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 em tua boca. [O inimigo vem] como uma águia contra a casa do SENHOR, porque violaram meu pacto, e transgrediram minha lei.
2 My Israeli people cry out to me, ‘Our God, we know that you are our God!’
[Então] clamarão a mim: 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 o perseguirá.
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, mas não de mim; constituíram príncipes, porém sem que eu soubesse; de sua prata e de seu ouro fizeram ídolos para si, para que sejam exterminados.
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 foi rejeitado, ó Samaria; minha ira está acesa contra eles; até quando não suportarão a pureza?
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 isso procede de Israel, um artífice o fez; isso não é Deus; por isso o bezerro de Samaria será desfeito em pedaços.
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 semearam vento, colherão tempestade; não haverá colheita, nem a produção dará farinha; mesmo se a der, estrangeiros a tragarão.
8 [The people of] Israel will be defeated [MET] [by their enemies]; they will be [scattered] among other nations and become worthless.
Israel é tragado; agora são como um vaso que ninguém dá valor entre as nações.
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 eles subiram à Assíria, [como] um jumento selvagem solitário; Efraim se vendeu aos amantes.
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 tenham se vendido às nações, agora eu as ajuntarei; e começarão a ser reduzidos pela opressão do rei de 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.
Porque Efraim multiplicou os altares para pecar, os altares feitos para cometer pecado.
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.
Eu lhe escrevi as grandezas de minha lei, mas foram consideradas 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 de ofertas a mim, eles sacrificam a carne, e a comem; porém o SENHOR não os aceita. Agora ele se lembrará de sua perversidade, e punirá seus pecados; eles voltarão ao 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 de seu Criador, e edificou templos; Judá multiplicou cidades fortificadas; porém mandarei fogo em suas cidades, que consumirá seus palácios.
