< Hosea 7 >

1 When I was willing to heal Israel, the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the malice of Samaria, for they had been manufacturing lies. And the thief steals from inside, the robber from outside.
Ενώ ιάτρευον τον Ισραήλ, απεκαλύφθη τότε η ανομία του Εφραΐμ και η κακία της Σαμαρείας· διότι έπραξαν ψεύδος· και ο κλέπτης εισέρχεται, ο ληστής γυμνόνει έξωθεν.
2 And, so that they may not say in their hearts that I am the one who has called to mind all of their wickedness: now their own inventions have encircled them. These things have happened in my presence.
Και αυτοί δεν λέγουσιν εν τη καρδία αυτών, ότι ενθυμούμαι πάσαν την ανομίαν αυτών· τώρα περιεκύκλωσαν αυτούς αι πράξεις αυτών· έμπροσθεν του προσώπου μου έγειναν.
3 The king has rejoiced at their wickedness, and the leaders have rejoiced in their lies.
Εν τη κακία αυτών εύφραναν τον βασιλέα και εν τοις ψεύδεσιν αυτών τους άρχοντας.
4 They are all adulterers; like an oven heating up before baking, the city rested a little before the leaven was mixed in, until the whole was leavened.
Πάντες είναι μοιχοί, ως ο κλίβανος ο πεπυρωμένος υπό του αρτοποιού· όστις, αφού ζυμώση το φύραμα, παύει του να θερμαίνη αυτόν, εωσού γείνη η ζύμωσις.
5 On the day of our king, the leaders began to be mad with wine; he extended his hand with those who fabricate illusions.
Εν τη ημέρα του βασιλέως ημών, οι άρχοντες ησθένησαν υπό της φλογώσεως του οίνου, και αυτός εξήπλωσε την χείρα αυτού προς τους αχρείους.
6 For they have used their heart like an oven, while he laid snares for them; he slept through the night baking them, and by morning he himself was heated like a burning fire.
Διότι ενασχολούσι την καρδίαν αυτών φλεγωμένην ως κλίβανον εν ταις ενέδραις αυτών· ο αρτοποιός αυτών κοιμάται όλην την νύκτα· την δε αυγήν αυτή καίει ως πυρ φλογίζον.
7 They have all become hot like an oven, and they have devoured their judges. All their kings have fallen. There is no one who calls to me among them.
Πάντες ούτοι εθερμάνθησαν ως κλίβανος και κατέφαγον τους κριτάς αυτών· πάντες οι βασιλείς αυτών έπεσον· δεν υπάρχει μεταξύ αυτών ο επικαλούμενός με.
8 Ephraim himself has been mingled with the nations. Ephraim has become like bread, baked under ashes, that has not been turned over.
Ο Εφραΐμ, αυτός συνεμίγη μετά των λαών· ο Εφραΐμ είναι ως εγκρυφίας όστις δεν εστράφη.
9 Strangers have devoured his strength, and he did not know it. And grey hairs also have spread across him, and he is ignorant of it.
Ξένοι κατέφαγον την δύναμιν αυτού και αυτός δεν γνωρίζει τούτο· και λευκαί τρίχες ανεφύησαν σποράδην εν αυτώ και αυτός δεν γνωρίζει τούτο.
10 And the pride of Israel will be brought low before his face, for they have not returned to the Lord their God, nor have they sought him in all of this.
Και η υπερηφανία του Ισραήλ μαρτυρεί κατά πρόσωπον αυτού· και δεν επιστρέφουσι προς Κύριον τον Θεόν αυτών ουδέ εκζητούσιν αυτόν διά πάντα ταύτα.
11 And Ephraim has become like a pigeon that has been led astray, not having a heart; for they called upon Egypt, they went to the Assyrians.
Και ο Εφραΐμ είναι ως περιστερά δελεαζομένη, μη έχουσα σύνεσιν· επικαλούνται την Αίγυπτον, υπάγουσιν εις την Ασσυρίαν.
12 And when they will set out, I will spread my net over them. I will pull them down like the birds of the sky; I will cut them down in accordance with the reports of their meetings.
Όταν υπάγωσι, θέλω εξαπλώσει επ' αυτούς το δίκτυόν μου· θέλω καταβιβάσει αυτούς καθώς τα πετεινά του ουρανού· θέλω παιδεύσει αυτούς καθώς εκηρύχθη εν τη συναγωγή αυτών.
13 Woe to them, for they have withdrawn from me. They will waste away because they have been dishonest with me. And I redeemed them, and they have spoken lies against me.
Ουαί εις αυτούς, διότι απεσκίρτησαν απ' εμού· όλεθρος εις αυτούς, διότι ησέβησαν εις εμέ· ενώ εγώ εξηγόρασα αυτούς, αυτοί ελάλησαν κατ' εμού ψεύδη.
14 And they have not cried out to me in their heart, but they howled on their beds. They have obsessed about wheat and wine; they have withdrawn from me.
Και δεν με επεκαλέσθησαν εν τη καρδία αυτών, αλλά ωλόλυζον επί τας κλίνας αυτών· βασανίζονται διά σίτον και οίνον και στασιάζουσιν εναντίον μου.
15 And I have educated them, and I have reinforced their arms; and they have imagined evil against me.
Και εγώ επαίδευσα αυτούς ενώ ενίσχυσα τους βραχίονας αυτών, αυτοί όμως διελογίζοντο πονηρά εναντίον μου.
16 They returned so that they might be without a yoke. They have become like a deceitful bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword because of the madness of their words. This is their derision in the land of Egypt.
Επιστρέφουσιν, ουχί εις τον Υψιστον· έγειναν ως τόξον στρεβλόν· οι άρχοντες αυτών θέλουσι πέσει εν ρομφαία διά την αυθάδειαν της γλώσσης αυτών· τούτο θέλει είσθαι το όνειδος αυτών εν τη γη της Αιγύπτου.

< Hosea 7 >