Hosea 8
1 [Yahweh said to me], “Blow [MTY] your trumpet [to warn the people]! My people have rejected the agreement that I made with them, and they have rebelled against [obeying] my laws. Therefore, [their enemies] are swooping down on my people’s country like [SIM] an eagle.
Dà fiato alla tromba! Come un'aquila sulla casa del Signore... perchè hanno trasgredito la mia alleanza e rigettato la mia legge.
2 My Israeli people cry out to me, ‘Our God, we know that you are our God!’
Essi gridano verso di me: «Noi ti riconosciamo Dio d'Israele!».
3 But because the Israeli people have rejected what is good, their enemies will pursue them.
Ma Israele ha rigettato il bene: il nemico lo perseguiterà.
4 The Israel people appointed [their last three] kings, but they did not ask me if I agreed to [what they were doing]. They chose their own leaders without asking if I would approve of them. They used their own silver and gold to make for themselves idols, and doing that led them to be destroyed.
Hanno creato dei re che io non ho designati; hanno scelto capi a mia insaputa. Con il loro argento e il loro oro si sono fatti idoli ma per loro rovina.
5 You people of Samaria, throw away your [idol that resembles a] calf! I am extremely angry with you people! How long [RHQ] will you [do things that cause] you to be unacceptable to me?
Ripudio il tuo vitello, o Samaria! La mia ira divampa contro di loro; fino a quando non si potranno purificare
6 [Someone in] Israel made that idol for you; [but I am] God and it is not. So that idol of a calf in Samaria must be smashed to pieces.
i figli di Israele? Esso è opera di un artigiano, esso non è un dio: sarà ridotto in frantumi il vitello di Samaria.
7 [The foolish thing that the people of Israel have done is like] [MET] trying to plant wind; but what they harvest will be like [MET] a whirlwind. So the grain that they planted will have no heads [on the stalks], and as a result [there will be no grain] from which to make flour. And if it did produce good grain, foreigners would [come and] steal it.
E poiché hanno seminato vento raccoglieranno tempesta. Il loro grano sarà senza spiga, se germoglia non darà farina, e se ne produce, la divoreranno gli stranieri.
8 [The people of] Israel will be defeated [MET] [by their enemies]; they will be [scattered] among other nations and become worthless.
Israele è stato inghiottito: si trova ora in mezzo alle nazioni come un vaso spregevole.
9 Like [MET] donkeys that are looking for mates, they have requested [help] from Assyria; they paid money to [the leaders of Assyria] in order to [persuade those leaders to] protect them.
Essi sono saliti fino ad Assur, asino selvaggio, che si aggira solitario; Efraim si è acquistato degli amanti.
10 But although they have agreed to pay money each year to [the leaders of] those countries, I will soon gather them together [to punish them]. The great King [of Assyria] will cause them to suffer greatly.
Se ne acquistino pure fra le nazioni, io li metterò insieme e fra poco cesseranno di eleggersi re e governanti.
11 Although [the people of] Israel built many altars to present offerings [to their idols] to take away [their guilt for] sinning, those altars have become places where they commit [more] sins.
Efraim ha moltiplicato gli altari, ma gli altari sono diventati per lui un'occasione di peccato.
12 I wrote many laws for them, but they disregarded them, saying that [they did not have to obey them because] they were different from laws that they had known previously.
Ho scritto numerose leggi per lui, ma esse son considerate come una cosa straniera.
13 They offer sacrifices to me, and they eat [some of] the meat of those sacrifices, [which is what I permitted them to do]. But I, Yahweh, am not pleased with those sacrifices. I remember the evil things that they have done, and I will punish them for the sins that they have committed: I will force them to [go to other countries] [and become slaves like they were] [MET] in Egypt.
Essi offrono sacrifici e ne mangiano le carni, ma il Signore non li gradisce; si ricorderà della loro iniquità e punirà i loro peccati: dovranno tornare in Egitto.
14 [The people of] Israel have abandoned/forgotten me, the one who created their [nation]; they have built palaces, and [the people of] Judah have built walls around many towns. But I will send a fire that will destroy all their cities and their fortresses.”
Israele ha dimenticato il suo creatore, si è costruito palazzi; Giuda ha moltiplicato le sue fortezze. Ma io manderò il fuoco sulle loro città e divorerà le loro cittadelle.
