Hoseas 6

1 »Kom, vi vil tilbage til HERREN! Han sønderrev, han vil og læge, han slog os, vil ogsaa forbinde.

“Come on! Let's go back to the Lord. He has torn us to pieces, but now he will heal us. He has struck us down, but now he will bind up our wounds.

2 Om to Dage gør han os levende, rejser os op den tredje; da lever vi for hans Aasyn.

In two days he will heal us; after three days he will raise us up so we can live in his presence.

3 Saa lad os da kende, jage efter at kende HERREN! Som Morgenrøden er hans Opgang vis. Da kommer han til os som Regn, som Vaarregn, der væder Jorden.«

Let's get to know the Lord, really strive to know him, and he will appear to us as surely as the sun will rise; he will come to us as certainly as the spring rains fall on the earth.”

4 Hvor kan jeg hjælpe dig, Efraim, hvor kan jeg hjælpe dig, Juda? Eders Kærlighed er Morgentaage, Dug, som aarle svinder!

Ephraim, what shall I do with you? Judah, what shall I do with you? Your love disappears like mist at dawn; it vanishes like dew in the morning.

5 Thi hugged jeg løs ved Profeter, dræbte med Ord af min Mund, min Ret straaler frem som Lys:

So I cut you down through the prophets; I killed you with my words. My judgment shines out like a light.

6 Ej Slagtoffer — Kærlighed vil jeg, ej Brændofre — Kendskab til Gud!

I want your true love, not your sacrifices; I want you to know me, not your burnt offerings.

7 De bryder Pagten i Adam, er mig utro der;

But you, just like Adam, broke our agreement, there you were unfaithful to me.

8 Gilead er Udaadsmænds By, den er sølet i Blod.

Gilead is a city of evil people where footprints are tracked in blood.

9 Som en Stimandsflok er Præsternes Flok, de myrder paa Vejen til Sikem, gør Niddingsværk.

Priests are like a gang of bandits, lying in wait to ambush travelers on the road. They commit murder in Shechem, carrying out wicked crimes.

10 Grufulde Ting har jeg set i Israels Hus, der har Efraim bolet, Israel blev uren.

I have seen in the house of Israel something totally disgusting: Ephraim engages in prostitution and Israel is sexually corrupt.

11 Juda, ogsaa for dig er der fastsat en Høst, naar jeg vender mit Folks Skæbne, naar jeg læger Israel.

And as for you, Judah, your harvest-time has been set! When I restore the fortunes of my people,