Hosea 10
1 Israël was een welige rank Met overvloedige vruchten; Hoe meer vruchten hij droeg, hoe meer altaren hij bouwde, Hoe rijker zijn land, hoe rijker zijn zuilen!
“Israel was [like a large] healthy/luxuriant vine [MET] that produced [a lot of] grapes. But as the people became richer, they made more altars [at which to worship idols]. As the people prospered, they [built and] decorated sacred pillars [that they worshiped].
2 Vals was hun hart, Maar nu zullen ze boeten: Hij breekt hun altaren de nek, En verbrijzelt hun zuilen.
They are deceitful; [so] now they are guilty and must be punished. [I], Yahweh, will tear down their altars and smash those pillars.
3 Waarachtig, nu zeggen zij al: Wij hebben geen koning; Als wij Jahweh niet vrezen, Wat kan voor ons de koning dan doen!
Then they will say, ‘It is because we did not revere Yahweh that we no [longer] have a king. But [even if we had] a king, he certainly could not [RHQ] do anything to help us.’
4 Mooie woorden spreken, Valse eden zweren, verbonden sluiten: Intussen schiet het recht uit als een gifplant In de voren der akkers!
They falsely promise [that they will do many things]; they solemnly promise and make agreements, but they do not do what they promise. So people accuse and sue [each other in the courts]; they are like [SIM] poisonous weeds [that grow] in a plowed field.
5 Over het kalf van Bet-Awen Zijn Samaria’s bewoners in zorgen; Ja, over hem rouwt het volk Met de bent van zijn priesters. Zij jammeren over zijn schatten Want die zijn hem ontnomen;
The people who live in Samaria [city] are worried about [what may happen to the idol that resembles] a calf [that they set up] at Beth-Aven [town]. The people in Samaria will mourn, and the priests there will cry about it [if it is damaged or destroyed]. [Previously] they shouted joyfully about its being very great; but now it will not be great any more.
6 Ook hemzelf zal men naar Assjoer slepen, Als een geschenk voor: "Grote Koning!" Efraïm zal beschaamd komen staan, Israël blozen over zijn beeld,
It will be taken to Assyria to be a gift for the great King [of Assyria]. [So the people of] Israel will be disgraced, and they will be ashamed because [they trusted in] that idol.
7 Samaria zal worden verwoest, Zijn koning zal zijn als een halm op het water.
The King of Samaria [and the other people in Samaria] will be gone; they will be like [SIM] a twig [that floats away] on the surface of the water [and disappears].
8 Israëls afgodische, zondige hoogten worden vernield, Doornen en distels woekeren op hun altaren; Dan zullen ze tot de bergen zeggen: Bedekt ons, Tot de heuvelen: Valt op ons neer!
The altars on the tops of hills [where the people worshiped idols] will be destroyed; those have been the places where the people of Israel sinned greatly. Thorns and weeds will grow and cover those altars. Then the people will plead to the mountains and hills, ‘Fall [down and] cover us [to protect us from God punishing us]!’
9 Zwaarder dan in de dagen van Giba, Israël, hebt ge gezondigd; Toen bleven ze gespaard, En de strijd bereikte Giba niet. Maar op de kinderen der boosheid
[You people of] Israel, [ever since your ancestors did evil things] at Gibeah, you have continued to sin. [When the people at] [PRS] Gibeah [did evil things], the result was a war [in which thousands of people died].
10 Kom Ik af, om te straffen; Nu spannen volkeren eendrachtig tegen hen samen, Om hun dubbele zonde!
[So now], when I want to, I will punish the Israeli people. Because of the many sins that they have committed, [the armies of other] nations will gather to attack them, and they will cause the Israeli people to become their slaves.
11 Efraïm is een afgericht rund, dat enkel wil dorsen: Maar Ik leg een juk op zijn prachtige nek, Ik span Efraïm in, en Israël zal ploegen, Jakob zal de eg moeten trekken.
Israel is [like] [MET] a well-trained (heifer/young cow) that likes to thresh [grain]. [So now you will become slaves]. [It will be as though] I will put a yoke on your neck, and you will be forced to work hard for your enemies in their fields. [You people of] Israel and Judah [will be forced to go to Assyria]; there you [DOU] will pull plows to break up the ground [for planting seeds].
12 Strooit uw zaad in gerechtigheid uit, Oogst naar gelang van uw vroomheid, Ontgint u de akker der kennis, door Jahweh te zoeken, Tot Hij zal komen, en heil over u regent.
[You plow your fields and plant your seeds] and harvest [your crops] [MET], [but what you need to do is] to act righteously and to faithfully love [me]; you need to repent [MET], because it is time to try to know [me], Yahweh; and if you do that, I will pour out [MET] many blessings on you.
13 Maar ge hebt boosheid geploegd, en slechtheid geoogst, En leugenvruchten gegeten: Want ge hebt op uw wagens vertrouwd, En op de drommen van uw helden.
You [plant seeds and harvest the crops and eat them]; [but what I consider that you have really done is] that you have planted wicked things and harvested evil things and eaten [MET] the results [IDM] of the lies [that you have told]. [Instead of trusting in me, ] you have (depended on/trusted in) your own power and in your many soldiers.
14 Krijgsgeschreeuw zal in uw steden weergalmen, Al uw vestingen worden gesloopt: Zoals Sjalman in de strijd Bet-Arbel vernielde, Waar moeder met kind werd verpletterd!
As a result, you will [soon] hear the roar of battle, and all your cities that have walls around them will be destroyed, like [SIM] Shalman’s [army] destroyed Beth-Arbel [city] in a battle, and the women [in that city] and their children were bashed to death.
15 Huis van Israël! Zo zal Ik ook met u doen, Om uw ontzettende boosheid; In de storm gaat Efraïm te gronde, Te gronde Israëls koning!
[You people of] [APO] Bethel [city], that is what will happen to you, because you are very wicked. And when the sun rises [on that day], the King of Israel will be killed [in the battle].”
