Hoşea 2

¹Ve İsrail oğullarının sayısı, ne ölçülebilen ne de sayılabilen denizin kumu gibiydi; ve onlara, "Siz benim halkım değilsiniz" denilen o yerde, kendileri de "Diri Tanrı'nın oğulları" diye çağrılacaklar.

²Ve Yahuda oğulları ile İsrail oğulları aynı yerde bir araya toplanacaklar, kendilerine tek bir yönetim belirleyecekler ve bu topraktan yukarı çıkacaklar; çünkü Yizreel'in günü büyük olacaktır.

³Erkek kardeşinize "Halkım", kız kardeşinize de "Merhamet edilmiş olan" deyin.

⁴Davacı olun annenizle, davacı olun; çünkü o benim karım değil, ben de onun kocası değilim. Fuhuşunu yüzümün önünden ve zinasını memelerinin arasından uzaklaştırsın.

⁵Öyle ki onu çıplak soymayayım ve onu doğduğu günkü gibi çıplak bırakıp eski haline döndürmeyeyim; onu bir çöl yapıp susuz bir toprak gibi kılmayayım ve onu susuzluktan öldürmeyeyim.

⁶Onun çocuklarına da asla merhamet etmeyeceğim, çünkü onlar fuhuş çocuklarıdır.

⁷Çünkü anneleri fuhuş yaptı, onları doğuran kadın utanç getirdi; çünkü "Ekmeklerimi, suyumu, giysilerimi, ketenlerimi, zeytinyağımı ve payıma düşen her şeyi bana veren aşıklarımın peşinden gideceğim" dedi.

⁸Bu yüzden işte, onun yolunu kazıklarla kapatacağım, yollarına duvar öreceğim ve o kendi patikasını asla bulamayacak.

⁹Aşıklarının peşinden şiddetle koşacak ama onlara asla yetişemeyecek; onları arayacak ama asla bulamayacak. Ve şöyle diyecek: "Gideyim, ilk kocama döneyim; çünkü o zamanki halim şimdikinden daha iyiydi."

¹⁰Kendisine tahılı, yeni şarabı ve zeytinyağını verenin, onun gümüşünü çoğaltanın ben olduğumu o bilmedi; onlar ise bu gümüş ve altınları Baal için şekillendirdiler.

¹¹Bu yüzden geri döneceğim; tahılımı vaktinde, yeni şarabımı mevsiminde geri alacağım; çıplaklığını örtmesin diye giysilerimi ve ketenlerimi kendim için çekip alacağım.

¹²Ve şimdi onun murdarlığını aşıklarının gözü önünde ifşa edeceğim; hiç kimse onu benim elimden asla kurtaramayacak.

¹³Onun bütün sevincine, bayramlarına, yeni ay törenlerine, Şabat günlerine ve tüm şenlik meclislerine son vereceğim.

¹⁴"Bunlar aşıklarımın bana verdiği ücretlerdir" dediği asmalarını ve incir ağaçlarını harap edeceğim; onları bir ibret vesikası yapacağım, kırın yabanıl hayvanları, göğün kuşları ve yerin sürüngenleri onları yiyip bitirecek.

¹⁵Kendilerine buhur yaktığı, küpelerini ve gerdanlıklarını takıp aşıklarının peşinden gittiği ve beni unuttuğu Baallerin günlerinin öcünü ondan alacağım, diyor Rab.

¹⁶Bu yüzden işte, onu ben çöle doğru cezbedeceğim, onu oraya götüreceğim ve yüreğine konuşacağım.

¹⁷Oradan ona mülklerini geri vereceğim ve Akor Vadisi'ni onun idrakını açma kapısı kılacağım; orada, gençlik günlerinde ve Mısır toprağından çıktığı günlerdeki gibi boyun eğecek.

¹⁸Ve o gün gelecek, diyor Rab, bana "Kocam" diyeceksin ve artık beni "Baallerim" diye çağırmayacaksın.

¹⁹Baallerin isimlerini onun ağzından uzaklaştıracağım ve onların isimleri bir daha asla hatırlanmayacak.

²⁰O gün onlar için kırın yabanıl hayvanlarıyla, göğün kuşlarıyla ve yerin sürüngenleriyle bir antlaşma yapacağım; yayı, kılıcı ve savaşı yeryüzünden silip atacağım ve seni umut içinde yaşatacağım.

