Hosea 8
1 Set the horn to thy mouth. As a vulture he cometh against the house of the LORD; because they have transgressed My covenant, and trespassed against My law.
Trublju na usta, poput stražara na Domu Jahvinu; jer oni moj Savez prestupiše, otpadoše od moga Zakona.
2 Will they cry unto Me: 'My God, we Israel know Thee'?
Meni viču: “Poznajemo te, Bože Izraelov.”
3 Israel hath cast off that which is good; the enemy shall pursue him.
Ali je Izrael odbacio dobro, dušman će ga progoniti.
4 They have set up kings, but not from Me, they have made princes, and I knew it not; of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.
Kraljeve su postavljali bez mene, knezove birali bez znanja moga. Od srebra svog i zlata načiniše sebi kumire da budu uništeni.
5 Thy calf, O Samaria, is cast off; Mine anger is kindled against them; how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?
Odbacih tvoje tele, Samarijo, na njih se gnjev moj rasplamtio. Dokle će ostati nečisti sinovi Izraelovi?
6 For from Israel is even this: the craftsman made it, and it is no God; yea, the calf of Samaria shall be broken in shivers.
Umjetnik ga je neki načinio, i ono Bog nije. Prometnut će se u komadiće tele samarijsko.
7 For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind; it hath no stalk, the bud that shall yield no meal; if so be it yield, strangers shall swallow it up.
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 swallowed up; now are they become among the nations as a vessel wherein is no value.
Progutan je Izrael, evo ga među narodima poput nevrijedne posude;
9 For they are gone up to Assyria, like a wild ass alone by himself; Ephraim hath hired lovers.
jer otiđoše k Asircu, divljem magarcu što sam živi! Efrajim obdaruje milosnike.
10 Yea, though they hire among the nations, now will I gather them up; and they begin to be minished by reason of the burden of king and princes.
Neka ih samo obdaruje, među narode ću ih sada razasuti: i doskora će uzdrhtati pod teretom kralja knezova.
11 For Ephraim hath multiplied altars to sin, yea, altars have been unto him to sin.
Žrtvenike je umnožio Efrajim, za grijeh su mu oni poslužili.
12 Though I write for him never so many things of My Law, they are accounted as a stranger's.
Da mu i tisuću zakona svojih napišem, oni ih smatraju tuđima.
13 As for the sacrifices that are made by fire unto Me, let them sacrifice flesh and eat it, for the LORD accepteth them not. Now will He remember their iniquity, and punish their sins; they shall return 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 builded palaces, and Judah hath multiplied fortified cities; but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the castles 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.
