Ozeasza 1
1 Słowo PANA, które doszło do Ozeasza, syna Beeriego, za dni Uzjasza, Jotama, Achaza, Ezechiasza, królów Judy, i za dni Jeroboama, syna Joasza, króla Izraela.
[I am] Hosea, the son of Beeri. Yahweh gave me these messages [at various times] during the years that Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah were the kings of Judah, and Jeroboam the son of Jehoash was the King of Israel.
2 Początek słowa PANA przez Ozeasza. PAN powiedział do Ozeasza: Idź, weź sobie nierządnicę za żonę i dzieci nierządu. Ziemia bowiem uprawiała wstydliwy nierząd, odwróciła się od PANA.
When Yahweh first [began to] give messages to me [to tell to the people of Israel], he said to me, “Go and marry a prostitute. But [some of] her children will be born as a result of her having sex with men to whom she is not married. That will illustrate how the people of Israel have turned away from me and worship (idols/other gods).”
3 Poszedł więc i wziął sobie za żonę Gomerę, córkę Diblaima, a ona poczęła i urodziła mu syna.
So I married Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim. She became pregnant and gave birth to my son.
4 PAN powiedział do niego: Nadaj mu imię Jizreel, bo już niedługo pomszczę na domu Jehu krew Jizreel i sprawię, [że] ustanie królestwo domu Izraela.
Yahweh said to me, “Give him the name Jezreel, [which means ‘God scatters’], because I will soon punish the descendants [MTY] of [King] Jehu [by scattering them], because he killed many of my people at Jezreel [town]. [Some day] I will end the kingdom of Israel,
5 W tym dniu złamię łuk Izraela w dolinie Jizreel.
by destroying the power [MTY] of [the army of] Israel in Jezreel Valley.”
6 I poczęła znowu, i urodziła córkę. [PAN] powiedział do niego: Nadaj jej imię Lo-Ruchama, bo już nie zlituję się nad domem Izraela, lecz na pewno go wytępię.
[Later] Gomer became pregnant [again], and she gave birth to a daughter. Yahweh said to me “Give her the name Lo-ruhamah, [which means ‘not loved],’ because I will no longer [show that I] love the people [MET] of Israel, and I will not forgive them [for the sins that they have committed].
7 Ale zlituję się nad domem Judy i wybawię go przez PANA, jego Boga, lecz nie wybawię łukiem ani mieczem, ani wojną, ani końmi, ani jeźdźcami.
But I will [show that I] love the people [MTY] of Judah [by saving them from their enemies]. However, it will not be by weapons and armies or horses and chariots that I will save them. Instead, it will be by [the power that I], Yahweh their God, [have].”
8 Gdy odstawiła [od piersi] Lo-Ruchamę, znowu poczęła i urodziła syna.
After Gomer had (weaned/stopped breast-feeding) Lo-ruhamah, she became pregnant again, and she gave birth to another son.
9 I [PAN] powiedział: Nadaj mu imię Lo-Ammi, bo wy nie jesteście moim ludem, ja też nie będę waszym [Bogiem].
Yahweh said “Give him the name Lo-ammi, [which means 'not my people', ] because the people of Israel are no [longer my people], and I am not their God.
10 Jednak liczba synów Izraela będzie jak piasek morski, którego nie można zmierzyć ani zliczyć. I stanie się, że w miejscu, gdzie im mówiono: Nie jesteście moim ludem, będzie się do nich mówić: Wy jesteście synami Boga żywego.
But [some day] the people of Israel will be [as numerous] as [SIM] the [grains of] sand on the seashore; no one will be able to count them. Now [I] am saying to them, ‘You are not my people,’ but then people will say to them, ‘[You are the] children of God who is all-powerful.’
11 I będą zgromadzeni razem synowie Judy i synowie Izraela, ustanowią sobie jedną głowę i wyjdą z tej ziemi. Wielki bowiem [będzie] dzień Jizreel.
[At that time], the people of Judah and the people of Israel will unite. They will appoint one leader for all of them, and they will return from the countries [to which they have been (exiled/forced to go)]. That will be a great time; Jezreel [also means ‘God plants’, and it will be as though God will plant them in this country again].”
