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.
“Coloque a trombeta em seus lábios! Algo como uma águia está sobre a casa de Yahweh, porque eles quebraram meu convênio e se rebelou contra minha lei.
2 My Israeli people cry out to me, ‘Our God, we know that you are our God!’
Eles choram para mim, 'Meu Deus, nós, Israel, te reconhecemos'!
3 But because the Israeli people have rejected what is good, their enemies will pursue them.
Israel abandonou o que é bom. O inimigo irá persegui-lo.
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 criaram reis, mas não por mim. Eles fizeram príncipes, e eu não aprovei. De sua prata e seu ouro, eles se fizeram ídolos, que podem ser cortados.
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?
Que Samaria expulse seu ídolo bezerro! Minha raiva queima contra eles! Quanto tempo vai demorar até que eles sejam capazes de 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.
Pois este é mesmo de Israel! O operário conseguiu, e não é um Deus; de fato, o bezerro de Samaria deve ser quebrado 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.
Pois eles semeiam o vento, e eles irão colher o turbilhão. Ele não tem grãos em pé. O talo não cederá nenhuma cabeça. Se ele ceder, os estranhos o engolirão.
8 [The people of] Israel will be defeated [MET] [by their enemies]; they will be [scattered] among other nations and become worthless.
Israel é engolido. Agora eles estão entre as nações como uma coisa sem valor.
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.
Pois eles subiram para a Assíria, como um burro selvagem que vagueia sozinho. Ephraim contratou amantes para si mesmo.
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.
Mas embora eles se tenham vendido entre as nações, Vou agora reuni-los; e começam a se desperdiçar por causa da opressão do rei dos poderosos.
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, eles se tornaram para ele altares por 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.
I escreveu para ele as muitas coisas da minha lei, mas eles eram considerados como uma 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 minhas ofertas, eles sacrificam a carne e a comem, mas Yahweh não os aceita. Agora ele vai se lembrar da iniqüidade deles, e punir seus pecados. Eles retornarão 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.”
Para Israel esqueceu seu Criador e construiu palácios; e Judah se multiplicou nas cidades fortificadas; mas vou mandar um incêndio em suas cidades, e devorará suas fortalezas”.
