Oseas 8
1 ¡A tu boca la trompeta! Cual águila (viene el enemigo) sobre la casa de Yahvé; por cuanto han violado mi alianza y pecado contra mi Ley.
[He shall come] into their midst as the land, as an eagle against the house of the Lord, because they have transgressed my covenant, and have sinned against my law.
2 Claman a Mí: «¡Dios mío; nosotros, los de Israel, te hemos reconocido!»
They shall soon cry out to me, [saying], O God, we know you.
3 lsrael ha desechado el bien; por eso el enemigo le perseguirá.
For Israel has turned away from good things; they have pursued an enemy.
4 Se dieron reyes, pero no por Mí, se constituyeron príncipes, que Yo no conocí; de su plata y de su oro se hicieron ídolos para su propia perdición.
They have made kings for themselves, but not by me: they have ruled, but they did not make it known to me: [of] their silver and their gold they have made images to themselves, that they might be destroyed.
5 Tu becerro, oh Samaria, me da asco; se ha encendido contra ellos mi ira. ¿Hasta cuándo serán incapaces de purificarse?
Cast off your calf, O Samaria; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will they be unable to purge themselves in Israel?
6 Pues ese (becerro) es obra de Israel; lo hizo un artífice, y no es Dios; por eso será hecho pedazos el becerro de Samaria.
Whereas the workman made it, and it is not God; therefore your calf, Samaria, was a deceiver:
7 Porque sembraron viento recogerán torbellino; no tendrán frutos, el trigo no dará harina; y si la diere, se la comerán los extranjeros.
for they sowed blighted [seed], and their destruction shall await them, a sheaf of corn that avails not to make meal; and even if it should produce it, strangers shall devour it.
8 Devorado ha sido Israel; está ahora entre las naciones como un vaso inmundo.
Israel is swallowed up: now is he become among the nations as a worthless vessel.
9 Pues ellos subieron a Asiria, la cual es como el asno montés que anda solitario. Efraím se compra amantes por medio de regalos.
For they have gone up to the Assyrians: Ephraim has been strengthened against himself; they loved gifts.
10 Mas aunque den regalos a las naciones, ahora voy a juntarlas (contra ellos), y por algún tiempo temblarán bajo la carga del rey de los príncipes.
Therefore shall they be delivered to the nations: now I will receive them, and they shall cease a little to anoint a king and princes.
11 Efraím ha multiplicado los altares para pecar; esos altares han sido el origen de su pecado.
Because Ephraim has multiplied altars, [his] beloved altars are become sins to him.
12 Yo le prescribí muchas leyes, mas son reputadas como cosa extraña.
I will write down a multitude [of commands] for him; but his statutes are accounted strange things, [even] the beloved altars.
13 Me presentan sacrificios, pero después de degollar la víctima se la comen ellos mismos. Yahvé no los acepta; ahora mismo se acordará de su iniquidad y castigará su pecado. ¡A Egipto volverán!
For if they should offer a sacrifice, and eat flesh, the lord will not accept them: now will he remember their iniquities, and will take vengeance on their sins: they have returned to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things among the Assyrians.
14 Israel se ha olvidado de su Hacedor, y ha edificado templos; y Judá se ha hecho muchas plazas fuertes. Por eso enviaré fuego a sus ciudades, que devorará sus palacios.
And Israel has forgotten him that made him, and they have built fanes, and Juda has multiplied walled cities: but I will send fire on his cities, and it shall devour their foundations.
