Hoseas 2
1 Siger til eders Brødre: Ammi! og til eders Søstre: Rukama!
[At that time, ] you will say to your fellow-Israeli men, “[You are] God’s people,” and [you will say] to your fellow-Israeli women, “You are ones whom God loves.”
2 Gaar i Rette med eders Moder, gaar i Rette! thi hun er ikke min Hustru, og jeg er ikke hendes Mand; og lader hende bortskaffe sin Bolen fra sit Ansigt og sit Skørlevnet fra sine Bryster,
[Yahweh also said to me], “I want you to accuse the Israeli people. [It is as though] [MET] this nation is your mother, but this nation is [no longer as though it is] [MET] my wife, and it is [no longer as though] [MET] I am its husband. Tell the Israeli people that they must stop [acting like] a prostitute [by worshiping other gods]; they must stop showing by their behavior that they (are unfaithful to/have abandoned) [me] [MET].
3 paa det jeg ikke skal klæde hende nøgen af og fremstille hende, som den Dag hun blev født, og gøre hende som Ørken og bringe hende til at ligne et tørt Land og lade hende dø af Tørst.
If they do not do that, I will not give them [food and] clothes [as a husband should give to his wife]; I will take away those things, and I will cause their nation to become [as deserted] as it was on the day that I [brought their ancestors out of Egypt and caused them to become a nation] [MET]. I will cause their country to be like [SIM] a desert; there will be no rain to water the ground [MET].
4 Og jeg skal ikke forbarme mig over hendes Børn; thi de ere Horebørn.
I will not pity the people, because they have [abandoned me] as [MET] prostitutes abandon their husbands.
5 Thi deres Moder har bedrevet Hor, hun, som undfangede dem, har gjort Skam; thi hun sagde: Jeg vil løbe efter mine Bolere, som give mig mit Brød og Vand, min Uld og min Hør, min Olie og min Drikke.
Their parents are like prostitutes [MET]: they have been unfaithful [to me], and they have done [very] disgraceful things. They said, ‘We will run to [our idols/gods] who love us; [they are the ones] who give us food and water and wool and linen and [olive] oil, and [wine to] drink.’
6 Derfor se, jeg vil afgærde din Vej med Tome og opføre en Mur, at hun ikke skal finde sine Stier.
So [it will be as though] [MET] I am blocking their road with thornbushes, and putting put a wall around them so that they do not know which way to go.
7 Og hun skal jage efter sine Bolere, men ikke naa dem, og lede efter dem, men ikke finde dem; da skal hun sige: Jeg vil gaa og vende tilbage til min første Mand; thi da havde jeg det bedre end nu.
They will run to their idols/gods that [they think] love them, but they will not find them. They will search for their false gods, but they will not find them. Then they will say, ‘[Perhaps] we should return to [Yahweh], whom we worshiped previously [MET], because things were better for us then than they are now.’
8 Og hun vidste ikke, at det var mig, som havde givet hende Kornet og Mosten og Olien, og som havde givet hende meget Sølv og Guld, som de brugte til Baal.
But they do not realize that I, [Yahweh], am the one who gave them grain and wine and [olive] oil; I am the one who gave them silver and gold which they used to worship Baal.
9 Derfor vil jeg tage mit Korn tilbage igen, naar dets Tid er, og min Most, naar dens Tid er, og jeg vil borttage min Uld og min Hør, som hun havde til at skjule sin Blusel med.
Therefore I will return and take my grain and grapes from them when they are ripe. I will take from them the wool and linen that I gave to them [to make their clothes] [MTY].
10 Og nu vil jeg blotte hendes Skam for hendes Boleres Øjne, og ingen skal redde hende af min Haand.
I will show those false gods/idols that what my people are doing is disgusting [MET], and no one will be able to hinder me from [punishing them].
11 Og jeg vil lade al hendes Glæde ophøre, hendes Fester, hendes Nymaaneder og hendes Sabbater og alle Hendes Højtider.
I will cause their religious celebrations to cease, the festivals that they celebrate every year and at every new moon and on their (Sabbath days/weekly days of rest). I will cause all their religious celebrations to cease.
