Hóseás 12
1 Efraim szél után jár, keleti szelet kerget, egész nap hazugságot és pusztítást szaporít; szövetséget is kötnek Assúrral, olajat is visznek Egyiptomnak.
[The leaders of] Israel are constantly wavering [about seeking help from other countries]. [Seeking their help is as useless as] [MET] chasing the wind. They pile up their lies and violent acts. [First, ] they make a treaty with Assyria, and [then they] send olive oil to [the rulers of] Egypt [to seek their help].
2 De pöre van az Örökkévalónak Jehúdával és büntetnie kell Jákóbot útjai szerint, cselekedetei szerint fizet majd neki.
Yahweh [says that he] will bring accusations against [the leaders of] Judah, and that he will punish [the descendants of] Jacob for what they have done.
3 Az anyaméhben sarkon fogta a testvérét s erejében küzdött Istennel.
[When Jacob was] in his mother’s womb, he grabbed his brother [Esau’s] heel [because he wanted to be born first]. When Jacob grew up, he wrestled with God.
4 Küzdött angyal ellen és győzött, sírt és könyörgött neki: Bét-Élben fogja őt találni, s ott beszél majd velünk.
He struggled with [the one who had appeared to him in the form of] an angel, and Jacob defeated him, but [then] he cried and asked the angel to bless him. [Later], God came to Jacob at Bethel and talked with him there.
5 És az Örökkévaló, a seregek Istene, Örökkévaló az ő neve!
[That was] the Commander of the armies of angels whose name is Yahweh [who talked with him]!
6 Te pedig térj meg Istenedhez: szeretetet és jogosságot őrizz és remélj Istenedhez mindig.
But you [people of Israel] must return to your God! You must faithfully love [him], and you must do what is fair/just and always depend on him.
7 Kanaán – kezében csalfa mérleg van, fosztogatni szeret.
The merchants [among you] use scales that do not weigh correctly; they love/like to cheat people.
8 Azt mondta Efraim: Csakugyan meggazdagodtam, vagyonra tettem szert: mind a fáradozásaim nem szereznek: nekem bűnt, a mely vétek.
[The people of] Israel boast, saying “We are [very] rich [DOU]; and we got all that money by our own efforts, and without committing any sin.”
9 Én pedig vagyok az Örökkévaló, a te Istened, Egyiptom országától fogva, még lakatlak téged sátrakban, mint az ünnepidő napjaiban.
“I am Yahweh your God, [the one who brought your ancestors] out of Egypt. [And some day] I will force you to live in tents again [like your ancestors did] when [they celebrated] the Festival [of Living in Temporary Shelters].
10 Beszéltem a prófétákhoz, és én szaporítottam a látomást és a próféták által szóltam hasonlatokban.
[Many times] I spoke to the prophets, and I gave them many visions, and I gave them parables to tell [to the people].”
11 Ha Gileád hamisság, csakugyan semmisséggé lesznek; Gilgálban ökröket áldoztak, oltáraik is olyanok mint a kőhalmok a mező barázdáin.
[The people of] Gilead [city] are [RHQ] extremely wicked; they are worthless. The people sacrifice bulls in Gilgal [city], but their altars will [soon] become like [SIM] piles of stone [at the edge of] a plowed field.
12 Elmenekült Jákób Arám mezőségére és szolgált Izraél egy asszonyért és egy asszonyért juhokat őrzött.
[Your ancestor] Jacob fled [from his brother Esau] and went to northwest Mesopotamia. He worked [for his uncle Laban for many years] to get a wife; he took care of [his uncle’s] sheep [to pay] for her.
13 És próféta által hozta fel az Örökkévaló Izraélt Egyiptomból, és próféta által őriztetett.
[Many years later, ] Yahweh enabled a prophet to bring the [ancestors of you] people of Israel here from Egypt; that prophet, [Moses], took care of them.
14 Bosszantott Efraim keserűen: vérontását reá veti és gyalázatát megfizeti neki az Ura!
[But now the people of] Israel have caused [Yahweh] to become very angry; Yahweh says that they deserve to die because they caused [many others] to die [MTY]; he will pay them back for the sins that they have committed against him and for insulting him.
