Hoseas 2

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

“Say to your brothers, ‘My people!’ and to your sisters, ‘My loved one!’

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.

Contend with your mother! Contend, for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband; and let her put away her prostitution from 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.

lest I strip her naked, and make her bare as in the day that she was born, and make her like a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and kill her with thirst.

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

Indeed, on her children I will have no mercy, for they are children of unfaithfulness.

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 played the prostitute. She who conceived them has done shamefully; 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.

Therefore behold, I will hedge up your way with thorns, and I will build a wall against her, that she can’t find her way.

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 follow after her lovers, but she won’t overtake them; and she will seek them, but won’t find them. Then she will say, ‘I will go and return to my first husband, for then it was better with me 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.

For she didn’t know that I gave her the grain, the new wine, and the oil, and multiplied to her silver and gold, which they used for 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.

Therefore I will take back my grain in its time, and my new wine in its season, and will pluck away my wool and my flax which should have covered her nakedness.

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

Now I will uncover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and no one will deliver her out of my hand.

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

I will also cause all her celebrations to cease: her feasts, her new moons, her Sabbaths, and all her solemn assemblies.

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, about which she has said, ‘These are my wages that my lovers have given me,’ and I will make them a forest, and the animals of the field shall 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.

I will visit on her the days of the Baals, to which she burnt incense when she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and went after her lovers and forgot me,” says the LORD.

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

“Therefore behold, I will allure her, and 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 vineyards from there, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope; and she will respond there as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.

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

It will be in that day,” says the LORD, “that you will call me ‘my husband,’ and no longer call me ‘my master.’

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

For I will take away the names of the Baals out of her mouth, and they will no longer be mentioned by 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.

In that day I will make a covenant for them with the animals of the field, and with the birds of the sky, and with the creeping things of the ground. I will break the bow, the sword, and the battle out of the land, and will make them lie down safely.

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

I will betroth you to me forever. Yes, I will betroth you to me in righteousness, in justice, in loving kindness, and in compassion.

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

I will even betroth you to me in faithfulness; and you shall 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,

It will happen in that day, that I will respond,” says the LORD. “I will respond to the heavens, and they will respond to the earth;

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

and the earth will respond to the grain, and the new wine, and the oil; and they will respond to 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!«

I will sow her to me in the earth; and I will have mercy on her who had not obtained mercy; and I will tell those who were not my people, ‘You are my people;’ and they will say, ‘You are My God!’”