Osee 11
1 Early in the morning were they cast off, the king of Israel has been cast off: for Israel is a child, and I loved him, and out of Egypt have I called his children.
Yo amé a Israel desde que era un niño. Es mi hijo a quien saqué de Egipto.
2 As I called them, so they departed from my presence: they sacrificed to Baalim, and burnt incense to graven images.
Así como los llamaban, iban: presentaron sacrificios a Baal y ofrecieron incienso a los ídolos.
3 Yet I bound the feet of Ephraim, I took him on my arm; but they knew not that I healed them.
Yo mismo enseñé a Efraín a caminar, llevándolo de la mano, pero no reconocieron que yo era su sanador.
4 When men were destroyed, I drew them with the bands of my love: and I will be to them as a man striking [another] on his cheek: and I will have respect to him, I will prevail with him.
Los conduje con cuerdas de bondad, con lazos de amor. Yo era quien aliviaba su carga y me agachaba para alimentarlos.
5 Ephraim lived in Egypt; and [as for] the Assyrian, he was his king, because he would not return.
Sin embargo, como mi pueblo se niega a regresar a mi, tampoco volverán a la tierra de Egipto sino que Asiria será su rey.
6 And in his cities he prevailed not with the sword, and he ceased [to war] with his hands: and they shall eat [of the fruit] of their own devices:
Habrá guerra en sus ciudades que porndrá fin a su jactancia y destruirá sus planes.
7 and his people [shall] cleave fondly to their habitation; but God shall be angry with his precious things, and shall not at all exalt him.
Mi pueblo insiste en su apostasía. Lo llaman “dios en lo alto” pero él no los levnatará.
8 How shall I deal with you, Ephraim? [how] shall I protect you, Israel? what shall I do with you? I will make you as Adama, and as Seboim; my heart is turned at once, my repentance is powerfully excited.
¿Cómo podría abandonarte, Efraín? ¿Cómo podría dejarte ir, Israel? ¿Cómo podría hacer contigo lo mismo que con Adamá? ¿Cómo podría tratarte como a Seboín? Mi corazón se hace pedazos, y reboso en compasión.
9 I will not act according to the fury of my wrath, I will not abandon Ephraim to be utterly destroyed: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One within you: and I will not enter into the city.
No cederé al ardor de mi ira, no destruiré a Efraín de nuevo. Porque yo soy Dios, y no un ser humano. Yo soy el Santo que vive entre ustedes. No entraré en sus ciudades.
10 I will go after the Lord: he shall utter [his voice] as a lion: for he shall roar, and the children of the waters shall be amazed.
El pueblo me segirá a mi, al Señor. El Señor rugirá como león y entonces sus hijos vendrán temblando desde el oeste.
11 They shall be amazed [and fly] as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of the Assyrians: and I will restore them to their houses, says the Lord.
Como una bandada de aves, vendrán desde Egipto. Como palomas vendrán de Asiria, y yo los traeré de nuevo a casa, dice el Señor.
12 Ephraim has compassed me with falsehood, and the house of Israel and Juda with ungodliness: [but] now God knows them, and they shall be called God's holy people.
Efraín me rodea con sus mentiras e Israel con engaño. Judá aún anda errante con algún dios, fiel a algún “Santo”.
