Hoseas 12

1 Efraims Hu staar til Vind, efter Østenstorm jager han stadig, af Løgn og Svig er han fuld; med Assur slutter de Pagt, til Ægypten bringer de Olie.

Ephraim feedeth on the wind, and followeth the burning heat: all the day long he multiplied lies and desolation: and he hath made a covenant with the Assyrians, and carried oil into Egypt.

2 HERREN gaar i Rette med Juda og hjemsøger Jakob, gengælder ham efter hans Veje og efter hans Id.

Therefore there is a judgment of the Lord with Juda, and a visitation for Jacob: he will render to him according to his ways, and according to his devices.

3 I Moders Liv overlisted han sin Broder, han stred med Gud i sin Manddom,

In the womb he supplanted his brother: and by his strength he had success with an angel.

4 ja stred med en Engel og sejred, han bad ham med Graad om Naade; i Betel traf han ham og talte med ham der,

And he prevailed over the angel, and was strengthened: he wept, and made supplication to him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spoke with us.

5 HERREN, Hærskarers Gud, HERREN er hans Navn:

Even the Lord the God of hosts, the Lord is his memorial.

6 »Drag du nu hjem med din Gud, tag Vare paa Kærlighed og Ret og bi bestandig paa din Gud!«

Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and hope in thy God always.

7 I Kana'ans Haand er falske Lodder, han elsker Svig.

He is like Chanaan, there is a deceitful balance in his hand, he hath loved oppression.

8 Efraim siger: »Jeg vandt dog Rigdom og Gods!« Al hans Vinding soner ej Brøden, han øved.

And Ephraim said: But yet I am become rich, I have found me an idol: all my labours shall not find me the iniquity that I have committed.

9 Men jeg, som er HERREN din Gud, fra du var i Ægypten, lader dig bo i Telt igen som i svundne Dage.

And I that am the Lord thy God from the land of Egypt, will yet cause thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the feast.

10 Jeg har talet til Profeterne og givet mange Syner, ved Profeterne talet i Lignelser.

And I have spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and I have used similitudes by the ministry of the prophets.

11 Gilead er Løgn og Tomhed, i Gilgal ofrer de Tyre; som Stendynger langs med Markfurer er deres Altre.

If Galaad be an idol, then in vain were they in Galgal offering sacrifices with bullocks: for their altars also are as heaps in the furrows of the field.

12 Jakob flyede til Arams Slette, og Israel trællede for en Kvindes Skyld, og for en Kvindes Skyld vogtede han Kvæg.

Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and was a keeper for a wife.

13 Ved en Profet førte HERREN Israel op fra Ægypten, og det vogtedes ved en Profet.

But the Lord by a prophet brought Israel out of Egypt: and he was preserved by a prophet.

14 Efraim vakte bitter Vrede, han bærer Blodskyld; med Skændsel dænges han til, hans Herre gør Gengæld.

Ephraim hath provoked me to wrath with his bitterness, and his blood shall come upon him, and his Lord will render his reproach unto him.