Hosea 8
1 [Yahweh said to me], “Blow [MTY] your trumpet [to warn the people]! My people have rejected the agreement that I made with them, and they have rebelled against [obeying] my laws. Therefore, [their enemies] are swooping down on my people’s country like [SIM] an eagle.
¡A tu boca la trompeta! Cual águila (viene el enemigo) sobre la casa de Yahvé; por cuanto han violado mi alianza y pecado contra mi Ley.
2 My Israeli people cry out to me, ‘Our God, we know that you are our God!’
Claman a Mí: «¡Dios mío; nosotros, los de Israel, te hemos reconocido!»
3 But because the Israeli people have rejected what is good, their enemies will pursue them.
lsrael ha desechado el bien; por eso el enemigo le perseguirá.
4 The Israel people appointed [their last three] kings, but they did not ask me if I agreed to [what they were doing]. They chose their own leaders without asking if I would approve of them. They used their own silver and gold to make for themselves idols, and doing that led them to be destroyed.
Se dieron reyes, pero no por Mí, se constituyeron príncipes, que Yo no conocí; de su plata y de su oro se hicieron ídolos para su propia perdición.
5 You people of Samaria, throw away your [idol that resembles a] calf! I am extremely angry with you people! How long [RHQ] will you [do things that cause] you to be unacceptable to me?
Tu becerro, oh Samaria, me da asco; se ha encendido contra ellos mi ira. ¿Hasta cuándo serán incapaces de purificarse?
6 [Someone in] Israel made that idol for you; [but I am] God and it is not. So that idol of a calf in Samaria must be smashed to pieces.
Pues ese (becerro) es obra de Israel; lo hizo un artífice, y no es Dios; por eso será hecho pedazos el becerro de Samaria.
7 [The foolish thing that the people of Israel have done is like] [MET] trying to plant wind; but what they harvest will be like [MET] a whirlwind. So the grain that they planted will have no heads [on the stalks], and as a result [there will be no grain] from which to make flour. And if it did produce good grain, foreigners would [come and] steal it.
Porque sembraron viento recogerán torbellino; no tendrán frutos, el trigo no dará harina; y si la diere, se la comerán los extranjeros.
8 [The people of] Israel will be defeated [MET] [by their enemies]; they will be [scattered] among other nations and become worthless.
Devorado ha sido Israel; está ahora entre las naciones como un vaso inmundo.
9 Like [MET] donkeys that are looking for mates, they have requested [help] from Assyria; they paid money to [the leaders of Assyria] in order to [persuade those leaders to] protect them.
Pues ellos subieron a Asiria, la cual es como el asno montés que anda solitario. Efraím se compra amantes por medio de regalos.
10 But although they have agreed to pay money each year to [the leaders of] those countries, I will soon gather them together [to punish them]. The great King [of Assyria] will cause them to suffer greatly.
Mas aunque den regalos a las naciones, ahora voy a juntarlas (contra ellos), y por algún tiempo temblarán bajo la carga del rey de los príncipes.
11 Although [the people of] Israel built many altars to present offerings [to their idols] to take away [their guilt for] sinning, those altars have become places where they commit [more] sins.
Efraím ha multiplicado los altares para pecar; esos altares han sido el origen de su pecado.
12 I wrote many laws for them, but they disregarded them, saying that [they did not have to obey them because] they were different from laws that they had known previously.
Yo le prescribí muchas leyes, mas son reputadas como cosa extraña.
13 They offer sacrifices to me, and they eat [some of] the meat of those sacrifices, [which is what I permitted them to do]. But I, Yahweh, am not pleased with those sacrifices. I remember the evil things that they have done, and I will punish them for the sins that they have committed: I will force them to [go to other countries] [and become slaves like they were] [MET] in Egypt.
Me presentan sacrificios, pero después de degollar la víctima se la comen ellos mismos. Yahvé no los acepta; ahora mismo se acordará de su iniquidad y castigará su pecado. ¡A Egipto volverán!
14 [The people of] Israel have abandoned/forgotten me, the one who created their [nation]; they have built palaces, and [the people of] Judah have built walls around many towns. But I will send a fire that will destroy all their cities and their fortresses.”
Israel se ha olvidado de su Hacedor, y ha edificado templos; y Judá se ha hecho muchas plazas fuertes. Por eso enviaré fuego a sus ciudades, que devorará sus palacios.
