Osea 6
1 Veniţi şi să ne întoarcem la DOMNUL, pentru că el a sfâşiat şi tot el ne va vindeca; el a lovit şi tot el ne va lega rana.
[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 După două zile ne va înviora; în a treia zi ne va ridica şi vom trăi înaintea feţei lui.
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 Atunci vom cunoaşte, dacă urmărim a cunoaşte pe DOMNUL; ieşirea lui este pregătită ca dimineaţa; şi el va veni la noi ca ploaia, ca ploaia târzie şi timpurie pentru pământ.
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 Efraime, ce să îţi fac? Iudo, ce să îţi fac? Fiindcă bunătatea voastră este ca un nor de dimineaţă, şi ca roua de dimineaţă care trece.
[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 De aceea i-am cioplit prin profeţi; i-am ucis prin cuvintele gurii mele şi judecăţile tale sunt ca lumina ce strălucește.
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 Fiindcă am dorit milă şi nu sacrificiu; şi cunoaşterea lui Dumnezeu mai mult decât ofrande arse.
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 Dar ei, ca oameni, au călcat legământul; acolo s-au purtat cu perfidie împotriva mea.
But they have refused to obey my agreement, [just] like Adam did; they have not been faithful to me.
8 Galaad este o cetate a celor care lucrează nelegiuire şi este pângărit cu sânge.
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 Şi precum cetele de tâlhari pândesc pe un om, tot astfel ceata preoţilor se înţelege să ucidă pe cale, fiindcă ei comit desfrânare.
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 Am văzut un lucru groaznic în casa lui Israel; acolo este curvia lui Efraim, Israel este pângărit.
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 De asemenea, Iudo, el a pus un seceriş pentru tine, când am întors pe captivii poporului meu.
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,”
