Hoseas 10
1 Israel er et frodig vintre, som bærer frukt; jo mere frukt han fikk, desto flere alter bygget han; jo bedre det gikk hans land, desto vakrere billedstøtter gjorde han sig.
Israel is a branching vine, full of fruit; as his fruit is increased, so the number of his altars is increased; as the land is fair, so they have made fair pillars.
2 Deres hjerte er falskt, nu skal de bøte; han skal bryte ned deres altere og ødelegge deres billedstøtter;
Their mind is taken away; now they will be made waste: he will have their altars broken down, he will give their pillars to destruction.
3 ja, nu skal de si: Vi har ingen konge; for vi har ikke fryktet Herren, og kongen, hvad kan vel han gjøre for oss?
Now, truly, they will say, We have no king, we have no fear of the Lord; and the king, what is he able to do for us?
4 De har talt tomme ord, svoret falsk, inngått forbund, og retten skyter op som giftige urter på markens furer.
Their words are foolish; they make agreements with false oaths, so punishment will come up like a poison-plant in a ploughed field.
5 For Bet-Avens kalv er Samarias innbyggere i angst; ja, dens folk sørger over den, og dens avgudsprester skjelver for den - for dens herlighet, fordi den er ført bort fra dem.
The people of Samaria will be full of fear because of the ox of Beth-aven; its people will have sorrow for it, and its priests will give cries of grief for its glory, for the glory has gone in flight.
6 Også den skal føres til Assur, som en gave til kong Jareb; skam skal Efra'im høste, og Israel skal skamme sig over sitt råd.
And they will take it to Assyria and give it to the great king; shame will come on Ephraim, and Israel will be shamed because of its image.
7 Samarias konge skal bli borte som en spån på vannets flate.
As for Samaria, her king is cut off, like mist on the water.
8 Og Avens offerhauger, Israels synd, skal tilintetgjøres; torner og tistler skal skyte op på deres altere, og de skal si til fjellene: Skjul oss! og til haugene: Fall over oss!
And the high places of Aven, the sin of Israel, will come to destruction; thorns and waste plants will come up on their altars; they will say to the mountains, Be a cover over us; and to the hills, Come down on us.
9 Fra Gibeas dager av har du syndet, Israel! Der er de blitt stående, uten at krigen mot nidingene har nådd dem i Gibea.
O Israel, you have done evil from the days of Gibeah; there they took up their position, so that the fighting against the children of evil might not overtake them in Gibeah.
10 Efter min lyst vil jeg tukte dem, og folkeslag skal samles imot dem, når jeg binder dem fast til begge deres misgjerninger.
I will come and give them punishment; and the peoples will come together against them when I give them the reward of their two sins.
11 Efra'im er en opøvd kvige, som gjerne vil treske, men jeg legger et åk på dens fagre hals; jeg vil spenne Efra'im for, Juda skal pløie, Jakob skal harve.
And Ephraim is a trained cow, taking pleasure in crushing the grain; but I have put a yoke on her fair neck; I will put a horseman on the back of Ephraim; Judah will be working the plough, Jacob will be turning up the earth.
12 Så eder en sæd, som rettferdigheten krever, få eder en høst efter kjærlighetens bud, bryt eder nytt land! For nu er det tiden til å søke Herren, til han kommer og lar rettferdighet regne over eder.
Put in the seed of righteousness, get in your grain in mercy, let your unploughed earth be turned up: for it is time to make search for the Lord, till he comes and sends righteousness on you like rain.
13 I har pløid ugudelighet, I har høstet urett, I har ett løgnens frukt; for du har satt din lit til din ferd og til dine mange helter.
You have been ploughing sin, you have got in a store of evil, the fruit of deceit has been your food: for you put faith in your way, in the number of your men of war.
14 Derfor skal det reise sig et krigsbulder blandt dine stammer, og alle dine festninger skal ødelegges, likesom Salman ødela Bet-Arbel på stridens dag, da både mor og barn blev knust.
So a great outcry will go up from among your people, and all your strong places will be broken, as Beth-arbel was broken by Shalman in the day of war, as the mother was broken on the rocks with her children.
15 Sådant skal Betel føre over eder for eders store ondskaps skyld; når det lysner til dag, er det ute, aldeles ute med Israels konge.
So will Beth-el do to you because of your evil-doing; at dawn will the king of Israel be cut off completely.
