Hosea 2
1 Säger edrom brödrom: De äro mitt folk, och edro syster, att hon är i ynnest.
[At that time, ] you will say to your fellow-Israeli men, “[You are] God’s people,” and [you will say] to your fellow-Israeli women, “You are ones whom God loves.”
2 Säger domen öfver edra moder, att hon är intet mer min hustru, och jag vill intet hafva henne; beder henne kasta bort sitt boleri ifrå sig, och sitt horeri ifrå sin bröst;
[Yahweh also said to me], “I want you to accuse the Israeli people. [It is as though] [MET] this nation is your mother, but this nation is [no longer as though it is] [MET] my wife, and it is [no longer as though] [MET] I am its husband. Tell the Israeli people that they must stop [acting like] a prostitute [by worshiping other gods]; they must stop showing by their behavior that they (are unfaithful to/have abandoned) [me] [MET].
3 På det jag icke skall afkläda henne nakna, och sätta henne, lika som hon var, då hon rådd var, och jag då gör henne såsom ett öde, och såsom ett torrt land, att jag icke låter henne dö af törst;
If they do not do that, I will not give them [food and] clothes [as a husband should give to his wife]; I will take away those things, and I will cause their nation to become [as deserted] as it was on the day that I [brought their ancestors out of Egypt and caused them to become a nation] [MET]. I will cause their country to be like [SIM] a desert; there will be no rain to water the ground [MET].
4 Och icke förbarmar mig öfver hennes barn; ty de äro horobarn;
I will not pity the people, because they have [abandoned me] as [MET] prostitutes abandon their husbands.
5 Och deras moder är en hora; och den dem burit hafver, hon häller sig skamliga, I och säger: Jag vill löpa efter mina bolar, hvilke mig gifva bröd, vatten, ull, lin, oljo och dryck.
Their parents are like prostitutes [MET]: they have been unfaithful [to me], and they have done [very] disgraceful things. They said, ‘We will run to [our idols/gods] who love us; [they are the ones] who give us food and water and wool and linen and [olive] oil, and [wine to] drink.’
6 Derföre, si, jag skall igentäppa din väg med törne, och gärda der en gård före, att hon icke skall finna sina stigar.
So [it will be as though] [MET] I am blocking their road with thornbushes, and putting put a wall around them so that they do not know which way to go.
7 Och då hon löper efter sina bolar, skall hon intet fä dem, och icke finna dem, när hon söker efter dem, och måste säga: Jag vill gå till min förra man igen, der jag bättre mådde, än jag nu mår.
They will run to their idols/gods that [they think] love them, but they will not find them. They will search for their false gods, but they will not find them. Then they will say, ‘[Perhaps] we should return to [Yahweh], whom we worshiped previously [MET], because things were better for us then than they are now.’
8 Ty hon vill icke veta, att jag är den som gifver henne korn, must och oljo, och hafver gifvit henne mycket silfver och guld, der de Baal af gjort hafva.
But they do not realize that I, [Yahweh], am the one who gave them grain and wine and [olive] oil; I am the one who gave them silver and gold which they used to worship Baal.
9 Derföre vill jag taga mitt korn och must igen i sinom tid, och bortvända mina ull och lin, der hon sina blygd med betäcker.
Therefore I will return and take my grain and grapes from them when they are ripe. I will take from them the wool and linen that I gave to them [to make their clothes] [MTY].
10 Nu vill jag upptäcka hennes skam för hennes bolars ögon, och ingen skall undsätta henne utu mine hand.
I will show those false gods/idols that what my people are doing is disgusting [MET], and no one will be able to hinder me from [punishing them].
11 Och jag skall göra en ända med all hennes fröjd, högtider, nymånader, Sabbather, och alla hennes helgedagar.
I will cause their religious celebrations to cease, the festivals that they celebrate every year and at every new moon and on their (Sabbath days/weekly days of rest). I will cause all their religious celebrations to cease.
