Hosea 8
1 [Yahweh said to me], “Blow [MTY] your trumpet [to warn the people]! My people have rejected the agreement that I made with them, and they have rebelled against [obeying] my laws. Therefore, [their enemies] are swooping down on my people’s country like [SIM] an eagle.
Basunen for din Gane! Som en Ørn over Herrens Hus! fordi de have overtraadt min Pagt og forbrudt sig imod min Lov.
2 My Israeli people cry out to me, ‘Our God, we know that you are our God!’
Til mig raabe de: Min Gud! vi, Israel, kende dig.
3 But because the Israeli people have rejected what is good, their enemies will pursue them.
Israel har forkastet det gode; Fjenden forfølge ham!
4 The Israel people appointed [their last three] kings, but they did not ask me if I agreed to [what they were doing]. They chose their own leaders without asking if I would approve of them. They used their own silver and gold to make for themselves idols, and doing that led them to be destroyed.
De have indsat Konger, men ikke fra mig; de have indsat Fyrster, men jeg vidste det ikke; de have gjort sig Afguder af deres Sølv og deres Guld, for at det kan udryddes.
5 You people of Samaria, throw away your [idol that resembles a] calf! I am extremely angry with you people! How long [RHQ] will you [do things that cause] you to be unacceptable to me?
Din Kalv, Samaria! er forkastet, min Vrede er optændt imod dem, hvor længe? de taale ikke Renhed.
6 [Someone in] Israel made that idol for you; [but I am] God and it is not. So that idol of a calf in Samaria must be smashed to pieces.
Thi af Israel er ogsaa den, en Mester har gjort den, og den er ikke en Gud; men til Splinter bliver Samarias Kalv.
7 [The foolish thing that the people of Israel have done is like] [MET] trying to plant wind; but what they harvest will be like [MET] a whirlwind. So the grain that they planted will have no heads [on the stalks], and as a result [there will be no grain] from which to make flour. And if it did produce good grain, foreigners would [come and] steal it.
Thi Vind saa de, og Storm høste de; Korn paa Roden have de ej, Grøden giver ikke Mel, og om den end giver det, skulle fremmede opsluge det.
8 [The people of] Israel will be defeated [MET] [by their enemies]; they will be [scattered] among other nations and become worthless.
Opslugt er Israel; nu ere de blevne iblandt Hedningerne som et Kar, hvortil ingen har Lyst.
9 Like [MET] donkeys that are looking for mates, they have requested [help] from Assyria; they paid money to [the leaders of Assyria] in order to [persuade those leaders to] protect them.
Thi de droge op til Assyrien som et Vildæsel, der gaar sine egne Veje; Efraim tingede om Elskov.
10 But although they have agreed to pay money each year to [the leaders of] those countries, I will soon gather them together [to punish them]. The great King [of Assyria] will cause them to suffer greatly.
Men tinge de iblandt Folkene, saa vil jeg dog nu samle dem; og de skulle begynde at mindskes under Trykket af Fyrsternes Konge.
11 Although [the people of] Israel built many altars to present offerings [to their idols] to take away [their guilt for] sinning, those altars have become places where they commit [more] sins.
Thi Efraim byggede mange Altre til at synde ved; han har faaet Altre til at synde ved.
12 I wrote many laws for them, but they disregarded them, saying that [they did not have to obey them because] they were different from laws that they had known previously.
Jeg skriver ham mine mangfoldige Love; de ere blevne agtede som noget fremmed.
13 They offer sacrifices to me, and they eat [some of] the meat of those sacrifices, [which is what I permitted them to do]. But I, Yahweh, am not pleased with those sacrifices. I remember the evil things that they have done, and I will punish them for the sins that they have committed: I will force them to [go to other countries] [and become slaves like they were] [MET] in Egypt.
Som Ofre, de bringe mig, ofre de Kød og æde; Herren finder ikke Behag i dem; nu vil han komme deres Misgerning i Hu og hjemsøge deres Synder; de skulle komme tilbage til Ægypten.
14 [The people of] Israel have abandoned/forgotten me, the one who created their [nation]; they have built palaces, and [the people of] Judah have built walls around many towns. But I will send a fire that will destroy all their cities and their fortresses.”
Og Israel forglemte sin Skaber og byggede Paladser, og Juda opførte mange faste Stæder; men jeg vil sende Ild i hans Stæder, og den skal fortære hans Paladser.
