Oséias 4
1 Ouvi a palavra do SENHOR, ó filhos de Israel; porque o SENHOR briga com os moradores da terra; porque não há fidelidade, nem misericórdia, nem conhecimento de Deus na terra.
You Israeli people, listen to this message from Yahweh! He is accusing you people who live in this country, [saying] “The people are not faithfully [doing what pleases me], they are not kind [to others], and they do not [even] know me!
2 Perjúrio, mentira, matança, roubo e adultério prevalecem; derramamentos de sangue se acumulam.
Everywhere in this land they curse [others], they murder [others], they steal, and they commit adultery. They act violently toward others and commit one murder after another.
3 Por isso a terra lamentará, e qualquer um que morar nela desfalecerá, com os animais do campo e as aves do céu; e até os peixes do mar morrerão.
It is because of their doing those things that there is no rain [MTY], the land has become dry, the people are mourning, and the people are dying [from hunger]. Even the wild animals and the birds and the fish in the sea are dying.
4 Porém ninguém brigue nem repreenda a alguém, porque teu povo é como os que brigam com o sacerdote.
But no one should accuse someone else and say it is his fault. It is you priests whom I am accusing.
5 Por isso cairás de dia, e o profeta cairá contigo de noite; e destruirei tua mãe.
So I will punish [MTY] you priests, night and day, and I will punish the prophets with you. I am going to destroy [Israel, the nation that is like] [MET] a mother to you.
6 Meu povo é destruído por falta de conhecimento. Porque tu rejeitaste o conhecimento, eu também te rejeitei do meu sacerdócio; e visto que te esqueceste a lei de teu Deus, também eu me esquecerei de teus filhos.
It is because my people do not know [about me] that they will be destroyed. And their not knowing about me is because you priests have refused [to teach them about me]; so I will no longer allow you to be my priests. You have forgotten the things that I taught you, so I will forget [to bless] your children.
7 Quanto mais eles se multiplicaram, mais pecaram contra mim; tornarei sua honra em vergonha.
As there are more and more priests, they have sinned against me more and more. So I will no longer allow them to be honored; instead, I will cause them to be disgraced.
8 [Os sacerdotes] comem do pecado de meu povo, e desejam a maldade das pessoas.
The priests get food from [the offerings that the] people [bring in order to be forgiven for having sinned], [so] the priests want the people to sin more and more [in order that the people will bring them more and more offerings].
9 Portanto tal como o povo, assim será com o sacerdote; e punirei contra ele seus caminhos, e lhe retribuirei conforme seus atos.
The priests [are as sinful] as the [other] people, and I will punish [all of] them for what they have done; I will pay them back for the [evil] things that they have done.
10 E comerão, mas não se fartarão; eles se prostituirão, mas não se multiplicarão, porque abandonaram ao SENHOR,
[The priests] will eat, but they will still be hungry; they will have sex with prostitutes, but they will not have any children, because they have abandoned [me], Yahweh,
11 Para buscarem a prostituição, o vinho, e o mosto, que tiram o entendimento.
and they are devoting themselves to sleeping with prostitutes, and to [drinking] old wine and new wine, which results in their not being able to think clearly.”
12 Meu povo consulta a seu pedaço de madeira, e seu bastão lhes dá resposta, porque o espírito de prostituições o engana, para se prostituírem contra o Deus deles.
“[You] my people request wooden idols [to tell you what you should do]! Like prostitutes who have left/abandoned their husbands,
13 Sobre os topos dos montes sacrificam, e queimam incenso sobre os morros, debaixo de carvalhos, álamos, e olmeiros que tenham boa sombra; por isso vossas filhas se prostituem, e vossas noras cometem adultério.
you have abandoned [me] your God, and you are chasing after [other gods] on the tops of hills and mountains; you burn incense under oak [trees], poplar [trees], and other trees where there is nice/pleasing shade. So your daughters have become prostitutes, and your daughters-in-law have committed adultery.
14 Eu não punirei vossas filhas que se prostituem, nem vossas noras que cometem adultério; porque os próprios homens se juntam com as mulheres promíscuas, e fazem sacrifícios com as prostitutas de ritos idólatras; de fato, o povo sem entendimento se arruína.
But it is not [only] your daughters [whom I will punish] for having become prostitutes, and it is not [only] your daughters-in-law whom I will punish for committing adultery, because the men also are having sex with prostitutes, and they offer sacrifices with the prostitutes [who search for men at the] shrines [of the idols]. [They are all] foolish people, and they will [all] be ruined.
15 Se tu, Israel, queres te prostituir, [ao menos] não faças Judá culpado. Não venhais a Gilgal, nem subais a Bete-Áven; nem jureis: Vive o SENHOR.
You Israeli [people] have abandoned me like [MET] those who commit adultery have abandoned their spouses. But do not cause [the people of] Judah to sin [also]. Do not go to Gilgal or go up to Beth-Aven [towns] [to worship idols there]. Do not make solemn promises [there, saying ‘Just as surely] as Yahweh lives, [I will do what I am promising].’
16 Porque Israel se rebelou como bezerra teimosa; agora o SENHOR os apascentará como a um cordeiro num campo extenso.
You [people of Israel] are as stubborn as [SIM] a young cow. So there is no way [RHQ] that [I], Yahweh, will [provide food for them] [like a shepherd provides food for his] lambs [by leading them] to a nice meadow.
17 Efraim se associou a ídolos; deixa-o.
The people of Israel have chosen to worship idols [MET], [so] allow them [to do what they want to do].
18 Quando sua bebida se acaba, eles se voltam à prostituição; seus líderes amam a vergonha.
When their rulers finish drinking [their wine], they go to find prostitutes; they love their disgraceful behavior.
19 Um vento os atou em suas asas, e se envergonharão por causa de seus sacrifícios.
But they will disappear [as though] [MET] they were blown away by a whirlwind. They will become [very] ashamed because of their offering sacrifices [to idols].”
