Hosea 2
1 Say unto your brethren Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah.
Kald eders Broder Mit-Folk og eders Søster nåderig.
2 Plead with your mother, plead; for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: and let her put away her whoredoms from her face, and her adulteries from between her breasts;
Gå i rette med eders Moder, gå i rette, thi hun er ikke min Hustru, og jeg er ej hendes Mand. For Hormærket fri hun sit Ansigt, for Bolemærket sit Bryst.
3 lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her as a dry land, and slay her with thirst.
Jeg klæder hende ellers nøgen, stiller hende frem, som hun fødtes; jeg reder hende til som en Ørk, som et Tørkeland gør jeg hende, lader hende tørste ihjel.
4 And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they are the children of whoredoms.
Jeg ynkes ej over hendes Børn, fordi de er Horebørn;
5 For their mother hath played the harlot; she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give [me] my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink.
thi Horkvinde var deres Moder, skamløs var hun, som bar dem. Thi hun sagde: "Mine Elskere holder jeg mig til, som giver mig mit Brød og mit Vand, min Uld og min Hør, min Olie og Vin."
6 Therefore behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns; and I will fence [her] in with a wall, that she shall not find her paths.
Se, derfor spærrer jeg med Tjørn hendes Vej, foran hende murer jeg en Mur, så hun ikke kan finde sine Stier.
7 And she shall pursue after her lovers, and shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, and shall not find them: and she shall say, I will go and return to my first husband, for then was it better with me than now.
Efter Elskerne kan hun så løbe, hun når dem alligevel ikke; hun søger dem uden at finde, og da skal hun sige: "Jeg går på ny til min første Mand; da, havde jeg det bedre end nu."
8 And she did not know that I had given her the corn and the new wine and the oil, and had multiplied to her the silver and gold, which they employed for Baal.
Ja hun, hun skønner ikke, at det var mig, som gav hende Korn og Most og Olie, gav hende rigeligt Sølv. og Guld, som de gjorde til Baaler.
9 Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time thereof, and my new wine in its season, and will withdraw my wool and my flax which should have covered her nakedness.
Derfor tager jeg atter mit Korn, når Tiden er til det, min Most, når Timen er inde, borttager min Uld og min Hør, som hun skjuler sin Nøgenhed med.
10 And now will I discover her impiety in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of my hand.
Jeg blotter nu hendes Skam lige for Elskernes Øjne, af min Hånd frier ingen hende ud.
11 And I will cause all her mirth to cease: her feasts, her new moons, and her sabbaths! and all her solemnities.
Jeg, gør Ende på al hendes. Glæde, Fester, Nymåner, Sabbater, hver en Højtid, hun har.
12 And I will make desolate her vine and her fig-tree, whereof she hath said, These are my rewards which my lovers have given me; and I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them.
Jeg ødelægger hendes Vinstok og Figentræ, om hvilke hun sagde: "Her er min Skøgeløn, den, mine Elskere gav mig." Jeg skaber dem om til Krat, af Markens Dyr skal de ædes.
13 And I will visit upon her the days of the Baals, wherein she burned incense to them, and decked herself with her rings and jewels, and went after her lovers, and forgot me, saith Jehovah.
Jeg hjemsøger hende for Baalernes Fester, på hvilke hun bragte dem Ofre, smykket med Ring og Kæde. Sine Elskere holdt hun sig til, mig glemte hun, lyder det fra HERREN.
14 Therefore behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak to her heart.
Se, derfor vil jeg lokke og føre hende ud i Ørkenen og tale hende kærligt til.
15 And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope; and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.
Så giver jeg hende hendes Vingårde der og Akors Dal til en Håbets Dør. Der skal hun synge som i Ungdommens Dage, som da hun drog op fra Ægyptens Land.
16 And it shall be in that day, saith Jehovah, [that] thou shalt call me, My husband, and shalt call me no more, Baali;
På hin Dag, lyder det fra HERREN, skal hun påkalde sin Ægtemand, og ikke mere Baalerne.
17 for I will take away the names of the Baals out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name.
Baalsnavnene fjerner jeg fra hendes Mund, ej mer skal Navnene huskes.
18 And I will make a covenant for them in that day with the beasts of the field, and with the fowl of the heavens, and the creeping things of the ground; and I will break bow and sword and battle out of the land; and I will make them to lie down safely.
På hin Dag slutter jeg en Pagt for dem med Markens Dyr og Himmelens Fugle og Jordens Kryb; Bue, Sværd og Stridsvåben sønderbryder jeg i Landet, og jeg lader dem bo trygt.
19 And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; and I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in loving-kindness, and in mercies;
Jeg trolover mig med dig for evigt, jeg trolover mig med dig med Retfærd og Ret, med Miskundhed og Barmhjertighed;
20 and I will betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know Jehovah.
jeg trolover mig med dig i Troskab, og du skal kende HERREN.
21 And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith Jehovah, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth;
Da skal det ske på hin Dag, at jeg bønhører, lyder det fra HERREN, ja, at jeg bønhører Himlen, at den så bønhører Jorden,
22 and the earth shall hear the corn, and the new wine, and the oil; and they shall hear Jizreel.
og Jorden bønhører Hornet, Mosten og Olien, og de bønhører Jizreel.
23 And I will sow her unto me in the land; and I will have mercy upon Lo-ruhamah; and I will say to Lo-ammi, Thou art my people; and they shall say, My God.
Jeg sår hende ud i Landet, mod Nådeløs er jeg nådig og siger til Ikke-mit-Folk: "Mit Folk er du!" og han skal sige: "Min Gud!"
