Hoseas 2

1 Kald eders Broder Mit-Folk og eders Søster Naaderig.

“Say to your brothers, ‘You are my people,’ and to your sister, ‘You have obtained mercy.’

2 Gaa i rette med eders Moder, gaa i rette, thi hun er ikke min Hustru, og jeg er ej hendes Mand. For Hormærket fri hun sit Ansigt, for Bolemærket sit Bryst.

Judge your mother, judge: for she is not my wife, and I am not her husband. Let her remove her fornications from before her face and her adulteries from between her breasts.

3 Jeg klæder hende ellers nøgen, stiller hende frem, som hun fødtes; jeg reder hende til som en Ørk, som et Tørkeland gør jeg hende, lader hende tørste ihjel.

Otherwise, I may expose her nakedness and set her as on the day of her birth, and I may establish her as a wilderness and set her as an impassable land, and I may execute her with thirst.

4 Jeg ynkes ej over hendes Børn, fordi de er Horebørn;

And I will not have mercy on her sons, for they are the sons of fornications.

5 thi Horkvinde var deres Moder, skamløs var hun, som bar dem. Thi hun sagde: »Mine Elskere holder jeg mig til, som giver mig mit Brød og mit Vand, min Uld og min Hør, min Olie og Vin.«

For their mother has been fornicating; she who conceived them has been brought to ruin. For she said, ‘I will go after my lovers, who give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, my oil and my drink.’

6 Se, derfor spærrer jeg med Tjørn hendes Vej, foran hende murer jeg en Mur, saa hun ikke kan finde sine Stier.

Because of this, behold, I will fence in your way with thorns, and I will surround it with a wall, and she will not find her paths.

7 Efter Elskerne kan hun saa løbe, hun naar dem alligevel ikke; hun søger dem uden at finde, og da skal hun sige: »Jeg gaar paa ny til min første Mand; da havde jeg det bedre end nu.«

And she will pursue her lovers, but she will not obtain them, and she will seek them, but she will not find them, and she will say, ‘I will go and return to my first husband, because it was to some extent better for me then, than it is now.’

8 Ja hun, hun skønner ikke, at det var mig, som gav hende Korn og Most og Olie, gav hende rigeligt Sølv og Guld, som de gjorde til Ba'aler.

And she did not know that I gave her grain and wine and oil, and that I increased her silver and gold, which they made into Baal.

9 Derfor tager jeg atter mit Korn, naar Tiden er til det, min Most, naar Timen er inde, borttager min Uld og min Hør, som hun skjuler sin Nøgenhed med.

For this reason, I will turn back, and I will take away my grain in its time and my wine in its time, and I will set free my wool and my flax, which had covered her disgrace.

10 Jeg blotter nu hendes Skam lige for Elskernes Øjne, af min Haand frier ingen hende ud.

And now, I will reveal her foolishness by the eyes of her lovers, and no man will rescue her from my hand.

11 Jeg gør Ende paa al hendes Glæde, Fester, Nymaaner, Sabbater, hver en Højtid, hun har.

And I will cause all her joy to cease: her solemnities, her new moons, her Sabbaths, and all her feast dates.

12 Jeg ødelægger hendes Vinstok og Figentræ, om hvilke hun sagde: »Her er min Skøgeløn, den, mine Elskere gav mig.« Jeg skaber dem om til Krat, af Markens Dyr skal de ædes.

And I will corrupt her vines and her fig trees, about which she said, ‘These rewards, they are mine, my lovers have given them to me.’ And I will place her in a narrow forest, and the beasts of the field will devour her.

13 Jeg hjemsøger hende for Ba'alernes Fester, paa hvilke hun bragte dem Ofre, smykket med Ring og Kæde. Sine Elskere holdt hun sig til, mig glemte hun, lyder det fra HERREN.

And I will inflict on her the days of the Baals, for whom she burned incense, and ornamented herself with earrings and necklace, and went after her lovers, and forgot about me,” says the Lord.

14 Se, derfor vil jeg lokke og føre hende ud i Ørkenen og tale hende kærligt til.

“Because of this, behold, I will attract her, and I will lead her into the wilderness, and I will speak to her heart.

15 Saa giver jeg hende hendes Vingaarde der og Akors Dal til en Haabets Dør. Der skal hun synge som i Ungdommens Dage, som da hun drog op fra Ægyptens Land.

And I will give to her, from the same place, her vinedressers, and the valley of Achor as a passage of hope. And she will sing there as in the days of her youth, and as in the days of her ascension from the land of Egypt.

16 Paa hin Dag, lyder det fra HERREN, skal hun paakalde sin Ægtemand, og ikke mere Ba'alerne.

And it will be in that day,” says the Lord, “that she will call me, ‘My Husband,’ and she will no longer call me, ‘My Baal.’

17 Ba'alsnavnene fjerner jeg fra hendes Mund, ej mer skal Navnene huskes.

And I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth, and she will no longer remember their name.

18 Paa hin Dag slutter jeg en Pagt for dem med Markens Dyr og Himmelens Fugle og Jordens Kryb; Bue, Sværd og Stridsvaaben sønderbryder jeg i Landet, og jeg lader dem bo trygt.

And in that day, I will strike a deal with them, with the beasts of the field, and with the birds of the sky, and with the creatures of the earth. And I will crush the bow and the sword, and I will wipe away war from the earth. And I will let them sleep securely.

19 Jeg trolover mig med dig for evigt, jeg trolover mig med dig med Retfærd og Ret, med Miskundhed og Barmhjertighed;

And I will betroth you to me forever, and I will betroth you to me in justice and judgment, and in mercy and compassion.

20 jeg trolover mig med dig i Troskab, og du skal kende HERREN.

And I will wed you to me in faith, and you will know that I am the Lord.

21 Da skal det ske paa hin Dag, at jeg bønhører, lyder det fra HERREN, ja, at jeg bønhører Himlen, at den saa bønhører Jorden,

And this will happen in that day: I will listen closely,” says the Lord. “I will hear the heavens, and they will hear the earth.

22 og Jorden bønhører Kornet, Mosten og Olien, og de bønhører Jizre'el.

And the land will pay attention to the grain, and the wine, and the oil; and these will hear Jezreel.

23 Jeg saar hende ud i Landet, mod Naadeløs er jeg naadig og siger til Ikke-mit-Folk: »Mit Folk er du!« og han skal sige: »Min Gud!«

And I will plant her for me in the land, and I will have mercy on her, though she had been called Without Mercy. And I will say to Not My People, ‘You are my people,’ and they will say, ‘You are my God.’”