Hosea 4
1 Give ear to the word of the Lord, O children of Israel; for the Lord has a cause against the people of this land, because there is no good faith in it, and no mercy and no knowledge of God in the land.
Poslušajte Gospodovo besedo, vi Izraelovi otroci, kajti Gospod ima polemiko s prebivalci dežele, zato ker tam ni resnice niti usmiljenja niti spoznanja Boga v deželi.
2 There is cursing and broken faith, violent death and attacks on property, men are untrue in married life, houses are broken into, and there is blood touching blood.
S priseganjem, laganjem, ubijanjem, krajo in zagrešitvami zakonolomstva so izbruhnili in kri se dotika krvi.
3 Because of this the land will be dry, and everyone living in it will be wasted away, with the beasts of the field and the birds of heaven; even the fishes of the sea will be taken away.
Zato bo dežela žalovala in kdor v njej prebiva bo opešal, z živalmi polja in s perjadjo neba. Da, tudi ribe morja bodo odvzete.
4 Let no man go to law or make protests, for your people are like those who go to law with a priest.
Vendarle naj se noben človek ne prepira niti naj ne graja drugega, kajti tvoje ljudstvo je kakor tisti, ki se prepirajo z duhovnikom.
5 You will not be able to keep on your feet by day, and by night the prophet will be falling down with you, and I will give your mother to destruction.
»Zato boš padel podnevi in tudi prerok bo padel s teboj ponoči in jaz bom uničil tvojo mater.
6 Destruction has overtaken my people because they have no knowledge; because you have given up knowledge, I will give you up, so that you will be no priest to me, because you have not kept in mind the law of your God, I will not keep your children in my memory.
Moje ljudstvo je uničeno zaradi pomanjkanja spoznanja. Ker si zavrnil spoznanje, bom tudi jaz zavrnil tebe, da mi ne boš duhovnik. Ker si pozabil postavo svojega Boga, bom tudi jaz pozabil tvoje otroke.
7 Even while they were increasing in number they were sinning against me; I will let their glory be changed into shame.
Kakor so bili pomnoženi, tako so grešili zoper mene, zato bom njihovo slavo spremenil v sramoto.
8 The sin of my people is like food to them; and their desire is for their wrongdoing.
Jedo greh mojega ljudstva in svoja srca naravnavajo na svojo krivičnost.
9 And the priest will be like the people; I will give them punishment for their evil ways, and the reward of their acts.
In tam bo, kakršno ljudstvo, takšen duhovnik, in jaz jih bom kaznoval za njihove poti in jim nagradil njihova početja.
10 They will have food, but they will not be full; they will be false to me, but they will not be increased, because they no longer give thought to the Lord.
Kajti jedli bodo, pa ne bodo imeli dovolj, zagrešili bodo vlačugarstvo, pa se ne bodo pomnožili, ker so opustili, da bi bili pozorni na Gospoda.
11 Loose ways and new wine take away wisdom.
Vlačugarstvo, vino in novo vino jemljejo srce.
12 My people get knowledge from their tree, and their rod gives them news; for a false spirit is the cause of their wandering, and they have been false to their God.
Moje ljudstvo sprašuje za nasvet pri svojih kladah in njihova palica jim napoveduje, kajti duh vlačugarstev jim je povzročil, da blodijo in odšli so se vlačugat proč izpred svojega Boga.
13 They make offerings on the tops of mountains, burning perfumes in high places, under trees of every sort, because their shade is good: and so your daughters are given up to loose ways and your brides are false to their husbands.
Žrtvujejo na vrhovih gora in kadilo zažigajo na hribih, pod hrasti, topoli in bresti, ker je njihova senca dobra. Zatorej bodo vaše hčere zagrešile vlačugarstvo in vaše snahe bodo zagrešile zakonolomstvo.
14 I will not give punishment to your daughters or your brides for their evil behaviour; for they make themselves separate with loose women, and make offerings with those who are used for sex purposes in the worship of the gods: the people who have no wisdom will be sent away.
Ne bom kaznoval vaših hčera, ko bodo zagrešile vlačuganje niti vaših snah, kadar bodo zagrešile zakonolomstvo, kajti oni sami so oddvojeni z vlačugami in žrtvujejo s pocestnicami. Zatorej bo ljudstvo, ki ne razume, padlo.
15 Do not you, O Israel, come into error; do not you, O Judah, come to Gilgal, or go up to Beth-aven, or take an oath, By the living Lord.
Čeprav ti, Izrael, igraš pocestnico, naj vendar Juda ne greši. Ne prihajajte v Gilgál, niti ne hodite gor v Bet Aven, niti ne prisegajte: › Gospod živi.‹
16 For Israel is uncontrolled, like a cow which may not be controlled; now will the Lord give them food like a lamb in a wide place.
Kajti Izrael drsi nazaj kakor nazaj zdrknjena telica. Sedaj jih bo Gospod pasel kakor jagnje na velikem kraju.
17 Ephraim is joined to false gods; let him be.
Efrájim je pridružen malikom, pusti ga samega.
18 Their drink has become bitter; they are completely false; her rulers take pleasure in shame.
Njihova pijača je kisla. Spet in spet zagrešujejo vlačugarstvo. Njegovi vladarji ljubijo s sramoto: ›Dajajte.‹
19 They are folded in the skirts of the wind; they will be shamed because of their offerings.
Veter je [Izraela] zvezal v svoje peruti in osramočeni bodo zaradi svojih [klavnih] daritev.
