Hosea 10
1 Israel är ett onyttigt vinträ vorden, hans frukt är ock alltså; så mycken frukt som han hafver, så mång altare gör han; der landet aldrabäst är, der sikta de aldraskönesta kyrkor.
“Israel was [like a large] healthy/luxuriant vine [MET] that produced [a lot of] grapes. But as the people became richer, they made more altars [at which to worship idols]. As the people prospered, they [built and] decorated sacred pillars [that they worshiped].
2 Deras hjerta är deladt, och de syndade nu; men deras altare skola nederbrutna, och deras stiktningar förstörda varda.
They are deceitful; [so] now they are guilty and must be punished. [I], Yahweh, will tear down their altars and smash those pillars.
3 Ty de berömma sig, och säga: Konungen hafver oss icke ännu, och behöfve vi intet frukta Herran; hvad skulle Konungen göra oss?
Then they will say, ‘It is because we did not revere Yahweh that we no [longer] have a king. But [even if we had] a king, he certainly could not [RHQ] do anything to help us.’
4 De svärja sig tillhopa förgäfves, och göra ett förbund; och sådana råd grönskas lika som ogräs på alla fårar i markene.
They falsely promise [that they will do many things]; they solemnly promise and make agreements, but they do not do what they promise. So people accuse and sue [each other in the courts]; they are like [SIM] poisonous weeds [that grow] in a plowed field.
5 Samarie inbyggare församla sig till kalfven i BethAven; ty hans folk hafver gråtit öfver honom, der dock hans andelige plägade fröjda sig öfver hans härlighet; ty han är bortförd ifrå dem.
The people who live in Samaria [city] are worried about [what may happen to the idol that resembles] a calf [that they set up] at Beth-Aven [town]. The people in Samaria will mourn, and the priests there will cry about it [if it is damaged or destroyed]. [Previously] they shouted joyfully about its being very great; but now it will not be great any more.
6 Ja, kalfven är förd in uti Assyrien, Konungen i Jareb till en skänk; alltså måste Ephraim stå med skam, och Israel skamliga gå med sitt anslag.
It will be taken to Assyria to be a gift for the great King [of Assyria]. [So the people of] Israel will be disgraced, and they will be ashamed because [they trusted in] that idol.
7 Ty Konungen i Samarien är försvunnen, lika som fradgan på vattnena.
The King of Samaria [and the other people in Samaria] will be gone; they will be like [SIM] a twig [that floats away] on the surface of the water [and disappears].
8 De höjder i Aven, der Israel med syndade, äro förlagde; tistel och törne växer på deras altare, och de skola säga: I berg, förskyler oss, och I backar, faller öfver oss.
The altars on the tops of hills [where the people worshiped idols] will be destroyed; those have been the places where the people of Israel sinned greatly. Thorns and weeds will grow and cover those altars. Then the people will plead to the mountains and hills, ‘Fall [down and] cover us [to protect us from God punishing us]!’
9 Israel, du hafver syndat allt ifrå Gibea tid; dervid hafva de ock blifvit; men en sådana strid, som emot de onda menniskor i Gibea skedde, den skall intet fatta dem;
[You people of] Israel, [ever since your ancestors did evil things] at Gibeah, you have continued to sin. [When the people at] [PRS] Gibeah [did evil things], the result was a war [in which thousands of people died].
10 Utan jag skall näpsa dem efter min vilja; så att folk skola komma församladt öfver dem, när jag spänner dem före med deras båda kalfvar.
[So now], when I want to, I will punish the Israeli people. Because of the many sins that they have committed, [the armies of other] nations will gather to attack them, and they will cause the Israeli people to become their slaves.
11 Ephraim är en kalf, som sig leda låter; jag skall ock en gång tröska med honom, och vill fara öfver hans sköna hals; jag skall lära Ephraim rida, och Juda plöja, och Jacob harfva.
Israel is [like] [MET] a well-trained (heifer/young cow) that likes to thresh [grain]. [So now you will become slaves]. [It will be as though] I will put a yoke on your neck, and you will be forced to work hard for your enemies in their fields. [You people of] Israel and Judah [will be forced to go to Assyria]; there you [DOU] will pull plows to break up the ground [for planting seeds].
12 Derföre sår rättfärdighet, och uppskärer kärlek, och plöjer annorlunda, medan tid är att söka Herran, tilldess han kommer, och lärer eder rättfärdighet.
[You plow your fields and plant your seeds] and harvest [your crops] [MET], [but what you need to do is] to act righteously and to faithfully love [me]; you need to repent [MET], because it is time to try to know [me], Yahweh; and if you do that, I will pour out [MET] many blessings on you.
13 Ty I plöjen ogudaktighet, och uppskären orättfärdighet, och äten lögns frukt. Efter du nu förlåter dig uppå dina mänga hjeltar,
You [plant seeds and harvest the crops and eat them]; [but what I consider that you have really done is] that you have planted wicked things and harvested evil things and eaten [MET] the results [IDM] of the lies [that you have told]. [Instead of trusting in me, ] you have (depended on/trusted in) your own power and in your many soldiers.
14 Så skall upphäfva sig ett rumor i ditt folk, så att all din fäste skola förstörd varda, lika som Salman Arbeels hus förderfvade i stridenes tid, då modren öfver barnen slagen vardt.
As a result, you will [soon] hear the roar of battle, and all your cities that have walls around them will be destroyed, like [SIM] Shalman’s [army] destroyed Beth-Arbel [city] in a battle, and the women [in that city] and their children were bashed to death.
15 Rätt så skall eder ock gå i BethEl, för edra stora ondskos skull, att Israels Konung skall om morgonen bittida nederlagd varda.
[You people of] [APO] Bethel [city], that is what will happen to you, because you are very wicked. And when the sun rises [on that day], the King of Israel will be killed [in the battle].”
