Hoseas 5
1 Hører dette, I Præster, lyt til du Israels hus, lån Øre, du Kongehus, thi eder gælder Dommen. Thi I blev en Snare for Mizpa, et Garn bredt ud over Tabor,
Hear this, you priests! Pay attention, house of Israel! Listen, members of the royal family!
2 en dyb Faldgrube i Sjittim; men jeg er en Lænke for alle.
Judgment belongs with you because you have been a snare set at Mizpah and a net spread out on Tabor. You dug a deep trap in Shittim, but I will punish you for all these things you have done.
3 Efraim kender jeg, ej skjult er Israel for mig; thi du har bolet, Efraim, uren er Israel blevet.
I know Ephraim very well, and Israel cannot hide from me, for now Ephraim is a prostitute and Israel is defiled.
4 Deres Gerninger tillader ikke, at de vender sig til deres Gud; thi Horeånd har de i sig, HERREN kender de ej.
Your actions stop you from coming back to your God for a spirit of prostitution is within you and you do not know the Lord.
5 Mod Israel vidner dets Hovmod; Efraim styrter for sin Brøde, med dem skal og Juda styrte.
Israel's pride speaks against them, right in the face. Israel and Ephraim will stumble because of their guilt, and Judah will stumble along with them.
6 Da går de med Småkvæg og Hornkvæg hen for at søge HERREN; men ham skal de ikke finde, thi bort fra dem vil han vige.
They will go to seek the Lord with their herds and flocks, but they will not find him, for he has given up on them.
7 Troløse var de mod HERREN, thi uægte Børn har de født; nu vil han opsluge dem, Plovmand sammen med Mark.
They have been unfaithful to the Lord and have had children that are not his. Now the New Moon will destroy them along with their fields.
8 Lad Hornet gjalde i Gibea, Trompeten i Rama, opløft Råb i Bet-Aven, Benjamin, var dig!
Blow the horn in Gibeah! Sound the trumpet in Ramah! Shout an alarm in Beth-aven! Lead the way, Benjamin!
9 Til Ørk skal Efraim blive på Straffens Dag. Jeg kundgør om Israels Stammer, hvad sikkert skal ske.
Ephraim will be left desolate on the day of punishment. Among the tribes of Israel I will reveal what is the real truth.
10 Som Folk, der flytter Skel, blev Judas Fyrster, over dem vil jeg øse min Harme som Vand.
The rulers of Judah have become thieves like those who illegally move boundaries. I will pour out my anger like water upon them.
11 Efraim er undertrykt, Retten knust; frivilligt løb han efter Fjenden.
The people of Ephraim are crushed, smashed to pieces in judgment because they were determined to follow human commands.
12 Jeg er som Møl for Efraim, Edder for Judas Hus.
I am like a maggot to Ephraim, and like something rotten to the people of Judah.
13 Da Efraim mærked sin Sygdom og Juda mærked sin Byld, gik Efraim hen til Assur, Storkongen sendte han Bud. Men han kan ej give jer Helse, han læger ej eders Byld.
When Ephraim saw how sick they were, and Judah saw how wounded they were, Ephraim turned to the great king of Assyria for help, but he could not heal them or cure their wounds.
14 Thi jeg er som en Løve for Efraim, en Løveunge for Judas Hus; jeg, jeg river sønder og går, slæber bort, og ingen redder.
For I will be like a lion to Ephraim, like a fierce lion to the people of Judah. I will come and tear them to pieces, and carry them off, and no one will be able to rescue them.
15 Jeg går til mit sted igen, indtil de bøder for skylden og søger frem for mit Åsyn, søger mig i deres Trængsel.
Then I will leave and return to where I came from until they acknowledge their wrongs, and in their distress they will seek my face and beg for my help.”
