Hosea 4
1 Hear the word of Jehovah, ye children of Israel; for Jehovah hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land; for there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land.
Poslušajte Gospodovo besedo, vi Izraelovi otroci, kajti Gospod ima polemiko s prebivalci dežele, zato ker tam ni resnice niti usmiljenja niti spoznanja Boga v deželi.
2 Swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, — they break out; and blood toucheth blood.
S priseganjem, laganjem, ubijanjem, krajo in zagrešitvami zakonolomstva so izbruhnili in kri se dotika krvi.
3 For this shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowl of the heavens, yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
Zato bo dežela žalovala in kdor v njej prebiva bo opešal, z živalmi polja in s perjadjo neba. Da, tudi ribe morja bodo odvzete.
4 Yet let no man strive, and let no man reprove; for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.
Vendarle naj se noben človek ne prepira niti naj ne graja drugega, kajti tvoje ljudstvo je kakor tisti, ki se prepirajo z duhovnikom.
5 And thou shalt stumble by day; and the prophet also shall stumble with thee by night: and I will destroy thy mother.
»Zato boš padel podnevi in tudi prerok bo padel s teboj ponoči in jaz bom uničil tvojo mater.
6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; for thou hast rejected knowledge, and I will reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me; seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.
Moje ljudstvo je uničeno zaradi pomanjkanja spoznanja. Ker si zavrnil spoznanje, bom tudi jaz zavrnil tebe, da mi ne boš duhovnik. Ker si pozabil postavo svojega Boga, bom tudi jaz pozabil tvoje otroke.
7 As they were multiplied, so they sinned against me: I will change their glory into shame.
Kakor so bili pomnoženi, tako so grešili zoper mene, zato bom njihovo slavo spremenil v sramoto.
8 They eat the sin of my people, and their soul longeth for their iniquity.
Jedo greh mojega ljudstva in svoja srca naravnavajo na svojo krivičnost.
9 And it shall be as the people so the priest; and I will visit their ways upon them, and recompense to them their doings;
In tam bo, kakršno ljudstvo, takšen duhovnik, in jaz jih bom kaznoval za njihove poti in jim nagradil njihova početja.
10 and they shall eat, and not have enough; they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: for they have left off taking heed to Jehovah.
Kajti jedli bodo, pa ne bodo imeli dovolj, zagrešili bodo vlačugarstvo, pa se ne bodo pomnožili, ker so opustili, da bi bili pozorni na Gospoda.
11 Fornication, and wine, and new wine take away the heart.
Vlačugarstvo, vino in novo vino jemljejo srce.
12 My people ask counsel of their stock, and their staff declareth unto them; for the spirit of whoredoms causeth [them] to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God:
Moje ljudstvo sprašuje za nasvet pri svojih kladah in njihova palica jim napoveduje, kajti duh vlačugarstev jim je povzročil, da blodijo in odšli so se vlačugat proč izpred svojega Boga.
13 they sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oak and poplar and terebinth, because the shade thereof is good; therefore your daughters play the harlot and your daughters-in-law commit adultery.
Žrtvujejo na vrhovih gora in kadilo zažigajo na hribih, pod hrasti, topoli in bresti, ker je njihova senca dobra. Zatorej bodo vaše hčere zagrešile vlačugarstvo in vaše snahe bodo zagrešile zakonolomstvo.
14 I will not punish your daughters when they play the harlot, nor your daughters-in-law for their committing adultery; for they themselves go aside with harlots, and they sacrifice with prostitutes: and the people that doth not understand shall come to ruin.
Ne bom kaznoval vaših hčera, ko bodo zagrešile vlačuganje niti vaših snah, kadar bodo zagrešile zakonolomstvo, kajti oni sami so oddvojeni z vlačugami in žrtvujejo s pocestnicami. Zatorej bo ljudstvo, ki ne razume, padlo.
15 Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, let not Judah trespass; and come ye not unto Gilgal, neither go up to Beth-aven, nor swear [As] Jehovah liveth!
Čeprav ti, Izrael, igraš pocestnico, naj vendar Juda ne greši. Ne prihajajte v Gilgál, niti ne hodite gor v Bet Aven, niti ne prisegajte: › Gospod živi.‹
16 For Israel is refractory as an untractable heifer; now will Jehovah feed them as a lamb in a wide [pasture].
Kajti Izrael drsi nazaj kakor nazaj zdrknjena telica. Sedaj jih bo Gospod pasel kakor jagnje na velikem kraju.
17 — Ephraim is joined to idols: leave him alone.
Efrájim je pridružen malikom, pusti ga samega.
18 Their drink is sour; they give themselves up to whoredom; her great men passionately love [their] shame.
Njihova pijača je kisla. Spet in spet zagrešujejo vlačugarstvo. Njegovi vladarji ljubijo s sramoto: ›Dajajte.‹
19 The wind hath wrapped her up in its wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.
Veter je [Izraela] zvezal v svoje peruti in osramočeni bodo zaradi svojih [klavnih] daritev.
