Oseas 10
1 Israel es como una viña frondosa y que produce fruto por sí sola. Cuanto más fruto producía, tantos más altares construía. Cuando más productiva era la tierra, tanto más hermosos eran los pilares sagrados que hacían.
“Israel was [like a large] healthy/luxuriant vine [MET] that produced [a lot of] grapes. But as the people became richer, they made more altars [at which to worship idols]. As the people prospered, they [built and] decorated sacred pillars [that they worshiped].
2 El pueblo tiene corazones engañosos, y ahora deben asumir la responsabilidad de su culpa. El Señor romperá sus altares y destruirá sus pilares sagrados.
They are deceitful; [so] now they are guilty and must be punished. [I], Yahweh, will tear down their altars and smash those pillars.
3 Entonces dirán: “No tenemos rey, porque no tememos al Señor, ¿y acaso qué hará un rey por nosotros?”
Then they will say, ‘It is because we did not revere Yahweh that we no [longer] have a king. But [even if we had] a king, he certainly could not [RHQ] do anything to help us.’
4 Hablan con palabras vacías, juran y hacen falsas promesas para lograr un pacto. Su “justicia” florece como hierba venenosa en el campo.
They falsely promise [that they will do many things]; they solemnly promise and make agreements, but they do not do what they promise. So people accuse and sue [each other in the courts]; they are like [SIM] poisonous weeds [that grow] in a plowed field.
5 Los que viven en Samaria tiemblan asombrados ante el becerro de Bet-Aven. Su pueblo se lamenta por ello en sus rituales paganos, mientras sus sacerdotes idólatras celebran su gloria. Pero tal gloria les será quitada. Esa gloria se le dará a Asiria como tributo por el gran rey.
The people who live in Samaria [city] are worried about [what may happen to the idol that resembles] a calf [that they set up] at Beth-Aven [town]. The people in Samaria will mourn, and the priests there will cry about it [if it is damaged or destroyed]. [Previously] they shouted joyfully about its being very great; but now it will not be great any more.
6 Efraín sufrirá desgracia, e Israel será avergonzado por sus propias decisiones.
It will be taken to Assyria to be a gift for the great King [of Assyria]. [So the people of] Israel will be disgraced, and they will be ashamed because [they trusted in] that idol.
7 Samaria y su rey serán arrastrados como una pequeña rama en la superficie del agua.
The King of Samaria [and the other people in Samaria] will be gone; they will be like [SIM] a twig [that floats away] on the surface of the water [and disappears].
8 Los altares de Aven, donde Israel pecó, serán demolidos, y crecerán cardos con espinas sobre sus altares. Entonces clamarán a las montañas y a las colinas: “¡Caigan sobre nosotros!”
The altars on the tops of hills [where the people worshiped idols] will be destroyed; those have been the places where the people of Israel sinned greatly. Thorns and weeds will grow and cover those altars. Then the people will plead to the mountains and hills, ‘Fall [down and] cover us [to protect us from God punishing us]!’
9 Desde los días de Guibeá, oh Israel, has estado pecando y no has cambiado. ¿Acaso el pueblo de Guibeá cree que la guerra no los alcanzará?
[You people of] Israel, [ever since your ancestors did evil things] at Gibeah, you have continued to sin. [When the people at] [PRS] Gibeah [did evil things], the result was a war [in which thousands of people died].
10 Cuando yo lo elija, castigaré a los malvados. Las naciones se reunirán contra ellos cuando sean castigados por su doble crimen.
[So now], when I want to, I will punish the Israeli people. Because of the many sins that they have committed, [the armies of other] nations will gather to attack them, and they will cause the Israeli people to become their slaves.
11 Efraín es como una novilla adiestrada, a quien le gustaba trillar el grano, pero yo le pondré un yugo en su cuello. Le pondré un arnés a Efraín, y Judá tendrá que surcar del arado; y Jacob debe romper la tierra por si mismo.
Israel is [like] [MET] a well-trained (heifer/young cow) that likes to thresh [grain]. [So now you will become slaves]. [It will be as though] I will put a yoke on your neck, and you will be forced to work hard for your enemies in their fields. [You people of] Israel and Judah [will be forced to go to Assyria]; there you [DOU] will pull plows to break up the ground [for planting seeds].
12 Siembren ustedes mismos lo bueno y cosecharán amor incondicional. Rompan la tierra sin arar. Es hora de ir al Señor hasta que venga y haga llover bondad sobre ustedes.
[You plow your fields and plant your seeds] and harvest [your crops] [MET], [but what you need to do is] to act righteously and to faithfully love [me]; you need to repent [MET], because it is time to try to know [me], Yahweh; and if you do that, I will pour out [MET] many blessings on you.
13 Pero por el contrario han sembrado maldad y han cosechado maldad. Han comido el fruto de las mentiras, porque confiaron en su propia fuerza y en sus muchos guerreros.
You [plant seeds and harvest the crops and eat them]; [but what I consider that you have really done is] that you have planted wicked things and harvested evil things and eaten [MET] the results [IDM] of the lies [that you have told]. [Instead of trusting in me, ] you have (depended on/trusted in) your own power and in your many soldiers.
14 El ruido terrible de la batalla se levantará contra su pueblo, y sus castillos serán destruidos, así como Salmán azotó a Bet-Arbel en tiempos de guerra. Hasta las madres junto a sus hijos fueron estrellados contra el suelo hasta quedar en pedazos.
As a result, you will [soon] hear the roar of battle, and all your cities that have walls around them will be destroyed, like [SIM] Shalman’s [army] destroyed Beth-Arbel [city] in a battle, and the women [in that city] and their children were bashed to death.
15 Esto mismo te pasará a ti, Betel, por tu gran maldad. Al amanecer, el rey de Israel será destruido por completo.
[You people of] [APO] Bethel [city], that is what will happen to you, because you are very wicked. And when the sun rises [on that day], the King of Israel will be killed [in the battle].”
