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, oh Israel, gozando como los pueblos, pues has fornicado apartándote de tu Dios; amaste salario de ramera por todas las eras de trigo.
2 [But soon] there will not be enough grain [MTY, PRS] and wine [MTY, PRS] for you.
La era y el lagar no los mantendrán; y el mosto les mentirá.
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 del SEÑOR, sino que volverá Efraín a Egipto, y a Asiria, donde comerán vianda inmunda.
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.
No derramarán vino al SEÑOR, ni él tomará contentamiento en sus sacrificios; como pan de enlutados les serán a ellos; todos los que coman de él, serán inmundos. Porque su pan por su alma no entrará en la Casa del SEÑOR.
5 At that time you will not [RHQ] be able to celebrate the feasts and sacred festivals.
¿Qué haréis en el día de la solemnidad, y en el día de la fiesta del SEÑOR?
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.
Porque, he aquí se fueron ellos a causa de la destrucción; Egipto los recogerá, Menfis los enterrará; espino poseerá por heredad lo deseable de su plata, ortiga crecerá en sus moradas.
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.
Vinieron los días de la visitación, vinieron los días de la paga; lo conocerá Israel: loco es el profeta, loco es el varón espiritual, a causa de la multitud de tu maldad, y gran 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 Efraín para con mi Dios es a saber el profeta, es lazo de cazador en todos sus caminos, odio 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.
Llegaron a lo profundo, se corrompieron, como en los días de Gabaa; ahora se acordará de su iniquidad; visitará su pecado.
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 la fruta temprana de la higuera en su principio vi a vuestros padres. Ellos entraron a Baal-peor, y se apartaron para vergüenza, y se hicieron abominables como aquello que amaron.
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.
Efraín, como ave volará su gloria desde el nacimiento, aun desde el vientre y desde la 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 llegaren a grandes sus hijos, yo los quitaré de entre los hombres, porque ¡ay de ellos también, cuando de ellos me apartare!
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].”
Efraín, según veo, es semejante a Tiro, asentada en lugar delicioso; mas Efraín sacará sus hijos al 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, oh SEÑOR, lo que les has de dar; dales matriz que aborte, y enjutos pechos.
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 la maldad de ellos fue en Gilgal; allí, pues, les tomé aversión: por la malicia de sus obras los echaré de mi Casa; nunca más los amaré; todos sus príncipes son desleales.
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.
Efraín fue herido, su cepa se secó, no hará más fruto; aunque engendren, yo mataré lo deseable de su vientre.
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].”
Mi Dios los desechará, porque ellos no le oyeron; y andarán errantes entre los gentiles.
