होशे 9

1 हे इस्राएल, तिमी अरू देशका मानिसहरूले मनाए जस्तै खुशी नमनाऊ। तिमी खुशी न हौ किनभने तिमीले आफ्ना परमेश्वरलाई त्यागेर वेश्यावृत्ति गर्न लागेको छौ। तिमीले प्रत्येक खलोमावेश्यावृत्ति गरेको छौ।

2 किनकि त्यो खेतमा उब्जेको अन्नले इस्राएललाई प्रर्याप्त भोजन दिन सक्दैन। इस्राएलका निम्ति दाखरस पनि प्रर्याप्त छैन।

3 इस्राएलका मानिसहरू परमप्रभुको देशमा बस्ने छैनन्। एप्रैम मिश्रदेशमा फर्किजानेछ। अश्शूरमा उनीहरूले यस्तो खाना खाने छन् जुन खाना उनीहरूले नखानु पर्नेथियो।

4 इस्राएलका मानिसहरूले परमप्रभुलाई अर्धको रूपमा दाखरस चढाउने छैनन्। न त उनीहरूले बलि नै चढाउँन पाउनेछन्। यो बलिदान उनीहरूको निम्ति मरेकाहरूका निम्ति शोक गर्ने रोटी जस्तै हुनेछ। त्यो खानेहरू सबै अशुद्ध हुनेछन्। परमप्रभुको मन्दिरमा उनीहरूको त्यो रोटी जान पाउँदैन। उनीहरूसंग त्यति मात्र रोटी हुन्छ जसले उनीहरू मात्र जीवित रहन सक्छन्।

5 परमप्रभुको पवित्र महा-सभाको दिन अनि परमप्रभुको चाड मनाउँदा तिमी के गर्न जाँदैछौ?

6 इस्राएलीहरू पूर्ण रूपले ध्वंश हुने डरले भाग्नेछन्, तर मिश्रदेशले तिनीहरूलाई बटुल्नेछ। अनि मोपका मानिसहरूले तिनीहरूलाई गाड्नेछन्। तिनीहरूको बहुमूल्य चाँदीका वस्तुहरूको वरिपरि झारपात उम्रनेछ। तिनीहरूका पालहरूमा काँढा उम्रनेछ।

7 अगमवक्ता भन्छन, “हे इस्राएल यो कुराहरूलाई बुझि राख, दण्ड दिने समय आएको छ। जुन नराम्रो कामहरू तिमीले गरेको छौ त्यसको भोग गर्ने समय आएको छ।” किनकि इस्राएलीहरू भन्छन्, “अगमवक्ता मूर्ख छ र परमेश्वरको आत्मा भएको मानिस चाँहि बौलाह सरह छ।” अगमवक्ता भन्छन् तिम्रो नराम्रो कामको लागि तिमीलाई दण्ड दिइनेछ। तिम्रो धृणित कामको निम्ति तिमीलाई दण्ड दिइनेछ।”

8 परमेश्वर र अगमवक्ताको प्रजामाथिबाट एप्रैमको रखवाली गर्ने हो। किनकि उसको सबै बाटोमा शिकारी पासो थापिएकोछ, अनि उसको परमेश्वरको भवनमा त्यसप्रति दुश्मनी छ।

9 गिबाका दिनमा झैं तिनीहरू आफैले आफैलाई साहै भ्रष्ट पारेकाछन्। परमप्रभुले इस्राएलीहरूको पापको सम्झना गर्दै तिनीहरूको पापकोलागि दण्ड दिनुहुन्छ।

10 उजाड जमीनमा कसैले अङ्गुर पाए झैं मलाई इस्राएल पाउनु थियो। तिमीहरूको पिता-पुर्खा मैले यसरी भेट्टाए जसरी पहिलो ऋतुमा कसैले नेभाराको पहिलो फल प्राप्त गर्छ। तर तिनीहरू बाल पोरकोमा गए र बाल देवताकहाँ आफूलाई अर्पण गरे। कुनै सडेको घिनलाग्दो सामान जस्तो भए। उनीहरूले जुन भयानक वस्तुलाई प्रेम गर्थे त्यस्तै भए।

11 इस्राएलको वैभव कतै त्यसरी उडिजाने छ जसरी जुनै पंक्षी उडिजान्छ। तिनीहरूमा न त कुनै जन्म न कोही गर्भवती न गर्भधारण हुनेछ।

