Hoseas 2
1 Kald eders Broder Mit-Folk og eders Søster Naaderig.
'Say ye to your brethren — Ammi, And to your sisters — Ruhamah.
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.
Plead ye with your mother — plead, (For she [is] not My wife, and I [am] not her husband, ) And she turneth her whoredoms from before her, 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 have set her up as [in] the day of her birth, And have made her as a wilderness, And have set her as a dry land, And have put her to death with thirst.
4 Jeg ynkes ej over hendes Børn, fordi de er Horebørn;
And her sons I do not pity, For sons of whoredoms [are] they,
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 gone a-whoring hath their mother, Acted shamefully hath their conceiver, For she hath said, I go after my lovers, Those giving 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, lo, I am hedging up thy way with thorns, And I have made for her a wall, And her paths she doth not find.
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 hath pursued her lovers, And she doth not overtake them, And hath sought them, and doth not find, And she hath said: I go, and I turn back unto My first husband, For — better to me 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.
And she knew not that I had given to her, The corn, and the new wine, and the oil. Yea, silver I did multiply to her, And the gold they prepared 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 do I turn back, And I have taken My corn in its season, And My new wine in its appointed time, And I have taken away My wool and My flax, covering her nakedness.
10 Jeg blotter nu hendes Skam lige for Elskernes Øjne, af min Haand frier ingen hende ud.
And now do I reveal her dishonour before the eyes of her lovers, And none doth deliver her out of My hand.
11 Jeg gør Ende paa al hendes Glæde, Fester, Nymaaner, Sabbater, hver en Højtid, hun har.
And I have caused to cease all her joy, Her festival, her new moon, and her sabbath, Even all her appointed times,
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 made desolate her vine and her fig-tree, Of which she said, A gift they [are] to me, That my lovers have given to me, And I have made them for a forest, And consumed them hath a beast of the field.
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 have charged on her the days of the Baalim, To whom she maketh perfume, And putteth on her ring and her ornament, And goeth after her lovers, And Me forgat — an affirmation of Jehovah.
14 Se, derfor vil jeg lokke og føre hende ud i Ørkenen og tale hende kærligt til.
Therefore, lo, I am enticing her, And have caused her to go to the wilderness, And I have spoken unto 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 given to her her vineyards from thence, And the valley of Achor for an opening of hope, And she hath responded there as in the days of her youth, And as in the day of her coming 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.
And it hath come to pass, in that day, An affirmation of Jehovah, Thou dost call Me — My husband, And dost not call Me any more — My lord.
17 Ba'alsnavnene fjerner jeg fra hendes Mund, ej mer skal Navnene huskes.
And I have turned aside the names of the lords from her mouth, And they are not remembered any more by 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 I have made to them a covenant in that day, with the beast of the field, And with the fowl of the heavens, And the creeping thing of the ground, And bow, and sword, and war I break from off the land, And have caused them to lie down confidently.
19 Jeg trolover mig med dig for evigt, jeg trolover mig med dig med Retfærd og Ret, med Miskundhed og Barmhjertighed;
And I have betrothed thee to Me to the age, And betrothed thee to Me in righteousness, And in judgment, and kindness, and mercies,
20 jeg trolover mig med dig i Troskab, og du skal kende HERREN.
And betrothed thee to Me in faithfulness, And thou hast known Jehovah.
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 it hath come to pass in that day, I answer — an affirmation of Jehovah, I answer the heavens, and they answer the earth.
22 og Jorden bønhører Kornet, Mosten og Olien, og de bønhører Jizre'el.
And the earth doth answer the corn, And the new wine, and the oil, And they 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 have sowed her to Me in the land, And I have pitied Lo-Ruhamah, And I have said to Lo-Ammi, My people thou [art], and it saith, My God!'
