Ὡσηέʹ 9

1 Μη χαίρε, Ισραήλ, μηδέ ευφραίνου ως οι λαοί· διότι επόρνευσας εκκλίνων από του Θεού σου· ηγάπησας μισθώματα επί παν αλώνιον σίτου.

[You people of] Israel, do not shout joyfully [during your festivals] like [people of other] nations do! [I say that] because you have (not been faithful to/abandoned) me, your God. At every place where the people thresh grain you have [presented gifts to your idols like men] pay money to prostitutes.

2 Το αλώνιον και ο ληνός δεν θέλουσι θρέψει αυτούς, και ο οίνος θέλει εκλείψει απ' αυτών.

[But soon] there will not be enough grain [MTY, PRS] and wine [MTY, PRS] for you.

3 Δεν θέλουσι κατοικήσει εν τη γη του Κυρίου· αλλ' ο Εφραΐμ θέλει επιστρέψει προς την Αίγυπτον, και θέλουσι φάγει ακάθαρτα εν τη Ασσυρία.

And you people will not remain in the land that I, Yahweh, [gave to your ancestors]. You will be [captured and] taken to [Assyria], [where you will become slaves like your ancestors were] in Egypt; and in Assyria you will be forced to eat food that Yahweh has forbidden you to eat.

4 Δεν θέλουσι προσφέρει σπονδάς οίνου εις τον Κύριον, ουδέ θέλουσιν είσθαι αρεστοί εις αυτόν· αι θυσίαι αυτών θέλουσιν είσθαι εις αυτούς ως άρτος πενθούντων· πάντες οι τρώγοντες αυτάς θέλουσι μιανθή· διότι άρτος αυτών υπέρ της ψυχής αυτών δεν θέλει εισέλθει εις τον οίκον του Κυρίου.

You Israelis will not [be able to] give wine offerings to him, or bring sacrifices to him. None of your other sacrifices will please him; they will be unacceptable to him, like [SIM] food that is touched by people at funerals, and everyone who eats that food will become unacceptable to him. They will be permitted to eat that food themselves, but they will not [be permitted to] bring it into the temple.

5 Τι θέλετε κάμει εν ημέρα πανηγύρεως και εν ημέρα εορτής του Κυρίου;

At that time you will not [RHQ] be able to celebrate the feasts and sacred festivals.

6 Διότι, ιδού, έφυγον διά την ταλαιπωρίαν· η Αίγυπτος θέλει συνάξει αυτούς, η Μέμφις θέλει θάψει αυτούς· τα δι' αργυρίου επιθυμητά αυτών, κνίδαι θέλουσι κληρονομήσει αυτά· άκανθαι θέλουσιν είσθαι εν ταις σκηναίς αυτών.

And even if you escape and are not killed [by the Assyrians], you will be captured by [the army of] Egypt, and you will [die and] be buried in Memphis, [the capital of Egypt]. Briers will [grow up and] cover your treasures of silver, and thorns will grow in your [ruined] tents/houses.

7 Ήλθον αι ημέραι της επισκέψεως, αι ημέραι της ανταποδόσεως ήλθον· ο Ισραήλ θέλει γνωρίσει τούτο· ο προφήτης είναι άφρων, ο άνθρωπος ο πνευματέμφορος μαινόμενος, διά το πλήθος της ανομίας σου και του μεγάλου κατά σου μίσους.

It is now the time for Yahweh to punish you, to pay you back for all the sins that you have committed. You people will [soon] know that. You have [committed] very many sins, and you very much hate Yahweh. You consider that the prophets are foolish, and you think that those who proclaim messages from him are crazy.

8 Ο φρουρός του Εφραΐμ ήτο ο μετά του Θεού μου, ο δε προφήτης έγεινε παγίς ιξευτού εις πάσας τας οδούς αυτού και μίσος εν τω οίκω του Θεού αυτού.

My God appointed [me and the other] prophets to be [like] [MET] watchmen [to warn] you people of Israel, but everywhere that we go, [it is as though] people set traps for us and people are hostile [to us, even] in the temple of our God.

