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.
¡Pon trompeta en tus labios! Un águila se precipita sobre la casa del Señor porque han quebrantado mi acuerdo y se han rebelado contra mi ley.
2 My Israeli people cry out to me, ‘Our God, we know that you are our God!’
Israel invoca a mi: “¡Nuestro Dios, te conocemos!”
3 But because the Israeli people have rejected what is good, their enemies will pursue them.
Pero Israel ha rechazado lo que es bueno. Un enemigo los 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.
Nombraron reyes sin mi aprobación y eligieron príncipes sin hacérmelo saber. Elaboraron ídolos con su oro y su plata para su propia destrucción.
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?
¡Samaria, yo aborrezco el ídolo con figura de becerro que has hecho! ¡Mi ira arde contra ellos! ¿Hasta cuándo serán incapaces de ser buenos?
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.
Este ídolo surgió de Israel y fue hecho por un artesano. ¡No es Dios! ¡El becerro de Samaria quedará hecho pedazos!
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.
Los que siembran viento, cosecharán tempestad. Los tallos no tienen granos, y no producirán harina. Incluso si produjera grano, los extranjeros lo devorarían.
8 [The people of] Israel will be defeated [MET] [by their enemies]; they will be [scattered] among other nations and become worthless.
Israel ha sido devorado. Entre las naciones son como cosa despreciable.
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.
Han acudido a Asiria como un asno errante y solitario. Efarín ha contratado amantes.
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.
Aunque han contratado aliados entre las naciones, yo las reuniré. Etonces se retorcerán bajo el agobio del gran rey.
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.
¡Aún cuando Efarín construyó altares para presentar ofrendas por el pecado, se volvieron altares de 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 les escribe muchos aspectos de mi ley, pero la consideraron como si fueran extranjeros.
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.
Vienen a presentarme sus sacrificios y se comen la carne, pero yo, el Señor, no los acepto. Ahora él recordará su maldad y los castigará por sus pecados. Ellos volverán a Egipto.
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 construido palacios. Judá ha construido ciudades fortificdas. Pero yo haré caer fuego sobre sus ciudades y consumiré sus castillos.
