Hosea 4
1 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!
Ascoltate la parola del Signore, o Israeliti, poichè il Signore ha un processo con gli abitanti del paese. Non c'è infatti sincerità né amore del prossimo, nè conoscenza di Dio nel paese.
2 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.
Si giura, si mentisce, si uccide, si ruba, si commette adulterio, si fa strage e si versa sangue su sangue.
3 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.
Per questo è in lutto il paese e chiunque vi abita langue insieme con gli animali della terra e con gli uccelli del cielo; perfino i pesci del mare periranno.
4 But no one should accuse someone else and say it is his fault. It is you priests whom I am accusing.
Ma nessuno accusi, nessuno contesti; contro di te, sacerdote, muovo l'accusa.
5 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.
Tu inciampi di giorno e il profeta con te inciampa di notte e fai perire tua madre.
6 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.
Perisce il mio popolo per mancanza di conoscenza. Poichè tu rifiuti la conoscenza, rifiuterò te come mio sacerdote; hai dimenticato la legge del tuo Dio e io dimenticherò i tuoi figli.
7 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.
Tutti hanno peccato contro di me; cambierò la loro gloria in vituperio.
8 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].
Essi si nutrono del peccato del mio popolo e sono avidi della sua iniquità.
9 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.
Il popolo e il sacerdote avranno la stessa sorte; li punirò per la loro condotta, e li retribuirò dei loro misfatti.
10 [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,
Mangeranno, ma non si sazieranno, si prostituiranno, ma non avranno prole, perchè hanno abbandonato il Signore per darsi alla prostituzione.
11 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.”
Il vino e il mosto tolgono il senno.
12 “[You] my people request wooden idols [to tell you what you should do]! Like prostitutes who have left/abandoned their husbands,
Il mio popolo consulta il suo pezzo di legno e il suo bastone gli dà il responso, poichè uno spirito di prostituzione li svia e si prostituiscono, allontanandosi dal loro Dio.
13 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.
Sulla cima dei monti fanno sacrifici e sui colli bruciano incensi sotto la quercia, i pioppi e i terebinti, perchè buona è la loro ombra. Perciò si prostituiscono le vostre figlie e le vostre nuore commettono adulterio.
14 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.
Non punirò le vostre figlie se si prostituiscono, nè le vostre nuore se commettono adulterio; poichè essi stessi si appartano con le prostitute e con le prostitute sacre offrono sacrifici; un popolo, che non comprende, va a precipizio.
15 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].’
Se ti prostituisci tu, Israele, non si renda colpevole Giuda. Non andate a Gàlgala, non salite a Bet-Avèn, non giurate per il Signore vivente.
16 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.
E poiché come giovenca ribelle si ribella Israele, forse potrà pascolarlo il Signore come agnello in luoghi aperti?
17 The people of Israel have chosen to worship idols [MET], [so] allow them [to do what they want to do].
Si è alleato agli idoli Efraim,
18 When their rulers finish drinking [their wine], they go to find prostitutes; they love their disgraceful behavior.
si accompagna ai beoni; si son dati alla prostituzione, han preferito il disonore alla loro gloria.
19 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].”
Un vento li travolgerà con le sue ali e si vergogneranno dei loro sacrifici.
