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].
Izrael jest próżną winoroślą, sam sobie przynosi owoc. Im więcej miał owocu, tym więcej pobudował ołtarzy, a im obfitsza była jego ziemia, tym piękniejsze wystawiał posągi.
2 They are deceitful; [so] now they are guilty and must be punished. [I], Yahweh, will tear down their altars and smash those pillars.
Ich serce jest rozdzielone, teraz są winni. On pokruszy ich ołtarze i zniszczy ich posągi.
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.’
Mówią bowiem: Nie mamy króla, bo nie baliśmy się PANA, a cóż może dla nas uczynić król?
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.
Wypowiadają słowa, przysięgając kłamliwie, gdy zawierają przymierze. Sąd wzrośnie jak trujący chwast w bruzdach polnych.
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.
Mieszkańcy Samarii zatrwożą się z powodu cielców Bet-Awen. Będą go bowiem opłakiwać jego lud oraz jego kapłani, którzy się radowali z niego, gdyż jego chwała odeszła od niego.
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.
Nawet i on sam zostanie zaprowadzony do Asyrii [jako] dar dla króla Jareb. Efraim okryje się hańbą i Izrael zawstydzi się [z powodu] swojej rady.
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].
Król Samarii zostanie wycięty jak piana na powierzchni wody.
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]!’
Wyżyny Awen, grzech Izraela, zostaną zniszczone. Ciernie i oset wyrosną na ich ołtarzach, a powiedzą do gór: Przykryjcie nas; a do pagórków: Padnijcie na nas.
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].
Od dni Gibea grzeszysz, Izraelu. Tam się ostali. Nie pochwyciła ich w Gibea bitwa przeciwko synom nieprawości.
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.
Ukarzę ich według mego upodobania; narody zbiorą się przeciwko nim, aby zostali ukarani za swoje dwie nieprawości.
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].
Efraim jest jak wyćwiczona jałówka, która lubi młócić. Lecz ja nadepnąłem na jej cudny kark, aby użyć Efraima do jazdy; Juda będzie orać, a Jakub będzie bronować.
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.
Siejcie sobie w sprawiedliwości, żnijcie w miłosierdziu, orzcie swoje ugory. Czas bowiem szukać PANA, aż przyjdzie i spuści na was sprawiedliwość [jak] deszcz.
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.
[Ale] oraliście niegodziwość, zbieraliście nieprawość i jedliście owoc kłamstwa. Zaufałeś bowiem swej drodze i wielkiej liczbie swoich wojowników.
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.
Dlatego powstanie zgiełk pośród twego ludu i wszystkie twoje zamki zostaną zburzone, tak jak Szalman zburzył Bet-Arbel w dniu bitwy, gdy matki z synami zostały roztrzaskane.
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].”
Oto tak wam uczyni Betel z powodu waszej wielkiej niegodziwości. Król Izraela o świcie zostanie doszczętnie zgładzony.
