Hosea 1
1 Detta är Herrans ord, som skedde till Osea, Beeri son, uti Ussia, Jotham, Ahas, Jehiskia, Juda Konungars, tid; och uti Jerobeams, Joas sons, Israels Konungs, tid.
[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 Och då Herren först tog till att tala genom Osea, sade Herren till honom: Gack bort, och tag dig ena sköko till hustru, och skökobarn; ty landet löper ifrå Herranom i boleri.
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 Och han gick bort, och tog Gomer, Diblaims dotter. Hon vardt hafvandes, och födde honom en son.
So I married Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim. She became pregnant and gave birth to my son.
4 Och Herren sade till honom: Kalla honom Jisreel; ty det är ännu om en liten tid till görandes, så vill jag hemsöka de blodskulder i Jisreel, öfver Jehu hus, och skall göra en ända med Israels rike.
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 På den tiden skall jag sönderbryta Israels båga, uti Jisreels dal.
by destroying the power [MTY] of [the army of] Israel in Jezreel Valley.”
6 Och hon vardt äter hafvandes, och födde ena dotter; och han sade till honom: Kalla henne LoRyhama; ty jag vill intet mer förbarma mig öfver Israels hus; utan lag vill bortkasta dem.
[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 Dock öfver Juda hus vill jag förbarma mig, och skall hjelpa dem genom Herran deras Gud; men jag vill icke hjelpa dem genom båga, svärd, strid, hästar eller resenärar.
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 Och då hon afvant hade LoRyhama, vardt hon äter hafvandes, och födde en son.
After Gomer had (weaned/stopped breast-feeding) Lo-ruhamah, she became pregnant again, and she gave birth to another son.
9 Och han sade: Kalla honom LoAmmi; ty I ären icke mitt folk, så vill jag ej heller vara edar.
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 Men talet på Israels barn skall varda lika som sanden i hafvena, den man hvarken mäla eller räkna kan; och det skall ske på det rum, der man till dem sagt hafver; I ären icke mitt folk; der skall man säga till dem: O! I lefvande Guds barn.
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 Ty Juda barn och Israels barn skola sammankomma, och skola hålla sig alla under ett hufvud, och draga upp utu landena; ty Jisreels dag skall vara en stor lag.
[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].”
