Hosea 1
1 [I am] Hosea, the son of Beeri. Yahweh gave me these messages [at various times] during the years that Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah were the kings of Judah, and Jeroboam the son of Jehoash was the King of Israel.
Herrens ord som kom til Hosea, son åt Be’eri, i dei dagarne då Uzzia, Jotam, Ahaz og Hizkia var kongar i Juda, og då Jeroboam, son åt Joas, var konge i Israel.
2 When Yahweh first [began to] give messages to me [to tell to the people of Israel], he said to me, “Go and marry a prostitute. But [some of] her children will be born as a result of her having sex with men to whom she is not married. That will illustrate how the people of Israel have turned away from me and worship (idols/other gods).”
Herrens fyrste ord til Hosea var at han sagde til honom: «Gakk stad og få deg ei horkona og horeborn! For landet driv på med hor og fer soleis burt ifrå Herren.»
3 So I married Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim. She became pregnant and gave birth to my son.
Då gjekk han stad og gifte seg med Gomer dotter, hans Diblajim. Og ho vart med barn og fødde honom ein son.
4 Yahweh said to me, “Give him the name Jezreel, [which means ‘God scatters’], because I will soon punish the descendants [MTY] of [King] Jehu [by scattering them], because he killed many of my people at Jezreel [town]. [Some day] I will end the kingdom of Israel,
Og Herren sagde til honom: «Lat honom heita Jizre’el! For um ein stakkut stund vil eg lata huset hans Jehu lida for Jizre’els blodskuld og gjera ende på kongedømet i Israels hus.
5 by destroying the power [MTY] of [the army of] Israel in Jezreel Valley.”
Den dagen skal det bera so til at eg bryt sund Israels boge i Jizre’els dal.»
6 [Later] Gomer became pregnant [again], and she gave birth to a daughter. Yahweh said to me “Give her the name Lo-ruhamah, [which means ‘not loved],’ because I will no longer [show that I] love the people [MET] of Israel, and I will not forgive them [for the sins that they have committed].
Og ho vart med barn att og fekk ei dotter. Då sagde han til honom: «Lat henne heita Lo-Ruhama! For eg kjem ikkje lenger til å miskunna Israels hus, so eg tilgjev deim.
7 But I will [show that I] love the people [MTY] of Judah [by saving them from their enemies]. However, it will not be by weapons and armies or horses and chariots that I will save them. Instead, it will be by [the power that I], Yahweh their God, [have].”
Men Judas hus miskunnar eg og let deim verta frelste av Herren, deira Gud. Men med boge og sverd og krig, med hestar og ridarar frelser eg deim ikkje.»
8 After Gomer had (weaned/stopped breast-feeding) Lo-ruhamah, she became pregnant again, and she gave birth to another son.
Då ho hadde vant av Lo-Ruhama, vart ho med barn att og fekk ein son.
9 Yahweh said “Give him the name Lo-ammi, [which means 'not my people', ] because the people of Israel are no [longer my people], and I am not their God.
Då sagde han: «Lat honom heita Lo-Ammi! For de er ikkje mitt folk, ikkje heller skal eg høyra dykk til.»
10 But [some day] the people of Israel will be [as numerous] as [SIM] the [grains of] sand on the seashore; no one will be able to count them. Now [I] am saying to them, ‘You are not my people,’ but then people will say to them, ‘[You are the] children of God who is all-powerful.’
Men talet på Israels born skal vera som sanden på havsens strand, den som ikkje kann mælast eller teljast. Og det skal verta so, at der ein fyrr sagde til deim: «De er ikkje mitt folk, » der skal ein segja til deim: «Borni åt den livande Gud.»
11 [At that time], the people of Judah and the people of Israel will unite. They will appoint one leader for all of them, and they will return from the countries [to which they have been (exiled/forced to go)]. That will be a great time; Jezreel [also means ‘God plants’, and it will be as though God will plant them in this country again].”
Og Juda-borni og Israels-borni skal fylkja seg saman og velja seg ein konge og fara upp or landet. For stor er Jizre’els dag.
