Hoseas 2
1 Seg då til brørne dykkar: «Ammi»! og til systerne dykkar: «Ru-hama»!
[At that time, ] you will say to your fellow-Israeli men, “[You are] God’s people,” and [you will say] to your fellow-Israeli women, “You are ones whom God loves.”
2 Skjem på mor dykkar, skjem! For ho er ikkje kona mi, og eg er ikkje mannen hennar. Lat henne få burt horebragderne or andlitet sitt og lauslynde-merket frå barmen sin!
[Yahweh also said to me], “I want you to accuse the Israeli people. [It is as though] [MET] this nation is your mother, but this nation is [no longer as though it is] [MET] my wife, and it is [no longer as though] [MET] I am its husband. Tell the Israeli people that they must stop [acting like] a prostitute [by worshiping other gods]; they must stop showing by their behavior that they (are unfaithful to/have abandoned) [me] [MET].
3 Elles skal eg klæda av henne, so ho ligg naki: Eg skal te henne fram som den dagen ho vart fødd. Eg skal gjera henne lik ei øydemark og ei turr-audn, og lata henne døy av torste.
If they do not do that, I will not give them [food and] clothes [as a husband should give to his wife]; I will take away those things, and I will cause their nation to become [as deserted] as it was on the day that I [brought their ancestors out of Egypt and caused them to become a nation] [MET]. I will cause their country to be like [SIM] a desert; there will be no rain to water the ground [MET].
4 Og borni hennar, ikkje vil eg miskunna deim; for horeborn er dei.
I will not pity the people, because they have [abandoned me] as [MET] prostitutes abandon their husbands.
5 For mor deira var ei horkvinna, ho som fekk deim, for skamleg åt, med di ho sagde: «Eg vil fara etter elskarane mine. For dei gjev meg maten min og drykken min, ulli mi og linet mitt, oljen min og vinen min.»
Their parents are like prostitutes [MET]: they have been unfaithful [to me], and they have done [very] disgraceful things. They said, ‘We will run to [our idols/gods] who love us; [they are the ones] who give us food and water and wool and linen and [olive] oil, and [wine to] drink.’
6 Sjå, difor stengjer vil eg stengja vegen din med tornar. Ja, ein mur skal eg setja upp framfyre henne, so ho ikkje skal finna stigarne sine.
So [it will be as though] [MET] I am blocking their road with thornbushes, and putting put a wall around them so that they do not know which way to go.
7 Når ho då renner etter elskarane sine, skal ho ikkje nå i deim, når ho leitar etter deim, skal ho ikkje finna deim. Då skal ho segja: «Eg vil attende til den fyrste mannen min. For betre hadde eg det då enn no.»
They will run to their idols/gods that [they think] love them, but they will not find them. They will search for their false gods, but they will not find them. Then they will say, ‘[Perhaps] we should return to [Yahweh], whom we worshiped previously [MET], because things were better for us then than they are now.’
8 Og ho, ikkje skyna ho at det var eg som gav henne kornet og druvesafti og oljen, og som var storgjæv imot henne med sylv og med gull, som dei nytta ut for Ba’al.
But they do not realize that I, [Yahweh], am the one who gave them grain and wine and [olive] oil; I am the one who gave them silver and gold which they used to worship Baal.
9 Difor skal eg taka att kornet mitt når korntidi kjem, og druvesafti mi i rette stundi, og taka burt ulli mi og linet mitt, det som ho skulde løyna blygsli si med.
Therefore I will return and take my grain and grapes from them when they are ripe. I will take from them the wool and linen that I gave to them [to make their clothes] [MTY].
10 Ja, no skal eg nækja blygsli hennar beint for augo på elskarane hennar, og ingen skal berga henne or mi hand.
I will show those false gods/idols that what my people are doing is disgusting [MET], and no one will be able to hinder me from [punishing them].
11 Og eg skal gjera ende på all kjæta hennar, på gildi hennar, nymånarne og kviledagarne og alle høgtiderne hennar.
I will cause their religious celebrations to cease, the festivals that they celebrate every year and at every new moon and on their (Sabbath days/weekly days of rest). I will cause all their religious celebrations to cease.
