Hoseas 6

1 Kommer og lader os vende om til Herren; thi han har sønderrevet og vil læge os; har han slaget, vil han forbinde os.

Come, and let us return to the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.

2 Han skal gøre os levende efter to Dage; paa den tredje Dag skal han oprejse os, at vi maa leve for hans Ansigt.

After two days will he revive us: in the third day will he raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.

3 Og vi ville kende, jage efter at kende Herren, som Morgenrøden er hans Opgang vis; og han skal komme til os som Regnen, som Sildigregnen, der væder Jorden.

Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come to us as the rain, as the latter and former rain to the earth.

4 Hvad skal jeg gøre ved dig, Efraim? hvad skal jeg gøre ved dig, Juda? da eders Kærlighed er som en Sky om Morgenen og som Duggen, der aarle gaar bort.

O Ephraim, what shall I do to thee? O Judah, what shall I do to thee? for your goodness is as the morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.

5 Derfor huggede jeg bort ved Profeterne, ihjelslog dem ved min Munds Taler; og Dommene over dig komme for Lyset.

Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth.

6 Thi jeg har Lyst til Miskundhed og ikke til Offer og til Gudskundskab mer end Brændofre.

For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

7 Men de have overtraadt Pagten ligesom Adam; der ere de blevne troløse imod mig.

But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.

8 Gilead er en Misdæderstad, fuld af Blodspor.

Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood.

9 Som en Stimand lurer, saaledes og en Flok Præster; de myrde paa Vejen til Sikem, thi skændige Ting have de begaaet.

And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.

10 I Israels Hus har jeg set gruelige Ting; der har Efraim bedrevet Hor, Israel er besmittet.

I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the harlotry of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.

11 Ogsaa Juda — over dig er bestemt en Høst, naar jeg omvender mit Folks Fangenskab.

Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people.