Hoşea 13

¹Efraim’in sözüne göre, kendisi İsrail’de yasal haklar elde etti; ancak bunları Baal’e adadı ve öldü.

²Şimdi ise günah işlemeyi daha da artırdılar; kendi gümüşlerinden, putların biçimine göre kendilerine dökme putlar, ustaların elinden çıkmış eksiksiz eserler yaptılar. Kendileri şöyle diyorlar: “İnsanları kurban edin, çünkü buzağılar tükendi.”

³Bu yüzden sabah bulutu gibi, erkenden geçip giden çiy gibi, harman yerinden savrulan saman ufağı gibi ve gözyaşlarından yükselen bir buğu gibi olacaklar.

⁴Oysa gökleri pekiştiren ve yeryüzünü yaratan, elleri göklerin bütün ordusunu biçimlendiren Tanrın Rab benim; onların ardınca gidesin diye bunları sana göstermedim. Seni Mısır toprağından çıkaran benim; benden başka Tanrı tanımayacaksın ve benden başka kurtarıcı yoktur.

⁵Çölde, kimsenin yaşamadığı o kurak topraklarda sana çobanlık eden bendim.

⁶Otlaklarına göre tamamen doydular; doydukça yürekleri kibirlendi, bu yüzden beni unuttular.

⁷Ben de onlar için bir panter gibi, Asurluların yolu üzerinde bir leopar gibi olacağım.

⁸Yavrularından edilmiş bir dişi ayı gibi karşılarına çıkacağım ve yüreklerinin zarını yırtacağım; orada onları ormanın genç aslanları yiyip bitirecek, kırın yabanıl hayvanları onları parçalayacak.

⁹Ey İsrail, senin yıkımında sana kim yardım edecek?

¹⁰Hani nerede o kralın? Bütün kentlerinde seni kurtarsın bakalım! “Bana bir kral ve önder ver” dediğin o kişi seni yargılasın!

¹¹Öfkemle sana bir kral verdim ve gazabımla onu elimde tuttum.

¹²Efraim’in haksızlığı bir araya toplandı, günahı gizlendi.

¹³Doğum sancısı çeken kadının ağrıları gibi sancılar gelecek üzerine. O senin akıllı oğlundur, çünkü çocukların kırılış anında durup beklemeyecektir.

¹⁴Onları ölüler diyarının elinden kurtaracağım, ölümden fidyeyle kurtaracağım. Ey ölüm, hani senin davan? Ey ölüler diyarı, hani senin dikenin? Teselli gözlerimden gizlendi.

¹⁵Çünkü o, kardeşlerinin arasında ayrılık yaratacak; Rab çölden onun üzerine kavurucu bir rüzgar estirecek, onun su damarlarını kurutacak, pınarlarını kuruyup yok edecek; o rüzgar onun toprağını ve bütün değerli eşyalarını kurutup yağmalayacak.

¹ΚΑΤΑ τὸν λόγον ᾿Εφραὶμ δικαιώματα ἔλαβεν αὐτὸς ἐν τῷ ᾿Ισραὴλ καὶ ἔθετο αὐτὰ τῇ Βάαλ καὶ ἀπέθανε.

²καὶ νῦν προσέθεντο τοῦ ἁμαρτάνειν ἔτι, καὶ ἐποίησαν ἑαυτοῖς χώνευμα ἐκ τοῦ ἀργυρίου αὐτῶν κατ᾿ εἰκόνα εἰδώλων, ἔργα τεκτόνων συντετελεσμένα αὐτοῖς· αὐτοὶ λέγουσι· θύσατε ἀνθρώπους, μόσχοι γὰρ ἐκλελοίπασι.

³διὰ τοῦτο ἔσονται ὡς νεφέλη πρωϊνὴ καὶ ὡς δρόσος ὀρθρινὴ πορευομένη, ὥσπερ χνοῦς ἀποφυσώμενος ἀφ᾿ ἅλωνος καὶ ὡς ἀτμὶς ἀπό δακρύων.

⁴ἐγὼ δὲ Κύριος ὁ Θεός σου ὁ στερεῶν τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ κτίζων γῆν, οὗ αἱ χεῖρες ἔκτισαν πᾶσαν τὴν στρατιὰν τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ οὐ παρέδειξά σοι αὐτὰ τοῦ πορεύεσθαι ὀπίσω αὐτῶν· καὶ ἐγὼ ἀνήγαγόν σε ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου, καὶ Θεὸν πλὴν ἐμοῦ οὐ γνώσῃ, καὶ σῴζων οὐκ ἔστι πάρεξ ἐμοῦ.

