Hosea 12
1 [The leaders of] Israel are constantly wavering [about seeking help from other countries]. [Seeking their help is as useless as] [MET] chasing the wind. They pile up their lies and violent acts. [First, ] they make a treaty with Assyria, and [then they] send olive oil to [the rulers of] Egypt [to seek their help].
Efraim se alimenta de vento, e persegue o vento oriental o dia todo; multiplica a mentira e a destruição; e fazem aliança com a Assíria, e azeite se leva ao Egito.
2 Yahweh [says that he] will bring accusations against [the leaders of] Judah, and that he will punish [the descendants of] Jacob for what they have done.
O SENHOR também tem uma briga judicial com Judá, e punirá Jacó conforme seus caminhos; ele lhe retribuirá conforme seus atos.
3 [When Jacob was] in his mother’s womb, he grabbed his brother [Esau’s] heel [because he wanted to be born first]. When Jacob grew up, he wrestled with God.
No ventre [da mãe] pegou pelo calcanhar de seu irmão, e em sua força lutou com Deus.
4 He struggled with [the one who had appeared to him in the form of] an angel, and Jacob defeated him, but [then] he cried and asked the angel to bless him. [Later], God came to Jacob at Bethel and talked with him there.
Lutou com o anjo, e prevaleceu; chorou, e lhe suplicou; [em] Betel o achou, e ali falou conosco.
5 [That was] the Commander of the armies of angels whose name is Yahweh [who talked with him]!
O próprio SENHOR, Deus dos exércitos; o SENHOR é seu memorial.
6 But you [people of Israel] must return to your God! You must faithfully love [him], and you must do what is fair/just and always depend on him.
Tu pois, converte-te a teu Deus; guarda tu a misericórdia e a justiça, e espera em teu Deus continuamente.
7 The merchants [among you] use scales that do not weigh correctly; they love/like to cheat people.
O mercador tem balança enganosa em sua mão, pois ama oprimir.
8 [The people of] Israel boast, saying “We are [very] rich [DOU]; and we got all that money by our own efforts, and without committing any sin.”
E Efraim diz: Certamente eu sou rico; tenho obtido para mim muitos bens; [em] todo o meu trabalho ninguém pode achar em mim perversidade que seja pecado.
9 “I am Yahweh your God, [the one who brought your ancestors] out of Egypt. [And some day] I will force you to live in tents again [like your ancestors did] when [they celebrated] the Festival [of Living in Temporary Shelters].
Porém eu sou o SENHOR teu Deus, desde a terra do Egito; eu ainda te farei morar em tendas, como nos dias solenes.
10 [Many times] I spoke to the prophets, and I gave them many visions, and I gave them parables to tell [to the people].”
E falei aos profetas, e eu multipliquei a visão profética; e por meio dos profetas propus parábolas.
11 [The people of] Gilead [city] are [RHQ] extremely wicked; they are worthless. The people sacrifice bulls in Gilgal [city], but their altars will [soon] become like [SIM] piles of stone [at the edge of] a plowed field.
Visto que Gileade é injusta, certamente [seus moradores] são inúteis. Em Gilgal sacrificam bois, e até seus altares são como amontoados [de pedras] nos sulcos dos campos.
12 [Your ancestor] Jacob fled [from his brother Esau] and went to northwest Mesopotamia. He worked [for his uncle Laban for many years] to get a wife; he took care of [his uncle’s] sheep [to pay] for her.
Mas Jacó fugiu à terra de Arã, e Israel serviu em troca de uma mulher, e por uma mulher apascentou [ovelhas].
13 [Many years later, ] Yahweh enabled a prophet to bring the [ancestors of you] people of Israel here from Egypt; that prophet, [Moses], took care of them.
Mas o SENHOR por um profeta fez subir a Israel do Egito, e por um profeta foi preservado.
14 [But now the people of] Israel have caused [Yahweh] to become very angry; Yahweh says that they deserve to die because they caused [many others] to die [MTY]; he will pay them back for the sins that they have committed against him and for insulting him.
[Porém] Efraim o ofendeu amargamente; por isso deixará [a culpa de] seus sangues sobre ele, e seu Senhor lhe retribuirá sua desonra.
