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.
METTITI una tromba al palato. [Colui viene] contro alla Casa del Signore, come un'aquila; perciocchè han trasgredito il mio patto, ed han misfatto contro alla mia Legge.
2 My Israeli people cry out to me, ‘Our God, we know that you are our God!’
Israele griderà a me: [Tu sei] l'Iddio mio, noi ti abbiam conosciuto.
3 But because the Israeli people have rejected what is good, their enemies will pursue them.
Israele ha allontanato [da sè] il bene; il nemico lo perseguirà.
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 costituiti dei re, non da parte mia; e creati de' principi senza mia saputa; si hanno, del loro argento, e del loro oro, fatti degl'idoli; acciocchè sieno sterminati.
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?
O Samaria, il tuo vitello ti ha scacciata: la mia ira è accesa contro a loro; fino a quando non potranno esser nettati?
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.
Certo quel [vitello] è anch'esso d'Israele; un fabbro l'ha fatto, e non è Dio; il vitello di Samaria sarà ridotto in scintille.
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.
Perciocchè han seminato del vento, mieteranno un turbo, non avranno biade; i germogli non faranno farina; se pur ne faranno, gli stranieri la trangugeranno.
8 [The people of] Israel will be defeated [MET] [by their enemies]; they will be [scattered] among other nations and become worthless.
Israele è divorato; ora sono fra le nazioni, come un vaso di cui non si fa alcuna stima.
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.
Perciocchè essi sono saliti ad Assur, [che è] un asino salvatico, che se ne sta in disparte da per sè; Efraim ha dati presenti ad 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.
Ora altresì, perciocchè han dati presenti [ad amanti] fra le genti, io radunerò quegli [amanti: ] e fra poco si dorranno per la gravezza del re de' principi.
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.
Perciocchè Efraim ha moltiplicati gli altari per peccare, egli ha avuti altari da peccare.
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.
Io gli avea scritte le cose grandi della mia Legge; [ma] sono state reputate come cosa strana.
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.
Quant'è a' sacrificii delle mie offerte, sacrificano della carne, e [la] mangiano; il Signore non li gradisce; ora si ricorderà egli della loro iniquità, e farà punizione de' lor peccati; essi ritorneranno 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.”
Or Israele ha dimenticato il suo Fattore, e ha edificati de' tempii, e Giuda ha fatte molte città forti; ma io manderò fuoco nelle città dell'uno, ed esso consumerà i tempii dell'altro.
