Hosea 10
1 “Israel was [like a large] healthy/luxuriant vine [MET] that produced [a lot of] grapes. But as the people became richer, they made more altars [at which to worship idols]. As the people prospered, they [built and] decorated sacred pillars [that they worshiped].
Era Israel una vid frondosa, cargada de frutos; pero cuanto más abundó su fruto, tanto mayor fue el número de sus altares; cuanto mejor su tierra, tanto más riqueza hubo en sus massebas.
2 They are deceitful; [so] now they are guilty and must be punished. [I], Yahweh, will tear down their altars and smash those pillars.
Está dividido su corazón, pagarán ahora sus culpas. Él hará pedazos sus altares, destruirá sus massebas.
3 Then they will say, ‘It is because we did not revere Yahweh that we no [longer] have a king. But [even if we had] a king, he certainly could not [RHQ] do anything to help us.’
Entonces dirán: “No tenemos rey porque no tememos a Yahvé, y ¿qué podrá hacer el rey por nosotros?”
4 They falsely promise [that they will do many things]; they solemnly promise and make agreements, but they do not do what they promise. So people accuse and sue [each other in the courts]; they are like [SIM] poisonous weeds [that grow] in a plowed field.
HabIan vanas palabras, juran en falso, hacen pactos; por eso el juicio brota como ajenjo en los surcos del campo.
5 The people who live in Samaria [city] are worried about [what may happen to the idol that resembles] a calf [that they set up] at Beth-Aven [town]. The people in Samaria will mourn, and the priests there will cry about it [if it is damaged or destroyed]. [Previously] they shouted joyfully about its being very great; but now it will not be great any more.
Los habitantes de Samaria están llenos de temor, por las novillas de Betaven; pues su pueblo llora por (el ídolo), y sus sacerdotes tiemblan por él porque queda desvanecida su gloria.
6 It will be taken to Assyria to be a gift for the great King [of Assyria]. [So the people of] Israel will be disgraced, and they will be ashamed because [they trusted in] that idol.
El ídolo mismo será llevado a Asiria, como presente para el rey vengador. Cubrirse de confusión Efraím, e Israel tendrá que avergonzarse de sus designios.
7 The King of Samaria [and the other people in Samaria] will be gone; they will be like [SIM] a twig [that floats away] on the surface of the water [and disappears].
Destruida será Samaria, quedando su rey como un pedazo de madera sobre las aguas.
8 The altars on the tops of hills [where the people worshiped idols] will be destroyed; those have been the places where the people of Israel sinned greatly. Thorns and weeds will grow and cover those altars. Then the people will plead to the mountains and hills, ‘Fall [down and] cover us [to protect us from God punishing us]!’
Serán destruidos los altos de Avén, el pecado de Israel; espinos y abrojos crecerán sobre sus altares. Entonces dirán a las montañas: ¡Cubridnos!; y a las colinas: ¡Caed sobre nosotros!
9 [You people of] Israel, [ever since your ancestors did evil things] at Gibeah, you have continued to sin. [When the people at] [PRS] Gibeah [did evil things], the result was a war [in which thousands of people died].
Desde los días de Gabaá, has pecado, oh Israel, allí han perseverado (en el pecado). ¿No los alcanzará en Gabaá la guerra contra los hijos de la maldad?
10 [So now], when I want to, I will punish the Israeli people. Because of the many sins that they have committed, [the armies of other] nations will gather to attack them, and they will cause the Israeli people to become their slaves.
Según mi deseo los castigaré; se congregarán contra ellos los pueblos, para castigarlos por su doble maldad.
11 Israel is [like] [MET] a well-trained (heifer/young cow) that likes to thresh [grain]. [So now you will become slaves]. [It will be as though] I will put a yoke on your neck, and you will be forced to work hard for your enemies in their fields. [You people of] Israel and Judah [will be forced to go to Assyria]; there you [DOU] will pull plows to break up the ground [for planting seeds].
Efraím es una novilla bien adiestrada, que ama la trilla; mas Yo pondré (el yugo) sobre su hermosa cerviz. Unciré a Efraím, Judá tirará del arado, y Jacob abrirá los surcos.
12 [You plow your fields and plant your seeds] and harvest [your crops] [MET], [but what you need to do is] to act righteously and to faithfully love [me]; you need to repent [MET], because it is time to try to know [me], Yahweh; and if you do that, I will pour out [MET] many blessings on you.
Sembrad en justicia y segaréis los frutos de la misericordia. Cultivad vuestra tierra inculta, pues tiempo es de buscar a Yahvé hasta que venga, para derramar sobre vosotros la justicia.
13 You [plant seeds and harvest the crops and eat them]; [but what I consider that you have really done is] that you have planted wicked things and harvested evil things and eaten [MET] the results [IDM] of the lies [that you have told]. [Instead of trusting in me, ] you have (depended on/trusted in) your own power and in your many soldiers.
Arasteis maldad, y cosechasteis iniquidad; comisteis el fruto de la mentira. Confiaste en tus propios planes, en la multitud de tus guerreros.
14 As a result, you will [soon] hear the roar of battle, and all your cities that have walls around them will be destroyed, like [SIM] Shalman’s [army] destroyed Beth-Arbel [city] in a battle, and the women [in that city] and their children were bashed to death.
Por eso se levantará tumulto entre tu gente, y todas tus fortalezas serán destruidas, como Salmán destruyó a Bet-Arbel, en el día de la batalla; cuando la madre fue estrellada juntamente con los hijos.
15 [You people of] [APO] Bethel [city], that is what will happen to you, because you are very wicked. And when the sun rises [on that day], the King of Israel will be killed [in the battle].”
Esto trajo sobre vosotros Betel, a causa de vuestra extrema maldad.
