Osea 7
1 Quand’ho voluto guarire Israele, allora s’è scoperta l’iniquità d’Efraim e la malvagità di Samaria; poiché praticano la falsità; il ladro entra, e i briganti scorrazzano fuori.
When my desire was for the fate of my people to be changed and to make Israel well, then the sin of Ephraim was made clear, and the evil-doing of Samaria; for their ways are false, and the thief comes into the house, while the band of outlaws takes property by force in the streets.
2 E non dicono in cuor loro che io tengo a mente tutta la loro malvagità. Ora le loro azioni li circondano; esse stanno davanti alla mia faccia.
And they do not say to themselves that I keep in mind all their sin; now their evil acts come round them on every side; they are before my face.
3 Essi rallegrano il re con la loro malvagità, e i capi con le loro menzogne.
In their sin they make a king for themselves, and rulers in their deceit.
4 Sono tutti degli adulteri; sono come un forno scaldato dal fornaio, che cessa d’attizzare il fuoco dacché ha intriso la pasta finché sia lievitata.
They are all untrue; they are like a burning oven; the bread-maker does not make up the fire from the time when the paste is mixed till it is leavened.
5 Nel giorno del nostro re, i capi si rendon malati a forza di scaldarsi col vino; il re stende la mano ai giullari.
On the day of our king, the rulers made him ill with the heat of wine; his hand was stretched out with the men of pride.
6 Nelle loro insidie, essi rendono il cuor loro simile ad un forno; il loro fornaio dorme tutta la notte, e la mattina il forno arde come un fuoco divampante.
For they have made their hearts ready like an oven, while they are waiting secretly; their wrath is sleeping all night; in the morning it is burning like a flaming fire.
7 Tutti sono ardenti come un forno, e divorano i loro reggitori; tutti i loro re cadono, non ve n’è uno fra loro che gridi a me.
They are all heated like an oven, and they put an end to their judges; all their kings have been made low; not one among them makes prayer to me.
8 Efraim si mescola coi popoli, Efraim è una focaccia non rivoltata.
Ephraim is mixed with the peoples; Ephraim is a cake not turned.
9 Degli stranieri divorano la sua forza, ed egli non vi pon mente; dei capelli bianche gli appaiono qua e là sul capo, ed egli non vi pon mente.
Men from other lands have made waste his strength, and he is not conscious of it; grey hairs have come on him here and there, and he has no knowledge of it.
10 L’orgoglio d’Israele testimonia contro di lui, ma essi non tornano all’Eterno, al loro Dio, e non lo cercano, nonostante tutto questo.
And the pride of Israel gives an answer to his face; but for all this, they have not gone back to the Lord their God, or made search for him.
11 Efraim è come una colomba stupida e senza giudizio; essi invocano l’Egitto, vanno in Assiria.
And Ephraim is like a foolish dove, without wisdom; they send out their cry to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
12 Mentre andranno, io stenderò su loro la mia rete; ve li farò cascare, come gli uccelli del cielo; li castigherò, com’è stato annunziato alla loro raunanza.
When they go, my net will be stretched out over them; I will take them like the birds of heaven, I will give them punishment, I will take them away in the net for their sin.
13 Guai a loro, perché si sono sviati da me! Ruina su loro perché mi si son ribellati! Io li redimerei, ma essi dicon menzogne contro di me.
May trouble be theirs! for they have gone far away from me; and destruction, for they have been sinning against me; I was ready to be their saviour, but they said false words against me.
14 Essi non gridano a me col cuor loro, ma si lamentano sui loro letti; si radunano ansiosi per il grano ed il vino, e si ribellano a me!
And they have not made prayer to me in their hearts, but they make loud cries on their beds; they are cutting themselves for food and wine, they are turned against me.
15 Io li ho educati, ho fortificato le loro braccia ma essi macchinano del male contro di me.
Though I have given training and strength to their arms, they have evil designs against me.
16 Essi tornano, ma non all’Altissimo; sono diventati come un arco fallace; i loro capi cadranno per la spada, a motivo della rabbia della lor lingua; nel paese d’Egitto si faran beffe di loro.
They have gone to what is of no value; they are like a false bow; their captains will come to destruction by the sword, and their ruler by my wrath; for this, the land of Egypt will make sport of them.
