Oséias 8
1 [Põe] a trombeta em tua boca. [O inimigo vem] como uma águia contra a casa do SENHOR, porque violaram meu pacto, e transgrediram minha lei.
[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 [Então] clamarão a mim: Deus meu, nós, Israel, te conhecemos.
My Israeli people cry out to me, ‘Our God, we know that you are our God!’
3 Israel rejeitou o bem; o inimigo o perseguirá.
But because the Israeli people have rejected what is good, their enemies will pursue them.
4 Eles fizeram reis, mas não de mim; constituíram príncipes, porém sem que eu soubesse; de sua prata e de seu ouro fizeram ídolos para si, para que sejam exterminados.
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 teu bezerro foi rejeitado, ó Samaria; minha ira está acesa contra eles; até quando não suportarão a pureza?
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 Porque isso procede de Israel, um artífice o fez; isso não é Deus; por isso o bezerro de Samaria será desfeito em pedaços.
[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 Porque semearam vento, colherão tempestade; não haverá colheita, nem a produção dará farinha; mesmo se a der, estrangeiros a tragarão.
[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 Israel é tragado; agora são como um vaso que ninguém dá valor entre as nações.
[The people of] Israel will be defeated [MET] [by their enemies]; they will be [scattered] among other nations and become worthless.
9 Porque eles subiram à Assíria, [como] um jumento selvagem solitário; Efraim se vendeu aos amantes.
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 Ainda que tenham se vendido às nações, agora eu as ajuntarei; e começarão a ser reduzidos pela opressão do rei de príncipes.
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 Porque Efraim multiplicou os altares para pecar, os altares feitos para cometer pecado.
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 Eu lhe escrevi as grandezas de minha lei, mas foram consideradas coisa estranha.
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 Quanto aos sacrifícios de ofertas a mim, eles sacrificam a carne, e a comem; porém o SENHOR não os aceita. Agora ele se lembrará de sua perversidade, e punirá seus pecados; eles voltarão ao Egito.
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 Porque Israel se esqueceu de seu Criador, e edificou templos; Judá multiplicou cidades fortificadas; porém mandarei fogo em suas cidades, que consumirá seus palácios.
[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.”
