Hosea 6
1 [The Israeli people say, ] “Come, let’s return to Yahweh! He has caused [us] to be injured, but he will heal us. He has caused [us] to be wounded, but [it is as though] he will put bandages on our wounds [MET].
«Kom, lat oss venda um til Herren! For det er han som hev såra, og han vil lækja oss. Han slo, men vil og fetla oss.
2 After a very short time he will revive us; in less than three days he will restore us in order that we may live in his presence.
Han skal gjera oss livande um tvo dagar, den tridje dagen skal han reisa oss upp att, og me skal liva framfor hans åsyn.
3 We must try to know Yahweh; [if we do that, ] he will come [and help] us, as surely as the sun rises [every morning], as surely as rain falls every winter/cold season, and as surely as the rain falls again (in the springtime/at the end of the cold season).”
So lat oss læra å kjenna, ja, lat oss strida for å læra kjenna Herren! Han renn upp so visst som morgonroden. Og han kjem nedyver oss som regnet, som eit vårregn som væter jordi.»
4 [But Yahweh knows they are insincere; ] [so he says to them, ] “You [people of] Israel, and you [people of] Judah, [I do not know] [RHQ] what I should do to you. Your being faithful [to me will disappear as quickly] as [SIM] the morning mist [disappears], like [SIM] the dew [on the ground] that disappears quickly [when the sun shines].
Kva skal eg gjera med deg, Efraim? Kva skal eg gjera med deg, Juda? For kjærleiken dykkar er som ei morgonsky, liksom doggi som tidleg kverv.
5 I warned [HYP] you by [the messages that I gave to] the prophets, [but you did not pay attention to my messages]. Therefore I will completely destroy you; the punishment that I give you will strike you like lightning.
Difor hev eg gjeve hogg ved profetarne. Eg hev drepe deim med min munns ord, og domarane dine for ut som ljoset.
6 I want [my people] to faithfully love [me] more than [I want them to offer] sacrifices [to me]; [I want them] to know me more than [I want them to] completely burn sacrifices [on the altar].
For eg hev hug til kjærleik og ikkje til slagtoffer, og til Guds-kunnskap meir enn til brennoffer.
7 But they have refused to obey my agreement, [just] like Adam did; they have not been faithful to me.
Men dei hev brote pakti som Adam. Der hev dei vore utrue mot meg.
8 Gilead is a city [full] of people who do wicked things; [in the streets] are the bloody footprints [of those who have murdered others].
Gilead er ein by for illgjerningsmenner, full av blodfar.
9 The priests are like [SIM] bandits who wait (in ambushes/along the road) to attack people; they murder [people who are walking] on the road to Shechem, and they commit other disgraceful crimes.
Og som ein røvarflokk som ligg på lur etter folk, er heile prestehopen; dei drep på vegen til Sikem. Ja, skamlaust fer dei åt.
10 I have seen horrible things [being done] in Israel [MTY]. The people have abandoned me [like prostitutes who have abandoned their husbands] [MET]; [so the people of] Israel have become unacceptable to me.
I Israels hus hev eg set gruvelege ting. Der driv Efraim på med hor, sulkar Israel seg til.
11 And you [people of] Judah, I have appointed a time when I will punish [MET] you, too. Whenever I wanted to enable my people to prosper again,”
Ogso for deg, Juda, er tiletla ei skurdonn, når eg vender mitt folks lagnad.
