Hosea 7
1 “and when I wanted to heal them [again], [I did not do it, ] [because] I saw the wicked things that [the people of] Samaria [city] and [other places in] Israel [DOU] have done. They constantly deceive others; bandits rob people in the streets.
Ενώ ιάτρευον τον Ισραήλ, απεκαλύφθη τότε η ανομία του Εφραΐμ και η κακία της Σαμαρείας· διότι έπραξαν ψεύδος· και ο κλέπτης εισέρχεται, ο ληστής γυμνόνει έξωθεν.
2 But they do not realize that I do not forget all the evil things that they do. [It is as though] they are surrounded by [all] the sins that they commit; and [it is though] those sins are [always right] in front of me [MTY].
Και αυτοί δεν λέγουσιν εν τη καρδία αυτών, ότι ενθυμούμαι πάσαν την ανομίαν αυτών· τώρα περιεκύκλωσαν αυτούς αι πράξεις αυτών· έμπροσθεν του προσώπου μου έγειναν.
3 Their king is delighted with the wicked things that the people do; his officials are happy about the people’s lies.
Εν τη κακία αυτών εύφραναν τον βασιλέα και εν τοις ψεύδεσιν αυτών τους άρχοντας.
4 [The king and his officials] are all treacherous. [They are always eager to do wicked things; ] they are like [SIM] an oven that is [very] hot: a baker mixes the dough and waits for it to expand, and he does not [need to] cause the oven to become hotter.
Πάντες είναι μοιχοί, ως ο κλίβανος ο πεπυρωμένος υπό του αρτοποιού· όστις, αφού ζυμώση το φύραμα, παύει του να θερμαίνη αυτόν, εωσού γείνη η ζύμωσις.
5 The king and his officials get very drunk during their festivals, carousing with others who also do foolish things.
Εν τη ημέρα του βασιλέως ημών, οι άρχοντες ησθένησαν υπό της φλογώσεως του οίνου, και αυτός εξήπλωσε την χείρα αυτού προς τους αχρείους.
6 The officials angrily plan to murder the king; it is like [SIM] they have an oven in their inner beings. All during the night their [eagerness/wanting to murder the king] is like a fire that is smouldering, but in the morning it becomes like [MET] a roaring fire.
Διότι ενασχολούσι την καρδίαν αυτών φλεγωμένην ως κλίβανον εν ταις ενέδραις αυτών· ο αρτοποιός αυτών κοιμάται όλην την νύκτα· την δε αυγήν αυτή καίει ως πυρ φλογίζον.
7 All those officials are like [MET] hot flames that completely burn up their rulers, so all their kings are murdered, and no one pleads with me [to help them].”
Πάντες ούτοι εθερμάνθησαν ως κλίβανος και κατέφαγον τους κριτάς αυτών· πάντες οι βασιλείς αυτών έπεσον· δεν υπάρχει μεταξύ αυτών ο επικαλούμενός με.
8 “[The leaders of] Israel join with leaders of [godless] nations; so [the leaders of] Israel are [as worthless as] a pancake that is cooked on only one side.
Ο Εφραΐμ, αυτός συνεμίγη μετά των λαών· ο Εφραΐμ είναι ως εγκρυφίας όστις δεν εστράφη.
9 Joining with the rulers of foreign nations has caused Israel to be a weak [nation], but the Israelis do not realize that. Israel has become [like] [MET] a gray-haired old man, but the people of Israel do not realize it.
Ξένοι κατέφαγον την δύναμιν αυτού και αυτός δεν γνωρίζει τούτο· και λευκαί τρίχες ανεφύησαν σποράδην εν αυτώ και αυτός δεν γνωρίζει τούτο.
10 Their being proud [PRS] testifies against them, but in spite of that, they do not return to [me], Yahweh, their God, or [even] try to know me.
Και η υπερηφανία του Ισραήλ μαρτυρεί κατά πρόσωπον αυτού· και δεν επιστρέφουσι προς Κύριον τον Θεόν αυτών ουδέ εκζητούσιν αυτόν διά πάντα ταύτα.
11 [The people of] Israel have become foolish and stupid like [SIM] doves. [First] they called out to Egypt [to help them], [and then] they sought help from Assyria.
Και ο Εφραΐμ είναι ως περιστερά δελεαζομένη, μη έχουσα σύνεσιν· επικαλούνται την Αίγυπτον, υπάγουσιν εις την Ασσυρίαν.
12 But wherever they go [to get help], [I will not allow them to succeed]; [it will be as though] [MET] I will throw a net over them like [SIM] [a hunter uses a net to capture] birds; I will punish them for the evil things that they do.
Όταν υπάγωσι, θέλω εξαπλώσει επ' αυτούς το δίκτυόν μου· θέλω καταβιβάσει αυτούς καθώς τα πετεινά του ουρανού· θέλω παιδεύσει αυτούς καθώς εκηρύχθη εν τη συναγωγή αυτών.
13 Terrible things will happen to them because they abandoned/deserted me! They will be destroyed because they rebelled against me. I wanted to rescue them, but they tell lies about me.
Ουαί εις αυτούς, διότι απεσκίρτησαν απ' εμού· όλεθρος εις αυτούς, διότι ησέβησαν εις εμέ· ενώ εγώ εξηγόρασα αυτούς, αυτοί ελάλησαν κατ' εμού ψεύδη.
14 They do not cry out to me sincerely [IDM]; they [only] lie on their beds and wail. They gather together and ask [me to give them] grain and wine, but they turn away from me.
Και δεν με επεκαλέσθησαν εν τη καρδία αυτών, αλλά ωλόλυζον επί τας κλίνας αυτών· βασανίζονται διά σίτον και οίνον και στασιάζουσιν εναντίον μου.
15 I trained/taught them and enabled them to become strong, but now they plan [to do] evil things to me.
Και εγώ επαίδευσα αυτούς ενώ ενίσχυσα τους βραχίονας αυτών, αυτοί όμως διελογίζοντο πονηρά εναντίον μου.
16 They have rejected me, their Great God, and turned to their god Baal; they are [as useless] as [SIM] a crooked bow. Their leaders boast [that they are very strong], but they will be killed by [their enemies’] swords. As a result, [the people of] Egypt will laugh at them.”
Επιστρέφουσιν, ουχί εις τον Υψιστον· έγειναν ως τόξον στρεβλόν· οι άρχοντες αυτών θέλουσι πέσει εν ρομφαία διά την αυθάδειαν της γλώσσης αυτών· τούτο θέλει είσθαι το όνειδος αυτών εν τη γη της Αιγύπτου.
