Hosea 6
1 "Komt, laat ons teruggaan tot Jahweh!" Want Hij verscheurt, maar Hij zal ons genezen, Hij slaat, maar Hij zal ons verbinden;
[The Israeli people say, ] “Come, let’s return to Yahweh! He has caused [us] to be injured, but he will heal us. He has caused [us] to be wounded, but [it is as though] he will put bandages on our wounds [MET].
2 Na twee dagen zal Hij ons doen herleven, De derde dag doen verrijzen, opdat wij leven voor zijn aanschijn!
After a very short time he will revive us; in less than three days he will restore us in order that we may live in his presence.
3 Laat ons Jahweh kennen, Hem ijverig zoeken! Zodra wij Hem zoeken, vinden wij Hem: Dan komt Hij tot ons als een milde regen, Als een lentebui, die de aarde drenkt!
We must try to know Yahweh; [if we do that, ] he will come [and help] us, as surely as the sun rises [every morning], as surely as rain falls every winter/cold season, and as surely as the rain falls again (in the springtime/at the end of the cold season).”
4 Efraïm, wat zal Ik u doen, Juda, hoe met u handelen? Uw vroomheid is als een morgenwolk, Vergankelijk als de ochtenddauw!
[But Yahweh knows they are insincere; ] [so he says to them, ] “You [people of] Israel, and you [people of] Judah, [I do not know] [RHQ] what I should do to you. Your being faithful [to me will disappear as quickly] as [SIM] the morning mist [disappears], like [SIM] the dew [on the ground] that disappears quickly [when the sun shines].
5 Daarom heb Ik er op ingeslagen door de profeten, Ze gedood door de woorden van mijn mond; Is mijn gericht als het licht Te voorschijn getreden.
I warned [HYP] you by [the messages that I gave to] the prophets, [but you did not pay attention to my messages]. Therefore I will completely destroy you; the punishment that I give you will strike you like lightning.
6 Want vroomheid wil Ik, geen offers; Kennis van God liever dan offeranden.
I want [my people] to faithfully love [me] more than [I want them to offer] sacrifices [to me]; [I want them] to know me more than [I want them to] completely burn sacrifices [on the altar].
7 Maar laaghartig hebben zij mijn verbond overtreden, En zijn Mij toen ontrouw geworden.
But they have refused to obey my agreement, [just] like Adam did; they have not been faithful to me.
8 Gilad is een vesting van schurken, Vol bloedige sporen;
Gilead is a city [full] of people who do wicked things; [in the streets] are the bloody footprints [of those who have murdered others].
9 Als een roverbende De priesterschaar! Op de weg naar Sikem wordt gemoord, Worden boze plannen gesmeed;
The priests are like [SIM] bandits who wait (in ambushes/along the road) to attack people; they murder [people who are walking] on the road to Shechem, and they commit other disgraceful crimes.
10 In Betel heb Ik gruwelen aanschouwd: Daar heeft Efraïm ontucht bedreven. Israël heeft zich bezoedeld;
I have seen horrible things [being done] in Israel [MTY]. The people have abandoned me [like prostitutes who have abandoned their husbands] [MET]; [so the people of] Israel have become unacceptable to me.
11 Juda, ook u is een oogst weggelegd: Al zou Ik het lot van mijn volk ten beste keren, En Israël willen genezen!
And you [people of] Judah, I have appointed a time when I will punish [MET] you, too. Whenever I wanted to enable my people to prosper again,”
