Hosea 6
1 [The Israeli people say, ] “Come, let’s return to Yahweh! He has caused [us] to be injured, but he will heal us. He has caused [us] to be wounded, but [it is as though] he will put bandages on our wounds [MET].
«En su angustia me buscarán (diciendo): Venid, volvámonos a Yahvé,
2 After a very short time he will revive us; in less than three days he will restore us in order that we may live in his presence.
pues Él (nos) ha desgarrado, y Él nos sanará; Él ha herido, y nos vendará.
3 We must try to know Yahweh; [if we do that, ] he will come [and help] us, as surely as the sun rises [every morning], as surely as rain falls every winter/cold season, and as surely as the rain falls again (in the springtime/at the end of the cold season).”
Nos devolverá la vida después de dos días, y al tercero nos resucitará, y viviremos en su presencia. Conoceremos y-no desistiremos de conocer a Yahvé. Su venida es cierta como el alba; nos visitará como la lluvia, como la lluvia tardía que riega la tierra».
4 [But Yahweh knows they are insincere; ] [so he says to them, ] “You [people of] Israel, and you [people of] Judah, [I do not know] [RHQ] what I should do to you. Your being faithful [to me will disappear as quickly] as [SIM] the morning mist [disappears], like [SIM] the dew [on the ground] that disappears quickly [when the sun shines].
¿Qué haré contigo, oh Efraím? ¿Qué haré contigo, oh Judá? Vuestra piedad es como la nube de la mañana, desaparece como el rocío de la madrugada.
5 I warned [HYP] you by [the messages that I gave to] the prophets, [but you did not pay attention to my messages]. Therefore I will completely destroy you; the punishment that I give you will strike you like lightning.
Por eso los he tajado por medio de los profetas, los he matado por las palabras de mi boca; y tus castigos vendrán como relámpago.
6 I want [my people] to faithfully love [me] more than [I want them to offer] sacrifices [to me]; [I want them] to know me more than [I want them to] completely burn sacrifices [on the altar].
Pues misericordia quiero, y no sacrificio, y conocimiento de Dios más bien que holocaustos.
7 But they have refused to obey my agreement, [just] like Adam did; they have not been faithful to me.
Mas ellos, como Adán han violado la alianza; allí me han sido infieles.
8 Gilead is a city [full] of people who do wicked things; [in the streets] are the bloody footprints [of those who have murdered others].
Galaad es una ciudad de malhechores en que se ven huellas de sangre.
9 The priests are like [SIM] bandits who wait (in ambushes/along the road) to attack people; they murder [people who are walking] on the road to Shechem, and they commit other disgraceful crimes.
Y como bandidos que acechan a los hombres, así una banda de sacerdotes asesina en el camino de Siquem; verdaderamente obran la maldad.
10 I have seen horrible things [being done] in Israel [MTY]. The people have abandoned me [like prostitutes who have abandoned their husbands] [MET]; [so the people of] Israel have become unacceptable to me.
Cosas horribles he visto en la casa de Israel; allí se prostituye Efraím, allí se contamina Israel.
11 And you [people of] Judah, I have appointed a time when I will punish [MET] you, too. Whenever I wanted to enable my people to prosper again,”
Para ti también, oh Judá, está preparada una siega cuando Yo haga volver a los cautivos de mi pueblo.