²¹Seni sonsuza dek kendime nişanlayacağım; seni doğrulukla, adaletle, merhametle ve şefkatlerle kendime nişanlayacağım.

²²Seni sadakatle kendime nişanlayacağım ve sen Rab'bi tam olarak tanıyacaksın.

²³Ve o gün gelecek, diyor Rab, göklere kulak vereceğim, onlar da yere kulak verecek;

²⁴yer de tahıla, yeni şaraba ve zeytinyağına kulak verecek; bunlar da Yizreel'e kulak verecek.

²⁵Onu yeryüzünde kendim için ekeceğim; "Merhamet edilmemiş" olana merhamet edeceğim ve "Halkım olmayan"a "Sen benim halkımsın" diyeceğim; o da "Sen benim Rabbim Tanrımsın" diyecek.

¹ΚΑΙ ἦν ὁ ἀριθμὸς τῶν υἱῶν ᾿Ισραὴλ ὡς ἡ ἄμμος τῆς θαλάσσης, ἣ οὐκ ἐκμετρηθήσεται οὐδὲ ἐξαριθμηθήσεται. καὶ ἔσται ἐν τῷ τόπῳ, οὗ ἐρρέθη αὐτοῖς· οὐ λαός μου ὑμεῖς, κληθήσονται καὶ αὐτοὶ υἱοὶ Θεοῦ ζῶντος.

²καὶ συναχθήσονται υἱοὶ ᾿Ιούδα καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ καὶ θήσονται ἑαυτοῖς ἀρχὴν μίαν καὶ ἀναβήσονται ἐκ τῆς γῆς, ὅτι μεγάλη ἡ ἡμέρα τοῦ ᾿Ιεζραέλ.

³εἴπατε τῷ ἀδελφῷ ὑμῶν· λαός μου καὶ τῇ ἀδελφῇ ὑμῶν· ἠλεημένη.

⁴Κρίθητε πρὸς τὴν μητέρα ὑμῶν, κρίθητε, ὅτι αὕτη οὐ γυνή μου, καὶ ἐγὼ οὐκ ἀνὴρ αὐτῆς. καὶ ἐξαρῶ τὴν πορνείαν αὐτῆς ἐκ προσώπου μου καὶ τὴν μοιχείαν αὐτῆς ἐκ μέσου μαστῶν αὐτῆς,

⁵ὅπως ἂν ἐκδύσω αὐτὴν γυμνὴν καὶ ἀποκαταστήσω αὐτὴν καθὼς ἡμέρα γενέσεως αὐτῆς. καὶ θήσω αὐτὴν ἔρημον καὶ τάξω αὐτὴν ὡς γῆν ἄνυδρον καὶ ἀποκτενῶ αὐτὴν ἐν δίψει·

⁶καὶ τὰ τέκνα αὐτῆς οὐ μὴ ἐλεήσω, ὅτι τέκνα πορνείας ἐστίν.

⁷ὅτι ἐξεπόρνευσεν ἡ μήτηρ αὐτῶν, κατῄσχυνεν ἡ τεκοῦσα αὐτά, ὅτι εἶπε· πορεύσομαι ὀπίσω τῶν ἐραστῶν μου τῶν διδόντων μοι τοὺς ἄρτους μου καὶ τὸ ὕδωρ μου καὶ τὰ ἱμάτιά μου καὶ τὰ ὀθόνιά μου, τὸ ἔλαιόν μου καὶ πάντα ὅσα μοι καθήκει.

⁸διὰ τοῦτο ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ φράσσω τὴν ὁδὸν αὐτῆς ἐν σκόλοψι καὶ ἀνοικοδομήσω τὰς ὁδούς, καὶ τὴν τρίβον αὐτῆς οὐ μὴ εὕρῃ·

⁹καὶ καταδιώξεται τοὺς ἐραστὰς αὐτῆς καὶ οὐ μὴ καταλάβῃ αὐτοὺς καὶ ζητήσει αὐτοὺς καὶ οὐ μὴ εὕρῃ αὐτούς· καὶ ἐρεῖ· πορεύσομαι καὶ ἐπιστρέψω πρὸς τὸν ἄνδρα μου τὸν πρότερον, ὅτι καλῶς μοι ἦν τότε ἢ νῦν.

