Ozeasza 6
1 Chodźcie i zawróćmy do PANA, bo on [nas] poszarpał i on nas uzdrowi; uderzył, a opatrzy nasze [rany].
[The Israeli people say, ] “Come, let’s return to Yahweh! He has caused [us] to be injured, but he will heal us. He has caused [us] to be wounded, but [it is as though] he will put bandages on our wounds [MET].
2 Ożywi nas po dwóch dniach, a trzeciego dnia wzbudzi nas i będziemy żyć przed jego obliczem.
After a very short time he will revive us; in less than three days he will restore us in order that we may live in his presence.
3 Wtedy poznamy i będziemy się starać poznać PANA. Jego wyjście bowiem jest przygotowane jak zorza poranna, przyjdzie do nas jak deszcz wiosenny i jesienny, który nawadnia ziemię.
We must try to know Yahweh; [if we do that, ] he will come [and help] us, as surely as the sun rises [every morning], as surely as rain falls every winter/cold season, and as surely as the rain falls again (in the springtime/at the end of the cold season).”
4 Cóż mam ci uczynić, Efraimie? Cóż mam ci uczynić, Judo? Wasza dobroć bowiem jest jak obłok poranny, jak rosa, [która] rano znika.
[But Yahweh knows they are insincere; ] [so he says to them, ] “You [people of] Israel, and you [people of] Judah, [I do not know] [RHQ] what I should do to you. Your being faithful [to me will disappear as quickly] as [SIM] the morning mist [disappears], like [SIM] the dew [on the ground] that disappears quickly [when the sun shines].
5 Dlatego ciosałem [ich] przez proroków, zabijałem ich słowami moich ust, aby wyszła światłość twoich sądów.
I warned [HYP] you by [the messages that I gave to] the prophets, [but you did not pay attention to my messages]. Therefore I will completely destroy you; the punishment that I give you will strike you like lightning.
6 Pragnę bowiem miłosierdzia, a nie ofiary, i poznania Boga bardziej niż całopalenia.
I want [my people] to faithfully love [me] more than [I want them to offer] sacrifices [to me]; [I want them] to know me more than [I want them to] completely burn sacrifices [on the altar].
7 Ale oni zerwali [moje] przymierze jako ludzkie, w tym mi się sprzeniewierzyli.
But they have refused to obey my agreement, [just] like Adam did; they have not been faithful to me.
8 Gilead jest miastem czyniących nieprawość, splamionym krwią.
Gilead is a city [full] of people who do wicked things; [in the streets] are the bloody footprints [of those who have murdered others].
9 A jak zbójcy czyhają na człowieka, [tak czyni] zgraja kapłanów na drodze do Sychem, bo popełniają czyny wstydliwe.
The priests are like [SIM] bandits who wait (in ambushes/along the road) to attack people; they murder [people who are walking] on the road to Shechem, and they commit other disgraceful crimes.
10 Widziałem w domu Izraela rzeczy okropne: tam jest nierząd Efraima, a Izrael się splugawił.
I have seen horrible things [being done] in Israel [MTY]. The people have abandoned me [like prostitutes who have abandoned their husbands] [MET]; [so the people of] Israel have become unacceptable to me.
11 I dla ciebie, Judo, wyznaczył żniwo, gdy odwróciłem niewolę mojego ludu.
And you [people of] Judah, I have appointed a time when I will punish [MET] you, too. Whenever I wanted to enable my people to prosper again,”
