Hoseas 9
1 Gled dig ikke, Israel, og juble ikke, likesom folkene! For du har forlatt din Gud i hor; du har elsket horelønn på hvert sted hvor kornet treskes.
[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.
2 Treskeplassen og vinpersen skal ikke kunne fø dem, og mosten skal slå feil for dem.
[But soon] there will not be enough grain [MTY, PRS] and wine [MTY, PRS] for you.
3 De skal ikke bli boende i Herrens land; men Efra'im skal vende tilbake til Egypten, og i Assur skal de ete det som er urent.
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.
4 De skal ikke ofre vin til drikkoffer for Herren, og deres slaktoffer skal ikke behage ham; som sorgens brød skal de være for dem; alle som eter det, skal bli urene; for sitt brød har de for sig selv, det kommer ikke i Herrens hus.
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.
5 Hvad vil I gjøre på høitidsdagen, på Herrens festdag?
At that time you will not [RHQ] be able to celebrate the feasts and sacred festivals.
6 For de drar bort for ødeleggelses skyld; Egypten skal samle dem, Memfis begrave dem; deres sølvsmykker skal nesler ta i eie, torner skal vokse i deres telt.
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.
7 Kommet er hjemsøkelsens dager, kommet er gjengjeldelsens dager; Israel skal få merke det: En dåre er profeten, avsindig er åndens mann, fordi din misgjerning er så stor og ditt fiendskap så sterkt.
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.
8 Efra'im ser sig om efter andre guder ved siden av min Gud; profeten er en fuglefangersnare på alle hans veier, bare fiendskap i hans Guds hus.
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.
9 De er sunket dypt i fordervelse, som i Gibeas dager; han skal komme deres misgjerning i hu, han skal hjemsøke dem for deres synder.
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.
10 Som druer i ørkenen fant jeg Israel, som den tidligste frukt på et fikentre i dets første tid så jeg eders fedre; men da de kom til Ba'al-Peor, vidde de sig til avgudsdyrkelsen og blev vederstyggelige likesom den de elsket.
[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.
11 Efra'ims herlighet skal flyve bort som en fugl. Ingen fødsel, intet fruktsommelig morsliv, ingen undfangelse!
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.
12 Ja, selv om de opfør sine barn, vil jeg gjøre dem barnløse, så intet menneske blir tilbake; for ve dem når jeg forlater dem!
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!
13 Efra'im er, som om jeg så bort til Tyrus, plantet på en eng; men Efra'im må føre sine barn ut til bøddelen.
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].”
14 Gi dem, Herre! - Ja, hvad skal du gi dem? Gi dem morsliv som føder i utide, og bryster som er uttørket!
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].
15 All deres ondskap er samlet i Gilgal, ja, der har jeg fattet hat til dem; for deres onde gjerningers skyld vil jeg drive dem ut av mitt hus; jeg vil ikke elske dem mere, alle deres førere er oprørere.
[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].
16 Efra'im er ormstukket, deres rot er blitt tørr, frukt skal de ikke bære; om de enn føder, vil jeg drepe deres dyre livsfrukt.
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.
17 Min Gud skal forkaste dem, fordi de ikke har hørt på ham, og de skal vanke om blandt folkene som flyktninger.
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].”
