Hosea 6
1 Come, and let us return to the LORD: for he has torn, and he will heal us; he has smitten, and he will bind us up.
Kommer og lader os vende om til Herren; thi han har sønderrevet og vil læge os; har han slaget, vil han forbinde os.
2 After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
Han skal gøre os levende efter to Dage; paa den tredje Dag skal han oprejse os, at vi maa leve for hans Ansigt.
3 Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come to us as the rain, as the latter and former rain to the earth.
Og vi ville kende, jage efter at kende Herren, som Morgenrøden er hans Opgang vis; og han skal komme til os som Regnen, som Sildigregnen, der væder Jorden.
4 O Ephraim, what shall I do to you? O Judah, what shall I do to you? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goes away.
Hvad skal jeg gøre ved dig, Efraim? hvad skal jeg gøre ved dig, Juda? da eders Kærlighed er som en Sky om Morgenen og som Duggen, der aarle gaar bort.
5 Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and your judgments are as the light that goes forth.
Derfor huggede jeg bort ved Profeterne, ihjelslog dem ved min Munds Taler; og Dommene over dig komme for Lyset.
6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
Thi jeg har Lyst til Miskundhed og ikke til Offer og til Gudskundskab mer end Brændofre.
7 But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.
Men de have overtraadt Pagten ligesom Adam; der ere de blevne troløse imod mig.
8 Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood.
Gilead er en Misdæderstad, fuld af Blodspor.
9 And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.
Som en Stimand lurer, saaledes og en Flok Præster; de myrde paa Vejen til Sikem, thi skændige Ting have de begaaet.
10 I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the prostitution of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.
I Israels Hus har jeg set gruelige Ting; der har Efraim bedrevet Hor, Israel er besmittet.
11 Also, O Judah, he has set an harvest for you, when I returned the captivity of my people.
Ogsaa Juda — over dig er bestemt en Høst, naar jeg omvender mit Folks Fangenskab.
