Hosea 6
1 [The Israeli people say, ] “Come, let’s return to Yahweh! He has caused [us] to be injured, but he will heal us. He has caused [us] to be wounded, but [it is as though] he will put bandages on our wounds [MET].
Tulkaa, palatkaamme Herran tykö, sillä hän on raadellut meitä, ja parantaa meidät, hän on lyönyt meitä, ja sitoo meidät.
2 After a very short time he will revive us; in less than three days he will restore us in order that we may live in his presence.
Hän tekee meidät eläviksi kahden päivän kuluttua, kolmantena päivänä hän meidät herättää, ja me saamme elää hänen edessänsä.
3 We must try to know Yahweh; [if we do that, ] he will come [and help] us, as surely as the sun rises [every morning], as surely as rain falls every winter/cold season, and as surely as the rain falls again (in the springtime/at the end of the cold season).”
Niin tuntekaamme, pyrkikäämme tuntemaan Herra: hänen nousunsa on varma kuin aamurusko, hän tulee meille kuin sade, kuin kevätsade, joka kostuttaa maan.
4 [But Yahweh knows they are insincere; ] [so he says to them, ] “You [people of] Israel, and you [people of] Judah, [I do not know] [RHQ] what I should do to you. Your being faithful [to me will disappear as quickly] as [SIM] the morning mist [disappears], like [SIM] the dew [on the ground] that disappears quickly [when the sun shines].
Mitä on minun tehtävä sinulle, Efraim, mitä on minun tehtävä sinulle, Juuda, kun teidän rakkautenne on kuin aamun pilvi, kuin varhain haihtuva kaste?
5 I warned [HYP] you by [the messages that I gave to] the prophets, [but you did not pay attention to my messages]. Therefore I will completely destroy you; the punishment that I give you will strike you like lightning.
Sentähden minä olen antanut heille iskuja profeettain kautta, olen kuolettanut heitä suuni sanoilla. Ja sinun tuomiosi nousevat kuin aamun valo.
6 I want [my people] to faithfully love [me] more than [I want them to offer] sacrifices [to me]; [I want them] to know me more than [I want them to] completely burn sacrifices [on the altar].
Sillä laupeutta minä haluan enkä uhria, ja Jumalan tuntemista enemmän kuin polttouhreja;
7 But they have refused to obey my agreement, [just] like Adam did; they have not been faithful to me.
mutta he ovat ihmisten tavalla rikkoneet liiton: siinä he ovat olleet minulle uskottomat.
8 Gilead is a city [full] of people who do wicked things; [in the streets] are the bloody footprints [of those who have murdered others].
Gilead on pahantekijäin kaupunki, täynnä veren jälkiä.
9 The priests are like [SIM] bandits who wait (in ambushes/along the road) to attack people; they murder [people who are walking] on the road to Shechem, and they commit other disgraceful crimes.
Ja väijyväisten rosvojen kaltainen on pappien joukko: he murhaavat Sikemin tiellä; ilkitöitä he tekevät.
10 I have seen horrible things [being done] in Israel [MTY]. The people have abandoned me [like prostitutes who have abandoned their husbands] [MET]; [so the people of] Israel have become unacceptable to me.
Israelin heimon keskuudessa minä olen nähnyt kauhistuttavia tekoja: siellä on Efraimin haureus, Israel on itsensä saastuttanut.
11 And you [people of] Judah, I have appointed a time when I will punish [MET] you, too. Whenever I wanted to enable my people to prosper again,”
Myös sinun varallesi, Juuda, on asetettu elonleikkuu, silloin kun minä käännän kansani kohtalon.