12 Eg skal øyda vintrei og fiketrei hennar, som ho sagde um: «Dei er meg ei løn som elskarane mine gav meg.» Og eg skal gjera deim til villkjør som villdyri skal eta av.
I will destroy [all] their grapevines and fig trees, which they said were what their [idols/gods] who loved them paid them for worshiping those idols. I will cause those places to become a desert, and wild animals will eat the fruit [that remains].
13 Soleis skal eg refsa henne for Ba’als-dagarne hennar, då ho brende røykjelse for deim og prydde seg med nasering og bringespenne og for etter elskarane sine, men gløymde meg, segjer Herren.
I will punish my people for [all] the times that they burned incense to [honor] the idols of Baal. They decorated themselves with rings and jewelry, and they went to worship those [false gods/idols] that [they thought] [IRO] loved them, but they abandoned/forgot me! [That is what I], Yahweh, say.
14 Difor skal de vita at eg vil lokka henne burt og leida henne ut i villmarki, so eg kan få tala hjarteord med henne.
But listen! [Some day] I will persuade my people [to worship me again]; I will lead them [out] into the desert and speak kindly to them [there].
15 So vil eg derifrå gjeva henne att vinhagarne hennar, og gjera Akordalen til eit vonarled. Der skal ho syngja som i ungdomsdagarne sine, og som då ho for upp frå Egyptarlandet.
I will give their vineyards [back] to them, and I will cause Achor Valley, [which means ‘valley of trouble'], to become a valley where they will confidently expect [me to do good things for them]. They will (respond to/want to please) me there like they did long ago, when I freed them from [being slaves in] Egypt.
16 Og den dagen, segjer Herren, kjem det til å verta so at du ropar til meg: «Mannen min!» Og du skal ikkje meir ropa til meg: «Ba’al min!»
At that time, they will say to me, ‘[It is as though] [MET] you are our husband.’ They will not say that I am their [master, like they considered that] Baal [was].
17 Ja, Ba’als-namni vil eg taka reint ut or munnen hennar, so dei aldri skal nemnast meir.
I will not allow them to speak [MTY] the names of Baal; they will never use those names again.
18 Den dagen gjer eg for deim ei pakt med dyri på marki, med fuglarne under himmelen og med kreket på jordi. Og boge og sverd og krig bryt eg sund. Eg skal få det reint ut or landet, og lata deim bu trygt.
At that time [it will be as though] I will make an agreement with [all] the wild animals and birds, and [even with] the little animals that scurry across the ground, so that they will never harm my people [again]. And I will remove from their nation all the weapons [for fighting] battles, [like] swords and bows [and arrows]. The result will be that my people will live peacefully and safely, and will not be afraid.
19 Og eg vil trulova meg med deg til æveleg tid. Eg vil trulova meg med deg i rettferd og rett, i nåde og miskunn.
I will cause them to be [as though they are] [MET] my bride forever. I will be righteous and fair/just; I will faithfully love them and be kind to them.
20 Ja, i truskap vil eg trulova meg med deg, og du skal kjenna Herren.
I will not abandon them, and they will realize [that I] Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do.]
21 Og den dagen kjem det til å verta so at eg bønhøyrer, segjer Herren, eg bønhøyrer himmelen, og han bønhøyrer jordi.
At that time, [when they request me to do things for them], [I will do those things]. When they request clouds and rain to fall on their land, I will speak to the clouds, and rain will fall on the earth,
22 Og jordi skal bønhøyra kornet og druvesafti og oljen, og dei skal bønhøyra Jizre’el.
and grain will grow, and the vineyards and the olive trees will grow in Jezreel [Valley].
23 Og plantar meg henne i landet og miskunnar Lo-Ruhama, og eg segjer til Lo-Ammi: «Folket mitt er du!» og ho, ho skal segja: «Min Gud!»
[At that time], I will take care of the Israeli people [like a farmer plants and takes care of his crops] [MET]. I will love those people that I previously said were ones I did not love, and I previously said, ‘You are not my people,’ and [then] they will say to me, ‘You are our God.’”
