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.
Ropa högt, såsom en basun, och säg: Han kommer allaredo öfver Herrans hus, lika som en örn; derföre, att de hafva öfverträdt mitt förbund, och vordit affällige ifrå min lag;
2 My Israeli people cry out to me, ‘Our God, we know that you are our God!’
Skola de då ropa till mig: Du äst min Gud; vi känne dig, vi Israel.
3 But because the Israeli people have rejected what is good, their enemies will pursue them.
Men ehuru väl man det menar, så låter dock Israel intet säga sig; derföre måste fienden förfölja dem.
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 söka Konungar, och akta intet mig; de hålla sig intill Förstar, och jag måtte intet vetat; af sitt silfver och guld göra de afgudar, att de ju snarliga förgås skola.
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 kalf, o Samarla, förkastar han. Min vrede hafver förgrymmat sig öfver dem; det kan icke länge stå, de måste straffade varda.
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.
Ty kalfven är kommen ifrån Israel, och en mästare hafver gjort honom, och han kan ju ingen Gud vara; derföre skall Samarie kalf till stoft gjord varda.
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.
Ty de så väder, och skola uppskära oväder; deras säd skall icke uppkomma, och deras frukt intet mjöl gifva; och om hon det än gifver, så skola dock främmande äta det upp.
8 [The people of] Israel will be defeated [MET] [by their enemies]; they will be [scattered] among other nations and become worthless.
Israel varder uppäten; Hedningarna hafva sig med honom, lika som med ett oterigt kärile;
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.
Derföre, att de löpa upp efter Assur, såsom vildåsnen i villone; Ephraim skänker bolarom;
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.
Ja, gifver ock Hedningom skatt; de samma Hedningar vill jag nu församla öfver dem; de skola snart ledse varda vid Konungens och Förstarnas tunga.
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.
Ty Ephraim hafver gjort mång altare, till att synda; så skola ock altaren varda honom till 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.
Om jag än mycket predikar dem om min lag, så kalla de det kätteri.
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.
Det de ännu mycket offra, och frambära kött och äta i så hafver dock Herren intet behag dertill; utan han vill ihågkomma deras ondsko, och hemsöka deras synder, som sig till Egypten vända.
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.”
Israel förgäter sin skapare, och bygger kyrkor; så gör Juda många fasta städer; men jag skall sända eld uti hans städer i han skall förtära hans hus.