¹⁰καὶ αὐτὴ οὐκ ἔγων ὅτι ἐγὼ ἔδωκα αὐτῇ τὸν σῖτον καὶ τὸν οἶνον καὶ τὸ ἔλαιον, καὶ ἀργύριον ἐπλήθυνα αὐτῇ· αὐτὴ δὲ ἀργυρᾶ καὶ χρυσᾶ ἐποίησε τῇ Βάαλ.

¹¹διὰ τοῦτο ἐπιστρέψω καὶ κομιοῦμαι τὸν σῖτόν μου καθ᾿ ὥραν αὐτοῦ καὶ τὸν οἶνόν μου ἐν καιρῷ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀφελοῦμαι τὰ ἱμάτιά μου καὶ τὰ ὀθόνιά μου τοῦ μὴ καλύπτειν τὴν ἀσχημοσύνην αὐτῆς.

¹²καὶ νῦν ἀποκαλύψω τὴν ἀκαθαρσίαν αὐτῆς ἐνώπιον τῶν ἐραστῶν αὐτῆς, καὶ οὐδεὶς οὐ μὴ ἐξέληται αὐτὴν ἐκ χειρός μου.

¹³καὶ ἀποστρέψω πάσας τὰς εὐφροσύνας αὐτῆς, ἑορτὰς αὐτῆς καὶ τὰς νουμηνίας αὐτῆς καὶ τὰ σάββατα αὐτῆς καὶ πάσας τὰς πανηγύρεις αὐτῆς.

¹⁴καὶ ἀφανιῶ ἄμπελον αὐτῆς καὶ τάς συκᾶς αὐτῆς, ὅσα εἶπε· μισθώματά μου ταῦτά ἐστιν ἃ ἔδωκάν μοι οἱ ἐρασταί μου, καὶ θήσομαι αὐτὰ εἰς μαρτύριον, καὶ καταφάγεται αὐτὰ τὰ θηρία τοῦ ἀγροῦ, καὶ τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ τὰ ἑρπετὰ τῆς γῆς.

¹⁵καὶ ἐκδικήσω ἐπ᾿ αὐτὴν τὰς ἡμέρας τῶν Βααλείμ, ἐν αἷς ἐπέθυεν αὐτοῖς καὶ περιετίθετο τὰ ἐνώτια αὐτῆς καὶ τὰ καθόρμια αὐτῆς καὶ ἐπορεύετο ὀπίσω τῶν ἐραστῶν αὐτῆς, ἐμοῦ δὲ ἐπελάθετο, λέγει Κύριος. —

¹⁶Διὰ τοῦτο ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ πλανῶ αὐτὴν καὶ τάξω αὐτὴν ὡς ἔρημον καὶ λαλήσω ἐπὶ τὴν καρδίαν αὐτῆς

¹⁷καὶ δώσω αὐτῇ τὰ κτήματα αὐτῆς ἐκεῖθεν καὶ τὴν κοιλάδα ᾿Αχὼρ διανοῖξαι σύνεσιν αὐτῆς, καὶ ταπεινωθήσεται ἐκεῖ κατὰ τὰς ἡμέρας νηπιότητος αὐτῆς καὶ κατὰ τὰς ἡμέρας ἀναβάσεως αὐτῆς ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου.

¹⁸καὶ ἔσται ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ, λέγει Κύριος, καλέσει με· ὁ ἀνήρ μου, καὶ οὐ καλέσει με ἔτι Βααλείμ·

¹⁹καὶ ἐξαρῶ τὰ ὀνόματα τῶν Βααλεὶμ ἐκ στόματος αὐτῆς καὶ οὐ μὴ μνησθῶσιν οὐκ ἔτι τὰ ὀνόματα αὐτῶν.

²⁰καὶ διαθήσομαι αὐτοῖς διαθήκην ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ μετὰ τῶν θηρίων τοῦ ἀγροῦ καὶ μετὰ τῶν πετεινῶν τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ τῶν ἑρπετῶν τῆς γῆς· καὶ τόξον καὶ ῥομφαίαν καὶ πόλεμον συντρίψω ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς καὶ κατοικιῶ σε ἐπ᾿ ἐλπίδι.

