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.
Pune trâmbiţa la gură. El va veni ca o acvilă împotriva casei DOMNULUI, pentru că au încălcat legământul meu şi s-au răzvrătit împotriva legii mele.
2 My Israeli people cry out to me, ‘Our God, we know that you are our God!’
Israel va striga către mine: Dumnezeul meu, noi te cunoaştem.
3 But because the Israeli people have rejected what is good, their enemies will pursue them.
Israel a lepădat ceea ce este bun; duşmanul îl va urmări.
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.
Ei şi-au pus împăraţi, dar nu prin mine; au făcut prinţi fără ca eu să ştiu; din argintul lor şi din aurul lor şi-au făcut idoli ca să fie stârpiţi.
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?
Viţelul tău, Samaria, te-a lepădat; mânia mea este aprinsă împotriva lor; cât timp va fi până când vor ajunge la nevinovăţie?
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.
Fiindcă din Israel a fost şi aceasta; lucrătorul l-a făcut, de aceea nu este Dumnezeu; dar viţelul Samariei va fi spart în bucăţi.
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.
Căci au semănat vânt şi vor secera vârtejul de vânt; nu are spic; mugurele nu va da făină; şi dacă totuşi dă roadă, străinii îl vor înghiţi.
8 [The people of] Israel will be defeated [MET] [by their enemies]; they will be [scattered] among other nations and become worthless.
Israel este înghiţit; acum, printre neamuri, ei vor fi ca un vas în care nu este plăcere.
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.
Fiindcă au urcat în Asiria, un măgar sălbatic, singur; Efraim a angajat iubiţi.
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.
Da, deşi au angajat printre naţiuni, acum îi voi aduna, şi se vor întrista puţin timp din cauza poverii împăratului prinţilor.
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.
Pentru că Efraim a făcut multe altare pentru a păcătui, altarele îi vor fi pentru a păcătui.
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-am scris lucrurile măreţe ale legii mele, dar erau socotite ca un lucru străin.
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.
Carne sacrifică ei pentru sacrificiile ofrandelor mele, şi o mănâncă; dar DOMNUL nu le primeşte; acum îşi va aminti nelegiuirea lor şi va cerceta păcatele lor; ei se vor întoarce în Egipt.
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.”
Fiindcă Israel a uitat pe Făcătorul lui şi construieşte temple; şi Iuda a înmulţit cetăţile întărite; dar eu voi trimite un foc asupra cetăţilor lui şi acesta le va mistui palatele.
