Hoseas 2

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

So call your brothers, My People, and your sisters, Compassion.

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.

Accuse, accuse your mother: for she is not my wife, and I will not be her husband. Let her put her acts of infidelity out of her sight, and her lovers 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.

else I will strip her bare, expose her as she was on the day of her birth, make her like the wilderness, let her become like a parched land, and let her die of thirst.

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

And on her children I will have no pity, since they are children of adultery,

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 become a prostitute, she who conceived them has behaved shamefully. She has said, ‘I will go after my lovers who gave me my bread and my water, my wool, 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.

That is why I am going to hedge up her ways with thorns, and build a wall about her, so that she cannot 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.«

She will pursue her lovers, but will not overtake them. She will seek them, but not find them. In time she will say, ‘I will go back to my first husband, I was better off then than 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.

She herself did not know that it was I who gave her the grain, the sweet wine, and the oil, who lavished on her silver and gold – that they used in worshipping 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.

So I will take back my grain at the harvest, and my sweet wine in its season. I will withdraw my wool and my flax, given to cover her nakedness;

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

and so I will strip her naked before her lovers, and no one shall deliver her out of my hand.

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

I will end all her celebrations, her yearly feasts, her new moons, and her sabbaths, all her festivals.

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.

I will lay waste her vines and her fig trees, of which she says, ‘These are my wages which my lovers have given me.’ I will make them a thicket, and the wild animals will eat them.

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.

In this way I will punish her for the days of the Baals, in which she made offerings to them, and decked herself with earrings and jewels, and went after her lovers, but forgot me, – declares the Lord.

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

So I am going to court her, bring her into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her.

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.

I will give her from there her vineyards, and the valley of Achor as a door of hope. There she will respond as in the days of her youth, as in the days when she came up from the land of Egypt.

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

At that time, declares the Lord, you will call me your husband, and will no more call me your master.

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

I will remove the name of the Baals from her mouth, their names never again uttered.

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.

On that day I will make for them a covenant with the wild animals, the birds of the sky, and the creatures that crawl on the earth. I will break the bow and the sword, banish battle from the land, and I will make them lie down in safety.

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

I will take you for my wife forever, I will take you for my wife in righteousness, in justice, in kindness, and in mercy.

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

I will take you for my wife in faithfulness, and you will know 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,

On that day I will answer – declares the Lord, I will answer the empty skies, and they will answer the dry earth.

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

The earth will answer with grain, and new wine and oil, and they will answer 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 in the land. I will have compassion to No-Compassion, I will say to Not-My-People, ‘You are my people,’ and they will say, ‘You are my God.’