Osea 8
1 METTITI una tromba al palato. [Colui viene] contro alla Casa del Signore, come un'aquila; perciocchè han trasgredito il mio patto, ed han misfatto contro alla mia Legge.
[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.
2 Israele griderà a me: [Tu sei] l'Iddio mio, noi ti abbiam conosciuto.
My Israeli people cry out to me, ‘Our God, we know that you are our God!’
3 Israele ha allontanato [da sè] il bene; il nemico lo perseguirà.
But because the Israeli people have rejected what is good, their enemies will pursue them.
4 Hanno costituiti dei re, non da parte mia; e creati de' principi senza mia saputa; si hanno, del loro argento, e del loro oro, fatti degl'idoli; acciocchè sieno sterminati.
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.
5 O Samaria, il tuo vitello ti ha scacciata: la mia ira è accesa contro a loro; fino a quando non potranno esser nettati?
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?
6 Certo quel [vitello] è anch'esso d'Israele; un fabbro l'ha fatto, e non è Dio; il vitello di Samaria sarà ridotto in scintille.
[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.
7 Perciocchè han seminato del vento, mieteranno un turbo, non avranno biade; i germogli non faranno farina; se pur ne faranno, gli stranieri la trangugeranno.
[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.
8 Israele è divorato; ora sono fra le nazioni, come un vaso di cui non si fa alcuna stima.
[The people of] Israel will be defeated [MET] [by their enemies]; they will be [scattered] among other nations and become worthless.
9 Perciocchè essi sono saliti ad Assur, [che è] un asino salvatico, che se ne sta in disparte da per sè; Efraim ha dati presenti ad amanti.
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.
10 Ora altresì, perciocchè han dati presenti [ad amanti] fra le genti, io radunerò quegli [amanti: ] e fra poco si dorranno per la gravezza del re de' principi.
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.
11 Perciocchè Efraim ha moltiplicati gli altari per peccare, egli ha avuti altari da peccare.
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.
12 Io gli avea scritte le cose grandi della mia Legge; [ma] sono state reputate come cosa strana.
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.
13 Quant'è a' sacrificii delle mie offerte, sacrificano della carne, e [la] mangiano; il Signore non li gradisce; ora si ricorderà egli della loro iniquità, e farà punizione de' lor peccati; essi ritorneranno in Egitto.
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.
14 Or Israele ha dimenticato il suo Fattore, e ha edificati de' tempii, e Giuda ha fatte molte città forti; ma io manderò fuoco nelle città dell'uno, ed esso consumerà i tempii dell'altro.
[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.”