12 Jag skall öde göra hennes vinträ och fikonaträ, efter hon säger: Det är min lön, som mine bolar gifva mig; jag skall göra en skog deraf, att vilddjuren skola uppäta det.
I will destroy [all] their grapevines and fig trees, which they said were what their [idols/gods] who loved them paid them for worshiping those idols. I will cause those places to become a desert, and wild animals will eat the fruit [that remains].
13 Alltså skall jag hemsöka Baalims dagar öfver henne, hvilkom hon rökoffer gör, och pryder sig med spann och halsband, och löper efter sina bolar, och förgäter mig, säger Herren.
I will punish my people for [all] the times that they burned incense to [honor] the idols of Baal. They decorated themselves with rings and jewelry, and they went to worship those [false gods/idols] that [they thought] [IRO] loved them, but they abandoned/forgot me! [That is what I], Yahweh, say.
14 Derföre, si, jag vill locka henne, och föra henne uti öknena, och tala ljufliga med henne.
But listen! [Some day] I will persuade my people [to worship me again]; I will lead them [out] into the desert and speak kindly to them [there].
15 Der vill jag gifva henne sin rätta vingård, och Achors dal, der man predika skall det I hoppas skolen; och der skall hon sjunga, lika som i hennes ungdoms tid, då hon utur Egypti land drog.
I will give their vineyards [back] to them, and I will cause Achor Valley, [which means ‘valley of trouble'], to become a valley where they will confidently expect [me to do good things for them]. They will (respond to/want to please) me there like they did long ago, when I freed them from [being slaves in] Egypt.
16 Och på den tiden, säger Herren, skall du kalla mig: min man, och icke mer kalla mig: min Baal.
At that time, they will say to me, ‘[It is as though] [MET] you are our husband.’ They will not say that I am their [master, like they considered that] Baal [was].
17 Ty jag skall låta Baalims namn bortkomma utu hennes mun, så att man deras namn icke mer ihågkomma skall.
I will not allow them to speak [MTY] the names of Baal; they will never use those names again.
18 Och jag skall på den tiden göra dem ett förbund med vilddjuren på markene, med foglarna under himmelen, och med matkarna på jordene; och skall borttaga båga, svärd och krig utu landena, och låta dem bo säkre.
At that time [it will be as though] I will make an agreement with [all] the wild animals and birds, and [even with] the little animals that scurry across the ground, so that they will never harm my people [again]. And I will remove from their nation all the weapons [for fighting] battles, [like] swords and bows [and arrows]. The result will be that my people will live peacefully and safely, and will not be afraid.
19 Jag vill trolofva dig mig i evig tid; jag skall trolofva dig mig uti rättfärdighet och dom, uti nåd och barmhertighet;
I will cause them to be [as though they are] [MET] my bride forever. I will be righteous and fair/just; I will faithfully love them and be kind to them.
20 Ja, uti trone vill jag trolofva dig mig; och du skall känna Herran.
I will not abandon them, and they will realize [that I] Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do.]
21 På den tiden, säger Herren, vill jag höra; jag skall höra himmelen, och himmelen skall höra jordena;
At that time, [when they request me to do things for them], [I will do those things]. When they request clouds and rain to fall on their land, I will speak to the clouds, and rain will fall on the earth,
22 Och jorden skall höra kornet, must och oljo, och de skola höra Jisreel.
and grain will grow, and the vineyards and the olive trees will grow in Jezreel [Valley].
23 Och jag skall behålla henne mig för en säd på jordene, och förbarma mig öfver henne som i ogunst var, och säga till det som intet var mitt folk: Du äst mitt folk; och det skall säga: Du äst min Gud.
[At that time], I will take care of the Israeli people [like a farmer plants and takes care of his crops] [MET]. I will love those people that I previously said were ones I did not love, and I previously said, ‘You are not my people,’ and [then] they will say to me, ‘You are our God.’”
