Hosea 4
1 Hörer, I Israels barn, Herrans ord; ty Herren hafver orsak till att straffa dem, som i landena bo; ty der är ingen trohet, ingen kärlek, intet Guds ord i landena;
You Israeli people, listen to this message from Yahweh! He is accusing you people who live in this country, [saying] “The people are not faithfully [doing what pleases me], they are not kind [to others], and they do not [even] know me!
2 Utan Guds hädelse, lögn, mord, stöld och hor hafva fått öfverhandena, och den ena blodskulden kommer efter den andra.
Everywhere in this land they curse [others], they murder [others], they steal, and they commit adultery. They act violently toward others and commit one murder after another.
3 Derföre skall landet stå jämmerliga, och allom inbyggaromen illa gå; ty ock djuren på markene, och foglarna under himmelen, och fiskarna i hafvet skola förkomma.
It is because of their doing those things that there is no rain [MTY], the land has become dry, the people are mourning, and the people are dying [from hunger]. Even the wild animals and the birds and the fish in the sea are dying.
4 Dock man torf icke straffa eller tukta någon; ty mitt folk ( vill ostraffadt vara; utan ) tager sig före att straffa Presterna.
But no one should accuse someone else and say it is his fault. It is you priests whom I am accusing.
5 Derföre skall du falla om dagen, och Propheten falla med dig om nattena; alltså skall jag dina moder späka.
So I will punish [MTY] you priests, night and day, and I will punish the prophets with you. I am going to destroy [Israel, the nation that is like] [MET] a mother to you.
6 Mitt folk är förderfvadt, derföre att det icke lära vill; ty du aktar intet Guds ord, derföre vill jag ock intet akta dig, att du min Prest vara skall; du förgäter dins Guds lag, derföre vill jag ock förgäta din barn.
It is because my people do not know [about me] that they will be destroyed. And their not knowing about me is because you priests have refused [to teach them about me]; so I will no longer allow you to be my priests. You have forgotten the things that I taught you, so I will forget [to bless] your children.
7 Ju flere de varda, ju mer de synda emot mig; derföre skall Jag ju så högt göra dem till blygd, som de I ärone högt uppe äro.
As there are more and more priests, they have sinned against me more and more. So I will no longer allow them to be honored; instead, I will cause them to be disgraced.
8 De äro mins folks syndoffer, och styrka deras själ i deras missgerning;
The priests get food from [the offerings that the] people [bring in order to be forgiven for having sinned], [so] the priests want the people to sin more and more [in order that the people will bring them more and more offerings].
9 Derföre skall folkena gå lika som Prestomen; ty jag skall hemsöka deras väsende, och vedergälla dem såsom de förtjena;
The priests [are as sinful] as the [other] people, and I will punish [all of] them for what they have done; I will pay them back for the [evil] things that they have done.
10 Så att de skola äta, och icke mätte varda; bedrifva boleri, och det skall intet bekomma dem; derföre, att de hafva öfvergifvit Herran, och intet aktat honom.
[The priests] will eat, but they will still be hungry; they will have sex with prostitutes, but they will not have any children, because they have abandoned [me], Yahweh,
11 Boleri, vin och must göra menniskorna galna.
and they are devoting themselves to sleeping with prostitutes, and to [drinking] old wine and new wine, which results in their not being able to think clearly.”
12 Mitt folk frågar sitt trä, och deras staf predikar dem; ty en boleris ande förstörer dem, så att de bedrifva boleri emot sin Gud.
“[You] my people request wooden idols [to tell you what you should do]! Like prostitutes who have left/abandoned their husbands,
13 Ofvanpå bergen offra de, och på högomen röka de, under ek, lind och bok, efter de hafva skönan skugga; derföre varda ock edra döttrar skökor, och edra brudar horor.
you have abandoned [me] your God, and you are chasing after [other gods] on the tops of hills and mountains; you burn incense under oak [trees], poplar [trees], and other trees where there is nice/pleasing shade. So your daughters have become prostitutes, and your daughters-in-law have committed adultery.
14 Och jag vill ej heller förtagat, då edra döttrar och brudar skämda och horor varda; efter I upptagen en annor Gudstjenst med de horor, och offren med de slemma slunor; ty det galna folket vill slaget varda.
But it is not [only] your daughters [whom I will punish] for having become prostitutes, and it is not [only] your daughters-in-law whom I will punish for committing adultery, because the men also are having sex with prostitutes, and they offer sacrifices with the prostitutes [who search for men at the] shrines [of the idols]. [They are all] foolish people, and they will [all] be ruined.
15 Vill du Israel ju bedrifva boleri, att dock Juda icke ock finnes skyldig; går icke bort till Gilgal, och kommer icke upp till BethAven, och svärjer icke: Så sant som Herren lefver.
You Israeli [people] have abandoned me like [MET] those who commit adultery have abandoned their spouses. But do not cause [the people of] Judah to sin [also]. Do not go to Gilgal or go up to Beth-Aven [towns] [to worship idols there]. Do not make solemn promises [there, saying ‘Just as surely] as Yahweh lives, [I will do what I am promising].’
16 Ty Israel löper lika som en galen ko; så skall ock Herren låta föda dem, såsom ett lamb det vildt löper.
You [people of Israel] are as stubborn as [SIM] a young cow. So there is no way [RHQ] that [I], Yahweh, will [provide food for them] [like a shepherd provides food for his] lambs [by leading them] to a nice meadow.
17 Ty Ephraim hafver gifvit sig i sällskap med afgudar; så låt honom fara.
The people of Israel have chosen to worship idols [MET], [so] allow them [to do what they want to do].
18 De hafva gifvit sig uti svalg och boleri; deras herrar hafva lust dertill, att de komma skam åstad.
When their rulers finish drinking [their wine], they go to find prostitutes; they love their disgraceful behavior.
19 Ett väder skall bortdrifva dem, hvilko de icke skola kunna emotstå, och måste öfver sina. Gudstjenst till blygd varda.
But they will disappear [as though] [MET] they were blown away by a whirlwind. They will become [very] ashamed because of their offering sacrifices [to idols].”
