Hóseás 8
1 Szádhoz a kürtöt! Mint a sas, úgy jön az Úr házára! Mert megszegték az én frigyemet, és vétkeztek az én törvényem ellen!
[Yahweh said to me], “Blow [MTY] your trumpet [to warn the people]! My people have rejected the agreement that I made with them, and they have rebelled against [obeying] my laws. Therefore, [their enemies] are swooping down on my people’s country like [SIM] an eagle.
2 Kiáltnak hozzám: Én Istenem! mi, az Izráel, ismerünk tégedet!
My Israeli people cry out to me, ‘Our God, we know that you are our God!’
3 Megvetette Izráel a jót, kergesse hát az ellenség.
But because the Israeli people have rejected what is good, their enemies will pursue them.
4 Királyt emeltek ők; de nem én általam; fejedelmet választottak, de tudtomon kivül. Ezüstjökből és aranyukból bálványokat formáltak; csak azért, hogy semmivé legyen.
The Israel people appointed [their last three] kings, but they did not ask me if I agreed to [what they were doing]. They chose their own leaders without asking if I would approve of them. They used their own silver and gold to make for themselves idols, and doing that led them to be destroyed.
5 Megútálta a te borjúdat, oh Samaria! Haragom felgerjedt ellenök. Meddig nem lehetnek még tiszták?
You people of Samaria, throw away your [idol that resembles a] calf! I am extremely angry with you people! How long [RHQ] will you [do things that cause] you to be unacceptable to me?
6 Mert ez is Izráelből való! kézműves csinálta azt, és nem Isten az. Bizony forgácscsá lesz Samaria borjúja!
[Someone in] Israel made that idol for you; [but I am] God and it is not. So that idol of a calf in Samaria must be smashed to pieces.
7 Mert szelet vetnek és vihart aratnak. Nem indul szárba; termése nem ad lisztet; ha adna is, idegenek nyelik be azt.
[The foolish thing that the people of Israel have done is like] [MET] trying to plant wind; but what they harvest will be like [MET] a whirlwind. So the grain that they planted will have no heads [on the stalks], and as a result [there will be no grain] from which to make flour. And if it did produce good grain, foreigners would [come and] steal it.
8 Elnyeletett Izráel! Olyan immár a népek közt, mint az edény, a melyen nincs gyönyörűség.
[The people of] Israel will be defeated [MET] [by their enemies]; they will be [scattered] among other nations and become worthless.
9 Mert ők Assiriához folyamodnak; Efraim magában bolygó vadszamár; szeretőket bérelnek.
Like [MET] donkeys that are looking for mates, they have requested [help] from Assyria; they paid money to [the leaders of Assyria] in order to [persuade those leaders to] protect them.
10 De ha bérelnek is a pogányok közt, most összegyűjtöm őket, és kezdenek majd lefogyni a fejedelmek királyának terhétől.
But although they have agreed to pay money each year to [the leaders of] those countries, I will soon gather them together [to punish them]. The great King [of Assyria] will cause them to suffer greatly.
11 Mivel megszaporította Efraim az oltárokat a bűnre, bűnre vezették őt az oltárok.
Although [the people of] Israel built many altars to present offerings [to their idols] to take away [their guilt for] sinning, those altars have become places where they commit [more] sins.
12 Ha tízezer törvényt írnék is elébe, idegennek tekintenék azokat.
I wrote many laws for them, but they disregarded them, saying that [they did not have to obey them because] they were different from laws that they had known previously.
13 Nékem szánt áldozatképen húst vágnak és esznek; az Úr nem tekint azokra kedvesen. Immár megemlékezik az ő álnokságukról, és megbünteti az ő vétkeiket; Égyiptomba fognak ők visszatérni.
They offer sacrifices to me, and they eat [some of] the meat of those sacrifices, [which is what I permitted them to do]. But I, Yahweh, am not pleased with those sacrifices. I remember the evil things that they have done, and I will punish them for the sins that they have committed: I will force them to [go to other countries] [and become slaves like they were] [MET] in Egypt.
14 Most Izráel elfeledkezett az ő alkotójáról és palotákat épített; Júda megerősített városokat szaporított. De én tüzet bocsátok városaira, és az emészti meg az ő erősségeit.
[The people of] Israel have abandoned/forgotten me, the one who created their [nation]; they have built palaces, and [the people of] Judah have built walls around many towns. But I will send a fire that will destroy all their cities and their fortresses.”
