Hozeáš 12
1 Efraim se větrem pase, a vítr východní honí, každého dne lež a zhoubu množí; nebo smlouvu s Assurem činí, a masti do Egypta donášejí se.
[The leaders of] Israel are constantly wavering [about seeking help from other countries]. [Seeking their help is as useless as] [MET] chasing the wind. They pile up their lies and violent acts. [First, ] they make a treaty with Assyria, and [then they] send olive oil to [the rulers of] Egypt [to seek their help].
2 I s Judou má soud Hospodin; pročež navštívě Jákoba podlé cest jeho, podlé snažností jeho odplatí jemu.
Yahweh [says that he] will bring accusations against [the leaders of] Judah, and that he will punish [the descendants of] Jacob for what they have done.
3 V životě za patu držel bratra svého, a silou svou knížetsky se potýkal s Bohem.
[When Jacob was] in his mother’s womb, he grabbed his brother [Esau’s] heel [because he wanted to be born first]. When Jacob grew up, he wrestled with God.
4 Knížetsky, pravím, potýkal se s andělem, a přemohl; plakal a pokorně ho prosil; v Bethel jej nalezl, a tam s námi mluvil.
He struggled with [the one who had appeared to him in the form of] an angel, and Jacob defeated him, but [then] he cried and asked the angel to bless him. [Later], God came to Jacob at Bethel and talked with him there.
5 Toť jest Hospodin Bůh zástupů, pamětné jeho jest Hospodin.
[That was] the Commander of the armies of angels whose name is Yahweh [who talked with him]!
6 Protož ty k Bohu svému se obrať, milosrdenství a soudu ostříhej, a očekávej na Boha svého ustavičně.
But you [people of Israel] must return to your God! You must faithfully love [him], and you must do what is fair/just and always depend on him.
7 Kramářem jest, v jehož ruce jsou vážky falešné, rád utiskuje,
The merchants [among you] use scales that do not weigh correctly; they love/like to cheat people.
8 A říká Efraim: Však jsem zbohatl, dobyl jsem sobě zboží; ve všech mých pracech nenajdou mi nepravosti, jenž by hříchem byla.
[The people of] Israel boast, saying “We are [very] rich [DOU]; and we got all that money by our own efforts, and without committing any sin.”
9 Já pak Hospodin jsa Bohem tvým od vyjití z země Egyptské, ještě-liž bych tě seděti nechal v stáncích jako ve dnech svátečních?
“I am Yahweh your God, [the one who brought your ancestors] out of Egypt. [And some day] I will force you to live in tents again [like your ancestors did] when [they celebrated] the Festival [of Living in Temporary Shelters].
10 A mluvě skrze proroky, já abych vidění mnoho ukazoval, a skrze proroky podobenství předkládal?
[Many times] I spoke to the prophets, and I gave them many visions, and I gave them parables to tell [to the people].”
11 Zdali toliko v Galád byla nepravost a marnost? I v Galgala voly obětují, přes to i oltářů jejich jest jako kopců na záhonech polí mých.
[The people of] Gilead [city] are [RHQ] extremely wicked; they are worthless. The people sacrifice bulls in Gilgal [city], but their altars will [soon] become like [SIM] piles of stone [at the edge of] a plowed field.
12 Tamto utekl byl Jákob z krajiny Syrské, kdež sloužil Izrael pro ženu, a pro ženu byl pastýřem;
[Your ancestor] Jacob fled [from his brother Esau] and went to northwest Mesopotamia. He worked [for his uncle Laban for many years] to get a wife; he took care of [his uncle’s] sheep [to pay] for her.
13 Sem pak skrze proroka přivedl Hospodin Izraele z Egypta, též skrze proroka ostříhán jest.
[Many years later, ] Yahweh enabled a prophet to bring the [ancestors of you] people of Israel here from Egypt; that prophet, [Moses], took care of them.
14 Vzbudilť Efraim hněv přehořký, a protož krev jeho na něj se vztáhne, a potupu svou vrátí jemu Pán jeho.
[But now the people of] Israel have caused [Yahweh] to become very angry; Yahweh says that they deserve to die because they caused [many others] to die [MTY]; he will pay them back for the sins that they have committed against him and for insulting him.
