Hosea 8
1 Let there be a trumpet in your throat, like an eagle over the house of the Lord, on behalf of those who have transgressed my covenant and violated 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 call on me: “O my God, we, Israel, know you.”
Israel invoca a mi: “¡Nuestro Dios, te conocemos!”
3 Israel has thrown away goodness; the enemy will overtake him.
Pero Israel ha rechazado lo que es bueno. Un enemigo los perseguirá.
4 They have reigned, but not by me. Leaders have emerged, and I did not recognize them. Their silver and their gold, they have made into idols for themselves, so that they might cross over.
Nombraron reyes sin mi aprobación y eligieron príncipes sin hacérmelo saber. Elaboraron ídolos con su oro y su plata para su propia destrucción.
5 Your calf, Samaria, has been rejected. My fury has been enraged against them. How long will they be incapable of being cleansed?
¡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 For it is itself also from Israel: a workman made it, and it is not God. For the calf of Samaria will be used for the webs of spiders.
Este ídolo surgió de Israel y fue hecho por un artesano. ¡No es Dios! ¡El becerro de Samaria quedará hecho pedazos!
7 For they will sow wind and reap a whirlwind. It does not have a firm stalk; the bud will yield no grain. But if it does yield, strangers will eat 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 been devoured. Now, among the nations, it has become like an unclean vessel.
Israel ha sido devorado. Entre las naciones son como cosa despreciable.
9 For they have gone up to Assur, a wild ass alone by himself. Ephraim has given presents to his lovers.
Han acudido a Asiria como un asno errante y solitario. Efarín ha contratado amantes.
10 But even when they will have brought the nations together for the sake of money, now I will assemble them. And they will rest for a little while from the burden of the king and the leaders.
Aunque han contratado aliados entre las naciones, yo las reuniré. Etonces se retorcerán bajo el agobio del gran rey.
11 For Ephraim multiplied altars to sin, and sanctuaries have become an offense for him.
¡Aún cuando Efarín construyó altares para presentar ofrendas por el pecado, se volvieron altares de pecado!
12 I will write to him my intricate laws, which have been treated like strangers.
Yo les escribe muchos aspectos de mi ley, pero la consideraron como si fueran extranjeros.
13 They will offer victims, they will immolate flesh and will eat, and the Lord will not accept them. For now he will remember their iniquity, and he will repay their sins: they will be turned 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 And Israel has forgotten his Maker and has built shrines. And Judah has increased its fortified cities. And I will send fire upon his cities, and it will devour its structures.
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.
