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 la trompeta en tus labios! Algo así como un águila está sobre la casa de Yahvé, porque han roto mi pacto y se rebelaron contra mi ley.
2 My Israeli people cry out to me, ‘Our God, we know that you are our God!’
Me gritan: ‘¡Dios mío, nosotros, Israel, te reconocemos!
3 But because the Israeli people have rejected what is good, their enemies will pursue them.
Israel ha abandonado lo que es bueno. El enemigo lo 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.
Han puesto reyes, pero no por mí. Han hecho príncipes, y yo no lo he aprobado. De su plata y su oro se han hecho ídolos, para que sean cortados.
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?
¡Que Samaria arroje su ídolo del becerro! ¡Mi ira arde contra ellos! ¿Cuánto tiempo pasará hasta que sean capaces de la pureza?
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 esto es incluso de Israel! El obrero lo hizo, y no es Dios; En efecto, el becerro de Samaria será despedazado.
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 ellos siembran el viento, y cosecharán el torbellino. No tiene grano en pie. El tallo no producirá ninguna cabeza. Si cede, los extraños se lo tragarán.
8 [The people of] Israel will be defeated [MET] [by their enemies]; they will be [scattered] among other nations and become worthless.
Israel es tragado. Ahora están entre las naciones como una cosa sin valor.
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.
Porque han subido a Asiria, como un burro salvaje que vaga solo. Efraín ha contratado amantes para sí mismo.
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.
Pero aunque se vendieron entre las naciones, Ahora los reuniré; y comienzan a consumirse a causa de la opresión del rey de los poderosos.
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.
Porque Efraín ha multiplicado los altares para pecar, se convirtieron para él en altares para pecar.
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.
Le escribí las muchas cosas de mi ley, pero fueron considerados como algo extraño.
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.
En cuanto a los sacrificios de mis ofrendas, sacrifican carne y la comen, pero Yahvé no los acepta. Ahora se acordará de su iniquidad, y castigar sus pecados. 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.”
Porque Israel se ha olvidado de su Hacedor y ha construido palacios; y Judá ha multiplicado las ciudades fortificadas; pero yo enviaré un fuego sobre sus ciudades, y devorará sus fortalezas”.
