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.
¡Pon trompeta en tus labios! Un águila se precipita sobre la casa del Señor porque han quebrantado mi acuerdo y se han rebelado contra mi ley.
2 They will send up to me a cry for help: We, Israel, have knowledge of you, O God of Israel.
Israel invoca a mi: “¡Nuestro Dios, te conocemos!”
3 Israel has given up what is good; his haters will go after him.
Pero Israel ha rechazado lo que es bueno. Un enemigo los 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.
Nombraron reyes sin mi aprobación y eligieron príncipes sin hacérmelo saber. Elaboraron ídolos con su oro y su plata para su propia destrucción.
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?
¡Samaria, yo aborrezco el ídolo con figura de becerro que has hecho! ¡Mi ira arde contra ellos! ¿Hasta cuándo serán incapaces de ser buenos?
6 The workman made it, it is no god; the ox of Samaria will be broken into bits.
Este ídolo surgió de Israel y fue hecho por un artesano. ¡No es Dios! ¡El becerro de Samaria quedará hecho pedazos!
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.
Los que siembran viento, cosecharán tempestad. Los tallos no tienen granos, y no producirán harina. Incluso si produjera grano, los extranjeros lo devorarían.
8 Israel has come to destruction; now they are among the nations like a cup in which there is no pleasure.
Israel ha sido devorado. Entre las naciones son como cosa despreciable.
9 For they have gone up to Assyria like an ass going by himself; Ephraim has given money to get lovers.
Han acudido a Asiria como un asno errante y solitario. Efarín ha contratado amantes.
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.
Aunque han contratado aliados entre las naciones, yo las reuniré. Etonces se retorcerán bajo el agobio del gran rey.
11 Because Ephraim has been increasing altars for sin, altars have become a cause of sin to him.
¡Aún cuando Efarín construyó altares para presentar ofrendas por el pecado, se volvieron altares de pecado!
12 Though I put my law in writing for him in ten thousand rules, they are to him as a strange thing.
Yo les escribe muchos aspectos de mi ley, pero la consideraron como si fueran extranjeros.
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.
Vienen a presentarme sus sacrificios y se comen la carne, pero yo, el Señor, no los acepto. Ahora él recordará su maldad y los castigará por sus pecados. Ellos volverán a Egipto.
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 construido palacios. Judá ha construido ciudades fortificdas. Pero yo haré caer fuego sobre sus ciudades y consumiré sus castillos.