12 तर इस्राएलीले छोरा-छोरी पाएर हुर्काए तापनि एउटै बालक पनि नरहने गरि म तिनीहरूलाई निःसन्तान तुल्याउने छु, म उनीहरूलाई त्यागिदिने छु अनि विवादमा फसाउँनेछु।

13 एकसमय एप्रैमको विषयमा मैले हरियो चौरमा रोपेको कलिलो खुजूरको रूख जस्तौ सोचेको थिएँ। तर अहिले एफ्रैमले छोराहरूलाई मार्नको लागि डोर्‌याउँनेछ।

14 हे परमप्रभु! तपाईले उनीहरूलाईं जे चाहनुहुन्छ त्यो उनीहरूलाई दिनुहोस। उनीहरूलाई एउटा यस्तो गर्भ दिनुहोस् जुन तुयोस् र स्तन पनि यस्तो दिनुहोस् जसद्वारा दूध खुवाउनु नसकोस्।

15 तिनीहरूको सबै दुष्टता गिलगालमा छ। त्यही मैले तिनीहरूलाई धृणा गर्न शुरू गरें। म तिनीहरूलाई तिनीहरूको कुकर्मले गर्दा मेरो राजमहलबाट मिल्काई दिनेछु। म तिनीहरूलाई फेरि कहिल्यै पनि प्रेम गर्ने छैन। तिनीहरूका सबै अगुवाहरू बागी भए।

16 एप्रैमलाई दण्ड दिइनेछ, तिनीहरूको जरा सुकि हाल्यो। तिनीहरूमा फल लाग्नेछैन उनीहरूको अब धेरै सन्तान हुने छैनन्। यदि तिनीहरूले सन्तान जन्माए पनि म तिनीहरूका प्रिय बालकहरूको हत्या गरिदिने छु, जो तिनीहरूबाट जन्मलिनेछन्।

17 मेरा परमेश्वरले तिनीहरूलाई अस्वीकार गर्नुहुनेछ, किनभने तिनीहरूले उहाँलाई सुनेन्। तिनीहरू फेरि अरू देशहरूमा बरालिनेछन्।

1 Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon every cornfloor.

2 The floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail in her.

3 They shall not dwell in the Lord’s land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria.

4 They shall not offer wine offerings to the Lord, neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted: for their bread for their soul shall not come into the house of the Lord.

5 What will ye do in the solemn day, and in the day of the feast of the Lord?

6 For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant places for their silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns shall be in their tabernacles.

7 The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred.

8 The watchman of Ephraim was with my God: but the prophet is a snare of a fowler in all his ways, and hatred in the house of his God.

9 They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah: therefore he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.

10 I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to Baal-peor, and separated themselves unto that shame; and their abominations were according as they loved.

11 As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception.

12 Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that there shall not be a man left: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them!

13 Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus, is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the murderer.

14 Give them, O Lord: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.

15 All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love them no more: all their princes are revolters.

16 Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit of their womb.

17 My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations.

1 Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the Lord, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them?

2 And the Lord said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.

3 And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with thee into thy lot. So Simeon went with him.

4 And Judah went up; and the Lord delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men.

5 And they found Adoni-bezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites.

6 But Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.

7 And Adoni-bezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.

8 Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.

9 And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites, that dwelt in the mountain, and in the south, and in the valley.

10 And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-arba:) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.

11 And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher:

12 And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.

13 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.

14 And it came to pass, when she came to him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted from off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wilt thou?

15 And she said unto him, Give me a blessing: for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the nether springs.

16 And the children of the Kenite, Moses’ father in law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which lieth in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.

17 And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah.

18 Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof.

19 And the Lord was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.

20 And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence the three sons of Anak.

21 And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day.

22 And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Beth-el: and the Lord was with them.

23 And the house of Joseph sent to descry Beth-el. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)

24 And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, Shew us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will shew thee mercy.

25 And when he shewed them the entrance into the city, they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all his family.

26 And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz: which is the name thereof unto this day.

27 Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean and her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.

28 And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out.

29 Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.

30 Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries.

31 Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob:

32 But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: for they did not drive them out.

33 Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh, nor the inhabitants of Beth-anath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and of Beth-anath became tributaries unto them.

34 And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley:

35 But the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim: yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became tributaries.

36 And the coast of the Amorites was from the going up to Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.