Hosea 8
1 Ropa högt, såsom en basun, och säg: Han kommer allaredo öfver Herrans hus, lika som en örn; derföre, att de hafva öfverträdt mitt förbund, och vordit affällige ifrå min lag;
[Yahweh said to me], “Blow [MTY] your trumpet [to warn the people]! My people have rejected the agreement that I made with them, and they have rebelled against [obeying] my laws. Therefore, [their enemies] are swooping down on my people’s country like [SIM] an eagle.
2 Skola de då ropa till mig: Du äst min Gud; vi känne dig, vi Israel.
My Israeli people cry out to me, ‘Our God, we know that you are our God!’
3 Men ehuru väl man det menar, så låter dock Israel intet säga sig; derföre måste fienden förfölja dem.
But because the Israeli people have rejected what is good, their enemies will pursue them.
4 De söka Konungar, och akta intet mig; de hålla sig intill Förstar, och jag måtte intet vetat; af sitt silfver och guld göra de afgudar, att de ju snarliga förgås skola.
The Israel people appointed [their last three] kings, but they did not ask me if I agreed to [what they were doing]. They chose their own leaders without asking if I would approve of them. They used their own silver and gold to make for themselves idols, and doing that led them to be destroyed.
5 Din kalf, o Samarla, förkastar han. Min vrede hafver förgrymmat sig öfver dem; det kan icke länge stå, de måste straffade varda.
You people of Samaria, throw away your [idol that resembles a] calf! I am extremely angry with you people! How long [RHQ] will you [do things that cause] you to be unacceptable to me?
6 Ty kalfven är kommen ifrån Israel, och en mästare hafver gjort honom, och han kan ju ingen Gud vara; derföre skall Samarie kalf till stoft gjord varda.
[Someone in] Israel made that idol for you; [but I am] God and it is not. So that idol of a calf in Samaria must be smashed to pieces.
7 Ty de så väder, och skola uppskära oväder; deras säd skall icke uppkomma, och deras frukt intet mjöl gifva; och om hon det än gifver, så skola dock främmande äta det upp.
[The foolish thing that the people of Israel have done is like] [MET] trying to plant wind; but what they harvest will be like [MET] a whirlwind. So the grain that they planted will have no heads [on the stalks], and as a result [there will be no grain] from which to make flour. And if it did produce good grain, foreigners would [come and] steal it.
8 Israel varder uppäten; Hedningarna hafva sig med honom, lika som med ett oterigt kärile;
[The people of] Israel will be defeated [MET] [by their enemies]; they will be [scattered] among other nations and become worthless.
9 Derföre, att de löpa upp efter Assur, såsom vildåsnen i villone; Ephraim skänker bolarom;
Like [MET] donkeys that are looking for mates, they have requested [help] from Assyria; they paid money to [the leaders of Assyria] in order to [persuade those leaders to] protect them.
10 Ja, gifver ock Hedningom skatt; de samma Hedningar vill jag nu församla öfver dem; de skola snart ledse varda vid Konungens och Förstarnas tunga.
But although they have agreed to pay money each year to [the leaders of] those countries, I will soon gather them together [to punish them]. The great King [of Assyria] will cause them to suffer greatly.
11 Ty Ephraim hafver gjort mång altare, till att synda; så skola ock altaren varda honom till synd.
Although [the people of] Israel built many altars to present offerings [to their idols] to take away [their guilt for] sinning, those altars have become places where they commit [more] sins.
12 Om jag än mycket predikar dem om min lag, så kalla de det kätteri.
I wrote many laws for them, but they disregarded them, saying that [they did not have to obey them because] they were different from laws that they had known previously.
13 Det de ännu mycket offra, och frambära kött och äta i så hafver dock Herren intet behag dertill; utan han vill ihågkomma deras ondsko, och hemsöka deras synder, som sig till Egypten vända.
They offer sacrifices to me, and they eat [some of] the meat of those sacrifices, [which is what I permitted them to do]. But I, Yahweh, am not pleased with those sacrifices. I remember the evil things that they have done, and I will punish them for the sins that they have committed: I will force them to [go to other countries] [and become slaves like they were] [MET] in Egypt.
14 Israel förgäter sin skapare, och bygger kyrkor; så gör Juda många fasta städer; men jag skall sända eld uti hans städer i han skall förtära hans hus.
[The people of] Israel have abandoned/forgotten me, the one who created their [nation]; they have built palaces, and [the people of] Judah have built walls around many towns. But I will send a fire that will destroy all their cities and their fortresses.”
