayong mga anak niya ay hindi ko kaaawaan, dahil mga anak kayo ng babaeng nangangalunya. Nakakahiya ang ginagawa ng inyong inang nagsilang sa inyo. Sinabi pa niya, ‘Hahabulin ko ang aking mga lalaki na nagbibigay sa akin ng pagkain, tubig, telang lana at linen, langis, at inumin.’
6“Kaya babakuran ko siya ng matitinik na mga halaman para hindi siya makalabas. 7Habulin man niya ang kanyang mga lalaki, hindi niya maaabutan. Hahanapin niya sila pero hindi rin niya makikita. Pagkatapos, sasabihin niya, ‘Babalik na lang ako sa asawa ko dahil higit na mabuti ang kalagayan ko noon sa piling niya kaysa sa ngayon.’
8“Hindi niya naisip na ako ang nagbigay sa kanya ng mga butil, ng bagong katas ng ubas, langis, at maraming pilak at ginto na ginawang rebulto ni Baal na kanilang dios-diosan. 9Kaya pagdating ng tag-ani ay babawiin ko ang mga butil at ang bagong katas ng ubas na aking ibinigay. Babawiin ko rin ang mga telang lana at linen na ibinigay ko na sanaʼy pantakip sa kanyang kahubaran. 10At ngayon, ilalantad ko ang kanyang kahalayan sa harap ng kanyang mga lalaki, at walang makapagliligtas sa kanya mula sa aking mga kamay. 11Wawakasan ko na ang lahat ng espesyal na araw ng pagsamba na ginagawa niya taun-taon, buwan-buwan, at linggu-linggo.2:11 buwan-buwan, at linggu-linggo: sa literal, Pista ng Pagsisimula ng Buwan at Araw ng Pamamahinga. 12Sisirain ko ang mga ubasan niya at mga puno ng igos na ibinayad daw sa kanya ng kanyang mga lalaki. Gagawin ko itong parang gubat at kakainin ng mga mababangis na hayop sa gubat ang mga bunga nito. 13Parurusahan ko siya dahil may mga panahong nagsusunog siya ng mga insenso sa dios-diosang si Baal. Nagsuot siya ng mga alahas at humabol sa kanyang mga lalaki, at kinalimutan niya ako. Ako, ang Panginoon, ang nagsasabi nito.
14“Pero masdan mo, dadalhin ko siya sa ilang at muling liligawan hanggang sa mapaibig ko siyang muli. 15Pagbalik namin, ibabalik ko sa kanya ang mga ubasan niya, at ang Lambak ng Acor2:15 Acor: Ang ibig sabihin, kaguluhan. ay gagawin kong daanan na magpapaalala ng magandang kinabukasan. At sasagutin niya ako katulad ng ginawa niya noong panahon ng kanyang kabataan, noong kinuha ko siya sa lupain ng Egipto.”
16Sinabi ng Panginoon sa mga Israelita, “Sa araw na iyon ng inyong pagbabalik sa akin, tatawagin ninyo ako na inyong asawa at hindi na ninyo ako tatawaging Baal.2:16 Baal: Pangalan ito ng isang dios-diosan sa Canaan na ipinangalan din ng mga Israelita sa Panginoon. Ang Baal ay nangangahulugan din na “amo”. 17Hindi ko na hahayaang banggitin ninyo ang mga pangalan ni Baal. 18Sa araw na iyon, makikipagkasundo ako sa lahat ng uri ng hayop na huwag nila kayong sasaktan. Aalisin ko sa lupain ng Israel ang lahat ng sandata tulad ng mga pana at espada. At dahil wala nang digmaan, matutulog kayong ligtas at payapa.
19“Ituturing ko kayong asawa magpakailanman. Gagawin ko sa inyo ang matuwid at tama. Mamahalin ko kayo at kaaawaan. 20Itatalaga ko sa inyo ang aking sarili nang buong katapatan, at kikilalanin na ninyo ako bilang Panginoon. 21Sa araw na iyon, sasagutin ko ang mga dalangin ninyo. Ako, ang Panginoon, ang nagsasabi nito. Magpapadala ako ng ulan upang tumubo sa lupa 22ang mga trigo, ubas, at mga olibo para sa inyo na tinatawag na Jezreel.2:22 Jezreel: Sina Jezreel (talatang 22), Lo Ruhama at Lo Ami (talatang 23) ay mga anak nina Hoseas at Gomer (1:3-9), pero ang kanilang mga pangalan dito ay mga tawag sa Israel. 23Patitirahin ko kayo sa inyong lupain bilang mga mamamayan ko. Kaaawaan ko kayong tinatawag na Lo Ruhama,2:23 Lo Ruhama: Ang ibig sabihin, hindi kinaawaan. at tatawagin ko kayong aking mga mamamayan kayong tinatawag na Lo Ami.2:23 Lo Ami: Ang ibig sabihin, hindi ko mga mamamayan. At sasabihin ninyo na ako ang inyong Dios.”
