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.
“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.
2 Claman a Mí: «¡Dios mío; nosotros, los de Israel, te hemos reconocido!»
They cry to me, ‘My God, we, Israel, acknowledge you!’
3 lsrael ha desechado el bien; por eso el enemigo le perseguirá.
Israel has cast off that which is good. The enemy will pursue him.
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 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.
5 Tu becerro, oh Samaria, me da asco; se ha encendido contra ellos mi ira. ¿Hasta cuándo serán incapaces de purificarse?
Let Samaria throw out his calf idol! My anger burns against them! How long will it be until they are capable of purity?
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.
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.
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 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.
8 Devorado ha sido Israel; está ahora entre las naciones como un vaso inmundo.
Israel is swallowed up. Now they are among the nations like a worthless thing.
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 Assyria, like a wild donkey wandering alone. Ephraim has hired lovers for himself.
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.
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.
11 Efraím ha multiplicado los altares para pecar; esos altares han sido el origen de su pecado.
Because Ephraim has multiplied altars for sinning, they became for him altars for sinning.
12 Yo le prescribí muchas leyes, mas son reputadas como cosa extraña.
I wrote for him the many things of my law, but they were regarded as a strange thing.
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!
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.
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.
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.”
