Osea 9
1 Nu te bucura, Israele, veselindu-te ca alte popoare, pentru că ai plecat curvind de la Dumnezeul tău, ai iubit o răsplată în fiecare arie de grâu.
[You people of] Israel, do not shout joyfully [during your festivals] like [people of other] nations do! [I say that] because you have (not been faithful to/abandoned) me, your God. At every place where the people thresh grain you have [presented gifts to your idols like men] pay money to prostitutes.
2 Aria şi teascul nu îi vor hrăni şi vinul nou îi va lipsi.
[But soon] there will not be enough grain [MTY, PRS] and wine [MTY, PRS] for you.
3 Ei nu vor locui în ţara DOMNULUI; ci Efraim se va întoarce în Egipt şi vor mânca lucruri necurate în Asiria.
And you people will not remain in the land that I, Yahweh, [gave to your ancestors]. You will be [captured and] taken to [Assyria], [where you will become slaves like your ancestors were] in Egypt; and in Assyria you will be forced to eat food that Yahweh has forbidden you to eat.
4 Nu vor aduce DOMNULUI ofrande de vin, nici nu îi vor fi acestea plăcute; sacrificiile lor le vor fi ca pâinea jelitorilor; toţi care mănâncă din ea se vor pângări, pentru că pâinea lor, pentru sufletul lor, nu va intra în casa DOMNULUI.
You Israelis will not [be able to] give wine offerings to him, or bring sacrifices to him. None of your other sacrifices will please him; they will be unacceptable to him, like [SIM] food that is touched by people at funerals, and everyone who eats that food will become unacceptable to him. They will be permitted to eat that food themselves, but they will not [be permitted to] bring it into the temple.
5 Ce veţi face în ziua solemnă şi în ziua sărbătorii DOMNULUI?
At that time you will not [RHQ] be able to celebrate the feasts and sacred festivals.
6 Fiindcă, iată, ei au plecat din cauza nimicirii; Egiptul îi va aduna, Memfis îi va îngropa; urzicile vor stăpâni locurile plăcute pentru argintul lor; spini vor fi în corturile lor.
And even if you escape and are not killed [by the Assyrians], you will be captured by [the army of] Egypt, and you will [die and] be buried in Memphis, [the capital of Egypt]. Briers will [grow up and] cover your treasures of silver, and thorns will grow in your [ruined] tents/houses.
7 Zilele cercetării au venit, zilele răsplătirii au venit; Israel va cunoaşte aceasta; profetul este un prost, omul spiritual este nebun, din cauza mulţimii nelegiuirilor tale şi a urii tale mari.
It is now the time for Yahweh to punish you, to pay you back for all the sins that you have committed. You people will [soon] know that. You have [committed] very many sins, and you very much hate Yahweh. You consider that the prophets are foolish, and you think that those who proclaim messages from him are crazy.
8 Paznicul lui Efraim era cu Dumnezeul meu; dar profetul este o capcană a unui păsărar în toate căile sale şi ură în casa Dumnezeului său.
My God appointed [me and the other] prophets to be [like] [MET] watchmen [to warn] you people of Israel, but everywhere that we go, [it is as though] people set traps for us and people are hostile [to us, even] in the temple of our God.
9 S-au corupt profund pe ei înşişi, ca în zilele din Ghibea; de aceea el îşi va aminti de nelegiuirile lor, va cerceta păcatele lor.
The sins that the Israeli people have committed are as awful as [what the men of] Gibeah did long ago; [so] God will not forget the wicked things that they have done; he will punish the Israelis for [all] those sins.
10 Am găsit pe Israel ca struguri în pustie; am văzut pe părinții voştri ca pe întâiul rod al smochinului la prima recoltă; dar ei au mers la Baal-Peor şi s-au consacrat acestei ruşini şi urâciunile [lor] au devenit asemenea iubirii lor.
[Yahweh says], “When I first started [to do things to help] Israel, it seemed to me as though [SIM] I had found grapes in the desert. Your ancestors were [delightful], like [SIM] the first figs that grow on fig trees [each year]. But when they came to Peor [Mountain], they worshiped that disgusting idol Baal, and they became as disgusting as the idol that they loved.
11 Cât despre Efraim, gloria lor va zbura ca o pasăre, de la naştere şi din pântece şi de la concepere.
The things that cause Israel to be great will disappear like [SIM] a bird that flies away; [most of their women will] not become pregnant [DOU] or give birth to children.
12 Deşi îşi cresc copiii, totuşi eu îi voi văduvi de ei, ca să nu rămână niciun bărbat; da, vai de asemenea lor, când mă voi depărta de ei!
Even if their children are born and start to grow up, I will cause all of them to die [while they are still young]. Terrible things will happen to them when I abandon them!
13 Efraimul, precum am văzut Tirul, este sădit într-un loc plăcut; dar Efraim îşi va aduce copiii înaintea ucigaşului.
I have seen Israel become beautiful and prosperous like Tyre [city] was [before it was destroyed], but now the people of Israel will [be forced to] take their children to be slaughtered [by their enemies].”
14 Dă-le, DOAMNE! Ce le vei da? Dă-le un pântece sterp şi sâni seci.
Yahweh, [I do not know] [RHQ] what I should ask for my people. So I ask that you do this one thing: Cause the women who are pregnant to have miscarriages and unable [to nurse their babies].
15 Toată stricăciunea lor este în Ghilgal; fiindcă acolo i-am urât; pentru stricăciunea faptelor lor îi vor alunga din casa mea, nu îi voi mai iubi; toţi prinţii lor sunt răzvrătiţi.
[Yahweh says], “Because of all the wicked things that my people did at Gilgal, that is where I started to hate them. [And now], because of [all] the sinful things that they have done, I will expel them from my country. I will not love them any longer; all their leaders rebel [against me].
16 Efraim este lovit, rădăcina lor este uscată, rod nu vor aduce; da, chiar dacă ar naşte, totuşi voi ucide rodul iubit al pântecului lor.
Israel is like [MET] a grapevine that is dried up; [like a vine] [MET] whose roots are withered and that produces no fruit. Even if the [women of Israel] give birth to [more] children, I will cause those children, whom they love, to die.
17 Dumnezeul meu îi va lepăda, pentru că nu i-au dat ascultare; şi ei vor fi rătăcitori printre naţiuni.
The people of Israel have not obeyed me, their God, so I will reject them. [As a result], they will wander among the [other] nations, [searching for a place to live].”
