Hoseas 8
1 Basunen for din Gane! Som en Ørn over Herrens Hus! fordi de have overtraadt min Pagt og forbrudt sig imod min Lov.
Let there be a trumpet in thy throat like an eagle upon the house of the Lord: because they have transgressed my covenant, and have violated my law.
2 Til mig raabe de: Min Gud! vi, Israel, kende dig.
They shall call upon me: O my God, we, Israel, know thee.
3 Israel har forkastet det gode; Fjenden forfølge ham!
Israel hath cast off the thing that is good, the enemy shall pursue him.
4 De have indsat Konger, men ikke fra mig; de have indsat Fyrster, men jeg vidste det ikke; de have gjort sig Afguder af deres Sølv og deres Guld, for at det kan udryddes.
They have reigned, but not by me: they have been princes, and I knew not: of their silver, and their gold they have made idols to themselves, that they might perish.
5 Din Kalv, Samaria! er forkastet, min Vrede er optændt imod dem, hvor længe? de taale ikke Renhed.
Thy calf, O Samaria, is cast off, my wrath is kindled against them. How long will they be incapable of being cleansed?
6 Thi af Israel er ogsaa den, en Mester har gjort den, og den er ikke en Gud; men til Splinter bliver Samarias Kalv.
For itself also is the invention of Israel: a workman made it, and it is no god: for the calf of Samaria shall be turned to spiders’ webs.
7 Thi Vind saa de, og Storm høste de; Korn paa Roden have de ej, Grøden giver ikke Mel, og om den end giver det, skulle fremmede opsluge det.
For they shall sow wind, and reap a whirlwind, there is no standing stalk in it, the bud shall yield no meal; and if it should yield, strangers shall eat it.
8 Opslugt er Israel; nu ere de blevne iblandt Hedningerne som et Kar, hvortil ingen har Lyst.
Israel is swallowed up: now is he become among the nations like an unclean vessel.
9 Thi de droge op til Assyrien som et Vildæsel, der gaar sine egne Veje; Efraim tingede om Elskov.
For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath given gifts to his lovers.
10 Men tinge de iblandt Folkene, saa vil jeg dog nu samle dem; og de skulle begynde at mindskes under Trykket af Fyrsternes Konge.
But even though they shall have hired the nations, now will I gather them together: and they shall rest a while from the burden of the king, and the princes.
11 Thi Efraim byggede mange Altre til at synde ved; han har faaet Altre til at synde ved.
Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin: altars are become to him unto sin.
12 Jeg skriver ham mine mangfoldige Love; de ere blevne agtede som noget fremmed.
I shall write to him my manifold laws, which have been accounted as foreign.
13 Som Ofre, de bringe mig, ofre de Kød og æde; Herren finder ikke Behag i dem; nu vil han komme deres Misgerning i Hu og hjemsøge deres Synder; de skulle komme tilbage til Ægypten.
They shall offer victims, they shall sacrifice flesh, and shall eat it, and the Lord will not receive them: now will he remember their iniquity, and will visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.
14 Og Israel forglemte sin Skaber og byggede Paladser, og Juda opførte mange faste Stæder; men jeg vil sende Ild i hans Stæder, og den skal fortære hans Paladser.
And Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and hath built temples: and Juda hath built many fenced cities: and I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the houses thereof.
