Oséias 10
1 Israel era uma vinha fértil, que dava frutos para si mesma; quanto mais se multiplicavam seus frutos, mais multiplicou altares, quanto mais a sua terra prosperava, mais adornaram suas colunas pagãs.
“Israel was [like a large] healthy/luxuriant vine [MET] that produced [a lot of] grapes. But as the people became richer, they made more altars [at which to worship idols]. As the people prospered, they [built and] decorated sacred pillars [that they worshiped].
2 O coração deles está dividido, agora serão culpados; ele quebrará seus altares e destruirá suas colunas pagãs.
They are deceitful; [so] now they are guilty and must be punished. [I], Yahweh, will tear down their altars and smash those pillars.
3 Pois dirão agora: Não temos rei porque não tivemos temor ao SENHOR; mas o que um rei faria por nós?
Then they will say, ‘It is because we did not revere Yahweh that we no [longer] have a king. But [even if we had] a king, he certainly could not [RHQ] do anything to help us.’
4 Falaram palavras jurando falsamente ao fazerem pactos; por isso que a disputa judicial brota como erva venenosa nos sulcos dos campos.
They falsely promise [that they will do many things]; they solemnly promise and make agreements, but they do not do what they promise. So people accuse and sue [each other in the courts]; they are like [SIM] poisonous weeds [that grow] in a plowed field.
5 Os moradores de Samaria estarão atemorizados por causa do bezerro Bete-Áven; pois seu povo por causa dele lamentará, e seus sacerdotes, que nele se alegravam, [lamentarão] por sua glória, que se foi dele.
The people who live in Samaria [city] are worried about [what may happen to the idol that resembles] a calf [that they set up] at Beth-Aven [town]. The people in Samaria will mourn, and the priests there will cry about it [if it is damaged or destroyed]. [Previously] they shouted joyfully about its being very great; but now it will not be great any more.
6 Além disso, ele será levado à Assíria como presente ao grande rei; Efraim receberá vergonha, Israel será envergonhado por causa de seu conselho.
It will be taken to Assyria to be a gift for the great King [of Assyria]. [So the people of] Israel will be disgraced, and they will be ashamed because [they trusted in] that idol.
7 O rei de Samaria será eliminado como um graveto sobre a superfície das águas.
The King of Samaria [and the other people in Samaria] will be gone; they will be like [SIM] a twig [that floats away] on the surface of the water [and disappears].
8 E os altos cultuais de Áven, o pecado de Israel, serão destruídos; espinhos e cardos crescerão sobre seus altares. E dirão aos montes: Cobri-nos; e aos morros: Caí sobre nós.
The altars on the tops of hills [where the people worshiped idols] will be destroyed; those have been the places where the people of Israel sinned greatly. Thorns and weeds will grow and cover those altars. Then the people will plead to the mountains and hills, ‘Fall [down and] cover us [to protect us from God punishing us]!’
9 Desde os dias de Gibeá tu tens cometido pecado, ó Israel; ali continuaram; por acaso a guerra em Gibeá não alcançou os filhos da perversidade?
[You people of] Israel, [ever since your ancestors did evil things] at Gibeah, you have continued to sin. [When the people at] [PRS] Gibeah [did evil things], the result was a war [in which thousands of people died].
10 Quando eu quiser, eu os castigarei; e povos se reunirão contra eles, para que sejam presos por causa de sua dupla transgressão.
[So now], when I want to, I will punish the Israeli people. Because of the many sins that they have committed, [the armies of other] nations will gather to attack them, and they will cause the Israeli people to become their slaves.
11 Efraim é uma bezerra domada, que amava trilhar; mas eu porei [um jugo] sobre seu belo pescoço; farei com que Efraim seja montado; Judá lavrará, Jacó fará sulcos na terra.
Israel is [like] [MET] a well-trained (heifer/young cow) that likes to thresh [grain]. [So now you will become slaves]. [It will be as though] I will put a yoke on your neck, and you will be forced to work hard for your enemies in their fields. [You people of] Israel and Judah [will be forced to go to Assyria]; there you [DOU] will pull plows to break up the ground [for planting seeds].
12 Semeai para vós justiça, colhei para vós bondade; lavrai para vós lavoura; porque é o tempo de buscar ao SENHOR, até que ele venha, e faça chover justiça sobre vós.
[You plow your fields and plant your seeds] and harvest [your crops] [MET], [but what you need to do is] to act righteously and to faithfully love [me]; you need to repent [MET], because it is time to try to know [me], Yahweh; and if you do that, I will pour out [MET] many blessings on you.
13 Lavrastes maldade, colhestes perversidade; comestes o fruto de mentira; porque confiaste em teu caminho, na multidão de teus guerreiros.
You [plant seeds and harvest the crops and eat them]; [but what I consider that you have really done is] that you have planted wicked things and harvested evil things and eaten [MET] the results [IDM] of the lies [that you have told]. [Instead of trusting in me, ] you have (depended on/trusted in) your own power and in your many soldiers.
14 Portanto entre teu povo se levantará tumulto, e todas as tuas fortalezas serão destruídas, assim como Salmã destruiu a Bete-Arbel no dia da batalha; ali a mãe foram despedaçada com [seus] filhos.
As a result, you will [soon] hear the roar of battle, and all your cities that have walls around them will be destroyed, like [SIM] Shalman’s [army] destroyed Beth-Arbel [city] in a battle, and the women [in that city] and their children were bashed to death.
15 Assim Betel fará convosco, por causa de vossa grande malícia; ao amanhecer o rei de Israel será exterminado.
[You people of] [APO] Bethel [city], that is what will happen to you, because you are very wicked. And when the sun rises [on that day], the King of Israel will be killed [in the battle].”
