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 tu boca. Él viene como un águila contra la casa del Señor; porque han ido en contra de mi pacto, no han guardado mi ley.
2 My Israeli people cry out to me, ‘Our God, we know that you are our God!’
Clamarán a mi: Nosotros, Israel, te conocemos, oh Dios de Israel.
3 But because the Israeli people have rejected what is good, their enemies will pursue them.
Israel ha renunciado a lo que es bueno; Sus enemigos irán tras él.
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 nombrado príncipes, pero yo no lo sabía; han hecho imágenes de plata y oro, 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?
No tendré nada que ver con tu becerro, oh Samaria; mi ira arde contra ellos; ¿Cuánto tiempo pasará antes de que los hijos de Israel se purifiquen?
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.
El artesano lo hizo, no es dios; El buey de Samaria se partirá en 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.
Porque han sembrado el viento, y su fruto será la tormenta; su grano no tiene tallo, no dará comida, y si lo tiene, una nación extranjera lo tomará.
8 [The people of] Israel will be defeated [MET] [by their enemies]; they will be [scattered] among other nations and become worthless.
Israel ha venido a la destrucción; ahora están entre las naciones como una copa en la que no hay placer.
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 subieron a Asiria como un asno salvaje; Efraín ha comprado 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.
Pero aunque dan dinero a las naciones para que lo ayuden, los juntaré y los afligiré un poco por la carga del rey y gobernantes.
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.
Debido a que Efraín ha aumentado los altares por el pecado, los altares se han convertido en una causa de pecado para él.
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.
Aunque pongo mi ley por escrito para él en diez mil reglas, son consideradas 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.
Él da las ofrendas de sus amantes, y toma la carne como alimento; pero el Señor no tiene placer en ellos; ahora tendrá en cuenta su maldad y les dará el castigo de sus pecados; Regresarán 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 no tiene memoria de su Hacedor, y ha levantado los palacios de los reyes; y Judá ha hecho grande el número de sus ciudades amuralladas. Pero enviaré un incendio a sus pueblos y pondré fin a sus palacios.
