Hosea 7
1 When I would have healed Israel, the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria, for they have committed falsehood, and the thief is come in to steal, the robber is without.
Cuando yo sanara a Israel, entonces la iniquidad de Efraín queda al descubierto, también la maldad de Samaria; ya que cometen falsedad, y el ladrón entra, y la banda de ladrones hace estragos en el exterior.
2 And lest they may say in their hearts, that I remember all their wickedness: their own devices now have beset them about, they have been done before my face.
No consideran en su corazón que me acuerdo de toda su maldad. Ahora sus propios actos los han engullido. Están ante mi cara.
3 They have made the king glad with their wickedness: and the princes with their lies.
Alegran al rey con su maldad, y los príncipes con sus mentiras.
4 They are all adulterers, like an oven heated by the baker: the city rested a little from the mingling of the leaven, till the whole was leavened.
Todos son adúlteros. Arden como un horno que el panadero deja de remover, desde el amasado de la masa, hasta su leudado.
5 The day of our king, the princes began to be mad with wine: he stretched out his hand with scorners.
En el día de nuestro rey, los príncipes se enfermaron con el calor del vino. Unió su mano con la de los burlones.
6 Because they have applied their heart like an oven, when he laid snares for them: he slept all the night baking them, in the morning he himself was heated as a flaming fire.
Porque han preparado su corazón como un horno, mientras están al acecho. Su ira arde toda la noche. Por la mañana arde como un fuego ardiente.
7 They were all heated like an oven, and have devoured their judges: all their kings have fallen: there is none amongst them that calleth unto me.
Están todos calientes como un horno, y devorar a sus jueces. Todos sus reyes han caído. No hay nadie entre ellos que me llame.
8 Ephraim himself is mixed among the nations: Ephraim is become as bread baked under the ashes, that is not turned.
Efraín se mezcla entre las naciones. Efraín es un panqueque no volteado.
9 Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knew it not: yea, grey hairs also are spread about upon him, and he is ignorant of it.
Los extraños han devorado su fuerza, y no se da cuenta. De hecho, las canas están aquí y allá en él, y no se da cuenta.
10 And the pride of Israel shall be humbled before his face: and they have not returned to the Lord their God, nor have they sought him in all these.
La soberbia de Israel da testimonio de su rostro; pero no han vuelto a Yahvé, su Dios, ni lo buscó, por todo esto.
11 And Ephraim is become as a dove that is decoyed, not having a heart: they called upon Egypt, they went to the Assyrians.
“Efraín es como una paloma fácil de engañar, sin entendimiento. Llaman a Egipto. Van a Asiria.
12 And when they shall go, I will spread my net upon them: I will bring them down as the fowl of the air, I will strike them as their congregation hath heard.
Cuando se vayan, extenderé mi red sobre ellos. Los haré descender como las aves del cielo. Los castigaré, como ha oído su congregación.
13 Woe to them, for they have departed from me: they shall be wasted because they have transgressed against me: and I redeemed them: and they have spoken lies against me.
¡Ay de ellos! Porque se han alejado de mí. ¡Destrucción para ellos! Porque se han ensañado conmigo. Aunque los redimiría, sin embargo, han dicho mentiras contra mí.
14 And they have not cried to me with their heart, but they howled in their beds: they have thought upon wheat and wine, they are departed from me.
No han clamado a mí con el corazón, pero aúllan en sus camas. Se reúnen por el grano y el vino nuevo. Se alejan de mí.
15 And I have chastised them, and strengthened their arms: and they have imagined evil against me.
Aunque he enseñado y fortalecido sus brazos, sin embargo, traman el mal contra mí.
16 They returned, that they might be without yoke: they became like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword, for the rage of their tongue. This is their derision in the land of Egypt.
Vuelven, pero no al Altísimo. Son como un arco defectuoso. Sus príncipes caerán a espada por la furia de su lengua. Esta será su burla en la tierra de Egipto.
