Hosea 5
1 Så hörer nu detta, I Prester, och akta häruppå, du Israels hus, och fattat i öronen, du Konungens hus; ty ett straff varder öfver eder gångandes. I som ena snaro i Mizpa ställt hafven, och ett utsträckt nät i Thabor.
“Listen, you priests! And you [other] Israeli people, you also pay attention! And you who are members of the king’s family, [you also need to] listen, because [I am going to] judge you! Your [worshiping idols] has been [like] [MET] a trap for [the people at] Mizpah [town]; it has been [like][MET] a net spread out [to catch people] at Tabor [Mountain].
2 De slagta fast mycket, och bedraga folket dermed; derföre måste jag straffa dem allasamman.
You have done many evil things, so I will punish all of you.
3 Jag känner Ephraim väl, och Israel är för mig intet fördold; att Ephraim är en sköka, och Israel en sluna.
I know [everything about the people of] Israel; nothing that they have done is hidden from me. Because [the people of] Israel have given themselves [to worshiping idols] like [MET] prostitutes [give themselves to the men they sleep with], they have become unacceptable to me.
4 De tänka intet dertill, att de måtte vända sig till sin Gud; ty de hafva ett skökohjerta, och sköta intet om Herran.
Because they [like to do evil] things, they will not return to [me], their God. Like prostitutes [who have abandoned their husbands] [MET], they have [IDM] abandoned [MET] me; they do not [even] know me, Yahweh.
5 Derföre skall Israels högfärd för deras ansigte ödmjukad varda; och skola både Israel och Ephraim falla för deras ondskos skull; ock skall Juda falla med dem.
[It is as though] their being proud testifies [PRS] against them. The sins that [the people of] Israel have committed [are like a heavy load that] causes them to stumble, and [the people of] Judah stumble with them.
6 Så skola de komma med sin får och fä, till att söka Herran, och dock intet finna honom; ty han hafver vändt sig ifrå dem.
They will come to worship [me], Yahweh, bringing their herds of sheep and cattle, but they will not [be able to] find me, because I have abandoned them.
7 De förakta Herran, och föda främmande barn; derföre skall ock nymånaden uppfräta med dem deras offer.
They have abandoned me; and their children do not belong to me [MET]. So [they will not be able to celebrate their festivals at] the new moons [because I] will destroy them and [the crops in] their fields.
8 Ja, blåser i basun i Gibea; ja, trummeter i Rama; ja, roper i BethAven, på hinsidon BenJamin.
Blow the [rams’] horns in Gibeah [town] [and blow] the trumpets in Ramah [town]! Warn [the people at] Beth-Aven [town]; you warriors of the tribe of Benjamin, lead the troops [into the battle].
9 Ty Ephraim skall ett öde varda, på den tid jag dem straffandes varder. Derom hafver jag Israels slägte troliga varnat.
Israel will be ruined on the day that [I] destroy them. What I am telling to the tribes of Israel will certainly [happen].
10 Juda Förstar äro like dem som utflytta råmärke; derföre vill jag utgjuta mina vrede öfver dem, lika som vatten.
[Because] the leaders of Judah [seized some land that belonged to Israel], they are like [SIM] those who move boundary markers [to get more land for themselves]; [so] I will punish them severely [MET].
11 Ephraim lider väld, och varder plågad; deruti sker honom rätt; ty han hafver gifvit sig uppå menniskobud.
And [the people of] Israel will suffer greatly when I punish them, because they are [very] determined to worship idols.
12 Jag är Ephraim såsom en mal, och Juda huse en plåga.
I will destroy [the people of] Israel like [SIM] ([larvae of] moths/cockroaches) destroy wool, and I will cause [the people of] Judah to be like [SIM] rotten wood.
13 Och då Ephraim kände sina krankhet, och Juda sitt sår, drog Ephraim bort till Assur, och sände till Konungen i Jareb; men han kunde intet hjelpa eder, eller hela edart sår.
When [the leaders of] Israel and Judah saw that the people were suffering because of what [their enemies were doing to them] [MET], they sent [messages] to the great King of Assyria requesting [his help]. But he cannot help you; he cannot cause you to stop suffering, [because I am the one who is punishing Israel and Judah].
14 Ty jag är Ephraim lika som ett lejon, och Juda huse lika som ett ungt lejon. Jag, jag rifver, och går min väg; jag förer dem bort, och ingen kan undsätta dem.
I will become like [SIM] a lion [DOU] to both nations; I will [attack them and] tear them to pieces. I will drag them away, and no one will [be able to] rescue them.
15 Jag vill gå åter till mitt rum igen, tilldess de känna sina skuld, och söka mitt ansigte.
[After that], I will return to my place [in heaven] until they admit that they have sinned [MTY] and return to me; when they will experience [many] troubles, they will request me [to help them].”
