Hosea 8
1 De bazuin aan uw mond: Er zweeft een gier boven de woning van Jahweh! Want ze hebben mijn verbond overtreden, Gezondigd tegen mijn wet.
[Yahweh said to me], “Blow [MTY] your trumpet [to warn the people]! My people have rejected the agreement that I made with them, and they have rebelled against [obeying] my laws. Therefore, [their enemies] are swooping down on my people’s country like [SIM] an eagle.
2 Nu roepen ze tot Mij: Mijn God! Maar Wij kennen u, Israël!
My Israeli people cry out to me, ‘Our God, we know that you are our God!’
3 Israël heeft het heil verstoten, De vijand zal het vervolgen.
But because the Israeli people have rejected what is good, their enemies will pursue them.
4 Ze hebben koningen aangesteld, maar buiten Mij om, Vorsten gekozen, maar buiten mijn weten; Van hun zilver en goud hebben ze goden gemaakt, Tot hun eigen verderf.
The Israel people appointed [their last three] kings, but they did not ask me if I agreed to [what they were doing]. They chose their own leaders without asking if I would approve of them. They used their own silver and gold to make for themselves idols, and doing that led them to be destroyed.
5 Samaria, Ik stoot uw kalf van Mij weg: Hoelang is er mijn toorn al tegen ontbrand? Reinigen kan men het niet,
You people of Samaria, throw away your [idol that resembles a] calf! I am extremely angry with you people! How long [RHQ] will you [do things that cause] you to be unacceptable to me?
6 Want het is Israëls gewrocht! Een werkman heeft het gemaakt, Het is geen God! Ja, in splinters zal het vallen, Het kalf van Samaria!
[Someone in] Israel made that idol for you; [but I am] God and it is not. So that idol of a calf in Samaria must be smashed to pieces.
7 Want ze zaaien wind, en oogsten storm: Een oogst zonder aren, koren zonder meel; En brengt het iets op, dan eten het vreemden:
[The foolish thing that the people of Israel have done is like] [MET] trying to plant wind; but what they harvest will be like [MET] a whirlwind. So the grain that they planted will have no heads [on the stalks], and as a result [there will be no grain] from which to make flour. And if it did produce good grain, foreigners would [come and] steal it.
8 Verslonden wordt Israël! Nu zijn ze onder de volken als een waardeloze pot,
[The people of] Israel will be defeated [MET] [by their enemies]; they will be [scattered] among other nations and become worthless.
9 Omdat ze naar Assjoer zijn gegaan. Een wilde ezel zondert zich af, Doch Efraïm geeft zich aan zijn minnaars.
Like [MET] donkeys that are looking for mates, they have requested [help] from Assyria; they paid money to [the leaders of Assyria] in order to [persuade those leaders to] protect them.
10 Maar al verstrooien ze zich onder de volken, Ik houd ze bijeen: Opdat ze eerst een tijd nog zuchten Onder de druk van hun koning en vorsten.
But although they have agreed to pay money each year to [the leaders of] those countries, I will soon gather them together [to punish them]. The great King [of Assyria] will cause them to suffer greatly.
11 Ja, Efraïm heeft vele altaren gebouwd, Maar die altaren dienden hem enkel tot zonde;
Although [the people of] Israel built many altars to present offerings [to their idols] to take away [their guilt for] sinning, those altars have become places where they commit [more] sins.
12 Al schrijf Ik hem nog zoveel wetten voor, Ze gelden hem niets.
I wrote many laws for them, but they disregarded them, saying that [they did not have to obey them because] they were different from laws that they had known previously.
13 Al brengen ze talloze offers, Al slachten ze nog zoveel vlees En eten daarvan: Ze behagen Jahweh niet meer! Thans zal Hij hun misdaad gedenken, En hun zonde bestraffen: Naar Egypte moeten ze terug, In Assjoer onreine spijzen eten.
They offer sacrifices to me, and they eat [some of] the meat of those sacrifices, [which is what I permitted them to do]. But I, Yahweh, am not pleased with those sacrifices. I remember the evil things that they have done, and I will punish them for the sins that they have committed: I will force them to [go to other countries] [and become slaves like they were] [MET] in Egypt.
14 Israël heeft zijn Schepper vergeten en tempels gebouwd, Juda tal van versterkte steden gegrond: Maar Ik slinger een vuur in hun steden, Dat haar gebouwen verteert!
[The people of] Israel have abandoned/forgotten me, the one who created their [nation]; they have built palaces, and [the people of] Judah have built walls around many towns. But I will send a fire that will destroy all their cities and their fortresses.”
