Hosea 8
1 Put the horn to your mouth. He comes like an eagle against the house of the Lord; because they have gone against my agreement, they have not kept my law.
¡A tu boca la trompeta! Cual águila (viene el enemigo) sobre la casa de Yahvé; por cuanto han violado mi alianza y pecado contra mi Ley.
2 They will send up to me a cry for help: We, Israel, have knowledge of you, O God of Israel.
Claman a Mí: «¡Dios mío; nosotros, los de Israel, te hemos reconocido!»
3 Israel has given up what is good; his haters will go after him.
lsrael ha desechado el bien; por eso el enemigo le perseguirá.
4 They have put up kings, but not by me; they have made princes, but I had no knowledge of it; they have made images of silver and gold, so that they may be cut off.
Se dieron reyes, pero no por Mí, se constituyeron príncipes, que Yo no conocí; de su plata y de su oro se hicieron ídolos para su propia perdición.
5 I will have nothing to do with your young ox, O Samaria; my wrath is burning against them; how long will it be before the children of Israel make themselves clean?
Tu becerro, oh Samaria, me da asco; se ha encendido contra ellos mi ira. ¿Hasta cuándo serán incapaces de purificarse?
6 The workman made it, it is no god; the ox of Samaria will be broken into bits.
Pues ese (becerro) es obra de Israel; lo hizo un artífice, y no es Dios; por eso será hecho pedazos el becerro de Samaria.
7 For they have been planting the wind, and their fruit will be the storm; his grain has no stem, it will give no meal, and if it does, a strange nation will take it.
Porque sembraron viento recogerán torbellino; no tendrán frutos, el trigo no dará harina; y si la diere, se la comerán los extranjeros.
8 Israel has come to destruction; now they are among the nations like a cup in which there is no pleasure.
Devorado ha sido Israel; está ahora entre las naciones como un vaso inmundo.
9 For they have gone up to Assyria like an ass going by himself; Ephraim has given money to get lovers.
Pues ellos subieron a Asiria, la cual es como el asno montés que anda solitario. Efraím se compra amantes por medio de regalos.
10 But though they give money to the nations for help, still I will send them in all directions; and in a short time they will be without a king and rulers.
Mas aunque den regalos a las naciones, ahora voy a juntarlas (contra ellos), y por algún tiempo temblarán bajo la carga del rey de los príncipes.
11 Because Ephraim has been increasing altars for sin, altars have become a cause of sin to him.
Efraím ha multiplicado los altares para pecar; esos altares han sido el origen de su pecado.
12 Though I put my law in writing for him in ten thousand rules, they are to him as a strange thing.
Yo le prescribí muchas leyes, mas son reputadas como cosa extraña.
13 He gives the offerings of his lovers, and takes the flesh for food; but the Lord has no pleasure in them; now he will keep in mind their evil-doing and give them the punishment of their sins; they will go back to Egypt.
Me presentan sacrificios, pero después de degollar la víctima se la comen ellos mismos. Yahvé no los acepta; ahora mismo se acordará de su iniquidad y castigará su pecado. ¡A Egipto volverán!
14 For Israel has no memory of his Maker, and has put up the houses of kings; and Judah has made great the number of his walled towns. But I will send a fire on his towns and put an end to his great houses.
Israel se ha olvidado de su Hacedor, y ha edificado templos; y Judá se ha hecho muchas plazas fuertes. Por eso enviaré fuego a sus ciudades, que devorará sus palacios.
