Oseas 13
1 Cuando hablaba Efraím temblaban (los otros), así se ensalzó en Israel, pero se hizo culpable por Baal, y murió.
According to the word of Ephraim he adopted ordinances for himself in Israel; and he established them for Baal, and died.
2 Y ahora pecan más todavía; de su plata se han hecho imágenes fundidas, ídolos según su propio concepto, todos ellos obra de artífice; y a tales las dicen: “Sacrificadores de hombres besan a becerros.”
And now they have sinned increasingly, and have made for themselves a molten image of their silver, according to the fashion of idols, the work of artificers accomplished for them: they say, Sacrifice men, for the calves have come to an end.
3 Por eso serán como la nube de la mañana, y como el rocío matutino que desaparece, como el tamo que el viento se lleva de la era, y como el humo que sale por la ventana.
Therefore shall they be as a morning cloud, and as the early dew that passes away, as chaff blown away from the threshing floor, and as a vapor from tears.
4 Pero Yo soy Yahvé, tu Dios, desde la tierra de Egipto, y tú no has de reconocer a otro Dios fuera de Mí; no hay otro salvador sino Yo.
But I am the Lord your God that establishes the heaven, and creates the earth, whose hands have framed the whole host of heaven: but I showed them not to you that you should go after them: and I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and you shall know no God but me; and there is no Saviour beside me.
5 Yo te conocí en el desierto, en la tierra de sequedad.
I tended you as a shepherd in the wilderness, in an uninhabited land.
6 Se saciaron de sus pastos, se hartaron, y se engrió su corazón, por eso me echaron en olvido.
According to their pastures, so they were completely filled; and their hearts were exalted; therefore they forgot me.
7 Mas Yo seré para ellos como león, cual leopardo acecharé en el camino.
And I will be to them as a panther, and as a leopard.
8 Me precipitaré sobre ellos como una osa privada de sus cachorros; destrozaré hasta la envoltura de su corazón, y los devoraré allí cual león; las fieras del campo los despedazarán.
I will meet them by the way of the Assyrians, as a she-bear excited, and I will rend the caul of their heart, and the lions' whelps of the thicket shall devour them there; the wild beasts of the field shall rend them in pieces.
9 Tu ruina, oh Israel, viene de ti, y solo de Mí tu socorro.
O Israel, who will aid [you] in your destruction?
10 ¿Dónde está tu rey que te salve en todas tus ciudades? ¿Y tus jueces, puesto que dijiste: “Dame rey y príncipes”?
Where is this your king? let him even save you in all your cities: let him judge you, of whom you said, Give me a king and a prince.
11 Yo te doy rey en mi ira, y te lo quito en mi indignación.
And I gave you a king in mine anger, and kept [him] back in my wrath.
12 Atada está la iniquidad de Efraím, y bien guardado su pecado.
Ephraim [has framed] a conspiracy of unrighteousness, his sin is hidden.
13 Dolores de parturienta vendrán sobre él; es un hijo necio, pues no sale a luz al abrirse la matriz.
Pains as of a woman in travail shall come upon him: he is your wise son, because he shall not stay in the destruction of [your] children.
14 Yo los rescataré del poder del scheol, los redimiré de la muerte. ¿Dónde están tus plagas, oh muerte? ¿dónde tu destrucción, oh scheol? Mis ojos no ven arrepentimiento alguno. (Sheol h7585)
I will deliver [them] out of the power of Hades, and will redeem them from death: where is your penalty, O death? O Hades, where is your sting? comfort is hidden from mine eyes. (Sheol h7585)
15 Aunque (Efraím) crezca entre sus hermanos, vendrá un viento solano, un soplo de Yahvé; del desierto saldrá, y se secará su fuente, se agotará su manantial; y será saqueado su tesoro, todo cuanto tiene de precioso.
Forasmuch as he will cause a division among [his] brethren, the Lord shall bring upon him an east wind from the desert, and shall dry up his veins [and] quite drain his fountains: he shall dry up his land, and [spoil] all his precious vessels.
16 Samaria será castigada, porque se ha rebelado contra su Dios; caerán a espada; serán estrellados sus niños, y será abierto el vientre de sus mujeres encintas.
Samaria shall be utterly destroyed: for she has resisted her God; they shall fall by the sword, and their sucklings shall be dashed against the ground, and their women with child ripped up.
