Osee 11
1 Early in the morning were they cast off, the king of Israel has been cast off: for Israel is a child, and I loved him, and out of Egypt have I called his children.
Ko je bil Izrael otrok, takrat sem ga ljubil in svojega sina poklical iz Egipta.
2 As I called them, so they departed from my presence: they sacrificed to Baalim, and burnt incense to graven images.
Kakor so jih [preroki] klicali, tako so odhajali od njih. Žrtvovali so Báalom in rezanim podobam zažigali kadilo.
3 Yet I bound the feet of Ephraim, I took him on my arm; but they knew not that I healed them.
Tudi Efrájima sem učil hoditi in jih držal za njihove lakte, toda niso spoznali, da sem jih jaz ozdravil.
4 When men were destroyed, I drew them with the bands of my love: and I will be to them as a man smiting [another] on his cheek: and I will have respect to him, I will prevail with him.
Pritegoval sem jih s človeškimi vrvicami, z vezmi ljubezni in bil sem jim kakor tisti, ki snamejo jarem z njihovih čeljusti in jaz sem jim dajal hrano.
5 Ephraim dwelt in Egypt; and [as for] the Assyrian, he was his king, because he would not return.
Ne bo se vrnil v egiptovsko deželo, temveč bo Asirec njegov kralj, ker so zavrnili, da bi se vrnili.
6 And in his cities he prevailed not with the sword, and he ceased [to war] with his hands: and they shall eat [of the fruit] of their own devices:
Meč bo ostajal na njegovih mestih in použije njegove mladike in jih požre zaradi njihovih lastnih nasvetov.
7 and his people [shall] cleave fondly to their habitation; but God shall be angry with his precious things, and shall not at all exalt him.
Moje ljudstvo je nagnjeno k odpadu od mene. Čeprav so jih klicali k Najvišjemu, ga sploh nihče ni hotel povišati.
8 How shall I deal with thee, Ephraim? [how] shall I protect thee, Israel? what shall I do with thee? I will make thee as Adama, and as Seboim; my heart is turned at once, my repentance is powerfully excited.
Kako naj bi se ti odrekel, Efrájim? Kako naj bi te izročil, Izrael? Kako naj bi te naredil kakor Admo? Kako naj bi te postavil kakor Cebojím? Moje srce je spremenjeno znotraj mene, poleg tega so se moja kesanja razvnela.
9 I will not act according to the fury of my wrath, I will not abandon Ephraim to be utterly destroyed: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One within thee: and I will not enter into the city.
Ne bom izvršil okrutnosti svoje jeze, ne bom se vrnil, da uničim Efrájima, kajti jaz sem Bog in ne človek, Sveti v tvoji sredi in ne bom vstopil v mesto.«
10 I will go after the Lord: he shall utter [his voice] as a lion: for he shall roar, and the children of the waters shall be amazed.
Hodili bodo za Gospodom, rjovel bo kakor lev. Ko bo zarjovel, potem bodo otroci pritrepetali od zahoda.
11 They shall be amazed [and fly] as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of the Assyrians: and I will restore them to their houses, saith the Lord.
Pritrepetali bodo kakor ptica iz Egipta in kakor golobica iz asirske dežele in postavil jih bom v njihove hiše, « govori Gospod.
12 Ephraim has compassed me with falsehood, and the house of Israel and Juda with ungodliness: [but] now God knows them, and they shall be called God's holy people.
»Efrájim me obdaja z lažmi in Izraelova hiša s prevaro, toda Juda še vlada z Bogom in je zvest s svetimi.
