Osee 1

1 The word of the Lord which came to Osee the son of Beeri, in the days of Ozias, and Joatham, and Achaz, and Ezekias, kings of Juda, and in the days of Jeroboam son of Joas, king of Israel.

Herrens ord kom til Hoseas, Be'eris søn, i de dage da Uzzija, Jotam, Akaz og Ezekias var Konger i Juda, og Jeroboam, Joass Søn, var Konge i Israel.

2 The beginning of the word of the Lord by Osee. And the Lord said to Osee, Go, take to yourself a wife of fornication, and children of fornication: for the land will surely go a-whoring in departing from the Lord.

Dengang HERREN først talede ved Hoseas, sagde han til ham: "Gå hen og tag dig en Horkvinde og Horebørn; thi utro mod HERREN bedriver Landet Hor."

3 So he went and took Gomer, daughter of Debelaim; and she conceived, and bore him a son.

Så gik han hen og ægtede Gomer, Diblajims Datter, og hun blev frugtsommelig og fødte ham en Søn.

4 And the Lord said to him, Call his name Jezrael; for yet a little [while], and I will avenge the blood of Jezrael on the house of Juda, and will make to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel.

Og HERREN sagde til ham: "Kald ham Jizreel; thi om en, liden Stund hjemsøger jeg Jizreels Blodskyld på Jehus Hus og gør Ende på Israels Huses Rige.

5 And it shall be, in that day, [that] I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezrael.

På hin Dag sønderbryder jeg Israels Bue i Jizreels Dal."

6 And she conceived again, and bore a daughter. And he said to him, Call her name, Unpitied: for I will no more have mercy on the house of Israel, but will surely set myself in array against them.

Atter blev hun frugtsommelig og fødte en Datter. Og HERREN sagde til ham: "Kald hende Nådeløs; thi jeg vil ikke længer være Israels Hus nådig og tilgive dem.

7 But I will have mercy on the house of Juda, and will save them by the Lord their God, and will not save them with bow, nor with sword, nor by war, nor by horses, nor by horsemen.

Men Judas Hus vil jeg være nådig og frelse ved HERREN deres Gud; dog frelser jeg dem ikke ved Bue, Sværd eller Stridsvåben, ved Heste eller Ryttere."

8 And she weaned Unpitied; and she conceived again, and bore a son.

Så vænnede hun Nådeløs fra og blev atter frugtsommelig og fødte en Søn.

9 And he said, Call his name, Not my people: for you are not my people, and I am not your [God].

Og HERREN sagde: "Kald ham Ikke-mit-Folk; thi I er ikke mit Folk, og jeg er ikke eders Gud."

10 Yet the number of the children of Israel was as the sand of the sea, which shall not be measured nor numbered: and it shall come to pass, [that] in the place where it was said to them, You are not my people, even they shall be called the sons of the living God.

Men Israeliternes Tal skal blive som Sandet ved Havet, der ikke kan måles eller tælles. Og i Stedet for "I er ikke mit Folk" skal de kaldes "den levende Guds Børn".

11 And the children of Juda shall be gathered, and the children of Israel together, and shall appoint themselves one head, and shall come up out of the land: for great [shall be] the day of Jezrael.

Judæerne og Israeliterne skal slå sig sammen og sætte en og samme Høvding over sig og drage op af Landet; thi stor er Jizreels Dag.