12 Og jeg vil ødelægge hendes Vintræ og hendes Figentræ, om hvilke hun sagde: De ere min Horeløn, som mine Bolere gave mig; og jeg vil gøre dem til Skov, og vilde Dyr paa Marken skulle afæde dem.
I will destroy [all] their grapevines and fig trees, which they said were what their [idols/gods] who loved them paid them for worshiping those idols. I will cause those places to become a desert, and wild animals will eat the fruit [that remains].
13 Og jeg vil hjemsøge hende for Baalernes Dage, da hun til dem bragte Røgelse og prydede sig med sine Ringe og sine Smykker og gik efter sine Bolere; men mig glemte hun, siger Herren.
I will punish my people for [all] the times that they burned incense to [honor] the idols of Baal. They decorated themselves with rings and jewelry, and they went to worship those [false gods/idols] that [they thought] [IRO] loved them, but they abandoned/forgot me! [That is what I], Yahweh, say.
14 Derfor se, jeg vil lokke hende og føre hende i Ørken, og jeg vil tale kærligt med hende.
But listen! [Some day] I will persuade my people [to worship me again]; I will lead them [out] into the desert and speak kindly to them [there].
15 Og derfra vil jeg give hende hendes Vingaarde, og Akors Dal som en Haabets Port, og derhen skal hun svare mig som i sin Ungdoms Dage og som den Dag, hun drog op af Ægyptens Land.
I will give their vineyards [back] to them, and I will cause Achor Valley, [which means ‘valley of trouble'], to become a valley where they will confidently expect [me to do good things for them]. They will (respond to/want to please) me there like they did long ago, when I freed them from [being slaves in] Egypt.
16 Og det skal ske paa den Dag, siger Herren, at du skal kalde mig: Min Mand! og ikke ydermere kalde mig: Min Baal!
At that time, they will say to me, ‘[It is as though] [MET] you are our husband.’ They will not say that I am their [master, like they considered that] Baal [was].
17 Og jeg vil borttage Baalernes Navne af hendes Mund, saa at de ikke ydermere skulle kommes i Hu ved deres, Navn.
I will not allow them to speak [MTY] the names of Baal; they will never use those names again.
18 Og jeg vil gøre en Pagt for dem paa samme Dag med de vilde Dyr paa Marken og med Fuglene under Himmelen og med Krybet paa Jorden; og jeg vil sønderbryde Bue og Sværd og Krig og fjerne dem fra Landet og lade dem selv hvile tryggelig.
At that time [it will be as though] I will make an agreement with [all] the wild animals and birds, and [even with] the little animals that scurry across the ground, so that they will never harm my people [again]. And I will remove from their nation all the weapons [for fighting] battles, [like] swords and bows [and arrows]. The result will be that my people will live peacefully and safely, and will not be afraid.
19 Og jeg vil trolove dig med jnig til evig Tid; og jeg vil trolove dig med mig i Retfærdighed og i Ret og i Miskundhed og Barmhjertighed.
I will cause them to be [as though they are] [MET] my bride forever. I will be righteous and fair/just; I will faithfully love them and be kind to them.
20 Ja, jeg vil trolove dig med mig i Trofasthed, og du skal kende Herren.
I will not abandon them, and they will realize [that I] Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do.]
21 Og det skal ske paa den Dag, at jeg vil bønhøre, siger Herren, at jeg vil bønhøre Himlene, og de skulle bønhøre Jorden;
At that time, [when they request me to do things for them], [I will do those things]. When they request clouds and rain to fall on their land, I will speak to the clouds, and rain will fall on the earth,
22 og Jorden skal bønhøre Kornet og Mosten og Olien, og disse skulle bønhøre Jisreel.
and grain will grow, and the vineyards and the olive trees will grow in Jezreel [Valley].
23 Og jeg vil udsaa mig det i Landet og forbarme mig over Lo-Rukama, og jeg vil sige til Lo-Ammi: Du er mit Folk! og det skal sige: Min Gud.
[At that time], I will take care of the Israeli people [like a farmer plants and takes care of his crops] [MET]. I will love those people that I previously said were ones I did not love, and I previously said, ‘You are not my people,’ and [then] they will say to me, ‘You are our God.’”
