Hosea 4
1 Hear the word of Yahweh, you people of Israel. Yahweh has a lawsuit against the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truthfulness or covenantal faithfulness, no knowledge of God in the land.
Poslušajte Gospodovo besedo, vi Izraelovi otroci, kajti Gospod ima polemiko s prebivalci dežele, zato ker tam ni resnice niti usmiljenja niti spoznanja Boga v deželi.
2 There is cursing, lying, killing, stealing and adultery. The people have broken all bounds, and bloodshed comes after bloodshed.
S priseganjem, laganjem, ubijanjem, krajo in zagrešitvami zakonolomstva so izbruhnili in kri se dotika krvi.
3 So the land is drying up, and everyone living in it is wasting away; the beasts in the fields and the birds in the sky, even the fish in the sea, are being taken away.
Zato bo dežela žalovala in kdor v njej prebiva bo opešal, z živalmi polja in s perjadjo neba. Da, tudi ribe morja bodo odvzete.
4 But do not allow anyone to bring a lawsuit; do not let anyone accuse anyone else. For it is you, the priests, whom I am accusing.
Vendarle naj se noben človek ne prepira niti naj ne graja drugega, kajti tvoje ljudstvo je kakor tisti, ki se prepirajo z duhovnikom.
5 You priests will stumble during the day; the prophets will also stumble with you by night, and I will destroy your mother.
»Zato boš padel podnevi in tudi prerok bo padel s teboj ponoči in jaz bom uničil tvojo mater.
6 My people are being destroyed because of the lack of knowledge. Because you priests have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as priests to me. Because you have forgotten my law, although I am your God, I also will forget your children.
Moje ljudstvo je uničeno zaradi pomanjkanja spoznanja. Ker si zavrnil spoznanje, bom tudi jaz zavrnil tebe, da mi ne boš duhovnik. Ker si pozabil postavo svojega Boga, bom tudi jaz pozabil tvoje otroke.
7 The more the priests multiplied, the more they sinned against me. They exchanged their honor for shame.
Kakor so bili pomnoženi, tako so grešili zoper mene, zato bom njihovo slavo spremenil v sramoto.
8 They feed on the sin of my people; they are greedy for more of their wickedness.
Jedo greh mojega ljudstva in svoja srca naravnavajo na svojo krivičnost.
9 It will be the same for the people as for the priests: I will punish them all for their practices; I will repay them for their deeds.
In tam bo, kakršno ljudstvo, takšen duhovnik, in jaz jih bom kaznoval za njihove poti in jim nagradil njihova početja.
10 They will eat but not have enough; they will commit prostitution but not increase, because they have gone far away from Yahweh.
Kajti jedli bodo, pa ne bodo imeli dovolj, zagrešili bodo vlačugarstvo, pa se ne bodo pomnožili, ker so opustili, da bi bili pozorni na Gospoda.
11 They love sexual promiscuity, wine, and new wine, which have taken away their understanding.
Vlačugarstvo, vino in novo vino jemljejo srce.
12 My people consult their wooden idols, and their walking sticks give them prophecies. For a mind of promiscuity has misled them, and they have acted as prostitutes instead of being faithful to their God.
Moje ljudstvo sprašuje za nasvet pri svojih kladah in njihova palica jim napoveduje, kajti duh vlačugarstev jim je povzročil, da blodijo in odšli so se vlačugat proč izpred svojega Boga.
13 They sacrifice on the tops of the mountains and burn incense on the hills, under oaks, poplars and terebinths, because the shade is good. So your daughters commit sexual immorality, and your daughters-in-law commit adultery.
Žrtvujejo na vrhovih gora in kadilo zažigajo na hribih, pod hrasti, topoli in bresti, ker je njihova senca dobra. Zatorej bodo vaše hčere zagrešile vlačugarstvo in vaše snahe bodo zagrešile zakonolomstvo.
14 I will not punish your daughters when they choose to commit sexual immorality, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery. For the men also give themselves to the prostitutes, and they offer sacrifices so they can commit immoral acts with sacred prostitutes. So this people who does not understand will be thrown down.
Ne bom kaznoval vaših hčera, ko bodo zagrešile vlačuganje niti vaših snah, kadar bodo zagrešile zakonolomstvo, kajti oni sami so oddvojeni z vlačugami in žrtvujejo s pocestnicami. Zatorej bo ljudstvo, ki ne razume, padlo.
15 Though you, Israel, have committed adultery, may Judah not become guilty. Do not go to Gilgal, you people; do not go up to Beth Aven, and do not swear, saying, “As Yahweh lives.”
Čeprav ti, Izrael, igraš pocestnico, naj vendar Juda ne greši. Ne prihajajte v Gilgál, niti ne hodite gor v Bet Aven, niti ne prisegajte: › Gospod živi.‹
16 For Israel has behaved stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer. How can Yahweh bring them to pasture like lambs in a meadow?
Kajti Izrael drsi nazaj kakor nazaj zdrknjena telica. Sedaj jih bo Gospod pasel kakor jagnje na velikem kraju.
17 Ephraim united himself with idols; leave him alone.
Efrájim je pridružen malikom, pusti ga samega.
18 Even when their strong drink is gone, they continue to commit adultery; her rulers dearly love their shame.
Njihova pijača je kisla. Spet in spet zagrešujejo vlačugarstvo. Njegovi vladarji ljubijo s sramoto: ›Dajajte.‹
19 The wind will wrap her up in its wings; and they will be ashamed because of their sacrifices.
Veter je [Izraela] zvezal v svoje peruti in osramočeni bodo zaradi svojih [klavnih] daritev.