²¹καὶ μνηστεύσομαί σε ἐμαυτῷ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα καὶ μνηστεύσομαί σε ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ καὶ ἐν κρίματι καὶ ἐν ἐλέει καὶ ἐν οἰκτιρμοῖς

²²καὶ μνηστεύσομαί σε ἐμαυτῷ ἐν πίστει, καὶ ἐπιγνώσῃ τὸν Κύριον.

²³καὶ ἔσται ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ, λέγει Κύριος, ἐπακούσομαι τῷ οὐρανῷ, καὶ αὐτὸς ἐπακούσεται τῇ γῇ,

²⁴καὶ ἡ γῆ ἐπακούσεται τὸν σῖτον καὶ τὸν οἶνον καὶ τὸ ἔλαιον, καὶ αὐτὰ ἐπακούσεται τῷ ᾿Ιεζραέλ.

²⁵καὶ σπερῶ αὐτὴν ἐμαυτῷ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς καὶ ἐλεήσω τὴν Οὐκ-ἠλεημένην καὶ ἐρῶ τῷ Οὐ-λαῷ-μου· λαός μου εἰ σύ, καὶ αὐτὸς ἐρεῖ· Κύριος ὁ Θεός μου εἶ σύ.

¹Yet the number of the children of Israel was as the sand of the sea, which shall not be measured nor numbered: and it shall come to pass, [that] in the place where it was said to them, Ye are not my people, even they shall be called the sons of the living God.

²And the children of Juda shall be gathered, and the children of Israel together, and shall appoint themselves one head, and shall come up out of the land: for great [shall be] the day of Jezrael.

³Say to your brother, My people, and to your sister, Pitied.

⁴Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, and I am not her husband: and I will remove her fornication out of my presence, and her adultery from between her breasts:

⁵that I may strip her naked, and make her again as she was at the day of her birth: and I will make her desolate, and make her as a dry land, and will kill her with thirst.

⁶And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they are children of fornication.

⁷And their mother went a-whoring: she that bore them disgraced [them]: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, and my garments, and my linen clothes, my oil and my necessaries.

⁸Therefore, behold, I hedge up her way with thorns, and I will stop the ways, and she shall not find her path.

⁹And she shall follow after her lovers, and shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: and she shall say, I will go, and return to my former husband; for it was better with me than now.

¹⁰And she knew not that I gave her her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied silver to her: but she made silver and gold [images] for Baal.

¹¹Therefore I will return, and take away my corn in its season, and my wine in its time; and I will take away my raiment and my linen clothes, so that she shall not cover her nakedness.

¹²And now I will expose her uncleanness before her lovers, and no one shall by any means deliver her out of my hand.

¹³And I will take away all her gladness, her feasts, and her festivals at the new moon, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn assemblies.

¹⁴And I will utterly destroy her vines, and her fig-trees, all things of which she said, These are my hire which my lovers have given me: and I will make them a testimony, and the wild beasts of the field, and the birds of the sky, and the reptiles of the earth shall devour them.

¹⁵And I will recompense on her the days of Baalim, wherein she sacrificed to them, and put on her ear-rings, and her necklaces, and went after her lovers, and forgot me, saith the Lord.

¹⁶Therefore, behold, I [will] cause her to err, and will make her as desolate, and will speak comfortably to her.

¹⁷And I will give her possessions from thence, and the valley of Achor to open her understanding: and she shall be afflicted there according to the days of her infancy, and according to the days of her coming up out of the land of Egypt.

¹⁸And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, [that] she shall call me, My husband, and shall no longer call me Baalim.

¹⁹And I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and their names shall be remembered no more at all.

²⁰And I will make for them in that day a covenant with the wild beasts of the field, and with the birds of the sky, and with the reptiles of the earth: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle from off the earth, and will cause thee to dwell safely.

²¹And I will betroth thee to myself for ever; yea, I will betroth thee to myself in righteousness, and in judgment, and in mercy, and in tender compassions;

²²and I will betroth thee to myself in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the Lord.

²³And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, I will hearken to the heaven, and it shall hearken to the earth;

²⁴and the earth shall hearken to the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hearken to Jezrael.

²⁵And I will sow her to me on the earth; and will love her that was not loved, and will say to that which was not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art the Lord my God.