Hosea 12
1 Ephraim's food is the wind, and he goes after the east wind: deceit and destruction are increasing day by day; they make an agreement with Assyria, and take oil into Egypt.
Efraín se apacienta de viento, y persigue al viento del este. Mentiras y destrucción aumentan continuamente. Además hizo un pacto con Asiria, y lleva el aceite de Egipto.
2 The Lord has a cause against Judah, and will give punishment to Jacob for his ways; he will give him the reward of his acts.
Yavé tiene pleito con Judá. Castigará a Jacob conforme a sus caminos. Le pagará según sus obras.
3 In the body of his mother he took his brother by the foot, and in his strength he was fighting with God;
En el vientre tomó por el talón a su hermano, y en su madurez luchó con ʼElohim.
4 He had a fight with the angel and overcame him; he made request for grace to him with weeping; he came face to face with him in Beth-el and there his words came to him;
Luchó con el Ángel y prevaleció. Lloró, y le imploró gracia. En Bet-ʼEl lo encontró, y allí habló con nosotros.
5 Even the Lord, the God of armies; the Lord is his name.
¡Sí, Yavé es el ʼElohim de las huestes! ¡Yavé es su nombre!
6 So then, come back to your God; keep mercy and right, and be waiting at all times on your God.
Tú, pues, devuélvete hacia tu ʼElohim. Practica la bondad y la justicia, y espera siempre en tu ʼElohim.
7 As for Canaan, the scales of deceit are in his hands; he takes pleasure in twisted ways.
Mercader que tiene en su mano balanza falsa es amigo de oprimir.
8 And Ephraim said, Now I have got wealth and much property; in all my works no sin may be seen in me.
Dijo Efraín: Me enriquecí ciertamente. Hallé riqueza para mí. En todas mis labores no hallarán en mí alguna iniquidad que sea pecado.
9 But I am the Lord your God from the land of Egypt; I will give you tents for your living-places again as in the days of the holy meeting.
Sin embargo, desde la tierra de Egipto Yo soy Yavé tu ʼElohim. Aún te haré vivir en tiendas, como en los días de la solemnidad.
10 My word came to the ears of the prophets and I gave them visions in great number, and by the mouths of the prophets I made use of comparisons.
Porque también hablé a los profetas. Multipliqué visiones y por medio de los profetas expuse parábolas.
11 In Gilead there is evil. They are quite without value; in Gilgal they make offerings of oxen; truly their altars are like masses of stones in the hollows of a ploughed field.
¿Hay iniquidad en Galaad? Solo son vanidad. En Gilgal sacrificaban becerros, pero sus altares son como pilas de piedras junto a los surcos del campo.
12 And Jacob went in flight into the field of Aram, and Israel became a servant for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
Huyó Jacob a la tierra de Aram. Israel sirvió para adquirir esposa, y por una esposa cuidó ovejas.
13 And by a prophet the Lord made Israel come up out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was kept safe.
Por medio de un profeta Yavé sacó a Israel de Egipto, y por medio de un profeta fue preservado.
14 I have been bitterly moved to wrath by Ephraim; so that his blood will be on him, and the Lord will make his shame come back on him.
Efraín lo provocó a amarga ira. Por tanto, ʼAdonay dejará sobre él la culpa de sangre y hará volver sobre él su oprobio.
