Hosea 8
1 “Put the shofar to your lips! Something like an eagle is over the LORD’s house, because they have broken my covenant and rebelled against my law.
¡Pon trompeta en tus labios! Un águila se precipita sobre la casa del Señor porque han quebrantado mi acuerdo y se han rebelado contra mi ley.
2 They cry to me, ‘My God, we, Israel, acknowledge you!’
Israel invoca a mi: “¡Nuestro Dios, te conocemos!”
3 Israel has cast off that which is good. The enemy will pursue him.
Pero Israel ha rechazado lo que es bueno. Un enemigo los perseguirá.
4 They have set up kings, but not by me. They have made princes, and I didn’t approve. Of their silver and their gold they have made themselves idols, that they may be cut off.
Nombraron reyes sin mi aprobación y eligieron príncipes sin hacérmelo saber. Elaboraron ídolos con su oro y su plata para su propia destrucción.
5 Let Samaria throw out his calf idol! My anger burns against them! How long will it be until they are capable of purity?
¡Samaria, yo aborrezco el ídolo con figura de becerro que has hecho! ¡Mi ira arde contra ellos! ¿Hasta cuándo serán incapaces de ser buenos?
6 For this is even from Israel! The workman made it, and it is no God; indeed, the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
Este ídolo surgió de Israel y fue hecho por un artesano. ¡No es Dios! ¡El becerro de Samaria quedará hecho pedazos!
7 For they sow the wind, and they will reap the whirlwind. He has no standing grain. The stalk will yield no head. If it does yield, strangers will swallow it up.
Los que siembran viento, cosecharán tempestad. Los tallos no tienen granos, y no producirán harina. Incluso si produjera grano, los extranjeros lo devorarían.
8 Israel is swallowed up. Now they are among the nations like a worthless thing.
Israel ha sido devorado. Entre las naciones son como cosa despreciable.
9 For they have gone up to Assyria, like a wild donkey wandering alone. Ephraim has hired lovers for himself.
Han acudido a Asiria como un asno errante y solitario. Efarín ha contratado amantes.
10 But although they sold themselves among the nations, I will now gather them; and they begin to waste away because of the oppression of the king of mighty ones.
Aunque han contratado aliados entre las naciones, yo las reuniré. Etonces se retorcerán bajo el agobio del gran rey.
11 Because Ephraim has multiplied altars for sinning, they became for him altars for sinning.
¡Aún cuando Efarín construyó altares para presentar ofrendas por el pecado, se volvieron altares de pecado!
12 I wrote for him the many things of my law, but they were regarded as a strange thing.
Yo les escribe muchos aspectos de mi ley, pero la consideraron como si fueran extranjeros.
13 As for the sacrifices of my offerings, they sacrifice meat and eat it, but the LORD doesn’t accept them. Now he will remember their iniquity, and punish their sins. They will return to Egypt.
Vienen a presentarme sus sacrificios y se comen la carne, pero yo, el Señor, no los acepto. Ahora él recordará su maldad y los castigará por sus pecados. Ellos volverán a Egipto.
14 For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; and Judah has multiplied fortified cities; but I will send a fire on his cities, and it will devour its fortresses.”
Israel se ha olvidado de su Hacedor y ha construido palacios. Judá ha construido ciudades fortificdas. Pero yo haré caer fuego sobre sus ciudades y consumiré sus castillos.
