Hošea 11
1 Dok Izrael bijaše dijete, ja ga ljubljah, iz Egipta dozvah sina svoga.
When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.
2 Al' što sam ih više zvao, sve su dalje od mene odlazili; baalima su žrtvovali, kadili kumirima.
As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed to Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.
3 A ja sam Efrajima hodati učio, držeći ga za ruke njegove; al' oni ne spoznaše da sam se za njih brinuo.
I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them.
4 Užima za ljude privlačio sam ih, konopcima ljubavi; bijah im k'o onaj koji u čeljustima njihovim žvale opušta; nad njega se saginjah i davah mu jesti.
I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat to them.
5 U zemlju egipatsku on će se vratiti, Asirac će mu kraljem biti, jer se ne htjede vratiti k meni.
He shall not return into the land of Egypt, and the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return.
6 Mač će bješnjeti njegovim gradovima, uništiti prijevornice njegove, proždirat će zbog spletaka njegovih.
And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels.
7 Narod je moj sklon otpadu; i premda ga k Višnjem dozivlju, nitko da ga podigne.
And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.
8 Kako da te dadem, Efrajime, kako da te predam, Izraele! Kako da te dadem kao Admu, da učinim s tobom kao Sebojimu? Srce mi je uznemireno, uzavrela mi sva utroba:
How shall I give you up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver you, Israel? how shall I make you as Admah? how shall I set you as Zeboim? my heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.
9 neću više gnjevu dati maha, neću opet zatirati Efrajima, jer ja sam Bog, a ne čovjek: Svetac posred tebe - neću više gnjevan dolaziti!
I will not execute the fierceness of my anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the middle of you: and I will not enter into the city.
10 Za Jahvom će ići on, k'o lav on će rikati; a kad zarikao bude, sinovi će mu veselo dohrliti sa zapada;
They shall walk after the LORD: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.
11 k'o ptice će dohrliti iz Egipta, k'o golubica iz zemlje asirske, i naselit ću ih po kućama njihovim - riječ je Jahvina.
They shall tremble as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of Assyria: and I will place them in their houses, says the LORD.
12 Opkolio me lažju Efrajim i prijevarom Izraelov dom. A i Juda još je nestalan Bogu, Svecu vjernome.
Ephraim compasses me about with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit: but Judah yet rules with God, and is faithful with the saints.
