Hosea 7
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Osea 7
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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. | Quand’ho voluto guarire Israele, allora s’è scoperta l’iniquità d’Efraim e la malvagità di Samaria; poiché praticano la falsità; il ladro entra, e i briganti scorrazzano fuori. |
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 non dicono in cuor loro che io tengo a mente tutta la loro malvagità. Ora le loro azioni li circondano; esse stanno davanti alla mia faccia. |
In their sin they make a king for themselves, and rulers in their deceit. | Essi rallegrano il re con la loro malvagità, e i capi con le loro menzogne. |
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. | Sono tutti degli adulteri; sono come un forno scaldato dal fornaio, che cessa d’attizzare il fuoco dacché ha intriso la pasta finché sia lievitata. |
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. | Nel giorno del nostro re, i capi si rendon malati a forza di scaldarsi col vino; il re stende la mano ai giullari. |
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. | Nelle loro insidie, essi rendono il cuor loro simile ad un forno; il loro fornaio dorme tutta la notte, e la mattina il forno arde come un fuoco divampante. |
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. | Tutti sono ardenti come un forno, e divorano i loro reggitori; tutti i loro re cadono, non ve n’è uno fra loro che gridi a me. |
Ephraim is mixed with the peoples; Ephraim is a cake not turned. | Efraim si mescola coi popoli, Efraim è una focaccia non rivoltata. |
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. | Degli stranieri divorano la sua forza, ed egli non vi pon mente; dei capelli bianche gli appaiono qua e là sul capo, ed egli non vi pon mente. |
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. | L’orgoglio d’Israele testimonia contro di lui, ma essi non tornano all’Eterno, al loro Dio, e non lo cercano, nonostante tutto questo. |
And Ephraim is like a foolish dove, without wisdom; they send out their cry to Egypt, they go to Assyria. | Efraim è come una colomba stupida e senza giudizio; essi invocano l’Egitto, vanno in Assiria. |
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. | Mentre andranno, io stenderò su loro la mia rete; ve li farò cascare, come gli uccelli del cielo; li castigherò, com’è stato annunziato alla loro raunanza. |
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. | Guai a loro, perché si sono sviati da me! Ruina su loro perché mi si son ribellati! Io li redimerei, ma essi dicon menzogne contro di me. |
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. | Essi non gridano a me col cuor loro, ma si lamentano sui loro letti; si radunano ansiosi per il grano ed il vino, e si ribellano a me! |
Though I have given training and strength to their arms, they have evil designs against me. | Io li ho educati, ho fortificato le loro braccia ma essi macchinano del male contro di me. |
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. | Essi tornano, ma non all’Altissimo; sono diventati come un arco fallace; i loro capi cadranno per la spada, a motivo della rabbia della lor lingua; nel paese d’Egitto si faran beffe di loro. |