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].
Vid frondosa es Israel. Produce fruto para sí mismo según la abundancia de su fruto. Él aumentó los altares según la abundancia de su tierra. Ellos embellecen sus estelas.
2 They are deceitful; [so] now they are guilty and must be punished. [I], Yahweh, will tear down their altars and smash those pillars.
El corazón de ellos es engañoso. Ahora son hallados culpables. Él derribará sus altares. Él arruinará sus estelas.
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.’
Porque ahora dicen: No tenemos rey. No respetamos a Yavé. En cuanto al rey, ¿qué puede hacer 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.
Hablan solo palabras. Con juramentos falsos hacen contratos y juran en vano. El juicio crece como hierba venenosa 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 temen a causa del becerro de Bet-avén, en verdad el pueblo hará lamento por él, y sus sacerdotes idólatras llorarán por él, porque salió de él 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.
Será llevado a Asiria como presente al rey Jareb. La vergüenza se adueña de Efraín. Israel se avergüenza de su propia decisión.
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].
El rey de Samaria es destruido, como una astilla sobre el agua.
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]!’
Los lugares altos de Avén, pecado de Israel, serán destruidos, y sobre sus altares crecerán espinos y cardos. Entonces dirán a las montañas: ¡Cúbrannos! Y a las colinas: ¡Caigan 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 Gabaa pecaste, oh Israel. Allí están firmes. ¿La batalla de Gabaa contra los inicuos no los alcanzó?
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.
Cuando lo desee, los castigaré. Los pueblos se reunirán contra ellos cuando sean atados por sus dos transgresiones.
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].
Efraín es una novilla domesticada a la cual le gusta trillar. Yo puse el yugo de bondad sobre su hermoso cuello. A Efraín le pondré el yugo. Judá tirará el arado. Jacob desmenuzará los terrones.
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.
Siembren para ustedes justicia. Cosechen para ustedes misericordia. Aren para ustedes barbecho, pues es tiempo de buscar a Yavé, hasta que Él venga y haga llover justicia sobre ustedes.
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.
Araron perversidad, cosecharon iniquidad, comieron el fruto de mentiras. Porque ustedes confiaron en su propio camino y en la multitud de sus valientes.
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 tanto, un tumulto surgirá entre tu pueblo, y todas tus fortalezas serán destruidas. Y Como Salmán destruyó a Bet-arbel el día de la batalla, la madre fue destrozada con sus 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].”
Así se hará con ustedes, Bet-ʼEl, por causa de su gran maldad. Al rayar el alba será cortado completamente el rey de Israel.
