Hosea, 11

1. Just as the morning passes, so has the king of Israel passed by. For Israel was a child and I loved him; and out of Egypt I called my son.

1. Dok Izrael bijaše dijete, ja ga ljubljah, iz Egipta dozvah sina svoga.

2. They called them, and so they departed before their face. They offered victims to the Baals, and they sacrificed to graven images.

2. Al' što sam ih više zvao, sve su dalje od mene odlazili; baalima su žrtvovali, kadili kumirima.

3. And I was like a foster father to Ephraim. I carried them in my arms. And they did not know that I healed them.

3. A ja sam Efrajima hodati uèio, držeæi ga za ruke njegove; al' oni ne spoznaše da sam se za njih brinuo.

4. I will draw them with the cords of Adam, with the bands of love. And I will be to them like one who raises the yoke over their jaws. And I will reach down to him so that he may eat.

4. Užima za ljude privlaèio sam ih, konopcima ljubavi; bijah im k'o onaj koji u èeljustima njihovim žvale opušta; nad njega se saginjah i davah mu jesti.

5. He will not return to the land of Egypt, but Assur himself will be the king over him, because they were not willing to be converted.

5. U zemlju egipatsku on æe se vratiti, Asirac æe mu kraljem biti, jer se ne htjede vratiti k meni.

6. The sword has begun in his cities, and it will consume his elect and devour their heads.

6. Maè æe bješnjeti njegovim gradovima, uništiti prijevornice njegove, proždirat æe zbog spletaka njegovih.

7. And my people will long for my return. But a yoke will be imposed on them together, which will not be taken away.

7. Narod je moj sklon otpadu; i premda ga k Višnjem dozivlju, nitko da ga podigne.

8. How will I provide for you, Ephraim; how will I protect you, Israel? How will I provide for you as for Adam; will I set you like Zeboiim? My heart has changed within me; together with my regret, it has been stirred up.

8. Kako da te dadem, Efrajime, kako da te predam, Izraele! Kako da te dadem kao Admu, da uèinim s tobom kao Sebojimu? Srce mi je uznemireno, uzavrela mi sva utroba:

9. I will not act on the fury of my wrath. I will not turn back to utterly destroy Ephraim. For I am God, and not man, the Divine in your midst, and I will not advance upon the city.

9. neæu više gnjevu dati maha, neæu opet zatirati Efrajima, jer ja sam Bog, a ne èovjek: Svetac posred tebe - neæu više gnjevan dolaziti!

10. They will walk after the Lord; he will roar like a lion. For he himself will roar, and the sons of the sea will dread.

10. Za Jahvom æe iæi on, k'o lav on æe rikati; a kad zarikao bude, sinovi æe mu veselo dohrliti sa zapada;

11. And they will fly like a bird out of Egypt, and like a dove from the land of the Assyrians. And I will arrange them in their own houses, says the Lord.

11. k'o ptice æe dohrliti iz Egipta, k'o golubica iz zemlje asirske, i naselit æu ih po kuæama njihovim - rijeè je Jahvina.

12. Ephraim has besieged me with denials, and the house of Israel with deceit. But Judah went down as a witness before God and the holy ones of faith.

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