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.
An deinen Gaumen die Posaune! Wie ein Adler über das Haus des Jehovah! Weil sie Meinen Bund übertreten und von Meinem Gesetz abgefallen sind.
2 My Israeli people cry out to me, ‘Our God, we know that you are our God!’
Sie werden schreien zu Mir: Mein Gott! Wir, Israel, erkennen Dich.
3 But because the Israeli people have rejected what is good, their enemies will pursue them.
Das Gute hat Israel verworfen! Der Feind setze ihm nach!
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.
Ohne Mich machten sie Könige, und Oberste, ohne daß Ich es wußte. Ihr Silber und ihr Gold machten sie sich zu Götzenbildern, auf daß Er ausgerottet werde.
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?
Dein Kalb, Samaria, verwirft dich, Mein Zorn entbrennt wider sie. Wie lange vermögen sie nicht, sich unsträflich zu halten?
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.
Denn aus Israel ist es, und er, der Werkmann, hat es gemacht, und kein Gott ist es. Zu Stücken wird das Kalb Samariens.
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.
Denn Wind säen sie, und Sturmwind ernten sie. Eine Saat hat er nicht, und was da sproßt, gibt kein Mehl, gäbe es vielleicht, so verschlingen es die Fremden.
8 [The people of] Israel will be defeated [MET] [by their enemies]; they will be [scattered] among other nations and become worthless.
Verschlungen ist Israel; nun sind sie unter den Völkerschaften wie ein Gefäß, an dem man keine Lust hat;
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.
Weil sie hinaufzogen nach Aschur, ein Waldesel, einsam für sich. Ephraim dingt sich Liebschaften.
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.
Obgleich sie dingten unter den Völkerschaften, nun bringe Ich sie zusammen, und sie sollen zusammenbringen, und sie sollen anfangen sich zu mindern unter der Last des Königs der Obersten.
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.
Denn Ephraim mehrte die Altäre zur Sünde; zur Sünde sind ihm die Altäre geworden.
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.
Schrieb Ich ihm viele Meiner Gesetze, wie fremd wurden sie geachtet.
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.
Als Schlachtopfer opfern sie Mir Gaben des Fleisches, und essen es. Jehovah hat daran kein Gefallen. Er gedenkt nun ihrer Missetat, und sucht heim ihre Sünden. Sie möchten nach Ägypten zurückkehren.
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.”
Und Israel vergißt Dessen, Der ihn gemacht, und baut Tempel, und Jehudah mehrt die festen Städte; Ich aber will Feuer in ihre Städte senden, und es soll seine Paläste auffressen.
