Oseas 11

1 Yo amé a Israel desde que era un niño. Es mi hijo a quien saqué de Egipto.

Early in the morning were they cast off, the king of Israel has been cast off: for Israel is a child, and I loved him, and out of Egypt have I called his children.

2 Así como los llamaban, iban: presentaron sacrificios a Baal y ofrecieron incienso a los ídolos.

As I called them, so they departed from my presence: they sacrificed to Baalim, and burnt incense to graven images.

3 Yo mismo enseñé a Efraín a caminar, llevándolo de la mano, pero no reconocieron que yo era su sanador.

Yet I bound the feet of Ephraim, I took him on my arm; but they knew not that I healed them.

4 Los conduje con cuerdas de bondad, con lazos de amor. Yo era quien aliviaba su carga y me agachaba para alimentarlos.

When men were destroyed, I drew them with the bands of my love: and I will be to them as a man striking [another] on his cheek: and I will have respect to him, I will prevail with him.

5 Sin embargo, como mi pueblo se niega a regresar a mi, tampoco volverán a la tierra de Egipto sino que Asiria será su rey.

Ephraim lived in Egypt; and [as for] the Assyrian, he was his king, because he would not return.

6 Habrá guerra en sus ciudades que porndrá fin a su jactancia y destruirá sus planes.

And in his cities he prevailed not with the sword, and he ceased [to war] with his hands: and they shall eat [of the fruit] of their own devices:

7 Mi pueblo insiste en su apostasía. Lo llaman “dios en lo alto” pero él no los levnatará.

and his people [shall] cleave fondly to their habitation; but God shall be angry with his precious things, and shall not at all exalt him.

8 ¿Cómo podría abandonarte, Efraín? ¿Cómo podría dejarte ir, Israel? ¿Cómo podría hacer contigo lo mismo que con Adamá? ¿Cómo podría tratarte como a Seboín? Mi corazón se hace pedazos, y reboso en compasión.

How shall I deal with you, Ephraim? [how] shall I protect you, Israel? what shall I do with you? I will make you as Adama, and as Seboim; my heart is turned at once, my repentance is powerfully excited.

9 No cederé al ardor de mi ira, no destruiré a Efraín de nuevo. Porque yo soy Dios, y no un ser humano. Yo soy el Santo que vive entre ustedes. No entraré en sus ciudades.

I will not act according to the fury of my wrath, I will not abandon Ephraim to be utterly destroyed: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One within you: and I will not enter into the city.

10 El pueblo me segirá a mi, al Señor. El Señor rugirá como león y entonces sus hijos vendrán temblando desde el oeste.

I will go after the Lord: he shall utter [his voice] as a lion: for he shall roar, and the children of the waters shall be amazed.

11 Como una bandada de aves, vendrán desde Egipto. Como palomas vendrán de Asiria, y yo los traeré de nuevo a casa, dice el Señor.

They shall be amazed [and fly] as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of the Assyrians: and I will restore them to their houses, says the Lord.

12 Efraín me rodea con sus mentiras e Israel con engaño. Judá aún anda errante con algún dios, fiel a algún “Santo”.

Ephraim has compassed me with falsehood, and the house of Israel and Juda with ungodliness: [but] now God knows them, and they shall be called God's holy people.