Hosea 12
1 Ephraim feeds on the wind and follows after the east wind. He continually multiplies lies and violence. They make a covenant with Assyria and carry olive oil to Egypt.
Ephraim se apacienta del viento, y sigue al solano: mentira y destrucción aumenta continuamente; porque hicieron alianza con los Asirios, y aceite se lleva á Egipto.
2 Yahweh also has a lawsuit against Judah and will punish Jacob for what he has done; he will repay him for his deeds.
Pleito tiene Jehová con Judá para visitar á Jacob conforme á sus caminos: pagarále conforme á sus obras.
3 In the womb Jacob grasped his brother by the heel, and in his manhood he struggled with God.
En el vientre tomó por el calcañar á su hermano, y con su fortaleza venció al ángel.
4 He struggled with the angel and won. He wept and begged for his favor. He met God at Bethel; there God spoke with him.
Venció al ángel, y prevaleció; lloró, y rogóle: en Beth-el le halló, y allí habló con nosotros.
5 This is Yahweh, the God of hosts; “Yahweh” is his name to be called on.
Mas Jehová es Dios de los ejércitos: Jehová es su memorial.
6 So turn to your God. Keep covenantal faithfulness and justice, and wait continually for your God.
Tú pues, conviértete á tu Dios: guarda misericordia y juicio, y en tu Dios espera siempre.
7 The merchants have false scales in their hands; they love to defraud.
[Es] mercader [que] tiene en su mano peso falso, amador de opresión.
8 Ephraim said, “I have certainly become very rich; I have found wealth for myself. In all my work they will not find any iniquity in me, anything that would be sin.”
Y dijo Ephraim: Ciertamente yo he enriquecido, hallado he riquezas para mí: nadie hallará en mí iniquidad, ni pecado en todos mis trabajos.
9 “I am Yahweh your God from the land of Egypt. I will again make you live in tents, as in the days of the appointed festival.
Empero yo soy Jehová tu Dios desde la tierra de Egipto: aun te haré morar en tiendas, como en los días de la fiesta.
10 I spoke to the prophets, and I gave them many visions for you. By the hand of the prophets I gave parables.”
Y hablado he á los profetas, y yo aumenté la profecía, y por mano de los profetas puse semejanzas.
11 If there is wickedness in Gilead, surely the people are worthless. In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls; their altars will be like heaps of stone in the furrows of the fields.
¿Es Galaad iniquidad? Ciertamente vanidad han sido: en Gilgal sacrificaron bueyes: y aun son sus altares como montones en los surcos del campo.
12 Jacob fled to the land of Aram; Israel worked in order to get a wife; and he kept flocks of sheep to get a wife.
Mas Jacob huyó á tierra de Aram, y sirvió Israel por mujer, y por mujer fué pastor.
13 Yahweh brought Israel out of Egypt by a prophet, and by a prophet he took care of them.
Y por profeta hizo subir Jehová á Israel de Egipto, y por profeta fué guardado.
14 Ephraim has bitterly angered Yahweh. So his Lord will leave his blood on him and will turn back on him his disgrace.
Enojado ha Ephraim [á Dios] con amarguras; por tanto, sus sangres se derramarán sobre él, y su Señor le pagará su oprobio.
