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.
Põe a trombeta à tua boca; ele vem como a águia contra a casa do Senhor, porque traspassaram o meu concerto, e se rebelaram contra a minha lei.
2 My Israeli people cry out to me, ‘Our God, we know that you are our God!’
Então a mim clamarão: Deus meu! nós, Israel, te conhecemos.
3 But because the Israeli people have rejected what is good, their enemies will pursue them.
Israel rejeitou o bem: o inimigo persegui-lo-á.
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.
Eles fizeram reis, porém não de mim: constituiram príncipes, porém eu não o soube: da sua prata e do seu ouro fizeram ídolos para si, para serem destruídos.
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 teu bezerro, ó Samaria, te rejeitou: a minha ira se acendeu contra eles; até quando serão eles incapazes da inocência?
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.
Porque também isso é de Israel, um artífice o fez, e não é Deus, mas em pedaços será desfeito o bezerro de 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.
Porque vento semearam, e segarão tormenta: seara não haverá, a erva não dará farinha: se a der, traga-la-ão os estrangeiros.
8 [The people of] Israel will be defeated [MET] [by their enemies]; they will be [scattered] among other nations and become worthless.
Israel foi tragado: agora entre as nações será tido como um vaso em que ninguém tem prazer.
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.
Porque subiram à Assyria, como um jumento montez, por si só: mercou Ephraim amores.
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.
Ainda que eles merquem entre as nações, agora as congregarei: já começaram a ser diminuídos por causa da carga do rei dos príncipes.
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.
Porquanto Ephraim multiplicou os altares para pecar; teve altar para pecar.
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.
Escrevi-lhe as grandezas da minha lei, porém essas são estimadas como coisa estranha.
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.
Quanto aos sacrifícios dos meus dons, sacrificam carne, e a comem, mas o Senhor não se deleitou neles: agora se lembrará da sua injustiça, e visitará os seus pecados: eles voltarão para o Egito.
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.”
Porque Israel se esqueceu do seu criador, e edificou templos, e Judá multiplicou cidades fortes; mas eu enviarei um fogo contra as suas cidades, que consumirá os seus palácios.
