Hosea 9
1 [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.
Älä iloitse, Israel, älä riemuitse, niinkuin muut kansat, sillä sinä olet haureudessa luopunut Jumalastasi, olet rakastanut portonpalkkoja kaikilla viljan puimatanterilla.
2 [But soon] there will not be enough grain [MTY, PRS] and wine [MTY, PRS] for you.
Puimatanner ja viinikuurna eivät heitä elätä, rypälemehu hänet pettää.
3 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.
Eivät he saa asua Herran maassa, vaan Efraimin on palattava Egyptiin, ja Assurissa he syövät saastaista.
4 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.
Eivät he vuodata viiniä juomauhriksi Herralle, eivätkä heidän teurasuhrinsa hänelle kelpaa. Ne ovat heille kuin murheen leipä: kaikki, jotka sitä syövät, saastuttavat itsensä; sillä heidän leipänsä tulee heidän omaan nälkäänsä, ei tule se Herran temppeliin.
5 At that time you will not [RHQ] be able to celebrate the feasts and sacred festivals.
Mitä teette, kun tulee juhla-aika, Herran juhlapäivä?
6 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.
Sillä katso, heidän on mentävä hävitystä pakoon: Egypti heidät kokoaa, Moof heidät hautaa. Orjantappurat valtaavat heidän hopeakalleutensa, ohdakkeita on oleva heidän majoissansa.
7 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.
Rangaistuksen päivät tulevat, koston päivät tulevat, Israel saa tuntea sen. Hulluna on oleva profeetta, mieletönnä hengen mies sinun paljojen rikoksiesi ja paljon vainoamisen tähden.
8 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.
Efraim on väijyjä minun Jumalaani vastaan. Profeetta-hänen kaikilla teillään on pyydystäjän paula, vainoamista on hänen Jumalansa temppelissä.
9 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.
He ovat syvälle vajonneet turmiontekoon niinkuin Gibean päivinä. Hän muistaa heidän rikoksensa, rankaisee heidän syntinsä.
10 [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.
Niinkuin rypäleet erämaassa minä löysin Israelin; niinkuin varhaishedelmät viikunapuussa, sen alkurunsaudessa, minä näin teidän isänne. He tulivat Baal-Peoriin, vihkiytyivät häpeäjumalalle ja tulivat kauhistaviksi, niinkuin tuo heidän rakastettunsa.
11 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.
Efraim-lintuna lentää pois heidän kunniansa: ei synnyttämistä, ei raskautta, ei sikiämistä enää.
12 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!
Ja vaikka he saisivat lapsensa isoiksi, teen minä heidät lapsettomiksi, niin ettei ihmisiä jää. Voi heitä itseänsäkin, kun minä heistä luovun!
13 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].”
Efraim on, kun minä sitä katson Tyyroon päin, istutettu laidunmaalle; mutta Efraimin täytyy viedä lapsensa surmaajalle.
14 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].
Anna heille, Herra-mitä antaisitkaan? -anna heille hedelmätön kohtu ja kuivettuneet rinnat.
15 [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].
Kaikki heidän pahuutensa on Gilgalissa, sillä siellä minä rupesin heitä vihaamaan. Heidän tekojensa pahuuden tähden minä karkoitan heidät temppelistäni pois. En minä enää heitä rakasta: kaikki heidän ruhtinaansa ovat niskureita.
16 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.
Efraim on hakattu maahan, heidän juurensa on kuivettunut: hedelmää he eivät tee. Ja jos synnyttävätkin, kuoletan minä heidän kohtunsa kalleimmat.
17 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].”
Minun Jumalani on hylkäävä heidät, sillä he eivät ole häntä totelleet. He joutuvat pakolaisiksi pakanain sekaan.
