Hosea 10
1 “Israel was [like a large] healthy/luxuriant vine [MET] that produced [a lot of] grapes. But as the people became richer, they made more altars [at which to worship idols]. As the people prospered, they [built and] decorated sacred pillars [that they worshiped].
Ο Ισραήλ είναι άμπελος ευκληματούσα· εκαρποφόρησεν αφθόνως· κατά το πλήθος των καρπών αυτού επλήθυνε τα θυσιαστήρια· κατά την αγαθότητα της γης αυτού ελάμπρυνε τα αγάλματα.
2 They are deceitful; [so] now they are guilty and must be punished. [I], Yahweh, will tear down their altars and smash those pillars.
Η καρδία αυτών είναι μεμερισμένη· τώρα θέλουσι τιμωρηθή· αυτός θέλει κατασκάψει τα θυσιαστήρια αυτών, θέλει φθείρει τα αγάλματα αυτών.
3 Then they will say, ‘It is because we did not revere Yahweh that we no [longer] have a king. But [even if we had] a king, he certainly could not [RHQ] do anything to help us.’
Διότι τώρα θέλουσιν ειπεί, Ημείς δεν έχομεν βασιλέα, διότι δεν εφοβήθημεν τον Κύριον· και ο βασιλεύς τι ήθελε μας κάμει;
4 They falsely promise [that they will do many things]; they solemnly promise and make agreements, but they do not do what they promise. So people accuse and sue [each other in the courts]; they are like [SIM] poisonous weeds [that grow] in a plowed field.
Ελάλησαν λόγους, ομνύοντες ψευδώς, ενώ έκαμνον συνθήκην· όθεν η καταδίκη θέλει εκβλαστήσει ως το κώνειον εν ταις αύλαξι του αγρού.
5 The people who live in Samaria [city] are worried about [what may happen to the idol that resembles] a calf [that they set up] at Beth-Aven [town]. The people in Samaria will mourn, and the priests there will cry about it [if it is damaged or destroyed]. [Previously] they shouted joyfully about its being very great; but now it will not be great any more.
Οι κάτοικοι της Σαμαρείας θέλουσι κατατρομάξει διά τον μόσχον της Βαιθ-αυέν· διότι ο λαός αυτού θέλει πενθήσει δι' αυτόν και οι ειδωλοθύται αυτού, οι χαίροντες εις αυτόν, διά την δόξαν αυτού, διότι μετωκίσθη απ' αυτού.
6 It will be taken to Assyria to be a gift for the great King [of Assyria]. [So the people of] Israel will be disgraced, and they will be ashamed because [they trusted in] that idol.
Αυτός ότι θέλει φερθή εις την Ασσυρίαν, δώρον προς τον βασιλέα Ιαρείβ· αισχύνη θέλει καταλάβει τον Εφραΐμ, και ο Ισραήλ θέλει εντραπή διά την βουλήν αυτού.
7 The King of Samaria [and the other people in Samaria] will be gone; they will be like [SIM] a twig [that floats away] on the surface of the water [and disappears].
Αφανίζεται η Σαμάρεια και ο βασιλεύς αυτής ως αφρός επί πρόσωπον ύδατος.
8 The altars on the tops of hills [where the people worshiped idols] will be destroyed; those have been the places where the people of Israel sinned greatly. Thorns and weeds will grow and cover those altars. Then the people will plead to the mountains and hills, ‘Fall [down and] cover us [to protect us from God punishing us]!’
Και οι βωμοί της Αυέν, η αμαρτία του Ισραήλ, θέλουσι καταστραφή· άκανθαι και τρίβολοι θέλουσι βλαστήσει επί τα θυσιαστήρια αυτών· και θέλουσιν ειπεί προς τα όρη, Καλύψατέ μας· και προς τους λόφους, Πέσατε εφ' ημάς.
9 [You people of] Israel, [ever since your ancestors did evil things] at Gibeah, you have continued to sin. [When the people at] [PRS] Gibeah [did evil things], the result was a war [in which thousands of people died].
Ισραήλ, ημάρτησας από των ημερών της Γαβαά· εκεί εστάθησαν· η εν Γαβαά κατά των υιών της ανομίας μάχη δεν έφθασεν εις αυτούς.
10 [So now], when I want to, I will punish the Israeli people. Because of the many sins that they have committed, [the armies of other] nations will gather to attack them, and they will cause the Israeli people to become their slaves.
Κατά την βουλήν μου βεβαίως θέλω παιδεύσει αυτούς· και οι λαοί θέλουσι συναχθή εναντίον αυτών, όταν φέρωνται εις αιχμαλωσίαν διά τας δύο ανομίας αυτών.
11 Israel is [like] [MET] a well-trained (heifer/young cow) that likes to thresh [grain]. [So now you will become slaves]. [It will be as though] I will put a yoke on your neck, and you will be forced to work hard for your enemies in their fields. [You people of] Israel and Judah [will be forced to go to Assyria]; there you [DOU] will pull plows to break up the ground [for planting seeds].
Ο Εφραΐμ είναι μεν δάμαλις δεδιδαγμένη και αγαπώσα να αλωνίζη· πλην εγώ θέλω περάσει ζυγόν επί τον ώραίον αυτής τράχηλον· θέλω υποζεύξει τον Εφραΐμ· ο Ιούδας θέλει αροτριά, ο Ιακώβ θέλει βωλοκοπεί εις εαυτόν.
12 [You plow your fields and plant your seeds] and harvest [your crops] [MET], [but what you need to do is] to act righteously and to faithfully love [me]; you need to repent [MET], because it is time to try to know [me], Yahweh; and if you do that, I will pour out [MET] many blessings on you.
Σπείρατε δι' εαυτούς εν δικαιοσύνη, θερίσατε εν ελέει· ανοίξατε την αφειμένην σας γήν· διότι είναι καιρός να εκζητήσητε τον Κύριον, εωσού έλθη και επισταλάξη δικαιοσύνην εφ' υμάς.
13 You [plant seeds and harvest the crops and eat them]; [but what I consider that you have really done is] that you have planted wicked things and harvested evil things and eaten [MET] the results [IDM] of the lies [that you have told]. [Instead of trusting in me, ] you have (depended on/trusted in) your own power and in your many soldiers.
Ηροτριάσατε ασέβειαν, εθερίσατε ανομίαν, εφάγετε καρπόν ψεύδους· διότι ήλπισας εις την οδόν σου, εις το πλήθος των ισχυρών σου.
14 As a result, you will [soon] hear the roar of battle, and all your cities that have walls around them will be destroyed, like [SIM] Shalman’s [army] destroyed Beth-Arbel [city] in a battle, and the women [in that city] and their children were bashed to death.
Διά τούτο απώλεια θέλει εγερθή μεταξύ των λαών σου, και πάντα τα φρούριά σου θέλουσιν εκπορθηθή, καθώς ο Σαλμάν εξεπόρθησε την Βαιθ-αρβέλ εν τη ημέρα της μάχης· η μήτηρ κατεσυντρίβη επί τα τέκνα.
15 [You people of] [APO] Bethel [city], that is what will happen to you, because you are very wicked. And when the sun rises [on that day], the King of Israel will be killed [in the battle].”
Ούτω θέλει κάμει εις εσάς η Βαιθήλ ένεκεν της εσχάτης ανομίας σας· πρωΐ θέλει αφανισθή ολοτελώς ο βασιλεύς του Ισραήλ.
