Osea 10
1 Israele [è stato] una vigna deserta; [pur nondimeno] egli ha ancora portato del frutto; ma, al pari che il suo frutto ha abbondato, egli ha fatti molti altari; al pari che la sua terra ha ben [risposto], egli ha adorne le statue.
“Israel was [like a large] healthy/luxuriant vine [MET] that produced [a lot of] grapes. But as the people became richer, they made more altars [at which to worship idols]. As the people prospered, they [built and] decorated sacred pillars [that they worshiped].
2 [Iddio] ha diviso il lor cuore; ora saranno desolati; egli abbatterà i loro altari, guasterà le loro statue.
They are deceitful; [so] now they are guilty and must be punished. [I], Yahweh, will tear down their altars and smash those pillars.
3 Perciocchè ora diranno: Noi non abbiamo alcun re, perchè non abbiamo temuto il Signore; ed anche: Che ci farebbe un re?
Then they will say, ‘It is because we did not revere Yahweh that we no [longer] have a king. But [even if we had] a king, he certainly could not [RHQ] do anything to help us.’
4 Han proferite delle parole, giurando falsamente, facendo patto; perciò, il giudicio germoglierà come tosco sopra i solchi dei campi.
They falsely promise [that they will do many things]; they solemnly promise and make agreements, but they do not do what they promise. So people accuse and sue [each other in the courts]; they are like [SIM] poisonous weeds [that grow] in a plowed field.
5 Gli abitanti di Samaria saranno spaventati per le vitelle di Bet-aven; perciocchè il popolo del [vitello] farà cordoglio di esso; e i suoi Camari, che solevano festeggiar d'esso, [faranno cordoglio] della sua gloria; perciocchè si sarà dipartita da lui.
The people who live in Samaria [city] are worried about [what may happen to the idol that resembles] a calf [that they set up] at Beth-Aven [town]. The people in Samaria will mourn, and the priests there will cry about it [if it is damaged or destroyed]. [Previously] they shouted joyfully about its being very great; but now it will not be great any more.
6 Ed egli stesso sarà portato in Assiria, per presente al re protettore; Efraim riceverà vergogna, e Israele sarà confuso del suo consiglio.
It will be taken to Assyria to be a gift for the great King [of Assyria]. [So the people of] Israel will be disgraced, and they will be ashamed because [they trusted in] that idol.
7 Il re di Samaria perirà, come la schiuma in su l'acqua.
The King of Samaria [and the other people in Samaria] will be gone; they will be like [SIM] a twig [that floats away] on the surface of the water [and disappears].
8 E gli alti luoghi di Aven, [che sono] il peccato d'Israele, saran distrutti; spine, e triboli cresceranno sopra i loro altari, ed essi diranno a' monti: Copriteci; ed a' colli: Cadeteci addosso.
The altars on the tops of hills [where the people worshiped idols] will be destroyed; those have been the places where the people of Israel sinned greatly. Thorns and weeds will grow and cover those altars. Then the people will plead to the mountains and hills, ‘Fall [down and] cover us [to protect us from God punishing us]!’
9 O Israele, tu hai peccato da' giorni di Ghibea; là si presentarono [in battaglia], la quale non li colse in Ghibea, coi figliuoli d'iniquità.
[You people of] Israel, [ever since your ancestors did evil things] at Gibeah, you have continued to sin. [When the people at] [PRS] Gibeah [did evil things], the result was a war [in which thousands of people died].
10 Io li castigherò secondo il mio desiderio; e i popoli saran radunati contro a loro, quando saranno legati a' lor due peccati.
[So now], when I want to, I will punish the Israeli people. Because of the many sins that they have committed, [the armies of other] nations will gather to attack them, and they will cause the Israeli people to become their slaves.
11 Or Efraim [è] una giovenca ammaestrata, che ama di trebbiare; ma io passerò sopra la bellezza del suo collo; io farò tirar la carretta ad Efraim, Giuda arerà, Giacobbe erpicherà.
Israel is [like] [MET] a well-trained (heifer/young cow) that likes to thresh [grain]. [So now you will become slaves]. [It will be as though] I will put a yoke on your neck, and you will be forced to work hard for your enemies in their fields. [You people of] Israel and Judah [will be forced to go to Assyria]; there you [DOU] will pull plows to break up the ground [for planting seeds].
12 Fatevi [sementa] di giustizia, e mieterete ricolta di benignità; aratevi il campo novale; [egli è] pur tempo di cercare il Signore, finchè egli venga, e vi faccia piover giustizia.
[You plow your fields and plant your seeds] and harvest [your crops] [MET], [but what you need to do is] to act righteously and to faithfully love [me]; you need to repent [MET], because it is time to try to know [me], Yahweh; and if you do that, I will pour out [MET] many blessings on you.
13 Voi avete arata empietà, [ed] avete mietuta iniquità; voi avete mangiato il frutto di menzogna; conciossiachè tu ti sii confidato nelle tue vie, nella moltitudine de' tuoi [uomini] prodi.
You [plant seeds and harvest the crops and eat them]; [but what I consider that you have really done is] that you have planted wicked things and harvested evil things and eaten [MET] the results [IDM] of the lies [that you have told]. [Instead of trusting in me, ] you have (depended on/trusted in) your own power and in your many soldiers.
14 Perciò, si leverà uno stormo contro a' tuoi popoli, e tutte le tue fortezze saranno distrutte; siccome Salman ha distrutto Bet-arbel, nel giorno della battaglia; la madre sarà schiacciata sopra i figliuoli.
As a result, you will [soon] hear the roar of battle, and all your cities that have walls around them will be destroyed, like [SIM] Shalman’s [army] destroyed Beth-Arbel [city] in a battle, and the women [in that city] and their children were bashed to death.
15 Così vi farà Betel, per cagion della malvagità della vostra malizia; il re d'Israele perirà del tutto all'alba.
[You people of] [APO] Bethel [city], that is what will happen to you, because you are very wicked. And when the sun rises [on that day], the King of Israel will be killed [in the battle].”
