Ozeasza 8
1 [Przyłóż] trąbę do ust [i mów]: [Oto przyleci] na dom PANA jak orzeł, gdyż złamali moje przymierze i przekroczyli moje Prawo.
[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 Izrael będzie wołać do mnie: Mój Boże, znamy cię.
My Israeli people cry out to me, ‘Our God, we know that you are our God!’
3 [Ale] Izrael odrzucił dobro. Wróg będzie go ścigać.
But because the Israeli people have rejected what is good, their enemies will pursue them.
4 Oni ustanawiają królów, ale beze mnie; wybierają książąt, [lecz] bez mojej wiedzy. Ze swego srebra i złota czynią sobie bożki na własną zgubę.
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 Twój cielec cię odrzucił, Samario! Mój gniew zapłonął przeciwko nim. Jak długo [jeszcze] nie będą oczyszczeni?
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 On bowiem jest z Izraela, rzemieślnik go wykonał, nie jest więc Bogiem. Cielec Samarii obróci się w proch.
[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 Oni bowiem posiali wiatr, będą zbierać wicher. Nie ma żadnego źdźbła. Kłos nie wyda mąki, a choćby wydał, obcy ją zjedzą.
[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 Izrael będzie pożarty, wkrótce staną się wśród pogan jak naczynie, z którego nie ma żadnej pociechy.
[The people of] Israel will be defeated [MET] [by their enemies]; they will be [scattered] among other nations and become worthless.
9 Uciekli bowiem do Asyrii [jak] dziki samotny osioł. Efraim najął [sobie] kochanków.
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 A chociaż najęli spośród narodów, [ja] ich wkrótce zbiorę i ucierpią nieco z powodu brzemienia króla książąt.
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 Ponieważ Efraim pomnożył ołtarze, by grzeszyć, [te] ołtarze staną się dla niego [powodem] grzechu.
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 Wypisałem mu wielkie rzeczy z mojego Prawa, [ale] on je uważał za coś obcego.
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 Z ofiar moich darów składają w ofierze mięso i jedzą [je, ale] PAN tego nie przyjmuje. Już wspomina ich nieprawość i ukarze ich za grzechy. Powrócą do Egiptu.
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 Zapomniał Izrael o swoim Stwórcy i pobudował świątynie, a Juda rozmnożył miasta warowne. Ale ja poślę ogień na jego miasta, który pożre jego pałace.
[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.”
