Hosea 11
1 When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.
Ko je bil Izrael otrok, takrat sem ga ljubil in svojega sina poklical iz Egipta.
2 As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.
Kakor so jih [preroki] klicali, tako so odhajali od njih. Žrtvovali so Báalom in rezanim podobam zažigali kadilo.
3 I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them.
Tudi Efrájima sem učil hoditi in jih držal za njihove lakte, toda niso spoznali, da sem jih jaz ozdravil.
4 I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them.
Pritegoval sem jih s človeškimi vrvicami, z vezmi ljubezni in bil sem jim kakor tisti, ki snamejo jarem z njihovih čeljusti in jaz sem jim dajal hrano.
5 He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return.
Ne bo se vrnil v egiptovsko deželo, temveč bo Asirec njegov kralj, ker so zavrnili, da bi se vrnili.
6 And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels.
Meč bo ostajal na njegovih mestih in použije njegove mladike in jih požre zaradi njihovih lastnih nasvetov.
7 And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.
Moje ljudstvo je nagnjeno k odpadu od mene. Čeprav so jih klicali k Najvišjemu, ga sploh nihče ni hotel povišati.
8 How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.
Kako naj bi se ti odrekel, Efrájim? Kako naj bi te izročil, Izrael? Kako naj bi te naredil kakor Admo? Kako naj bi te postavil kakor Cebojím? Moje srce je spremenjeno znotraj mene, poleg tega so se moja kesanja razvnela.
9 I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of thee: and I will not enter into the city.
Ne bom izvršil okrutnosti svoje jeze, ne bom se vrnil, da uničim Efrájima, kajti jaz sem Bog in ne človek, Sveti v tvoji sredi in ne bom vstopil v mesto.«
10 They shall walk after Yhwh: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.
Hodili bodo za Gospodom, rjovel bo kakor lev. Ko bo zarjovel, potem bodo otroci pritrepetali od zahoda.
11 They shall tremble as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of Assyria: and I will place them in their houses, saith Yhwh.
Pritrepetali bodo kakor ptica iz Egipta in kakor golobica iz asirske dežele in postavil jih bom v njihove hiše, « govori Gospod.
12 Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit: but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the saints.
»Efrájim me obdaja z lažmi in Izraelova hiša s prevaro, toda Juda še vlada z Bogom in je zvest s svetimi.
