Hosea 12
1 Ephraim chases the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.
Ephraim se apacienta del viento, y sigue al solano: mentira y destrucción aumenta continuamente; porque hicieron alianza con los Asirios, y aceite se lleva á Egipto.
2 The LORD also brings a charge against Judah. He will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds.
Pleito tiene Jehová con Judá para visitar á Jacob conforme á sus caminos: pagarále conforme á sus obras.
3 In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, and in his vigor he wrestled with God.
En el vientre tomó por el calcañar á su hermano, y con su fortaleza venció al ángel.
4 Yes, he struggled with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought His favor; he found Him at Bethel and spoke with Him there —
Venció al ángel, y prevaleció; lloró, y rogóle: en Beth-el le halló, y allí habló con nosotros.
5 the LORD is the God of Hosts— the LORD is His name of renown.
Mas Jehová es Dios de los ejércitos: Jehová es su memorial.
6 But you must return to your God, maintaining love and justice, and always waiting on your God.
Tú pues, conviértete á tu Dios: guarda misericordia y juicio, y en tu Dios espera siempre.
7 A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.
[Es] mercader [que] tiene en su mano peso falso, amador de opresión.
8 And Ephraim boasts: “How rich I have become! I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors, they can find in me no iniquity that is sinful.”
Y dijo Ephraim: Ciertamente yo he enriquecido, hallado he riquezas para mí: nadie hallará en mí iniquidad, ni pecado en todos mis trabajos.
9 But I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt. I will again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the appointed feast.
Empero yo soy Jehová tu Dios desde la tierra de Egipto: aun te haré morar en tiendas, como en los días de la fiesta.
10 I spoke through the prophets and multiplied their visions; I gave parables through the prophets.
Y hablado he á los profetas, y yo aumenté la profecía, y por mano de los profetas puse semejanzas.
11 Is there iniquity in Gilead? They will surely come to nothing. Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Indeed, their altars will be heaps of stones in the furrows of the field.
¿Es Galaad iniquidad? Ciertamente vanidad han sido: en Gilgal sacrificaron bueyes: y aun son sus altares como montones en los surcos del campo.
12 Jacob fled to the land of Aram and Israel worked for a wife— for a wife he tended sheep.
Mas Jacob huyó á tierra de Aram, y sirvió Israel por mujer, y por mujer fué pastor.
13 But by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.
Y por profeta hizo subir Jehová á Israel de Egipto, y por profeta fué guardado.
14 Ephraim has provoked bitter anger, so his Lord will leave his bloodguilt upon him and repay him for his contempt.
Enojado ha Ephraim [á Dios] con amarguras; por tanto, sus sangres se derramarán sobre él, y su Señor le pagará su oprobio.
