Hosea 6
1 Come, let us go back to the Lord; for he has given us wounds and he will make us well; he has given blows and he will give help.
"Kom, vi vil tilbage til HERREN! Han sønderrev, han vil og læge, han slog os, vil også forbinde.
2 After two days he will give us life, and on the third day he will make us get up, and we will be living before him.
Om to Dage gør han os levende, rejser os op den tredje; da lever vi for hans Åsyn.
3 And let us have knowledge, let us go after the knowledge of the Lord; his going out is certain as the dawn, his decisions go out like the light; he will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain watering the earth.
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."
4 O Ephraim, what am I to do to you? O Judah, what am I to do to you? For your love is like a morning cloud, and like the dew which goes early away.
Hvor kan jeg hjælpe dig, Efraim, hvor kan jeg hjælpe dig, Juda? Eders Kærlighed er Morgentåge, Dug, som årle svinder!
5 So I have had it cut in stones; I gave them teaching by the words of my mouth;
Thi hugged jeg løs ved Profeter, dræbte med Ord af min Mund, min Ret stråler frem som Lys:
6 Because my desire is for mercy and not offerings; for the knowledge of God more than for burned offerings.
Ej Slagtoffer Kærlighed vil jeg, ej Brændofre Kendskab til Gud!
7 But like a man, they have gone against the agreement; there they were false to me.
De bryder Pagten i Adam er mig utro der;
8 Gilead is a town of evil-doers, marked with blood.
Gilead er Udådsmænds By, den er sølet i Blod.
9 And like a band of thieves waiting for a man, so are the priests watching secretly the way of those going quickly to Shechem, for they are working with an evil design.
Som en Stimandsflok er Præsternes Flok, de myrder på Vejen til Sikem gør Niddingsværk.
10 In Israel I have seen a very evil thing; there false ways are seen in Ephraim, Israel is unclean;
Grufulde Ting har jeg set i Israels Hus, der har Efraim bolet, Israel blev uren.
11 And Judah has put up disgusting images for himself.
Juda, også for dig er der fastsat en Høst, når jeg vender mit Folks Skæbne, når jeg læger Israel.
