Hosea 4
1 Hear the word of Yahweh, ye sons of Israel, —that, a controversy, hath Yahweh with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no faithfulness, nor lovingkindness, nor knowledge of God, in the land:
Čujte riječ Jahvinu, sinovi Izraelovi, jer Jahve se parbi sa stanovnicima zemlje.
2 Cursing and lying, and killing and stealing, and committing adultery, have broken forth, and, blood-shedding, unto blood-shedding, doth extend.
Nema više vjernosti, nema ljubavi, nema znanja Božjega u zemlji, već proklinjanje i laž, ubijanje i krađa, preljub i nasilje, jedna krv drugu stiže.
3 For this cause, shall the land mourn, and everyone who dwelleth therein shall languish, with the wild beast of the field and with the bird of the heavens, —moreover also, the fishes of the sea, shall be withdrawn.
Stoga tuguje zemlja i ginu svi stanovnici s poljskim zvijerima i pticama nebeskim te ugibaju i ribe u moru.
4 Howbeit let, no man, contend, nor let him rebuke another, —since, thy people, are as they who contend against a priest:
Ipak neka se nitko ne parbi, neka nitko ne kori! Ali s tobom se moram parbiti, svećeniče.
5 So shouldst thou stumble in the daytime, and even the prophet stumble with thee, in the night, —and I should destroy thine own mother.
Danju ti posrćeš, a noću s tobom posrće i prorok; pogubit ću mater tvoju.
6 My people, are destroyed, for lack of knowledge, —Because, thou, hast rejected knowledge, therefore will I reject thee from ministering as priest unto me, and, because thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also, will forget thy children.
Moj narod gine: nema znanja; jer si ti znanje odbacio, i ja odbacujem tebe iz svećenstva svoga; jer si Zakon svoga Boga zaboravio, i ja ću tvoje zaboraviti sinove.
7 As they were magnified, so, they sinned against me, —My glory—for what was contemptible, did they exchange.
Što ih je više bivalo, više su protiv mene griješili, Slavu su svoju Sramotom zamijenili.
8 The sin of my people, they do eat, —and. unto their iniquity, lift they up every man his desire.
Grijesima mog naroda oni se hrane, duša im hlepi za bezakonjem njegovim.
9 So doth it come to be—like people, like priest, —therefore will I visit upon him his ways, and, his doings, will I bring back to him;
I sa svećenikom bit će k'o i s narodom; kaznit ću ga za njegove putove i naplatit ću mu za njegova djela.
10 And they shall eat, and not be satisfied, they have encouraged unchastity, yet have not been making increase, —for unto, Yahweh, have they left off giving heed: —
Jest će, ali se nasititi neće; bludničit će, ali se neće množiti, jer oni su prestali štovati Jahvu -
11 Unchastity, and wine, and new wine, take away the heart.
blud, mošt i vino zarobiše im srce.
12 My people, of their Wood, do ask, —Let, their Staff, then tell them, —for, the spirit of unchastity, hath led them astray, and they have unchastely departed from under their God.
Narod moj savjet traži od drva, palica mu njegova daje odgovore: jer duh razvratni njih zavodi te se od Boga svoga bludu odaju.
13 On the headlands of the mountains, they sacrifice, and, on the hills, burn they incense, under oak and poplar and terebinth, because, pleasant, is the shade thereof: For this cause, do your daughters, become unchaste, and, your brides, commit adultery.
Oni žrtvuju na gorskim vrhuncima i na bregovima pale kad, pod hrastom, jablanom i dubom; jer je tako lagodno pod njihovom sjenom. I zato, odaju li se vaše kćeri bludu, čine li preljub vaše nevjeste,
14 I do not bring punishment upon your daughters when they become unchaste, nor upon your brides, when they commit adultery, for, the men themselves, with unchaste women, do seclude themselves, and, with the common women of the shrine, do offer sacrifice, —and, a people who will not discern, must be ruined.
neću vam kazniti kćeri što bludniče niti nevjeste vaše što preljub čine; jer oni sami idu nasamo s bludnicama i žrtvuju s milosnicama hramskim. Tako, bez razuma narod u propast srlja!
15 Though unchaste art thou, O Israel, let not Judah, become guilty, neither let them enter Gilgal, nor go up to Beth-aven, and [then] swear, By the life of Yahweh!
Ako li se ti bludu odaješ, Izraele, neka bar Juda ne griješi! I ne idite u Gilgal, ne penjite se u Bet Aven, ne kunite se “živoga mi Jahve.”
16 For, as a heifer that is stubborn, hath Israel, been stubborn, —Now, can Yahweh, turn them out to pasture, like a young ram in a wide place?
Jer poput junice tvrdoglave Izrael tvrdoglav postade, pa kako da ga Jahve sad pase k'o janje na prostranoj livadi?
17 Mated with idols, is Ephraim, let him alone.
Efrajim se udružio s kumirima: pusti ga!
18 Their drinking-bout, having passed, —they became, unchaste, they loved wildly, a contempt, became her great men.
A kad završe pijanku, bluda se prihvaćaju, Sramotu vole više nego Slavu svoju.
19 The wind hath bound her up in its wings, —that they may be ashamed, because of their sacrifices.
Vihor će ih svojim krilima stegnuti i njihovi će ih osramotit' žrtvenici.
