Hosea 10
1 “Israel was [like a large] healthy/luxuriant vine [MET] that produced [a lot of] grapes. But as the people became richer, they made more altars [at which to worship idols]. As the people prospered, they [built and] decorated sacred pillars [that they worshiped].
Israel oli rehevä viiniköynnös, joka teki hedelmiä. Mitä runsaampi sen hedelmä oli, sitä runsaammin se teki alttareita; mitä parempi sen maa oli, sitä parempia patsaita se pystytti.
2 They are deceitful; [so] now they are guilty and must be punished. [I], Yahweh, will tear down their altars and smash those pillars.
Liukas oli heidän sydämensä; nyt he saavat siitä kärsiä: hän särkee heidän alttarinsa, hävittää heidän patsaansa.
3 Then they will say, ‘It is because we did not revere Yahweh that we no [longer] have a king. But [even if we had] a king, he certainly could not [RHQ] do anything to help us.’
Nyt he saavat sanoa: "Ei ole meillä kuningasta, sillä me emme ole peljänneet Herraa; ja mitä hyvää kuningas meille tekisi?"
4 They falsely promise [that they will do many things]; they solemnly promise and make agreements, but they do not do what they promise. So people accuse and sue [each other in the courts]; they are like [SIM] poisonous weeds [that grow] in a plowed field.
He puheita pitävät, väärin vannovat, liittoja tekevät; mutta tuomio versoo kuin koiruoho pellon vaosta.
5 The people who live in Samaria [city] are worried about [what may happen to the idol that resembles] a calf [that they set up] at Beth-Aven [town]. The people in Samaria will mourn, and the priests there will cry about it [if it is damaged or destroyed]. [Previously] they shouted joyfully about its being very great; but now it will not be great any more.
Beet-Aavenin vasikkain tähden joutuvat pelkoon Samarian asukkaat. Sillä vasikan tähden vaikeroi sen kansa, ja vasikan tähden sen papit vapisevat, sen kunnian tähden, kun se siltä vaeltaa pois.
6 It will be taken to Assyria to be a gift for the great King [of Assyria]. [So the people of] Israel will be disgraced, and they will be ashamed because [they trusted in] that idol.
Se itsekin viedään Assuriin lahjaksi sotaisalle kuninkaalle. Häpeän saa Efraim, ja häpeään joutuu Israel neuvonpiteistänsä,
7 The King of Samaria [and the other people in Samaria] will be gone; they will be like [SIM] a twig [that floats away] on the surface of the water [and disappears].
Hukassa on Samaria kuninkaineen, on kuin vaahto veden pinnalla.
8 The altars on the tops of hills [where the people worshiped idols] will be destroyed; those have been the places where the people of Israel sinned greatly. Thorns and weeds will grow and cover those altars. Then the people will plead to the mountains and hills, ‘Fall [down and] cover us [to protect us from God punishing us]!’
Aavenin uhrikukkulat, Israelin synti, hävitetään; orjantappuraa ja ohdaketta on kasvava heidän alttareillansa. Ja he sanovat vuorille: "Peittäkää meidät", ja kukkuloille: "Langetkaa meidän päällemme".
9 [You people of] Israel, [ever since your ancestors did evil things] at Gibeah, you have continued to sin. [When the people at] [PRS] Gibeah [did evil things], the result was a war [in which thousands of people died].
Gibean päivistä asti sinä olet syntiä tehnyt, Israel. Sinne he ovat asettuneet. Eikö saavuttaisi heitä Gibeassa sota, sota vääryyden miehiä vastaan?
10 [So now], when I want to, I will punish the Israeli people. Because of the many sins that they have committed, [the armies of other] nations will gather to attack them, and they will cause the Israeli people to become their slaves.
Haluni mukaan minä olen heitä kurittava, ja heitä vastaan kokoontuvat kansat, kun minä kytken heidät kiinni heidän kahteen rikokseensa.
11 Israel is [like] [MET] a well-trained (heifer/young cow) that likes to thresh [grain]. [So now you will become slaves]. [It will be as though] I will put a yoke on your neck, and you will be forced to work hard for your enemies in their fields. [You people of] Israel and Judah [will be forced to go to Assyria]; there you [DOU] will pull plows to break up the ground [for planting seeds].
Efraim on lehmä, joka on totutettu mielellänsä puimaan, mutta minä käyn käsiksi hänen kauniiseen kaulaansa. Minä valjastan Efraimin: Juuda saa kyntää, Jaakob äestää.
12 [You plow your fields and plant your seeds] and harvest [your crops] [MET], [but what you need to do is] to act righteously and to faithfully love [me]; you need to repent [MET], because it is time to try to know [me], Yahweh; and if you do that, I will pour out [MET] many blessings on you.
Kylväkää itsellenne vanhurskauden kylvö, niin saatte leikata laupeuden leikkuun. Raivatkaa itsellenne uudispelto, silloin kun on aika etsiä Herraa, kunnes hän tulee ja antaa sataa, teille vanhurskautta.
13 You [plant seeds and harvest the crops and eat them]; [but what I consider that you have really done is] that you have planted wicked things and harvested evil things and eaten [MET] the results [IDM] of the lies [that you have told]. [Instead of trusting in me, ] you have (depended on/trusted in) your own power and in your many soldiers.
Te olette kyntäneet jumalattomuutta, leikanneet vääryyttä ja syöneet valheen hedelmää; sillä sinä olet luottanut omaan tiehesi, sankariesi paljouteen.
14 As a result, you will [soon] hear the roar of battle, and all your cities that have walls around them will be destroyed, like [SIM] Shalman’s [army] destroyed Beth-Arbel [city] in a battle, and the women [in that city] and their children were bashed to death.
On nouseva pauhina sinun kansojesi kesken, ja kaikki sinun linnoituksesi hävitetään, niinkuin Salman hävitti Beet-Arbelin sodan päivänä: äiti ruhjotaan lastensa päälle.
15 [You people of] [APO] Bethel [city], that is what will happen to you, because you are very wicked. And when the sun rises [on that day], the King of Israel will be killed [in the battle].”
Tämän tekee teille Beetel teidän ylenpalttisen pahuutenne tähden: aamunkoitossa Israelin kuningas tuhotaan.
