Hosea 4
1 Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel! for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
Poslušajte Gospodovo besedo, vi Izraelovi otroci, kajti Gospod ima polemiko s prebivalci dežele, zato ker tam ni resnice niti usmiljenja niti spoznanja Boga v deželi.
2 Swearing and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery! they break all bounds, and blood toucheth blood.
S priseganjem, laganjem, ubijanjem, krajo in zagrešitvami zakonolomstva so izbruhnili in kri se dotika krvi.
3 Therefore doth the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein doth languish, with the beasts of the field, and the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also are taken away.
Zato bo dežela žalovala in kdor v njej prebiva bo opešal, z živalmi polja in s perjadjo neba. Da, tudi ribe morja bodo odvzete.
4 Yet let no man strive, neither let any man reprove; for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.
Vendarle naj se noben človek ne prepira niti naj ne graja drugega, kajti tvoje ljudstvo je kakor tisti, ki se prepirajo z duhovnikom.
5 Therefore shalt thou stumble in the day, and the prophet also shall stumble with thee in the night; and I will destroy thy mother.
»Zato boš padel podnevi in tudi prerok bo padel s teboj ponoči in jaz bom uničil tvojo mater.
6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to Me; seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.
Moje ljudstvo je uničeno zaradi pomanjkanja spoznanja. Ker si zavrnil spoznanje, bom tudi jaz zavrnil tebe, da mi ne boš duhovnik. Ker si pozabil postavo svojega Boga, bom tudi jaz pozabil tvoje otroke.
7 The more they were increased, the more they sinned against Me; I will change their glory into shame.
Kakor so bili pomnoženi, tako so grešili zoper mene, zato bom njihovo slavo spremenil v sramoto.
8 They feed on the sin of My people, and set their heart on their iniquity.
Jedo greh mojega ljudstva in svoja srca naravnavajo na svojo krivičnost.
9 And it is like people, like priest; and I will punish him for his ways, and will recompense him his doings.
In tam bo, kakršno ljudstvo, takšen duhovnik, in jaz jih bom kaznoval za njihove poti in jim nagradil njihova početja.
10 And they shall eat, and not have enough, they shall commit harlotry, and shall not increase; because they have left off to take heed to the LORD.
Kajti jedli bodo, pa ne bodo imeli dovolj, zagrešili bodo vlačugarstvo, pa se ne bodo pomnožili, ker so opustili, da bi bili pozorni na Gospoda.
11 Harlotry, wine, and new wine take away the heart.
Vlačugarstvo, vino in novo vino jemljejo srce.
12 My people ask counsel at their stock, and their staff declareth unto them; for the spirit of harlotry hath caused them to err, and they have gone astray from under their God.
Moje ljudstvo sprašuje za nasvet pri svojih kladah in njihova palica jim napoveduje, kajti duh vlačugarstev jim je povzročil, da blodijo in odšli so se vlačugat proč izpred svojega Boga.
13 They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and offer upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and terebinths, because the shadow thereof is good; therefore your daughters commit harlotry, and your daughters-in-law commit adultery.
Žrtvujejo na vrhovih gora in kadilo zažigajo na hribih, pod hrasti, topoli in bresti, ker je njihova senca dobra. Zatorej bodo vaše hčere zagrešile vlačugarstvo in vaše snahe bodo zagrešile zakonolomstvo.
14 I will not punish your daughters when they commit harlotry, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery; for they themselves consort with lewd women, and they sacrifice with harlots; and the people that is without understanding is distraught.
Ne bom kaznoval vaših hčera, ko bodo zagrešile vlačuganje niti vaših snah, kadar bodo zagrešile zakonolomstvo, kajti oni sami so oddvojeni z vlačugami in žrtvujejo s pocestnicami. Zatorej bo ljudstvo, ki ne razume, padlo.
15 Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah become guilty; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Beth-aven, nor swear: 'As the LORD liveth.'
Čeprav ti, Izrael, igraš pocestnico, naj vendar Juda ne greši. Ne prihajajte v Gilgál, niti ne hodite gor v Bet Aven, niti ne prisegajte: › Gospod živi.‹
16 For Israel is stubborn like a stubborn heifer; now shall the LORD feed them as a lamb in a large place?
Kajti Izrael drsi nazaj kakor nazaj zdrknjena telica. Sedaj jih bo Gospod pasel kakor jagnje na velikem kraju.
17 Ephraim is joined to idols; let him alone.
Efrájim je pridružen malikom, pusti ga samega.
18 When their carouse is over, they take to harlotry; her rulers deeply love dishonour.
Njihova pijača je kisla. Spet in spet zagrešujejo vlačugarstvo. Njegovi vladarji ljubijo s sramoto: ›Dajajte.‹
19 The wind hath bound her up in her skirts; and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.
Veter je [Izraela] zvezal v svoje peruti in osramočeni bodo zaradi svojih [klavnih] daritev.
