Osee 2
1 Say to your brother, My people, and to your sister, Pitied.
“Ese día llamarás a tus hermanos Ammi, y a tus hermanas Ruhama.
2 Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, and I am not her husband: and I will remove her fornication out of my presence, and her adultery from between her breasts:
Condenen a su madre, condénenla porque no es mi esposa y yo no soy su esposo. Pídanle que deje de lucir como una prostituta, y que se quite el maquillaje y las vestiduras provocativas.
3 that I may strip her naked, and make her again as she was at the day of her birth: and I will make her desolate, and make her as a dry land, and will kill her with thirst.
“De lo contrario la dejaré desnuda, tal como el día en que nació, y la convertiré en un desierto, en un terreno árido, y la dejaré morir de sed.
4 And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they are children of fornication.
No tendré piedad de sus hijos porque son hijos de prostitución.
5 And their mother went a-whoring: she that bore them disgraced [them]: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, and my garments, and my linen clothes, my oil and my necessaries.
Pues su madre era un prostituta que los concibió de manera vergonzosa. Ella dijo: ‘Buscaré a mis amantes que me proveen comida y agua, así como la lana, el lino, el aceite de oliva y me dan de beber’.
6 Therefore, behold, I hedge up her way with thorns, and I will stop the ways, and she shall not find her path.
“Por eso voy a obstaculizar su camino con arbustos de espinas, y construiré un muro de piedra para detenerla y que no encuentre forma de continuar.
7 And she shall follow after her lovers, and shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: and she shall say, I will go, and return to my former husband; for it was better with me than now.
Cuando vaya en busca de sus amantes no podrá hallarlos; los buscará pero no los encontrará. Entonces dirá: ‘Volveré a mi ex esposo, porque estaba mejor con él que ahora’.
8 And she knew not that I gave her her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied silver to her: but she made silver and gold [images] for Baal.
“A ella se le olvidó que yo fui quien le dio grano, vino nuevo y aceite de oliva, así como la plata y el oro que le di en abundancia y que usaron para hacerle un ídolo a Baal.
9 Therefore I will return, and take away my corn in its season, and my wine in its time; and I will take away my raiment and my linen clothes, so that she shall not cover her nakedness.
Así que recuperaré mi grano maduro y mi nuevo vino que di en tiempo de cosecha. Recuperaré mi lana y el lino que le di para cubrir su desnudez.
10 And now I will expose her uncleanness before her lovers, and no one shall by any means deliver her out of my hand.
La dejaré desnuda ante la mirada de sus amantes, y ninguno podrá rescatarla de mi.
11 And I will take away all her gladness, her feasts, and her festivals at the new moon, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn assemblies.
Pondré fin a sus festividades: sus fiestas, celebraciones de luna nueva, sus días de reposo, y todos sus festivales.
12 And I will utterly destroy her vines, and her fig-trees, all things of which she said, These are my hire which my lovers have given me: and I will make them a testimony, and the wild beasts of the field, and the birds of the sky, and the reptiles of the earth shall devour them.
Destruiré sus viñedos e higueras que decía haber recibido como pago por ser una prostituta. Los convertiré en matorrales y solo los animales salvajes comerán de los frutos que queden.
13 And I will recompense on her the days of Baalim, wherein she sacrificed to them, and put on her ear-rings, and her necklaces, and went after her lovers, and forgot me, says the Lord.
Yo la castigaré por todas las veces que le ofreció incienso a Baal, vestida, usando anillos y joyas, buscando a sus amantes, y olvidándose de mi, dice el Señor.
14 Therefore, behold, I [will] cause her to err, and will make her as desolate, and will speak comfortably to her.
“Miren lo que voy a hacer: Haré que vuelva a mi, la llevaré al desierto, y allí hablaré a su corazón.
15 And I will giver her possessions from thence, and the valley of Achor to open her understanding: and she shall be afflicted there according to the days of her infancy, and according to the days of her coming up out of the land of Egypt.
Le devolveré los viñedos y convertiré el Valle de Acor en una puerta de esperanza. Ella me responderá de la misma manera que lo hizo cuando era joven, como cuando salió de Egipto.
16 And it shall come to pass in that day, says the Lord, [that] she shall call me, My husband, and shall no longer call me Baalim.
Ese día, dice el Señor, tú me volverás a llamar ‘mi esposo’ y no ‘mi Baal’.
17 And I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and their names shall be remembered no more at all.
Haré que deje de invocar a los baales, y sus nombres no serán mencionados nunca más.
18 And I will make for them in that day a covenant with the wild beasts of the field, and with the birds of the sky, and with the reptiles of the earth: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle from off the earth, and will cause you to dwell safely.
“En ese momento haré un acuerdo solemne con los animales salvajes y las aves del cielo, así como todo lo que se arrastra sobre el suelo. Voy a deshacerme del arco y la espada; aboliré la guerra de la tierra para que puedas acostarte en paz.
19 And I will betroth you to myself for ever; yes, I will betroth you to myself in righteousness, and in judgement, and in mercy, and in tender compassions;
Serás mi esposa para siempre. Te haré mi esposa en bondad y justicia.
20 and I will betroth you to myself in faithfulness: and you shall know the Lord.
Seré fiel a ti, mi esposa, y tú me reconocerás como el Señor.
21 And it shall come to pass in that day, says the Lord, I will listen to the heaven, and it shall listen to the earth;
Ese día, declara el Señor, yo le responderé a los cielos y ellos le responderán a la tierra.
22 and the earth shall listen to the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall listen to Jezrael.
La tierra responderá al grano, y al nuevo vino, y al aceite de oliva y ellos responderán ‘Jezreel’ (Dios muestra).
23 And I will sow her to me on the earth; and will love her that was not loved, and will say to that which was not my people, You are my people; and they shall say, You are the Lord my God.
Yo la ‘sembraré’ para mi mismo en la tierra. Amaré a Lo-ruhamah (no amada) y a Lo-ammi (no mi pueblo) le diré: ‘tú eres mi pueblo,’ y me dirá: ‘Tú eres mi Dios’”.
