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].
Israel es una vid ramificada, llena de fruto; a medida que aumenta su fruto, también aumenta el número de sus altares; conforme a la riqueza de su tierra, también aumentaron sus imágenes.
2 They are deceitful; [so] now they are guilty and must be punished. [I], Yahweh, will tear down their altars and smash those pillars.
Su corazón será dividido; ahora serán hallados culpables: Él Señor derribará sus altares y destruirá sus pilares.
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.’
Ahora, en verdad, dirán: No tenemos rey, porque no tememos al Señor; y el 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.
Sus palabras son necias; hacen acuerdos con falsos juramentos, por lo que el castigo surgirá como una planta venenosa en un campo arado.
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.
La gente de Samaria se llenará de miedo a causa del buey de Bet-aven; su gente tendrá pena por ello, y sus sacerdotes darán gritos de dolor por su gloria, porque la gloria se ha ido volando.
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.
Y se lo llevarán a Asiria y como tributo se lo darán al gran rey; la vergüenza vendrá sobre Efraín, e Israel será avergonzado de su consejo.
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].
En cuanto a Samaria, su rey está destruido, como la espuma en 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]!’
Y los lugares altos de Avén, el pecado de Israel, serán destruidos; espinas y plantas de desecho subirán a sus altares; Ellos dirán a las montañas: Cubrenos y a las colinas, desciende 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].
Oh Israel, has hecho lo malo desde los días de Gabaa; allí tomaron su posición, para que la lucha contra los hijos del mal no los alcanzará en Guibea.
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.
Vendré y les castigaré; y los pueblos se unirán contra ellos cuando les dé la recompensa de sus dos pecados.
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].
Y Efraín es una novilla entrenada, que se complace en machacar el grano; pero le he puesto un yugo en su hermoso cuello; pondré un jinete a lomos de Efraín; Judá estará trabajando el arado, Jacob estará labrarando la tierra.
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.
Siembra la semilla de la justicia, cosecha conforme a la misericordia, rompan la tierra para sembrar, porque es tiempo de buscar al Señor, hasta que él venga y les enseñe 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.
Has estado arando el pecado, has cosechado la injusticia, el fruto del engaño ha sido tu alimento, porque pusiste fe en tu camino, en el número de tus hombres de guerra.
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.
Entonces se levantará un gran clamor entre tu pueblo, y todas tus fortalezas serán destruidas, como Bet-arbel fue destruida por Salman en el día de la guerra, como la madre fue despedazada en las rocas 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 será hecho en Betel por su gran maldad; al amanecer, el rey de Israel será destruido por completo.
