Hosea 7
1 when I would heal Israel, then Ephrain’s guilt is revealed, and Samaria’s crimes are seen, how they practise fraud and the thief enters in, while outside bandits plunder.
Kad hoću Izraela liječiti, otkriva se bezakonje Efrajimovo i zloća Samarije; prijevarom se bave oni: tat u kuću provaljuje, a vani napadaju razbojnici.
2 But it never crosses their minds that I remember their wickedness. Now their misdeeds surround them, they are always before my face.
I u srcu svome oni ne kažu da ja pamtim svu zlopakost njihovu! Ali djela su ih njihova sad opkolila, pred licem mojim ona stoje.
3 Their wickedness amuses the king, and their lying gladdens the princes,
Svojom zloćom razveseljuju kralja, a knezove podlošću svojom.
4 since they are all of them adulterers. Their desire to do evil burns like an oven heated by the baker, so hot that he need not stir the fire, from the kneading of the dough, until it rises.
Svi su oni preljubnici, kao peć su ražarena koju pekar više ne potpaljuje kad zamijesi tijesto pa dok ne ukisne.
5 On our king’s festival day, the princes are flushed with fever from wine. He stretched forth his hand with the contemptuous,
U dan kralja našega knezovi obolješe od žestine vina, a on ruku pruža pijanima.
6 for like an oven their heart burns with treachery, all night their anger smolders, in the morning it blazes into a flame of fire.
U zavjeri srce im se žari poput peći; svu noć njihova jarost drijema, ujutru se razgara k'o plam ognjeni;
7 All of them glow like an oven, they devour their rulers. All their kings have fallen. There is none among them who calls to me.
poput peći svi se raspalili te proždiru svoje suce. Padoše svi njihovi kraljevi, a nijedan od njih zazvao me nije.
8 Ephraim – he lets himself be mixed among the peoples, Ephraim – he has become a cake unturned.
Efrajim se miješa s narodima, Efrajim je pogača što je ne prevrnuše.
9 Strangers have devoured his strength, but he does not know it. His hair is sprinkled with grey, but he does not notice.
Tuđinci proždiru snagu njegovu, a on toga i ne zna! Sjedine mu pobijeliše glavu, a on toga i ne zna!
10 Israel’s arrogance testifies against them yet they do not return to the Lord their God, and in all this they do not seek him.
Naprasitost Izraelova protiv njih samih svjedoči; i oni se ne vraćaju Jahvi, Bogu svome, i uza sve to oni ga ne traže!
11 Ephraim is like a simple, silly dove: to Egypt they call, after Assyria they go,
Efrajim je kao golubica plaha i bez razuma; oni pozivaju Egipat, idu u Asiriju.
12 wherever they turn I will spread my net over them, like birds of the sky I will bring them down, I will catch them when I hear them gathering.
Kamo god otišli, na njih ću razapeti svoju mrežu, oborit ću ih kao ptice nebeske, za njihovu ih kazniti zloću.
13 Woe to them, for they have strayed from me! Destruction to them, for they have been untrue to me. Although it was I who redeemed them, they speak lies about me.
Teško njima jer od mene odbjegoše! Propast na njih jer se pobuniše protiv mene! Otkupit' ih hoću, a oni protiv mene lažu.
14 They have never cried to me with their hearts, but they are always wailing on their beds. They gather to beg for corn and new wine, but they turn away from me.
Oni me ne prizivlju iz srca kada kukaju na svojim ležajima; razdiru svoje lice zbog žita i mošta, ali protiv mene se bune.
15 Although it was I who trained and strengthened their arms, concerning me they plan only evil.
Dok sam im ja mišicu krijepio, oni su zlosti smišljali protiv mene!
16 They turn away from the Most High. They have become like a bow that swerves. Their princes will fall by the sword, because of the insolence of their tongues. The land of Egypt will mock them.
Okreću se prema ništavostima, oni su poput varljiva luka. Poradi razbješnjela jezika knezovi će im od mača pasti, bit će im to na ruglo u zemlji egipatskoj!
