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.
Til munnen din med luren! Som ein ørn yver Herrens hus! av di dei hev brote mi pakt og falle frå mi lov.
2 My Israeli people cry out to me, ‘Our God, we know that you are our God!’
Dei ropar til meg: «Min Gud! Me, Israel, kjenner deg!»
3 But because the Israeli people have rejected what is good, their enemies will pursue them.
Men av di Israel hev støytt frå seg det som godt er, skal fienden elta honom.
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.
Dei, kongar valde seg som ikkje var ifrå meg. Hovdingar tok dei seg, og eg fekk ikkje vita um det. Av sylvet sitt og gullet sitt gjorde dei seg gudebilæte, so dei skulde verta utrudde.
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?
Ufyseleg er kalven din, Samaria! Harmen min logar imot deim. Kor lenge skal det vara at dei ikkje kann tola reinleik?
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.
For frå Israel er kalven komen. Ein meister hev laga honom, og nokon gud er han ikkje. Difor skal Samariakalven smuldrast i smått.
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.
For vind sår dei, og storm skal dei hausta. Avling skal dei ikkje få, grøda skal ikkje gjeva føda, og um ho det gjer, skal framande eta det upp.
8 [The people of] Israel will be defeated [MET] [by their enemies]; they will be [scattered] among other nations and become worthless.
Gløypt vert Israel. Millom folki er dei alt som ein verdlaus ting.
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.
For dei hev fare upp til Assur liksom eit villasen som gjeng sin eigen veg. Efraim tingar um elsk.
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 kor so dei tingar millom folki, so skal no eg like vel klemba deim i hop og lata deim få ei låk tid under storkongens trælking.
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.
Av di Efraim hev gjort seg so mange altar til synd, so skal og altari hans verta honom til synd.
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.
Um eg skriv lover åt han i titusundtal, so reknar han deim berre som framande lover.
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.
Til slagtoffergåvor åt meg ofrar dei kjøt som dei et - Herren hev ikkje hugnad i deim. No kjem han i hug misgjerningarne deira og heimsøkjer deira synder. Dei skal fara attende til Egyptarland.
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 etter di Israel hev gløymt skaparen sin og bygt seg borgar, og Juda hev sett seg upp mange borgfaste byar, so skal eg senda eld mot byarne hans, og han skal øyda borgerne hans.
