Hosea 2
1 [At that time, ] you will say to your fellow-Israeli men, “[You are] God’s people,” and [you will say] to your fellow-Israeli women, “You are ones whom God loves.”
Είπατε προς τους αδελφούς σας, Αμμί, και προς τας αδελφάς σας, Ρουχαμμά.
2 [Yahweh also said to me], “I want you to accuse the Israeli people. [It is as though] [MET] this nation is your mother, but this nation is [no longer as though it is] [MET] my wife, and it is [no longer as though] [MET] I am its husband. Tell the Israeli people that they must stop [acting like] a prostitute [by worshiping other gods]; they must stop showing by their behavior that they (are unfaithful to/have abandoned) [me] [MET].
Κρίθητε μετά της μητρός σας, κρίθητε· διότι αύτη δεν είναι γυνή μου και εγώ δεν είμαι ανήρ αυτής· ας αφαιρέση λοιπόν τας πορνείας αυτής απ' έμπροσθεν αυτής και τας μοιχείας αυτής εκ μέσου των μαστών αυτής·
3 If they do not do that, I will not give them [food and] clothes [as a husband should give to his wife]; I will take away those things, and I will cause their nation to become [as deserted] as it was on the day that I [brought their ancestors out of Egypt and caused them to become a nation] [MET]. I will cause their country to be like [SIM] a desert; there will be no rain to water the ground [MET].
μήποτε εκδύσας γυμνώσω αυτήν και αποκαταστήσω αυτήν καθώς εν τη ημέρα της γεννήσεως αυτής, και θέσω αυτήν ως έρημον και καταστήσω αυτήν ως γην άνυδρον και θανατώσω αυτήν εν δίψη.
4 I will not pity the people, because they have [abandoned me] as [MET] prostitutes abandon their husbands.
Και δεν θέλω ελεήσει τα τέκνα αυτής· επειδή είναι τέκνα πορνείας.
5 Their parents are like prostitutes [MET]: they have been unfaithful [to me], and they have done [very] disgraceful things. They said, ‘We will run to [our idols/gods] who love us; [they are the ones] who give us food and water and wool and linen and [olive] oil, and [wine to] drink.’
Διότι η μήτηρ αυτών επόρνευσεν· η συλλαβούσα αυτά έπραξεν αισχύνην· διότι είπε, Θέλω υπάγει κατόπιν των εραστών μου, οίτινες μοι δίδουσι τον άρτον μου και το ύδωρ μου, το μαλλίον μου και το λινάριόν μου, το έλαιόν μου και τα ποτά μου.
6 So [it will be as though] [MET] I am blocking their road with thornbushes, and putting put a wall around them so that they do not know which way to go.
Διά τούτο, ιδού, εγώ θέλω φράξει την οδόν σου με ακάνθας και οικοδομήσει φραγμόν, διά να μη εύρη τας οδούς αυτής.
7 They will run to their idols/gods that [they think] love them, but they will not find them. They will search for their false gods, but they will not find them. Then they will say, ‘[Perhaps] we should return to [Yahweh], whom we worshiped previously [MET], because things were better for us then than they are now.’
Και θέλει τρέξει κατόπιν των εραστών αυτής και δεν θέλει φθάσει αυτούς, και θέλει ζητήσει αυτούς και δεν θέλει ευρεί· τότε θέλει ειπεί, Θέλω υπάγει και επιστρέψει προς τον πρώτόν μου άνδρα· διότι καλήτερον ήτο τότε εις εμέ παρά τώρα.
8 But they do not realize that I, [Yahweh], am the one who gave them grain and wine and [olive] oil; I am the one who gave them silver and gold which they used to worship Baal.
Και αυτή δεν εγνώριζεν ότι εγώ έδωκα εις αυτήν τον σίτον και τον οίνον και το έλαιον, και επλήθυνα το αργύριον εις αυτήν και το χρυσίον, με τα οποία κατεσκεύασαν τον Βάαλ.
9 Therefore I will return and take my grain and grapes from them when they are ripe. I will take from them the wool and linen that I gave to them [to make their clothes] [MTY].
Διά τούτο θέλω επιστρέψει και λάβει τον σίτόν μου εν τω καιρώ αυτού και τον οίνόν μου εν τω διωρισμένω καιρώ αυτού, και θέλω αφαιρέσει το μαλλίον μου και το λινάριόν μου, τα οποία είχε διά να σκεπάζη την γύμνωσιν αυτής.
10 I will show those false gods/idols that what my people are doing is disgusting [MET], and no one will be able to hinder me from [punishing them].
Και τώρα θέλω αποκαλύψει την ακαθαρσίαν αυτής έμπροσθεν των εραστών αυτής, και ουδείς θέλει λυτρώσει αυτήν εκ της χειρός μου.
11 I will cause their religious celebrations to cease, the festivals that they celebrate every year and at every new moon and on their (Sabbath days/weekly days of rest). I will cause all their religious celebrations to cease.
Και θέλω καταπαύσει πάσαν την ευφροσύνην αυτής, τας εορτάς αυτής, τας νεομηνίας αυτής και τα σάββατα αυτής και πάσας τας πανηγύρεις αυτής.
