Hošea 7
1 Kad hoću Izraela liječiti, otkriva se bezakonje Efrajimovo i zloća Samarije; prijevarom se bave oni: tat u kuću provaljuje, a vani napadaju razbojnici.
“When I give healing to Israel, Then the iniquity of Ephraim is revealed, And the wickedness of Samaria, For they have worked falsehood, And a thief comes in, A troop has stripped off in the street,
2 I u srcu svome oni ne kažu da ja pamtim svu zlopakost njihovu! Ali djela su ih njihova sad opkolila, pred licem mojim ona stoje.
And they do not say to their heart, [That] I have remembered all their evil, Now their doings have surrounded them, They have been before My face.
3 Svojom zloćom razveseljuju kralja, a knezove podlošću svojom.
With their wickedness they make a king glad, And with their lies—princes.
4 Svi su oni preljubnici, kao peć su ražarena koju pekar više ne potpaljuje kad zamijesi tijesto pa dok ne ukisne.
All of them [are] adulterers, Like a burning oven of a baker, He ceases from stirring up after kneading the dough, until its leavening.
5 U dan kralja našega knezovi obolješe od žestine vina, a on ruku pruža pijanima.
A day of our king! Princes have defiled themselves [with] the poison of wine, He has drawn out his hand with scorners.
6 U zavjeri srce im se žari poput peći; svu noć njihova jarost drijema, ujutru se razgara k'o plam ognjeni;
For they have drawn near, Their heart [is] as an oven In their lying in wait—their baker sleeps all night, Morning! He is burning as a flaming fire.
7 poput peći svi se raspalili te proždiru svoje suce. Padoše svi njihovi kraljevi, a nijedan od njih zazvao me nije.
All of them are warm as an oven, And they have devoured their judges, All their kings have fallen, There is none calling to Me among them.
8 Efrajim se miješa s narodima, Efrajim je pogača što je ne prevrnuše.
Ephraim! He mixes himself among peoples, Ephraim has been an unturned cake.
9 Tuđinci proždiru snagu njegovu, a on toga i ne zna! Sjedine mu pobijeliše glavu, a on toga i ne zna!
Strangers have devoured his power, And he has not known, Also old age has sprinkled [itself] on him, And he has not known.
10 Naprasitost Izraelova protiv njih samih svjedoči; i oni se ne vraćaju Jahvi, Bogu svome, i uza sve to oni ga ne traže!
And the excellence of Israel has been humbled to his face, And they have not turned back to their God YHWH, Nor have they sought Him for all this.
11 Efrajim je kao golubica plaha i bez razuma; oni pozivaju Egipat, idu u Asiriju.
And Ephraim is as a simple dove without heart, Egypt they called on—[to] Asshur they have gone.
12 Kamo god otišli, na njih ću razapeti svoju mrežu, oborit ću ih kao ptice nebeske, za njihovu ih kazniti zloću.
When they go I spread over them My net, As the bird of the heavens I bring them down, I discipline them as their congregation has heard.
13 Teško njima jer od mene odbjegoše! Propast na njih jer se pobuniše protiv mene! Otkupit' ih hoću, a oni protiv mene lažu.
Woe to them, for they wandered from Me, Destruction to them, for they transgressed against Me, And I ransom them, and they have spoken lies against Me,
14 Oni me ne prizivlju iz srca kada kukaju na svojim ležajima; razdiru svoje lice zbog žita i mošta, ali protiv mene se bune.
And have not cried to Me with their heart, but howl on their beds; They assemble themselves for grain and new wine, They turn aside against Me.
15 Dok sam im ja mišicu krijepio, oni su zlosti smišljali protiv mene!
And I instructed—I strengthened their arms, And concerning Me they think evil!
16 Okreću se prema ništavostima, oni su poput varljiva luka. Poradi razbješnjela jezika knezovi će im od mača pasti, bit će im to na ruglo u zemlji egipatskoj!
They turn back—not to the Most High, They have been as a deceitful bow, Their princes fall by sword, From the insolence of their tongue, This [is] their derision in the land of Egypt!”