9 Διεφθάρησαν βαθέως ως εν ταις ημέραις της Γαβαά· διά τούτο θέλει ενθυμηθή την ανομίαν αυτών, θέλει επισκεφθή τας αμαρτίας αυτών.

The sins that the Israeli people have committed are as awful as [what the men of] Gibeah did long ago; [so] God will not forget the wicked things that they have done; he will punish the Israelis for [all] those sins.

10 Εύρηκα τον Ισραήλ ως σταφυλήν εν ερήμω· είδον τους πατέρας σας ως τα πρωτογέννητα της συκής εν τη αρχή αυτής· αλλ' αυτοί υπήγον προς τον Βέελ-φεγώρ και αφιερώθησαν εις την αισχύνην· και έγειναν βδελυκτοί, καθώς το αντικείμενον της αγάπης αυτών.

[Yahweh says], “When I first started [to do things to help] Israel, it seemed to me as though [SIM] I had found grapes in the desert. Your ancestors were [delightful], like [SIM] the first figs that grow on fig trees [each year]. But when they came to Peor [Mountain], they worshiped that disgusting idol Baal, and they became as disgusting as the idol that they loved.

11 Περί δε του Εφραΐμ, ως πτηνόν θέλει πετάξει η δόξα αυτών, από της γέννας και από της μήτρας και από της συλλήψεως·

The things that cause Israel to be great will disappear like [SIM] a bird that flies away; [most of their women will] not become pregnant [DOU] or give birth to children.

12 αλλά και αν εκθρέψωσι τα τέκνα αυτών, θέλω ατεκνώσει αυτούς, ώστε να μη μείνη άνθρωπος, διότι ουαί έτι εις αυτούς, όταν συρθώ απ' αυτών.

Even if their children are born and start to grow up, I will cause all of them to die [while they are still young]. Terrible things will happen to them when I abandon them!

13 Ο Εφραΐμ με εφαίνετο ως η Τύρος, πεφυτευμένος εν τόπω τερπνώ· πλην ο Εφραΐμ θέλει εκφέρει τα τέκνα αυτού διά τον φονέα.

I have seen Israel become beautiful and prosperous like Tyre [city] was [before it was destroyed], but now the people of Israel will [be forced to] take their children to be slaughtered [by their enemies].”

14 Δος εις αυτούς, Κύριε· τι θέλεις δώσει; δος εις αυτούς μήτραν αποβάλλουσαν και μαστούς ξηρούς.

Yahweh, [I do not know] [RHQ] what I should ask for my people. So I ask that you do this one thing: Cause the women who are pregnant to have miscarriages and unable [to nurse their babies].

15 Πάσα η κακία αυτών είναι εν Γαλγάλοις· διότι εκεί εμίσησα αυτούς· διά την κακίαν των πράξεων αυτών θέλω εξώσει αυτούς από του οίκου μου· δεν θέλω αγαπά πλέον αυτούς· πάντες οι άρχοντες αυτών είναι αποστάται.

[Yahweh says], “Because of all the wicked things that my people did at Gilgal, that is where I started to hate them. [And now], because of [all] the sinful things that they have done, I will expel them from my country. I will not love them any longer; all their leaders rebel [against me].

16 Επατάχθη ο Εφραΐμ· η ρίζα αυτών εξηράνθη· καρπόν δεν θέλουσι κάμει· ότι και αν γεννήσωσι, θέλω θανατώσει τα επιθυμητά της μήτρας αυτών.

Israel is like [MET] a grapevine that is dried up; [like a vine] [MET] whose roots are withered and that produces no fruit. Even if the [women of Israel] give birth to [more] children, I will cause those children, whom they love, to die.

17 Ο Θεός μου θέλει απορρίψει αυτούς, διότι δεν εισήκουσαν αυτόν· και θέλουσιν είσθαι πλανώμενοι μεταξύ των εθνών.

The people of Israel have not obeyed me, their God, so I will reject them. [As a result], they will wander among the [other] nations, [searching for a place to live].”