Hosea 4
1 Listen to the word of the Lord, sons of Israel, for the Lord is judge of the inhabitants of the land. Yet there is no truth, and there is no mercy, and there is no knowledge of God, in the land.
Oigan la Palabra de Yavé, oh hijos de Israel. Porque Yavé contiende con los habitantes de la tierra, porque no hay verdad ni compasión ni conocimiento de ʼElohim en la tierra,
2 Slander, and lying, and killing, and theft, and adultery have overflowed, and bloodshed has brought more bloodshed.
Sino propagan el juramento falso y la mentira, el asesinato, el robo y el adulterio prevalecen. Uno tras otro suceden los homicidios.
3 Because of this, the land will mourn, and all who dwell in it will languish, with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air. And the fishes of the sea also will be gathered together.
Por eso la tierra tendrá luto, y todos los que la habitan desfallecerán juntamente con las bestias del campo y las aves del cielo. También los peces del mar perecerán.
4 So, truly, let each and every one not judge, and let no man be accused, for your people are just like those who speak against the priesthood.
Pero nadie acuse ni reprenda a otro, porque, oh sacerdote, mi contienda es contigo.
5 And you will be ruined on this day, and now the prophet will be ruined with you. In the night, I have made your mother to be silent.
Por tanto, tropezarás de día y el profeta tropezará contigo de noche.
6 My people have become silent because they had no knowledge. Since you have rejected knowledge, I will drive you away; you do not perform the duties of the priesthood for me, and you have forgotten the law of your God, and so I will forget your sons.
Porque mi pueblo perece por falta de conocimiento. Porque desechaste el conocimiento, Yo te echaré del sacerdocio. Porque olvidaste la Ley de tu ʼElohim, también Yo me olvidaré de tus hijos,
7 According to the multitude of them, so have they sinned against me. I will change their glory into disgrace.
Que cuanto más se multiplican, más pecan contra Mí. Cambiaré su resplandor en vergüenza.
8 They will devour the sins of my people, and they will lift up their souls towards their iniquity.
Se alimentan con las ofrendas por el pecado de mi pueblo, y a su iniquidad elevan su anhelo.
9 And, just as it is with the people, so will it be with the priest; and I will visit their ways upon them, and I will repay them for their intentions.
Como es el pueblo así es el sacerdote. Los castigaré por sus caminos y les pagaré según sus obras.
10 And they will eat and not be satisfied. They have been committing fornication, and they did not cease. Since they have abandoned the Lord, they will not be safeguarded.
Comerán y no se saciarán, fornicarán y no se multiplicarán, porque abandonaron a Yavé.
11 Fornication, and wine, and drunkenness, have taken away their heart.
Fornicación, vino y mosto quitan el entendimiento.
12 My people have inquired of their stave, and their staff has announced to them. For the spirit of fornication has deceived them, and they have been fornicating before their God.
Mi pueblo consulta al leño, y el palo le responde. Porque un espíritu de prostitución lo extravió, y se prostituyeron contra su ʼElohim.
13 They have offered sacrifice on the tops of the mountains and burnt incense on the hills, under the oak, and the poplar, and the terebinth tree, because its shadow was good; therefore, your daughters will commit fornication and your spouses will be adulteresses.
Sobre las cumbres de las montañas ofrecen sacrificios y queman incienso sobre las colinas debajo del roble, del álamo y del olmo, porque su sombra es agradable. Por eso sus hijas fornican y sus nueras cometen adulterio.
14 I will not send afflictions on your daughters, when they will commit fornication, nor on your spouses, when they will commit adultery, because you yourselves have associated with harlots and have offered sacrifice with the effeminate, and because the people who do not understand will be defeated.
Yo no castigaré a sus hijas cuando se prostituyan, ni a sus nueras cuando adulteren, porque los hombres se van con las prostitutas y con las prostitutas sagradas ofrecen sacrificios. El pueblo sin entendimiento se arruina.
15 If you commit fornication, Israel, at least let Judah not commit offenses; and do not be willing to enter into Gilgal, nor to ascend to Bethaven, and neither should you swear, “As the Lord lives.”
Aunque tú, Israel te prostituyas, que Judá no sea culpable. Tampoco vaya a Gilgal, ni suba a Bet-avén, ni jure al decir: ¡Vive Yavé!
16 For Israel has gone astray like a wanton heifer; so now the Lord will pasture them like a young lamb in a wide expanse.
Puesto que Israel es terco como novilla indómita, ¿Yavé lo pastoreará como cordero en el campo?
17 Ephraim participates in idolatry, so send him away.
Efraín se apegó a los ídolos. ¡Déjalo!
18 Their feasting has been set aside; they have committed fornication after fornication. They love to bring disgrace to their protectors.
Su embriaguez es rebelión. Ciertamente cometen prostitución, y sus gobernantes aman mucho el deshonor.
19 The wind has fastened them to its wings, and they will be confounded because of their sacrifices.
El viento los ató en sus alas, y serán avergonzados a causa de sus sacrificios.
