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.
Sätt basunen för din mun! "Såsom en örn kommer fienden över HERRENS hus, eftersom de hava överträtt mitt förbund och avfallit från min lag.
2 My Israeli people cry out to me, ‘Our God, we know that you are our God!’
De ropa till mig: "Min Gud! Vi känna dig, vi av Israel."
3 But because the Israeli people have rejected what is good, their enemies will pursue them.
Men eftersom Israel har förkastat vad gott är, skall fienden jaga 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.
Själva valde de sig konungar, som icke kommo från mig; de tillsatte furstar, utan att jag fick veta något därom av sitt silver och guld gjorde de sig avgudar, ty det skulle ju förstöras.
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?
En styggelse är din kalv, Samarien! Min vrede är upptänd mot dessa människor; huru länge skola de kunna undgå straff?
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.
Från Israel har ju kalven kommit; en konstarbetare har gjort honom, och en gud är han icke. Nej, Samariens kalv skall bliva krossad till smulor.
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 vind så de, och storm skola de skörda. Säd skola de icke få, deras gröda skall icke giva någon föda, och giver den någon, skola främlingar uppsluka den.
8 [The people of] Israel will be defeated [MET] [by their enemies]; they will be [scattered] among other nations and become worthless.
Uppslukad varder Israel! Redan aktas de bland hedningarna såsom ett värdelöst 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.
Ty väl hava de dragit åstad upp till Assur, lika vildåsnor som gå sin egen väg, ja, väl vill Efraim köpslå om älskog;
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 huru de än köpslå bland hedningarna, skall jag dock nu tränga dem tillhopa och låta dem begynna en tid av ringhet, under överkonungens förtryck.
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.
Eftersom Efraim har gjort sig så många altaren till synd, skola ock hans altaren bliva 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 skriver mina lagar för honom i tiotusental, så räknas de ju dock för en främlings lagar.
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.
Såsom slaktoffergåvor åt mig offrar man kött som man sedan äter upp; HERREN har intet behag till sådana. Nu kommer han ihåg deras missgärning och hemsöker deras synder; till Egypten skola de få vända tillbaka.
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.”
Och eftersom Israel har förgätit sin skapare och byggt sig palatser, och eftersom Juda har uppfört så många befästa städer, skall jag sända en eld mot hans städer, och den skall förtära palatsen i dem.
