Hosea 9
1 [You people of] Israel, do not shout joyfully [during your festivals] like [people of other] nations do! [I say that] because you have (not been faithful to/abandoned) me, your God. At every place where the people thresh grain you have [presented gifts to your idols like men] pay money to prostitutes.
Não te alegres tanto, ó Israel, como os [outros] povos, pois tu te prostituis, afastando-te de teu Deus; tu amas o salário de prostituta em todas as eiras de trigo.
2 [But soon] there will not be enough grain [MTY, PRS] and wine [MTY, PRS] for you.
A eira e a prensa de uvas não os manterão; e o vinho novo lhes faltará.
3 And you people will not remain in the land that I, Yahweh, [gave to your ancestors]. You will be [captured and] taken to [Assyria], [where you will become slaves like your ancestors were] in Egypt; and in Assyria you will be forced to eat food that Yahweh has forbidden you to eat.
Não permanecerão na terra do SENHOR; em vez disso, Efraim voltará ao Egito, e na Assíria comerão coisa imunda.
4 You Israelis will not [be able to] give wine offerings to him, or bring sacrifices to him. None of your other sacrifices will please him; they will be unacceptable to him, like [SIM] food that is touched by people at funerals, and everyone who eats that food will become unacceptable to him. They will be permitted to eat that food themselves, but they will not [be permitted to] bring it into the temple.
Não derramarão ofertas de bebida ao SENHOR, nem seus sacrifícios lhe serão agradáveis; [seu pão] será para eles como pão de lamento; todos os que comerem dele, serão imundos; porque o pão deles será para saciar sua própria fome, e não virá para a casa do SENHOR.
5 At that time you will not [RHQ] be able to celebrate the feasts and sacred festivals.
Que fareis no dia solene, no dia festa do SENHOR?
6 And even if you escape and are not killed [by the Assyrians], you will be captured by [the army of] Egypt, and you will [die and] be buried in Memphis, [the capital of Egypt]. Briers will [grow up and] cover your treasures of silver, and thorns will grow in your [ruined] tents/houses.
Porque eis que eles vão embora por causa da destruição; o Egito os recolherá, Mênfis os sepultará; urtigas herdarão sua prata, espinhos [crescerão] em suas tendas.
7 It is now the time for Yahweh to punish you, to pay you back for all the sins that you have committed. You people will [soon] know that. You have [committed] very many sins, and you very much hate Yahweh. You consider that the prophets are foolish, and you think that those who proclaim messages from him are crazy.
Chegaram os dias da punição, chegaram os dias da retribuição; os israelitas saberão; o profeta é [considerado] louco, o homem espiritual [é visto como] tolo, por causa da grandeza de tua maldade e do grande ódio.
8 My God appointed [me and the other] prophets to be [like] [MET] watchmen [to warn] you people of Israel, but everywhere that we go, [it is as though] people set traps for us and people are hostile [to us, even] in the temple of our God.
O profeta é um guarda de Efraim para meu Deus; [mas para ele há] laços de caçador em todos os seus caminhos, e ódio na casa de seu Deus.
9 The sins that the Israeli people have committed are as awful as [what the men of] Gibeah did long ago; [so] God will not forget the wicked things that they have done; he will punish the Israelis for [all] those sins.
Corromperam-se profundamente, como nos dias de Gibeá: [Deus] se lembrará de suas perversidades, seus pecados punirá.
10 [Yahweh says], “When I first started [to do things to help] Israel, it seemed to me as though [SIM] I had found grapes in the desert. Your ancestors were [delightful], like [SIM] the first figs that grow on fig trees [each year]. But when they came to Peor [Mountain], they worshiped that disgusting idol Baal, and they became as disgusting as the idol that they loved.
Eu achei a Israel como uvas no deserto; eu vi a vossos pais como a primeira fruta da figueira em seu princípio. [Porém] eles foram a Baal-Peor, dedicaram-se a esta vergonha, e se tornaram tão abomináveis quanto aquilo que amaram.
11 The things that cause Israel to be great will disappear like [SIM] a bird that flies away; [most of their women will] not become pregnant [DOU] or give birth to children.
A glória de Efraim voará como ave; não haverá nascimento, nem gravidez, nem concepção.
12 Even if their children are born and start to grow up, I will cause all of them to die [while they are still young]. Terrible things will happen to them when I abandon them!
Ainda que venham a criar seus filhos, contudo eu os privarei deles, de modo que reste nenhum. Ai deles quando deles eu me afastar!
13 I have seen Israel become beautiful and prosperous like Tyre [city] was [before it was destroyed], but now the people of Israel will [be forced to] take their children to be slaughtered [by their enemies].”
Vi que Efraim era como Tiro, plantada num lugar agradável; mas Efraim trará seus filhos ao matador.
14 Yahweh, [I do not know] [RHQ] what I should ask for my people. So I ask that you do this one thing: Cause the women who are pregnant to have miscarriages and unable [to nurse their babies].
Dá-lhes, SENHOR, o que lhes darás? Dá-lhes ventre que aborte, e seios sem leite.
15 [Yahweh says], “Because of all the wicked things that my people did at Gilgal, that is where I started to hate them. [And now], because of [all] the sinful things that they have done, I will expel them from my country. I will not love them any longer; all their leaders rebel [against me].
Por causa de toda a sua malícia em Gilgal, ali eu os odiei; por causa da malícia de suas obras eu os expulsarei de minha casa; eu não mais os amarei; todos os seus príncipes são rebeldes.
16 Israel is like [MET] a grapevine that is dried up; [like a vine] [MET] whose roots are withered and that produces no fruit. Even if the [women of Israel] give birth to [more] children, I will cause those children, whom they love, to die.
Efraim foi ferido, sua raiz se secou, não darão fruto; e que ainda que gerem, eu matarei os desejáveis [frutos] de seu ventre.
17 The people of Israel have not obeyed me, their God, so I will reject them. [As a result], they will wander among the [other] nations, [searching for a place to live].”
Meu Deus os rejeitará porque não o ouviram; e andarão sem rumo entre as nações.
