Hosea 7
1 When my desire was for the fate of my people to be changed and to make Israel well, then the sin of Ephraim was made clear, and the evil-doing of Samaria; for their ways are false, and the thief comes into the house, while the band of outlaws takes property by force in the streets.
Sarando eu a Israel, se descobriu a iniquidade d'Ephraim, como tambem as maldades de Samaria, porque obraram a falsidade; e o ladrão entra, e a tropa dos salteadores despoja por fóra.
2 And they do not say to themselves that I keep in mind all their sin; now their evil acts come round them on every side; they are before my face.
E não dizem no seu coração que eu me lembro de toda a sua maldade: agora, pois, os cercam as suas obras; diante da minha face estão.
3 In their sin they make a king for themselves, and rulers in their deceit.
Com a sua malicia alegram ao rei, e com as suas maneiras aos principes.
4 They are all untrue; they are like a burning oven; the bread-maker does not make up the fire from the time when the paste is mixed till it is leavened.
Todos juntamente adulteram: similhantes são ao forno acceso pelo padeiro, que cessa de vigiar, depois que amassou a massa, até que seja levedada.
5 On the day of our king, the rulers made him ill with the heat of wine; his hand was stretched out with the men of pride.
E o dia do nosso rei os principes o fazem adoecer, por esquentamento do vinho: estende a sua mão com os escarnecedores.
6 For they have made their hearts ready like an oven, while they are waiting secretly; their wrath is sleeping all night; in the morning it is burning like a flaming fire.
Porque, como um forno, applicaram o coração, emboscando-se; toda a noite dorme o seu padeiro, pela manhã arde como fogo de chamma.
7 They are all heated like an oven, and they put an end to their judges; all their kings have been made low; not one among them makes prayer to me.
Todos juntos se esquentam como o forno, e consomem os seus juizes: todos os seus reis caem, ninguem entre elles ha que clame a mim.
8 Ephraim is mixed with the peoples; Ephraim is a cake not turned.
Ephraim com os povos se mistura; Ephraim é um bolo que não foi virado.
9 Men from other lands have made waste his strength, and he is not conscious of it; grey hairs have come on him here and there, and he has no knowledge of it.
Estrangeiros lhe comeram a força, e não o sabe; tambem as cãs se espalharam sobre elle, e não o sabe.
10 And the pride of Israel gives an answer to his face; but for all this, they have not gone back to the Lord their God, or made search for him.
E a soberba de Israel testificará em sua face; e não voltarão para o Senhor seu Deus, nem o buscarão em tudo isto.
11 And Ephraim is like a foolish dove, without wisdom; they send out their cry to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
Porque Ephraim é como uma pomba enganada, sem entendimento: invocam o Egypto, vão para a Assyria.
12 When they go, my net will be stretched out over them; I will take them like the birds of heaven, I will give them punishment, I will take them away in the net for their sin.
Quando forem, sobre elles estenderei a minha rede, e como aves do céu os farei descer: castigal-os-hei, conforme ao que elles teem ouvido na sua congregação.
13 May trouble be theirs! for they have gone far away from me; and destruction, for they have been sinning against me; I was ready to be their saviour, but they said false words against me.
Ai d'elles, porque fugiram de mim: destruição sobre elles, porque se rebellaram contra mim: eu os remi, porém fallam mentiras contra mim.
14 And they have not made prayer to me in their hearts, but they make loud cries on their beds; they are cutting themselves for food and wine, they are turned against me.
E não clamaram a mim do seu coração, quando davam uivos nas suas camas; para o trigo e para o vinho se ajuntam, mas contra mim se rebellam.
15 Though I have given training and strength to their arms, they have evil designs against me.
Eu os castiguei, e lhes esforcei os braços, mas pensam mal contra mim.
16 They have gone to what is of no value; they are like a false bow; their captains will come to destruction by the sword, and their ruler by my wrath; for this, the land of Egypt will make sport of them.
Tornaram-se, mas não ao Altissimo. Fizeram-se como um arco enganoso: caem á espada os seus principes, por causa da colera da sua lingua; este será o seu escarneo na terra do Egypto.
