< Hosea 9 >

1 [You people of] Israel, do not shout joyfully [during your festivals] like [people of other] nations do! [I say that] because you have (not been faithful to/abandoned) me, your God. At every place where the people thresh grain you have [presented gifts to your idols like men] pay money to prostitutes.
No te alegres, Israel, ni te goces como los gentiles, porque te prostituiste (apartándote) de tu Dios; codiciaste la paga de ramera en todas las eras de trigo.
2 [But soon] there will not be enough grain [MTY, PRS] and wine [MTY, PRS] for you.
Por eso, era y lagar no les darán el sustento, y el mosto les fallará.
3 And you people will not remain in the land that I, Yahweh, [gave to your ancestors]. You will be [captured and] taken to [Assyria], [where you will become slaves like your ancestors were] in Egypt; and in Assyria you will be forced to eat food that Yahweh has forbidden you to eat.
No quedarán en la tierra de Yahvé; Efraím volverá a Egipto, y en Asiria comerán cosas inmundas.
4 You Israelis will not [be able to] give wine offerings to him, or bring sacrifices to him. None of your other sacrifices will please him; they will be unacceptable to him, like [SIM] food that is touched by people at funerals, and everyone who eats that food will become unacceptable to him. They will be permitted to eat that food themselves, but they will not [be permitted to] bring it into the temple.
Entonces ya no harán a Yahvé libaciones de vino, ni le serán aceptos sus sacrificios; serán para ellos como pan de luto; cualquiera que lo comiere, quedará contaminado: su pan será (solamente) para ellos, no entrará en la Casa de Yahvé.
5 At that time you will not [RHQ] be able to celebrate the feasts and sacred festivals.
¿Qué haréis en las fiestas, en los días solemnes de Yahvé?
6 And even if you escape and are not killed [by the Assyrians], you will be captured by [the army of] Egypt, and you will [die and] be buried in Memphis, [the capital of Egypt]. Briers will [grow up and] cover your treasures of silver, and thorns will grow in your [ruined] tents/houses.
Pues he aquí que habrán de salir de la (tierra) devastada; Egipto los recogerá, Menfis les dará sepultura. Sus preciosidades de plata las heredará la ortiga, y sus moradas el cardo.
7 It is now the time for Yahweh to punish you, to pay you back for all the sins that you have committed. You people will [soon] know that. You have [committed] very many sins, and you very much hate Yahweh. You consider that the prophets are foolish, and you think that those who proclaim messages from him are crazy.
Han llegado los días de la visita, han venido los días de la retribución; entonces Israel verá si el profeta es un insensato, el varón inspirado un loco, a causa de tu inmensa iniquidad, y por la enormidad de tu odio.
8 My God appointed [me and the other] prophets to be [like] [MET] watchmen [to warn] you people of Israel, but everywhere that we go, [it is as though] people set traps for us and people are hostile [to us, even] in the temple of our God.
El atalaya de Efraím, el profeta, que esta con mi Dios, (halla) en todos sus caminos un lazo de cazador y la persecución en la casa de su Dios.
9 The sins that the Israeli people have committed are as awful as [what the men of] Gibeah did long ago; [so] God will not forget the wicked things that they have done; he will punish the Israelis for [all] those sins.
Se han abismado en la perversidad como en los días de Gabaá; pero Él se acordará de su iniquidad y castigará sus pecados.
10 [Yahweh says], “When I first started [to do things to help] Israel, it seemed to me as though [SIM] I had found grapes in the desert. Your ancestors were [delightful], like [SIM] the first figs that grow on fig trees [each year]. But when they came to Peor [Mountain], they worshiped that disgusting idol Baal, and they became as disgusting as the idol that they loved.
Como uvas en el desierto hallé a Israel; como higos tempranos, primicias de la higuera, vi a vuestros padres. Acudieron a Baalfegor, consagrándose al (ídolo) infame, y se hicieron abominables como aquello que amaban.
11 The things that cause Israel to be great will disappear like [SIM] a bird that flies away; [most of their women will] not become pregnant [DOU] or give birth to children.
La gloria de Efraím se volará como un ave; ya no habrá hijos, ni embarazo, ni concepción.
12 Even if their children are born and start to grow up, I will cause all of them to die [while they are still young]. Terrible things will happen to them when I abandon them!
Y si criaren sus hijos, los privaré de ellos para que no haya hombres; pues ¡ay de ellos cuando Yo los abandone!
13 I have seen Israel become beautiful and prosperous like Tyre [city] was [before it was destroyed], but now the people of Israel will [be forced to] take their children to be slaughtered [by their enemies].”
Efraím, según vi, es otra Tiro, plantado en hermoso país, Efraím sacará sus propios hijos para el matador.
14 Yahweh, [I do not know] [RHQ] what I should ask for my people. So I ask that you do this one thing: Cause the women who are pregnant to have miscarriages and unable [to nurse their babies].
¡Dales, Yahvé! ¿Qué les darás? ¡Dales senos estériles y pechos enjutos!
15 [Yahweh says], “Because of all the wicked things that my people did at Gilgal, that is where I started to hate them. [And now], because of [all] the sinful things that they have done, I will expel them from my country. I will not love them any longer; all their leaders rebel [against me].
Toda su maldad está en Gálgala; allí les tomé aversión por la maldad de sus obras; los expulsaré de mi casa, no los amaré más; apóstatas son todos sus jefes.
16 Israel is like [MET] a grapevine that is dried up; [like a vine] [MET] whose roots are withered and that produces no fruit. Even if the [women of Israel] give birth to [more] children, I will cause those children, whom they love, to die.
Herido está Efraím, se ha secado su raíz, no dará más fruto; y si tuvieren hijos, Yo daré muerte a los amados (hijos) de su seno.
17 The people of Israel have not obeyed me, their God, so I will reject them. [As a result], they will wander among the [other] nations, [searching for a place to live].”
Los desechará mi Dios, porque no lo escucharon, e irán errantes entre las naciones.

< Hosea 9 >