Oséias 2
1 Dizei a vossos irmãos, ami, e a vossas irmãs, Ruhama:
[At that time, ] you will say to your fellow-Israeli men, “[You are] God’s people,” and [you will say] to your fellow-Israeli women, “You are ones whom God loves.”
2 Contendei com vossa mãe, contendei, porque ela não é minha mulher, e eu não sou seu marido, e tire ela as suas fornicações da sua face e os seus adultérios de entre os seus peitos.
[Yahweh also said to me], “I want you to accuse the Israeli people. [It is as though] [MET] this nation is your mother, but this nation is [no longer as though it is] [MET] my wife, and it is [no longer as though] [MET] I am its husband. Tell the Israeli people that they must stop [acting like] a prostitute [by worshiping other gods]; they must stop showing by their behavior that they (are unfaithful to/have abandoned) [me] [MET].
3 Para que eu não a despoje despida, e a ponha como no dia em que nasceu, e a faça como um deserto, e a ponha como uma terra seca, e a mate à sede,
If they do not do that, I will not give them [food and] clothes [as a husband should give to his wife]; I will take away those things, and I will cause their nation to become [as deserted] as it was on the day that I [brought their ancestors out of Egypt and caused them to become a nation] [MET]. I will cause their country to be like [SIM] a desert; there will be no rain to water the ground [MET].
4 E não me apiede de seus filhos, porque são filhos de fornicações.
I will not pity the people, because they have [abandoned me] as [MET] prostitutes abandon their husbands.
5 Porque sua mãe fornicou: aquela que os concebeu houve-se torpemente, porque diz: Irei atráz de meus namorados, que me dão o meu pão e a minha água, a minha lã e o meu linho, o meu óleo e as minhas bebidas.
Their parents are like prostitutes [MET]: they have been unfaithful [to me], and they have done [very] disgraceful things. They said, ‘We will run to [our idols/gods] who love us; [they are the ones] who give us food and water and wool and linen and [olive] oil, and [wine to] drink.’
6 Portanto, eis que cercarei o teu caminho com espinhos; e levantarei uma parede de sebe, e não achará as suas veredas.
So [it will be as though] [MET] I am blocking their road with thornbushes, and putting put a wall around them so that they do not know which way to go.
7 E irá em seguimento de seus amantes, mas não os alcançará; e busca-los-á, mas não os achará: então dirá: ir-me-ei, e tornar-me-ei a meu primeiro marido, porque melhor me ia então do que agora.
They will run to their idols/gods that [they think] love them, but they will not find them. They will search for their false gods, but they will not find them. Then they will say, ‘[Perhaps] we should return to [Yahweh], whom we worshiped previously [MET], because things were better for us then than they are now.’
8 Ela pois não reconhece que eu lhe dei o grão, e o mosto, e o óleo, e lhe multipliquei a prata e o ouro, do que usaram para Baal.
But they do not realize that I, [Yahweh], am the one who gave them grain and wine and [olive] oil; I am the one who gave them silver and gold which they used to worship Baal.
9 Portanto, tornar-me-ei, e a seu tempo tirarei o meu grão e o meu mosto ao seu determinado tempo; e arrebatarei a minha lã e o meu linho, que tinha dado para cobrir a sua nudez.
Therefore I will return and take my grain and grapes from them when they are ripe. I will take from them the wool and linen that I gave to them [to make their clothes] [MTY].
10 E agora descobrirei a sua vileza diante dos olhos dos seus namorados, e ninguém a livrará da minha mão.
I will show those false gods/idols that what my people are doing is disgusting [MET], and no one will be able to hinder me from [punishing them].
11 E farei cessar todo o seu gozo, as suas festas, as suas luas novas, e os seus sábados, e todas as suas festividades.
I will cause their religious celebrations to cease, the festivals that they celebrate every year and at every new moon and on their (Sabbath days/weekly days of rest). I will cause all their religious celebrations to cease.
12 E assolarei a sua vide e a sua figueira, de que ela diz: Estas são a minha paga que me deram os meus amantes: eu pois farei delas um bosque, e as bestas feras do campo as devorarão.
I will destroy [all] their grapevines and fig trees, which they said were what their [idols/gods] who loved them paid them for worshiping those idols. I will cause those places to become a desert, and wild animals will eat the fruit [that remains].
13 E sobre ela visitarei os dias de Baal, em que lhe queimou incenso, e se adornou dos seus pendentes e das suas gargantilhas, e andou atráz de seus namorados, mas de mim se esqueceu, diz o Senhor.
I will punish my people for [all] the times that they burned incense to [honor] the idols of Baal. They decorated themselves with rings and jewelry, and they went to worship those [false gods/idols] that [they thought] [IRO] loved them, but they abandoned/forgot me! [That is what I], Yahweh, say.
14 Portanto, eis que eu a atrairei, e a levarei para o deserto, e lhe falarei ao coração.
But listen! [Some day] I will persuade my people [to worship me again]; I will lead them [out] into the desert and speak kindly to them [there].
15 E lhe darei as suas vinhas dali, e o vale de Achor, para porta de esperança; e ali cantará, como nos dias da sua mocidade, e como no dia em que subiu da terra do Egito.
I will give their vineyards [back] to them, and I will cause Achor Valley, [which means ‘valley of trouble'], to become a valley where they will confidently expect [me to do good things for them]. They will (respond to/want to please) me there like they did long ago, when I freed them from [being slaves in] Egypt.
16 E será naquele dia, diz o Senhor, que me chamarás: Meu marido; e não me chamarás mais: Meu Baal.
At that time, they will say to me, ‘[It is as though] [MET] you are our husband.’ They will not say that I am their [master, like they considered that] Baal [was].
17 E da sua boca tirarei os nomes de Baalim, e os seus nomes não virão mais em memória.
I will not allow them to speak [MTY] the names of Baal; they will never use those names again.
18 E naquele dia lhes farei aliança com as bestas feras do campo, e com as aves do céu, e com os réptis da terra; e da terra quebrarei o arco, e a espada, e a guerra, e os farei deitar em segurança.
At that time [it will be as though] I will make an agreement with [all] the wild animals and birds, and [even with] the little animals that scurry across the ground, so that they will never harm my people [again]. And I will remove from their nation all the weapons [for fighting] battles, [like] swords and bows [and arrows]. The result will be that my people will live peacefully and safely, and will not be afraid.
19 E desposar-te-ei comigo para sempre: desposar-te-ei comigo em justiça, e em juízo, e em benignidade, e em misericórdias.
I will cause them to be [as though they are] [MET] my bride forever. I will be righteous and fair/just; I will faithfully love them and be kind to them.
20 E desposar-te-ei comigo em fidelidade, e conhecerás ao Senhor.
I will not abandon them, and they will realize [that I] Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do.]
21 E acontecerá naquele dia que eu responderei, diz o Senhor, eu responderei aos céus, e estes responderão à terra.
At that time, [when they request me to do things for them], [I will do those things]. When they request clouds and rain to fall on their land, I will speak to the clouds, and rain will fall on the earth,
22 E a terra ouvirá ao trigo, como também ao mosto, e ao óleo, e estes responderão a Jezreel.
and grain will grow, and the vineyards and the olive trees will grow in Jezreel [Valley].
23 E semea-la-ei para mim na terra, e apiedar-me-ei de Lo-ruhama; e a lo-ami direi: Tu és meu povo; e ele dirá: Ó meu Deus!
[At that time], I will take care of the Israeli people [like a farmer plants and takes care of his crops] [MET]. I will love those people that I previously said were ones I did not love, and I previously said, ‘You are not my people,’ and [then] they will say to me, ‘You are our God.’”
