Hosea 8
1 “Place a trumpet at your lips! An eagle is coming over the house of Yahweh because the people have broken my covenant and rebelled against my law.
Nastavi šofar k svojim ustom. Prišel bo kakor orel zoper Gospodovo hišo, zato ker so prekršili mojo zavezo in se prekršili zoper mojo postavo.
2 They cry out to me, 'My God, we in Israel know you.'
Izrael bo klical k meni: ›Moj Bog, mi te poznamo.‹
3 But Israel has rejected what is good, and the enemy will pursue him.
Izrael je zavrgel stvar, ki je dobra; sovražnik ga bo zasledoval.
4 They have set up kings, but not by me. They have made princes, but without my knowledge. With their silver and gold they have made idols for themselves, but it was only so they might be cut off.”
Nastavljali so si kralje, toda ne po meni. Nameščali so si prince, jaz pa tega nisem vedel. Iz svojega srebra in svojega zlata so si delali malike, da bi bili lahko iztrebljeni.
5 “Your calf has been rejected, Samaria. My anger is burning against these people. For how long will they stay guilty?
Tvoje tele, oh Samarija, te je zavrglo. Moja jeza se je vnela zoper njih. Kako dolgo bo, preden se bodo dokopali do nedolžnosti?
6 For this idol came from Israel; a workman made it; it is not God! The calf of Samaria will be broken to pieces.
Kajti tudi to je bilo iz Izraela; delavec ga je naredil, zato to ni Bog, temveč bo tele iz Samarije zlomljeno na koščke.
7 For the people sow the wind and reap the whirlwind. The standing grain has no heads; it yields no flour. If it does come to maturity, foreigners will devour it.
Kajti sejali so veter, želi bodo pa vihar. Ta nima stebla, brst ne obrodi moke. Če bo tako, da obrodi, ga bodo pogoltnili tujci.
8 Israel is swallowed up; now they lie among the nations like something useless.
Izrael je požrt; sedaj bodo med pogani kakor posoda, v kateri ni zadovoljstva.
9 For they went up to Assyria like a wild donkey all alone. Ephraim has hired lovers for herself.
Kajti šli so gor v Asirijo, osamljen divji osel sam zase. Efrájim si je najel ljubimce.
10 Even though they have hired lovers among the nations, I will now gather them together. They will begin to waste away because of the oppression of the king of princes.
Da, čeprav so najemali med narodi, jih bom sedaj zbral in bodo malce žalovali zaradi bremena kralja princev.
11 For Ephraim has multiplied altars for sin offerings, but they have become altars for committing sins instead.
Ker je Efrájim naredil mnogo oltarjev za greh, bodo oltarji njemu v greh.
12 I could write down my law for them ten thousand times, but they would view it as something strange to them.
Njemu sem napisal velike stvari iz svoje postave, vendar so bile štete kakor čudna stvar.«
13 As for the sacrifices of my offerings, they sacrifice meat and eat it, but I, Yahweh, do not accept them. Now I will think about their iniquity and punish their sins. They will return to Egypt.
Žrtvujejo meso za klavno daritev mojih daritev in ga jedo, toda Gospod jih ne sprejema. Sedaj se bo spomnil njihove krivičnosti in obiskal njihove grehe; vrnili se bodo v Egipt.
14 Israel has forgotten me, his Maker, and has built palaces. Judah has fortified many cities, but I will send fire on his cities; it will destroy his fortresses.
»Kajti Izrael je pozabil svojega Stvarnika in zgradil templje in Juda je pomnožil utrjena mesta, toda na njegova mesta bom poslal ogenj in ta bo požrl njegove palače.
