Osee 4
1 Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel: for the Lord [has] a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
Čujte riječ Jahvinu, sinovi Izraelovi, jer Jahve se parbi sa stanovnicima zemlje.
2 Cursing, and lying, and murder, and theft, and adultery abound in the land, and they mingle blood with blood.
Nema više vjernosti, nema ljubavi, nema znanja Božjega u zemlji, već proklinjanje i laž, ubijanje i krađa, preljub i nasilje, jedna krv drugu stiže.
3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and shall be diminished with all that dwell in it, with the wild beasts of the field, and the reptiles of the earth, and with the birds of the sky, and the fish of the sea shall fail:
Stoga tuguje zemlja i ginu svi stanovnici s poljskim zvijerima i pticama nebeskim te ugibaju i ribe u moru.
4 that neither any one may plead, nor any one reprove [another]; but my people are as a priest spoken against.
Ipak neka se nitko ne parbi, neka nitko ne kori! Ali s tobom se moram parbiti, svećeniče.
5 Therefore they shall fall by day, and the prophet with thee shall fall: I have compared thy mother unto night.
Danju ti posrćeš, a noću s tobom posrće i prorok; pogubit ću mater tvoju.
6 My people are like as if they had no knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt not minister as priest to me: and [as] thou has forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.
Moj narod gine: nema znanja; jer si ti znanje odbacio, i ja odbacujem tebe iz svećenstva svoga; jer si Zakon svoga Boga zaboravio, i ja ću tvoje zaboraviti sinove.
7 According to their multitude, so they sinned against me: I will turn their glory into shame.
Što ih je više bivalo, više su protiv mene griješili, Slavu su svoju Sramotom zamijenili.
8 They will devour the sins of my people, and will set their hearts on their iniquities.
Grijesima mog naroda oni se hrane, duša im hlepi za bezakonjem njegovim.
9 And the priest shall be as the people: and I will avenge on them their ways, and I will recompense to them their counsels.
I sa svećenikom bit će k'o i s narodom; kaznit ću ga za njegove putove i naplatit ću mu za njegova djela.
10 And they shall eat, and shall not be satisfied: they have gone a-whoring, and shall by no means prosper: because they have left off to take heed to the Lord.
Jest će, ali se nasititi neće; bludničit će, ali se neće množiti, jer oni su prestali štovati Jahvu -
11 The heart of my people has gladly engaged in fornication and wine and strong drink.
blud, mošt i vino zarobiše im srce.
12 They asked counsel by [means of] signs, and they reported answer to them by their staves: they have gone astray in a spirit of whoredom, and gone grievously a-whoring from their God.
Narod moj savjet traži od drva, palica mu njegova daje odgovore: jer duh razvratni njih zavodi te se od Boga svoga bludu odaju.
13 They have sacrificed on the tops of the mountains, and on the hills they have sacrificed under the oak and poplar, and under the shady tree, because the shade was good: therefore your daughters shall go a-whoring, and your daughters-in-law shall commit adultery.
Oni žrtvuju na gorskim vrhuncima i na bregovima pale kad, pod hrastom, jablanom i dubom; jer je tako lagodno pod njihovom sjenom. I zato, odaju li se vaše kćeri bludu, čine li preljub vaše nevjeste,
14 And I will not visit upon your daughters when they shall commit fornication, nor your daughters-in-law when they shall commit adultery: for they themselves mingled themselves with harlots, and sacrificed with polluted ones, and the people that understood not entangled itself with a harlot.
neću vam kazniti kćeri što bludniče niti nevjeste vaše što preljub čine; jer oni sami idu nasamo s bludnicama i žrtvuju s milosnicama hramskim. Tako, bez razuma narod u propast srlja!
15 But thou, O Israel, be not ignorant, and go ye not, [men of] Juda, to Galgala; and go not up to the house of On, and swear not by the living Lord.
Ako li se ti bludu odaješ, Izraele, neka bar Juda ne griješi! I ne idite u Gilgal, ne penjite se u Bet Aven, ne kunite se “živoga mi Jahve.”
16 For Israel was maddened like a mad heifer: now the Lord will feed them as a lamb in a wide place.
Jer poput junice tvrdoglave Izrael tvrdoglav postade, pa kako da ga Jahve sad pase k'o janje na prostranoj livadi?
17 Ephraim, joined with idols, has laid stumbling-blocks in his own way.
Efrajim se udružio s kumirima: pusti ga!
18 He has chosen the Chananites: they have grievously gone a-whoring: they have loved dishonour through her insolence.
A kad završe pijanku, bluda se prihvaćaju, Sramotu vole više nego Slavu svoju.
19 Thou art a blast of wind in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their altars.
Vihor će ih svojim krilima stegnuti i njihovi će ih osramotit' žrtvenici.
