Hosea 9
1 Gläd dig icke, Israel, så att du jublar såsom andra folk, du som i trolös avfällighet har lupit bort ifrån din Gud, du som har haft ditt behag i skökolön på alla sädeslogar.
[You people of] Israel, do not shout joyfully [during your festivals] like [people of other] nations do! [I say that] because you have (not been faithful to/abandoned) me, your God. At every place where the people thresh grain you have [presented gifts to your idols like men] pay money to prostitutes.
2 Logen och vinpressen skola icke föda dem, och vinet skall slå fel för dem.
[But soon] there will not be enough grain [MTY, PRS] and wine [MTY, PRS] for you.
3 De skola icke få bo i HERRENS land; Efraim måste vända tillbaka till Egypten, och i Assyrien skola de nödgas äta vad orent är.
And you people will not remain in the land that I, Yahweh, [gave to your ancestors]. You will be [captured and] taken to [Assyria], [where you will become slaves like your ancestors were] in Egypt; and in Assyria you will be forced to eat food that Yahweh has forbidden you to eat.
4 De skola ej få offra vin till drickoffer åt HERREN och skola icke vinna hans välbehag. Deras slaktoffer skola vara för dem såsom sorgebröd; alla som äta därav skola bliva orena. Ty det bröd de få stillar allenast deras hunger, det kommer icke in i HERRENS hus.
You Israelis will not [be able to] give wine offerings to him, or bring sacrifices to him. None of your other sacrifices will please him; they will be unacceptable to him, like [SIM] food that is touched by people at funerals, and everyone who eats that food will become unacceptable to him. They will be permitted to eat that food themselves, but they will not [be permitted to] bring it into the temple.
5 Vad skolen I då göra, när en högtidsdag kommer, en HERRENS festdag?
At that time you will not [RHQ] be able to celebrate the feasts and sacred festivals.
6 Ty se, om de undgå förödelsen, bliver det Egypten som får församla dem, Mof som får begrava dem. Deras silver, som är dem så kärt, skola nässlor taga i besittning; törne skall växa i deras hyddor.
And even if you escape and are not killed [by the Assyrians], you will be captured by [the army of] Egypt, and you will [die and] be buried in Memphis, [the capital of Egypt]. Briers will [grow up and] cover your treasures of silver, and thorns will grow in your [ruined] tents/houses.
7 De komma, hemsökelsens dagar! De komma, vedergällningens dagar! Israel skall förnimma det. Såsom en dåre står då profeten, såsom en vanvetting andans man, för din stora missgärnings skull; ty stor har din hätskhet varit.
It is now the time for Yahweh to punish you, to pay you back for all the sins that you have committed. You people will [soon] know that. You have [committed] very many sins, and you very much hate Yahweh. You consider that the prophets are foolish, and you think that those who proclaim messages from him are crazy.
8 Ja, en lurande fiende är Efraim mot min Gud; för profeten sättas fällor på alla hans vägar och utläggas snaror i hans Guds hus.
My God appointed [me and the other] prophets to be [like] [MET] watchmen [to warn] you people of Israel, but everywhere that we go, [it is as though] people set traps for us and people are hostile [to us, even] in the temple of our God.
9 I djupt fördärv äro de nedsjunkna, nu såsom i Gibeas dagar. Men han kommer ihåg deras missgärning, han hemsöker deras synder.
The sins that the Israeli people have committed are as awful as [what the men of] Gibeah did long ago; [so] God will not forget the wicked things that they have done; he will punish the Israelis for [all] those sins.
10 Såsom druvor i öknen fann jag Israel; jag såg edra fäder såsom förstlingsfrukter på ett fikonträd, då det begynner bära frukt. Men när de kommo till Baal-Peor, invigde de sig åt skändlighetsguden och blevo en styggelse lika honom som de älskade.
[Yahweh says], “When I first started [to do things to help] Israel, it seemed to me as though [SIM] I had found grapes in the desert. Your ancestors were [delightful], like [SIM] the first figs that grow on fig trees [each year]. But when they came to Peor [Mountain], they worshiped that disgusting idol Baal, and they became as disgusting as the idol that they loved.
11 Efraims härlighet skall flyga sin kos såsom en fågel; ingen skall där föda barn eller gå havande, ingen bliva fruktsam.
The things that cause Israel to be great will disappear like [SIM] a bird that flies away; [most of their women will] not become pregnant [DOU] or give birth to children.
12 Och om de än få uppföda barn åt sig, skall jag taga dessa ifrån dem, så att ingen människa bliver kvar. Ja, ve dem själva, när jag viker ifrån dem!
Even if their children are born and start to grow up, I will cause all of them to die [while they are still young]. Terrible things will happen to them when I abandon them!
13 Väl är Efraim nu vad jag har sett Tyrus vara, en plantering på ängen; men Efraim skall en gång få föra ut sina söner till bödeln.
I have seen Israel become beautiful and prosperous like Tyre [city] was [before it was destroyed], but now the people of Israel will [be forced to] take their children to be slaughtered [by their enemies].”
14 Giv dem, HERRE, vad du bör giva dem. Giv dem ofruktsamma moderssköten och försinade bröst.
Yahweh, [I do not know] [RHQ] what I should ask for my people. So I ask that you do this one thing: Cause the women who are pregnant to have miscarriages and unable [to nurse their babies].
15 All deras ondska är samlad i Gilgal; ja, där fick jag hat till dem För deras onda väsendes skull vill jag driva dem ut ur mitt hus. Jag skall icke längre bevisa dem kärlek; alla deras styresmän äro ju upprorsmän.
[Yahweh says], “Because of all the wicked things that my people did at Gilgal, that is where I started to hate them. [And now], because of [all] the sinful things that they have done, I will expel them from my country. I will not love them any longer; all their leaders rebel [against me].
16 Efraim skall bliva nedbruten; deras rot skall förtorkas, de skola ej bära någon frukt. Om de ock föda barn, skall jag döda deras livsfrukt, huru kär den än är dem.
Israel is like [MET] a grapevine that is dried up; [like a vine] [MET] whose roots are withered and that produces no fruit. Even if the [women of Israel] give birth to [more] children, I will cause those children, whom they love, to die.
17 Ja, min Gud skall förkasta dem, eftersom de icke ville höra honom; de skola bliva flyktingar bland hedningarna.
The people of Israel have not obeyed me, their God, so I will reject them. [As a result], they will wander among the [other] nations, [searching for a place to live].”
