Hoseas 1
1 Herrens ord kom til Hoseas, Be'eris søn, i de dage da Uzzija, Jotam, Akaz og Ezekias var Konger i Juda, og Jeroboam, Joass Søn, var Konge i Israel.
[I am] Hosea, the son of Beeri. Yahweh gave me these messages [at various times] during the years that Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah were the kings of Judah, and Jeroboam the son of Jehoash was the King of Israel.
2 Dengang HERREN først talede ved Hoseas, sagde han til ham: "Gå hen og tag dig en Horkvinde og Horebørn; thi utro mod HERREN bedriver Landet Hor."
When Yahweh first [began to] give messages to me [to tell to the people of Israel], he said to me, “Go and marry a prostitute. But [some of] her children will be born as a result of her having sex with men to whom she is not married. That will illustrate how the people of Israel have turned away from me and worship (idols/other gods).”
3 Så gik han hen og ægtede Gomer, Diblajims Datter, og hun blev frugtsommelig og fødte ham en Søn.
So I married Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim. She became pregnant and gave birth to my son.
4 Og HERREN sagde til ham: "Kald ham Jizreel; thi om en, liden Stund hjemsøger jeg Jizreels Blodskyld på Jehus Hus og gør Ende på Israels Huses Rige.
Yahweh said to me, “Give him the name Jezreel, [which means ‘God scatters’], because I will soon punish the descendants [MTY] of [King] Jehu [by scattering them], because he killed many of my people at Jezreel [town]. [Some day] I will end the kingdom of Israel,
5 På hin Dag sønderbryder jeg Israels Bue i Jizreels Dal."
by destroying the power [MTY] of [the army of] Israel in Jezreel Valley.”
6 Atter blev hun frugtsommelig og fødte en Datter. Og HERREN sagde til ham: "Kald hende Nådeløs; thi jeg vil ikke længer være Israels Hus nådig og tilgive dem.
[Later] Gomer became pregnant [again], and she gave birth to a daughter. Yahweh said to me “Give her the name Lo-ruhamah, [which means ‘not loved],’ because I will no longer [show that I] love the people [MET] of Israel, and I will not forgive them [for the sins that they have committed].
7 Men Judas Hus vil jeg være nådig og frelse ved HERREN deres Gud; dog frelser jeg dem ikke ved Bue, Sværd eller Stridsvåben, ved Heste eller Ryttere."
But I will [show that I] love the people [MTY] of Judah [by saving them from their enemies]. However, it will not be by weapons and armies or horses and chariots that I will save them. Instead, it will be by [the power that I], Yahweh their God, [have].”
8 Så vænnede hun Nådeløs fra og blev atter frugtsommelig og fødte en Søn.
After Gomer had (weaned/stopped breast-feeding) Lo-ruhamah, she became pregnant again, and she gave birth to another son.
9 Og HERREN sagde: "Kald ham Ikke-mit-Folk; thi I er ikke mit Folk, og jeg er ikke eders Gud."
Yahweh said “Give him the name Lo-ammi, [which means 'not my people', ] because the people of Israel are no [longer my people], and I am not their God.
10 Men Israeliternes Tal skal blive som Sandet ved Havet, der ikke kan måles eller tælles. Og i Stedet for "I er ikke mit Folk" skal de kaldes "den levende Guds Børn".
But [some day] the people of Israel will be [as numerous] as [SIM] the [grains of] sand on the seashore; no one will be able to count them. Now [I] am saying to them, ‘You are not my people,’ but then people will say to them, ‘[You are the] children of God who is all-powerful.’
11 Judæerne og Israeliterne skal slå sig sammen og sætte en og samme Høvding over sig og drage op af Landet; thi stor er Jizreels Dag.
[At that time], the people of Judah and the people of Israel will unite. They will appoint one leader for all of them, and they will return from the countries [to which they have been (exiled/forced to go)]. That will be a great time; Jezreel [also means ‘God plants’, and it will be as though God will plant them in this country again].”
