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].
När dem illa går, så måste de då bittida söka mig ( och säga ): Kommer, vi vilje till Herran igen; ty han hafver rifvit oss, han helar oss ock; han hafver slagit oss, han förbinder oss ock;
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.
Efter två dagar gör han oss lefvande; på tredje dagen skall han uppväcka oss, sa att vi få lefva inför honom.
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).”
Och så varde vi deruppå aktande, och vinnlägge oss derom, att vi måge känna Herran; ty han kommer fram lika som en skön morgonrodne, och skall komma oss lika som ett regn, såsom ett serlaregn, hvilket landet fuktar.
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].
O! huru väl vill jag göra emot dig, Ephraim; o! huru väl vill jag göra emot dig, Juda; ty den nåd som jag eder bevisa vill, skall vara såsom ett morgonmoln, och lika som en dagg, som om morgonen bittida faller.
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.
Derföre höflar jag dem genom Propheterna, och dödar dem genom mins muns tal, att din ord måga i ljuset komma.
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].
Ty jag hafver lust till kärlek, och icke till offer; och till Guds kunskap, och icke till bränneoffer.
7 But they have refused to obey my agreement, [just] like Adam did; they have not been faithful to me.
Men de öfverträda förbundet, lika som Adam; deruti förakta de mig.
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].
Ty Gilead är en stad full med afguderi och blodskulder.
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.
Och Presterna, samt med sina stallbröder, äro lika som röfvare, hvilke i försåt ligga, och mörda på den vägen till Sichem; ty de göra hvad de vilja.
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.
Jag ser det i Israels hus, der mig före grufvar; ty der bedrifver Ephraim boleri, Israel orenar sig.
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,”
Men Juda skall ännu hafva en skördeand för sig, när jag mins folks fängelse omvändandes varder.
