Hosea 12
1 [The leaders of] Israel are constantly wavering [about seeking help from other countries]. [Seeking their help is as useless as] [MET] chasing the wind. They pile up their lies and violent acts. [First, ] they make a treaty with Assyria, and [then they] send olive oil to [the rulers of] Egypt [to seek their help].
Ephraim se apascenta de vento, e segue o vento leste: todo o dia multiplica a mentira e a destruição; e fazem alliança com a Assyria, e o azeite se leva ao Egypto.
2 Yahweh [says that he] will bring accusations against [the leaders of] Judah, and that he will punish [the descendants of] Jacob for what they have done.
O Senhor tambem com Judah tem contenda, e fará visitação sobre Jacob segundo os seus caminhos; segundo as suas obras lhe recompensará.
3 [When Jacob was] in his mother’s womb, he grabbed his brother [Esau’s] heel [because he wanted to be born first]. When Jacob grew up, he wrestled with God.
No ventre pegou do calcanhar de seu irmão, e pela sua força como principe se houve com Deus.
4 He struggled with [the one who had appeared to him in the form of] an angel, and Jacob defeated him, but [then] he cried and asked the angel to bless him. [Later], God came to Jacob at Bethel and talked with him there.
Como principe se houve com o anjo, e prevaleceu; chorou, e lhe supplicou: em Beth-el o achou, e ali fallou comnosco,
5 [That was] the Commander of the armies of angels whose name is Yahweh [who talked with him]!
A saber, o Senhor, o Deus dos Exercitos: o Senhor é o seu memorial.
6 But you [people of Israel] must return to your God! You must faithfully love [him], and you must do what is fair/just and always depend on him.
Tu, pois, converte-te a teu Deus: guarda a beneficencia e o juizo, e em teu Deus espera sempre.
7 The merchants [among you] use scales that do not weigh correctly; they love/like to cheat people.
Na mão do mercador está uma balança enganosa; ama a oppressão.
8 [The people of] Israel boast, saying “We are [very] rich [DOU]; and we got all that money by our own efforts, and without committing any sin.”
Ainda diz Ephraim: Comtudo eu estou enriquecido, e tenho adquirido para mim grandes bens: em todo o meu trabalho não acharão em mim iniquidade alguma que seja peccado.
9 “I am Yahweh your God, [the one who brought your ancestors] out of Egypt. [And some day] I will force you to live in tents again [like your ancestors did] when [they celebrated] the Festival [of Living in Temporary Shelters].
Mas eu sou o Senhor teu Deus desde a terra do Egypto: eu ainda te farei habitar em tendas, como nos dias do ajuntamento.
10 [Many times] I spoke to the prophets, and I gave them many visions, and I gave them parables to tell [to the people].”
E fallarei aos prophetas, e multiplicarei a visão; e pelo ministerio dos prophetas proporei similes.
11 [The people of] Gilead [city] are [RHQ] extremely wicked; they are worthless. The people sacrifice bulls in Gilgal [city], but their altars will [soon] become like [SIM] piles of stone [at the edge of] a plowed field.
Porventura não é Gilead iniquidade? pura vaidade são: em Gilgal sacrificam bois: os seus altares como montões de pedras são nos regos dos campos.
12 [Your ancestor] Jacob fled [from his brother Esau] and went to northwest Mesopotamia. He worked [for his uncle Laban for many years] to get a wife; he took care of [his uncle’s] sheep [to pay] for her.
Jacob fugiu para o campo da Syria, e Israel serviu por sua mulher, e por sua mulher guardou o gado.
13 [Many years later, ] Yahweh enabled a prophet to bring the [ancestors of you] people of Israel here from Egypt; that prophet, [Moses], took care of them.
Mas o Senhor por um propheta fez subir a Israel do Egypto, e por um propheta foi elle guardado.
14 [But now the people of] Israel have caused [Yahweh] to become very angry; Yahweh says that they deserve to die because they caused [many others] to die [MTY]; he will pay them back for the sins that they have committed against him and for insulting him.
Ephraim porém mui amargosamente o irou: portanto deixará ficar sobre elle o seu sangue, e o seu Senhor lhe recompensará o seu opprobrio.
