Hosea 12
1 [The leaders of] Israel are constantly wavering [about seeking help from other countries]. [Seeking their help is as useless as] [MET] chasing the wind. They pile up their lies and violent acts. [First, ] they make a treaty with Assyria, and [then they] send olive oil to [the rulers of] Egypt [to seek their help].
Efraim tavoittelee tuulta, ajaa takaa itätuulta ja kartuttaa kaiken aikaa valhetta ja hävitystä; tehdään liittoja Assurin kanssa, ja viedään öljyä Egyptiin.
2 Yahweh [says that he] will bring accusations against [the leaders of] Judah, and that he will punish [the descendants of] Jacob for what they have done.
Mutta Herralla on oikeudenkäynti Juudan kanssa, ja hän tahtoo rangaista Jaakobia sen teitten mukaan, hän on kostava sille sen tekojen mukaan.
3 [When Jacob was] in his mother’s womb, he grabbed his brother [Esau’s] heel [because he wanted to be born first]. When Jacob grew up, he wrestled with God.
Äidin kohdussa tämä petti veljensä, ja miehuutensa voimassa hän taisteli Jumalan kanssa.
4 He struggled with [the one who had appeared to him in the form of] an angel, and Jacob defeated him, but [then] he cried and asked the angel to bless him. [Later], God came to Jacob at Bethel and talked with him there.
Hän taisteli enkelin kanssa ja voitti, hän itki ja rukoili tätä. Beetelissä tämä löysi hänet ja puhui siellä meidän kanssamme.
5 [That was] the Commander of the armies of angels whose name is Yahweh [who talked with him]!
Herra, Jumala Sebaot-Herra on hänen nimensä.
6 But you [people of Israel] must return to your God! You must faithfully love [him], and you must do what is fair/just and always depend on him.
Ja sinä-käänny Jumalasi tykö, noudata laupeutta ja oikeutta ja pane alati toivosi Jumalaasi.
7 The merchants [among you] use scales that do not weigh correctly; they love/like to cheat people.
Kanaan-hänen kädessänsä on petollinen vaaka, halusta hän tekee vääryyttä.
8 [The people of] Israel boast, saying “We are [very] rich [DOU]; and we got all that money by our own efforts, and without committing any sin.”
Efraim sanoo: "Olenpas rikastunut, olen saanut itselleni omaisuutta; ei mikään minun työansioni tuota minulle syyllisyyttä, joka olisi syntiä".
9 “I am Yahweh your God, [the one who brought your ancestors] out of Egypt. [And some day] I will force you to live in tents again [like your ancestors did] when [they celebrated] the Festival [of Living in Temporary Shelters].
Mutta minä, joka olen Herra, sinun Jumalasi, hamasta Egyptin maasta lähtien, minä saatan vielä sinut asumaan teltoissa niinkuin juhlapäivinä.
10 [Many times] I spoke to the prophets, and I gave them many visions, and I gave them parables to tell [to the people].”
Minä olen puhunut profeetoille, olen antanut paljon näkyjä ja puhunut vertauksia profeettain kautta.
11 [The people of] Gilead [city] are [RHQ] extremely wicked; they are worthless. The people sacrifice bulls in Gilgal [city], but their altars will [soon] become like [SIM] piles of stone [at the edge of] a plowed field.
Jos Gilead on pelkkää petosta ollutkin, niin he pelkäksi turhuudeksi tulevatkin. Gilgalissa on uhrattu härkiä, niinpä tuleekin heidän alttareistansa kuin kiviröykkiöitä, joita on pellon vaoilla.
12 [Your ancestor] Jacob fled [from his brother Esau] and went to northwest Mesopotamia. He worked [for his uncle Laban for many years] to get a wife; he took care of [his uncle’s] sheep [to pay] for her.
Jaakob pakeni Aramin kedoille, ja Israel palveli naisen tähden, naisen tähden hän paimensi.
13 [Many years later, ] Yahweh enabled a prophet to bring the [ancestors of you] people of Israel here from Egypt; that prophet, [Moses], took care of them.
Mutta profeetan kautta vei Herra Israelin Egyptistä pois, ja profeetta sitä paimensi.
14 [But now the people of] Israel have caused [Yahweh] to become very angry; Yahweh says that they deserve to die because they caused [many others] to die [MTY]; he will pay them back for the sins that they have committed against him and for insulting him.
Efraim nosti katkeran mielikarvauden. Hänen Herransa on heittävä hänen verivelkansa hänen päällensä ja kääntävä hänen häpäisevän menonsa häneen itseensä.
