Hosea 8
1 Set the trumpet to thy mouth: he shall come as an eagle against the House of the Lord, because they haue transgressed my couenant, and trespassed against my Lawe.
Trublju na usta, poput stražara na Domu Jahvinu; jer oni moj Savez prestupiše, otpadoše od moga Zakona.
2 Israel shall crie vnto me, My God, we know thee.
Meni viču: “Poznajemo te, Bože Izraelov.”
3 Israel hath cast off ye thing that is good: the enemie shall pursue him.
Ali je Izrael odbacio dobro, dušman će ga progoniti.
4 They haue set vp a King, but not by me: they haue made princes, and I knew it not: of their siluer and their gold haue they made them idoles: therefore shall they be destroyed.
Kraljeve su postavljali bez mene, knezove birali bez znanja moga. Od srebra svog i zlata načiniše sebi kumire da budu uništeni.
5 Thy calfe, O Samaria, hath cast thee off: mine anger is kindled against them: howe long will they be without innocencie!
Odbacih tvoje tele, Samarijo, na njih se gnjev moj rasplamtio. Dokle će ostati nečisti sinovi Izraelovi?
6 For it came euen from Israel: the workeman made it, therefore it is not God: but the calfe of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
Umjetnik ga je neki načinio, i ono Bog nije. Prometnut će se u komadiće tele samarijsko.
7 For they haue sowne the winde, and they shall reape the whirlewind: it hath no stalke: the budde shall bring foorth no meale: if so be it bring forth, the strangers shall deuoure it.
Posijali su vjetar, i požet će oluju; žito im neće proklijati, neće brašna dati; ako ga i dade proždrijet će ga tuđinci.
8 Israel is deuoured, now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessell wherein is no pleasure.
Progutan je Izrael, evo ga među narodima poput nevrijedne posude;
9 For they are gone vp to Asshur: they are as a wilde asse alone by himselfe: Ephraim hath hired louers.
jer otiđoše k Asircu, divljem magarcu što sam živi! Efrajim obdaruje milosnike.
10 Yet though they haue hired among the nations, nowe will I gather them, and they shall sorowe a litle, for the burden of the King and the princes.
Neka ih samo obdaruje, među narode ću ih sada razasuti: i doskora će uzdrhtati pod teretom kralja knezova.
11 Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sinne, his altars shalbe to sinne.
Žrtvenike je umnožio Efrajim, za grijeh su mu oni poslužili.
12 I haue written to them the great things of my Lawe: but they were counted as a strange thing.
Da mu i tisuću zakona svojih napišem, oni ih smatraju tuđima.
13 They sacrifice flesh for ye sacrifices of mine offerings, and eate it: but the Lord accepteth them not: now will he remember their iniquitie, and visite their sinnes: they shall returne to Egypt.
Nek' žrtvuju klanice što mi ih prinose, nek' samo jedu meso! Jahvi se ne mile. Odsad će se spominjati bezakonja njihova i njihove će kazniti grijehe: u Egipat će se oni vratiti.
14 For Israel hath forgotten his maker, and buildeth Temples, and Iudah hath increased strong cities: but I will sende a fire vpon his cities, and it shall deuoure the palaces thereof.
Izrael je zaboravio tvorca svoga i sebi dvorove sagradio; Juda je namnožio gradove tvrde. Oganj ću pustiti na gradove njegove; vatra će mu dvorove progutati.
