Hoseas 6
1 "Kom, vi vil tilbage til HERREN! Han sønderrev, han vil og læge, han slog os, vil også forbinde.
Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
2 Om to Dage gør han os levende, rejser os op den tredje; da lever vi for hans Åsyn.
After two days will he revive us: on the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live before him.
3 Så lad os da kende, jage efter at kende HERREN! Som Morgenrøden er hans Opgang vis. Da kommer han til os som Regn, som Vårregn, der væder Jorden."
And let us know, let us follow on to know the LORD; his going forth is sure as the morning: and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that watereth the earth.
4 Hvor kan jeg hjælpe dig, Efraim, hvor kan jeg hjælpe dig, Juda? Eders Kærlighed er Morgentåge, Dug, som årle svinder!
O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the dew that goeth early away.
5 Thi hugged jeg løs ved Profeter, dræbte med Ord af min Mund, min Ret stråler frem som Lys:
Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are [as] the light that goeth forth.
6 Ej Slagtoffer Kærlighed vil jeg, ej Brændofre Kendskab til Gud!
For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
7 De bryder Pagten i Adam er mig utro der;
But they like Adam have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.
8 Gilead er Udådsmænds By, den er sølet i Blod.
Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, it is stained with blood.
9 Som en Stimandsflok er Præsternes Flok, de myrder på Vejen til Sikem gør Niddingsværk.
And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way toward Shechem; yea, they have committed lewdness.
10 Grufulde Ting har jeg set i Israels Hus, der har Efraim bolet, Israel blev uren.
In the house of Israel I have seen an horrible thing: there whoredom is [found] in Ephraim, Israel is defiled.
11 Juda, også for dig er der fastsat en Høst, når jeg vender mit Folks Skæbne, når jeg læger Israel.
Also, O Judah, there is an harvest appointed for thee, when I bring again the captivity of my people.