⁵ἐγὼ ἐποίμανόν σε ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, ἐν γῇ ἀοικήτῳ

⁶κατὰ τὰς νομὰς αὐτῶν. καὶ ἐνεπλήσθησαν εἰς πλησμονὴν καὶ ὑψώθησαν αἱ καρδίαι αὐτῶν· ἕνεκα τούτου ἐπελάθοντό μου.

⁷καὶ ἔσομαι αὐτοῖς ὡς πανθὴρ καὶ ὡς πάρδαλις κατὰ τὴν ὁδὸν ᾿Ασσυρίων·

⁸ἀπαντήσομαι αὐτοῖς ὡς ἄρκος ἀπορουμένη καὶ διαρρήξω συγκλεισμὸν καρδίας αὐτῶν, καὶ καταφάγονται αὐτοὺς ἐκεῖ σκύμνοι δρυμοῦ, θηρία ἀγροῦ διασπάσει αὐτούς.

⁹τῇ διαφθορᾷ σου, ᾿Ισραήλ, τίς βοηθήσει;

¹⁰ποῦ ὁ βασιλεύς σου οὗτος; καὶ διασωσάτω σε ἐν πάσαις ταῖς πόλεσί σου· κρινάτω σε ὃν εἶπας· δός μοι βασιλέα καὶ ἄρχοντα.

¹¹καὶ ἔδωκά σοι βασιλέα ἐν ὀργῇ μου καὶ ἔσχον ἐν τῷ θυμῷ μου

¹²συστροφὴν ἀδικίας. ᾿Εφραίμ, ἐγκεκρυμμένη ἡ ἁμαρτία αὐτοῦ·

¹³ὠδῖνες ὡς τικτούσης ἥξουσιν αὐτῷ. οὗτος ὁ υἱός σου ὁ φρόνιμος, διότι οὐ μὴ ὑποστῇ ἐν συντριβῇ τέκνων.

¹⁴ἐκ χειρὸς ᾅδου ῥύσομαι καὶ ἐκ θανάτου λυτρώσομαι αὐτούς, ποῦ ἡ δίκη σου, θάνατε; ποῦ τὸ κέντρον σου, ᾅδη; παράκλησις κέκρυπται ἀπὸ ὀφθαλμῶν μου,

¹⁵διότι οὗτος ἀνὰ μέσον ἀδελφῶν διαστελεῖ· ἐπάξει καύσωνα ἄνεμον Κύριος ἐκ τῆς ἐρήμου ἐπ᾿ αὐτόν, καὶ ἀναξηρανεῖ τὰς φλέβας αὐτοῦ, ἐξερημώσει τὰς πηγὰς αὐτοῦ· αὐτὸς καταξηρανεῖ τὴν γῆν αὐτοῦ καὶ πάντα τὰ σκεύη τὰ ἐπιθυμητὰ αὐτοῦ.

¹According to the word of Ephraim he adopted ordinances for himself in Israel; and he established them for Baal, and died.

²And now they have sinned increasingly, and have made for themselves a molten image of their silver, according to the fashion of idols, the work of artificers accomplished for them: they say, Sacrifice men, for the calves have come to an end.

³Therefore shall they be as a morning cloud, and as the early dew that passes away, as chaff blown away from the threshing-floor, and as a vapor from tears.

⁴But I am the Lord thy God that establishes the heaven, and creates the earth, whose hands have framed the whole host of heaven: but I shewed them not to thee that thou shouldest go after them: and I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no God but me; and there is no Saviour beside me.

⁵I tended thee as a shepherd in the wilderness, in an uninhabited land.

⁶According to their pastures, so they were completely filled; and their hearts were exalted; therefore they forgot me.

⁷And I will be to them as a panther, and as a leopard.

⁸I will meet them by the way of the Assyrians, as a she-bear excited, and I will rend the caul of their heart, and the lions’ whelps of the thicket shall devour them there; the wild beasts of the field shall rend them in pieces.

⁹O Israel, who will aid [thee] in thy destruction?

¹⁰Where is this thy king? let him even save thee in all thy cities: let him judge thee, of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and a prince.

¹¹And I gave thee a king in mine anger, and kept [him] back in my wrath.

¹²Ephraim [has framed] a conspiracy of unrighteousness, his sin is hidden.

¹³Pains as of a woman in travail shall come upon him: he is thy wise son, because he shall not stay in the destruction of [thy] children.

¹⁴I will deliver [them] out of the power of Hades, and will redeem them from death: where is thy penalty, O death? O Hades, where is thy sting? comfort is hidden from mine eyes.

¹⁵Forasmuch as he will cause a division among [his] brethren, the Lord shall bring upon him an east wind from the desert, and shall dry up his veins [and] quite drain his fountains: he shall dry up his land, and [spoil] all his precious vessels.