12 I will destroy [all] their grapevines and fig trees, which they said were what their [idols/gods] who loved them paid them for worshiping those idols. I will cause those places to become a desert, and wild animals will eat the fruit [that remains].
Και θέλω αφανίσει τας αμπέλους αυτής και τας συκάς αυτής, περί των οποίων είπε, Μισθώματά μου είναι ταύτα, τα οποία μοι έδωκαν οι ερασταί μου· και θέλω καταστήσει αυτάς δάσος, και τα θηρία του αγρού θέλουσι κατατρώγει αυτάς.
13 I will punish my people for [all] the times that they burned incense to [honor] the idols of Baal. They decorated themselves with rings and jewelry, and they went to worship those [false gods/idols] that [they thought] [IRO] loved them, but they abandoned/forgot me! [That is what I], Yahweh, say.
Και θέλω επισκεφθή επ' αυτήν τας ημέρας των Βααλείμ, καθ' ας εθυμίαζεν εις αυτούς και εστολίζετο με τα ενώτια αυτής και τα περιδέραια αυτής και επορεύετο κατόπιν των εραστών αυτής, εμέ δε ελησμόνησε, λέγει Κύριος.
14 But listen! [Some day] I will persuade my people [to worship me again]; I will lead them [out] into the desert and speak kindly to them [there].
Διά τούτο, ιδού, εγώ θέλω εφελκύσει αυτήν και θέλω φέρει αυτήν εις την έρημον και θέλω λαλήσει προς την καρδίαν αυτής.
15 I will give their vineyards [back] to them, and I will cause Achor Valley, [which means ‘valley of trouble'], to become a valley where they will confidently expect [me to do good things for them]. They will (respond to/want to please) me there like they did long ago, when I freed them from [being slaves in] Egypt.
Και εκείθεν θέλω δώσει εις αυτήν τους αμπελώνας αυτής και την κοιλάδα του Αχώρ διά θύραν ελπίδος· και θέλει ψάλλει εκεί ως εν ταις ημέραις της νεότητος αυτής και ως εν τη ημέρα της αναβάσεως αυτής από γης Αιγύπτου.
16 At that time, they will say to me, ‘[It is as though] [MET] you are our husband.’ They will not say that I am their [master, like they considered that] Baal [was].
Και εν τη ημέρα εκείνη, λέγει Κύριος, θέλεις με καλέσει, Ο ανήρ μου· και δεν θέλεις με καλέσει πλέον, Ο Βάαλ μου·
17 I will not allow them to speak [MTY] the names of Baal; they will never use those names again.
διότι θέλω αφαιρέσει τα ονόματα των Βααλείμ από του στόματος αυτής και δεν θέλουσιν αναφέρεσθαι πλέον τα ονόματα αυτών.
18 At that time [it will be as though] I will make an agreement with [all] the wild animals and birds, and [even with] the little animals that scurry across the ground, so that they will never harm my people [again]. And I will remove from their nation all the weapons [for fighting] battles, [like] swords and bows [and arrows]. The result will be that my people will live peacefully and safely, and will not be afraid.
Και εν τη ημέρα εκείνη θέλω κάμει διαθήκην υπέρ αυτών προς τα θηρία του αγρού και προς τα πετεινά του ουρανού και τα ερπετά της γής· τόξον δε και ρομφαίαν και πόλεμον θέλω συντρίψει εκ της γης και θέλω κατοικίσει αυτούς εν ασφαλεία.
19 I will cause them to be [as though they are] [MET] my bride forever. I will be righteous and fair/just; I will faithfully love them and be kind to them.
Και θέλω σε μνηστευθή εις εμαυτόν εις τον αιώνα· και θέλω σε μνηστευθή εις εμαυτόν εν δικαιοσύνη και εν κρίσει και εν ελέει και εν οικτιρμοίς·
20 I will not abandon them, and they will realize [that I] Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do.]
και θέλω σε μνηστευθή εις εμαυτόν εν πίστει· και θέλεις γνωρίσει τον Κύριον.
21 At that time, [when they request me to do things for them], [I will do those things]. When they request clouds and rain to fall on their land, I will speak to the clouds, and rain will fall on the earth,
Και εν εκείνη τη ημέρα θέλω αποκριθή, λέγει Κύριος, θέλω αποκριθή προς τους ουρανούς, και αυτοί θέλουσιν αποκριθή προς την γήν·
22 and grain will grow, and the vineyards and the olive trees will grow in Jezreel [Valley].
και η γη θέλει αποκριθή προς τον σίτον και τον οίνον και το έλαιον· και ταύτα θέλουσιν αποκριθή προς τον Ιεζραέλ.
23 [At that time], I will take care of the Israeli people [like a farmer plants and takes care of his crops] [MET]. I will love those people that I previously said were ones I did not love, and I previously said, ‘You are not my people,’ and [then] they will say to me, ‘You are our God.’”
Και θέλω σπείρει αυτήν δι' εμαυτόν επί της γής· και θέλω ελεήσει την ουκ ηλεημένην· και θέλω ειπεί προς τον ου λαόν μου, Λαός μου είσαι· και αυτοί θέλουσιν ειπεί, Θεός μου είσαι.
