Hosea 4
1 You Israeli people, listen to this message from Yahweh! He is accusing you people who live in this country, [saying] “The people are not faithfully [doing what pleases me], they are not kind [to others], and they do not [even] know me!
Ouvi a palavra do SENHOR, ó filhos de Israel; porque o SENHOR briga com os moradores da terra; porque não há fidelidade, nem misericórdia, nem conhecimento de Deus na terra.
2 Everywhere in this land they curse [others], they murder [others], they steal, and they commit adultery. They act violently toward others and commit one murder after another.
Perjúrio, mentira, matança, roubo e adultério prevalecem; derramamentos de sangue se acumulam.
3 It is because of their doing those things that there is no rain [MTY], the land has become dry, the people are mourning, and the people are dying [from hunger]. Even the wild animals and the birds and the fish in the sea are dying.
Por isso a terra lamentará, e qualquer um que morar nela desfalecerá, com os animais do campo e as aves do céu; e até os peixes do mar morrerão.
4 But no one should accuse someone else and say it is his fault. It is you priests whom I am accusing.
Porém ninguém brigue nem repreenda a alguém, porque teu povo é como os que brigam com o sacerdote.
5 So I will punish [MTY] you priests, night and day, and I will punish the prophets with you. I am going to destroy [Israel, the nation that is like] [MET] a mother to you.
Por isso cairás de dia, e o profeta cairá contigo de noite; e destruirei tua mãe.
6 It is because my people do not know [about me] that they will be destroyed. And their not knowing about me is because you priests have refused [to teach them about me]; so I will no longer allow you to be my priests. You have forgotten the things that I taught you, so I will forget [to bless] your children.
Meu povo é destruído por falta de conhecimento. Porque tu rejeitaste o conhecimento, eu também te rejeitei do meu sacerdócio; e visto que te esqueceste a lei de teu Deus, também eu me esquecerei de teus filhos.
7 As there are more and more priests, they have sinned against me more and more. So I will no longer allow them to be honored; instead, I will cause them to be disgraced.
Quanto mais eles se multiplicaram, mais pecaram contra mim; tornarei sua honra em vergonha.
8 The priests get food from [the offerings that the] people [bring in order to be forgiven for having sinned], [so] the priests want the people to sin more and more [in order that the people will bring them more and more offerings].
[Os sacerdotes] comem do pecado de meu povo, e desejam a maldade das pessoas.
9 The priests [are as sinful] as the [other] people, and I will punish [all of] them for what they have done; I will pay them back for the [evil] things that they have done.
Portanto tal como o povo, assim será com o sacerdote; e punirei contra ele seus caminhos, e lhe retribuirei conforme seus atos.
10 [The priests] will eat, but they will still be hungry; they will have sex with prostitutes, but they will not have any children, because they have abandoned [me], Yahweh,
E comerão, mas não se fartarão; eles se prostituirão, mas não se multiplicarão, porque abandonaram ao SENHOR,
11 and they are devoting themselves to sleeping with prostitutes, and to [drinking] old wine and new wine, which results in their not being able to think clearly.”
Para buscarem a prostituição, o vinho, e o mosto, que tiram o entendimento.
12 “[You] my people request wooden idols [to tell you what you should do]! Like prostitutes who have left/abandoned their husbands,
Meu povo consulta a seu pedaço de madeira, e seu bastão lhes dá resposta, porque o espírito de prostituições o engana, para se prostituírem contra o Deus deles.
13 you have abandoned [me] your God, and you are chasing after [other gods] on the tops of hills and mountains; you burn incense under oak [trees], poplar [trees], and other trees where there is nice/pleasing shade. So your daughters have become prostitutes, and your daughters-in-law have committed adultery.
Sobre os topos dos montes sacrificam, e queimam incenso sobre os morros, debaixo de carvalhos, álamos, e olmeiros que tenham boa sombra; por isso vossas filhas se prostituem, e vossas noras cometem adultério.
14 But it is not [only] your daughters [whom I will punish] for having become prostitutes, and it is not [only] your daughters-in-law whom I will punish for committing adultery, because the men also are having sex with prostitutes, and they offer sacrifices with the prostitutes [who search for men at the] shrines [of the idols]. [They are all] foolish people, and they will [all] be ruined.
Eu não punirei vossas filhas que se prostituem, nem vossas noras que cometem adultério; porque os próprios homens se juntam com as mulheres promíscuas, e fazem sacrifícios com as prostitutas de ritos idólatras; de fato, o povo sem entendimento se arruína.
15 You Israeli [people] have abandoned me like [MET] those who commit adultery have abandoned their spouses. But do not cause [the people of] Judah to sin [also]. Do not go to Gilgal or go up to Beth-Aven [towns] [to worship idols there]. Do not make solemn promises [there, saying ‘Just as surely] as Yahweh lives, [I will do what I am promising].’
Se tu, Israel, queres te prostituir, [ao menos] não faças Judá culpado. Não venhais a Gilgal, nem subais a Bete-Áven; nem jureis: Vive o SENHOR.
16 You [people of Israel] are as stubborn as [SIM] a young cow. So there is no way [RHQ] that [I], Yahweh, will [provide food for them] [like a shepherd provides food for his] lambs [by leading them] to a nice meadow.
Porque Israel se rebelou como bezerra teimosa; agora o SENHOR os apascentará como a um cordeiro num campo extenso.
17 The people of Israel have chosen to worship idols [MET], [so] allow them [to do what they want to do].
Efraim se associou a ídolos; deixa-o.
18 When their rulers finish drinking [their wine], they go to find prostitutes; they love their disgraceful behavior.
Quando sua bebida se acaba, eles se voltam à prostituição; seus líderes amam a vergonha.
19 But they will disappear [as though] [MET] they were blown away by a whirlwind. They will become [very] ashamed because of their offering sacrifices [to idols].”
Um vento os atou em suas asas, e se envergonharão por causa de seus sacrifícios.
