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Греховете на Израил и Самария

(A)Когато щях да лекувам Израил,
тогава се откри беззаконието на Ефрем
и нечестието на Самария;
защото вършат измама,
като и крадецът влиза вътре,
и разбойническата чета обира вън.
(B)Те не размишляват в сърцето си,
че Аз помня цялото им беззаконие;
а сега ги обкръжиха собствените им дела,
които са и пред лицето Ми.
(C)С нечестието си радват царя
и с лъжите си – първенците.
(D)Те всички са прелюбодейци –
като пещ, отоплена от хлебар,
който, като замеси тестото, престава да подклажда огъня,
докато то втаса.
На рождения ден на нашия цар
първенците се разболяха чрез разпалване от виното;
и той протегна ръката си с присмивателите.
Защото като причакват,
те са направили сърцата си като пещ;
гневът им спи цяла нощ,
а на сутринта гори като пламнал огън.
(E)Те всички се нагорещиха като пещ
и изгарят съдиите си;
всичките им царе са паднали;
няма между тях кой да Ме призовава.
(F)Ефрем – той се смеси с племената;
Ефрем е като необърната пита.
(G)Чужденци поядоха силата му, а той не знае;
дори белите косми му поникнаха тук-там, а той не знае.
10 (H)И гордостта на Израил свидетелства пред лицето му;
но пак, въпреки всичко това, не се връщат при Господа, своя Бог,
нито Го търсят.
11 (I)Ефрем е като глупав гълъб, който няма разум;
викат към Египет за помощ, отиват в Асирия.
12 (J)Когато отидат, ще разпростра мрежата Си върху тях;
ще ги сваля като въздушните птици;
ще ги накажа, както се е провъзгласило в събранието им.
13 (K)Горко им! Защото са се скитали далеч от Мене;
гибел за тях; защото са престъпили против Мене;
когато щях да ги изкупя, и тогава те говориха лъжи против Мене.
14 (L)И не Ме призоваха от сърце,
а се вайкат на леглата си;
събират се за жито и вино,
но пак въстават против Мене.
15 При все че обучавах и укрепвах мишците им,
те пак намислят зло против Мене.
16 (M)Връщат се, но не при Всевишния;
приличат на неверен лък;
първенците им ще паднат от меч
поради яростта на езика си;
това ще им причини позор в Египетската земя.

Israel Has Rebelled Against God

“When I would have healed Israel,
Then the iniquity of Ephraim was uncovered,
And the wickedness of Samaria.
For (A)they have committed fraud;
A thief comes in;
A band of robbers [a]takes spoil outside.
They [b]do not consider in their hearts
That (B)I remember all their wickedness;
Now their own deeds have surrounded them;
They are before My face.
They make a (C)king glad with their wickedness,
And princes (D)with their lies.

“They(E) are all adulterers.
Like an oven heated by a baker—
He ceases stirring the fire after kneading the dough,
Until it is leavened.
In the day of our king
Princes have made him sick, [c]inflamed with (F)wine;
He stretched out his hand with scoffers.
They prepare their heart like an oven,
While they lie in wait;
[d]Their baker sleeps all night;
In the morning it burns like a flaming fire.
They are all hot, like an oven,
And have devoured their judges;
All their kings have fallen.
(G)None among them calls upon Me.

“Ephraim (H)has mixed himself among the peoples;
Ephraim is a cake unturned.
(I)Aliens have devoured his strength,
But he does not know it;
Yes, gray hairs are here and there on him,
Yet he does not know it.
10 And the (J)pride of Israel testifies to his face,
But (K)they do not return to the Lord their God,
Nor seek Him for all this.

Futile Reliance on the Nations

11 “Ephraim(L) also is like a silly dove, without [e]sense—
(M)They call to Egypt,
They go to (N)Assyria.
12 Wherever they go, I will (O)spread My net on them;
I will bring them down like birds of the air;
I will chastise them
(P)According to what their congregation has heard.

13 “Woe to them, for they have fled from Me!
Destruction to them,
Because they have transgressed against Me!
Though (Q)I redeemed them,
Yet they have spoken lies against Me.
14 (R)They did not cry out to Me with their heart
When they wailed upon their beds.

“They [f]assemble together for grain and new (S)wine,
[g]They rebel against Me;
15 Though I disciplined and strengthened their arms,
Yet they devise evil against Me;
16 They return, but not [h]to the Most High;
(T)They are like a treacherous bow.
Their princes shall fall by the sword
For the (U)cursings of their tongue.
This shall be their derision (V)in the land of Egypt.

Footnotes

  1. Hosea 7:1 plunders
  2. Hosea 7:2 Lit. do not say to
  3. Hosea 7:5 Lit. with the heat of
  4. Hosea 7:6 So with MT, Vg.; Syr., Tg. Their anger; LXX Ephraim
  5. Hosea 7:11 Lit. heart
  6. Hosea 7:14 So with MT, Tg.; Vg. thought upon; LXX slashed themselves for (cf. 1 Kin. 18:28)
  7. Hosea 7:14 So with MT, Syr., Tg.; LXX omits They rebel against Me; Vg. They departed from Me
  8. Hosea 7:16 Or upward

(A)when I would heal Israel,
    the iniquity of Ephraim is revealed,
    and the evil deeds of (B)Samaria,
for (C)they deal falsely;
    the thief breaks in,
    and the bandits raid outside.
But they do not consider
    that (D)I remember all their evil.
Now (E)their deeds surround them;
    (F)they are before my face.
By their evil (G)they make (H)the king glad,
    and the princes by their treachery.
(I)They are all adulterers;
    they are like a heated oven
whose baker ceases to stir the fire,
    from the kneading of the dough
    until it is leavened.
On the day of (J)our king, the princes
    became sick with the heat of wine;
    he stretched out his hand with mockers.
For with hearts like an oven (K)they approach their intrigue;
    all night their anger smolders;
    in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
All of them are hot as an oven,
    and they devour their rulers.
All (L)their kings (M)have fallen,
    and none of them calls upon me.

Ephraim (N)mixes himself with the peoples;
    Ephraim is a cake not turned.
(O)Strangers devour his strength,
    and (P)he knows it not;
gray hairs are sprinkled upon him,
    and (Q)he knows it not.
10 (R)The pride of Israel testifies to his face;[a]
    (S)yet they do not return to the Lord their God,
    nor seek him, for all this.

11 Ephraim is like a dove,
    (T)silly and without sense,
    calling to (U)Egypt, going to (V)Assyria.
12 As they go, (W)I will spread over them my net;
    I will bring them down like birds of the heavens;
    (X)I will discipline them (Y)according to the report made to their congregation.
13 (Z)Woe to them, for they have strayed from me!
    Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against me!
(AA)I would redeem them,
    but (AB)they speak lies against me.

14 (AC)They do not cry to me from the heart,
    but (AD)they wail upon their beds;
for grain and wine they gash themselves;
    they rebel against me.
15 Although (AE)I trained and strengthened their arms,
    yet they devise evil against me.
16 They (AF)return, but not upward;[b]
    they are (AG)like a treacherous bow;
their princes shall fall by the sword
    because of (AH)the insolence of their tongue.
This shall be their derision (AI)in the land of Egypt.

Footnotes

  1. Hosea 7:10 Or in his presence
  2. Hosea 7:16 Or to the Most High