Oseas 12
1 Efraín trata de guiar al viento, yendo tras el viento del este todo el día. Sus mentiras y su violencia siguen en aumento. Hicieron un tratado con Asiria, y envían el aceite de oliva a Egipto.
[The leaders of] Israel are constantly wavering [about seeking help from other countries]. [Seeking their help is as useless as] [MET] chasing the wind. They pile up their lies and violent acts. [First, ] they make a treaty with Assyria, and [then they] send olive oil to [the rulers of] Egypt [to seek their help].
2 El Señor tiene además una acusación en contra de Judá, y castigará a Jacob por las acciones del pueblo. Les pagará conforme a lo que han hecho.
Yahweh [says that he] will bring accusations against [the leaders of] Judah, and that he will punish [the descendants of] Jacob for what they have done.
3 Incluso desde el vientre Jacob luchó con su hermano; y cuando se hizo hombre luchó con Dios.
[When Jacob was] in his mother’s womb, he grabbed his brother [Esau’s] heel [because he wanted to be born first]. When Jacob grew up, he wrestled with God.
4 Peleó con un ángel y ganó. Lloró y le rogó por una bendición. Jacob encontró a Dios en Betel, y allí habló con él,
He struggled with [the one who had appeared to him in the form of] an angel, and Jacob defeated him, but [then] he cried and asked the angel to bless him. [Later], God came to Jacob at Bethel and talked with him there.
5 el Señor Dios Todopoderoso, ¡el Señor es su gran nombre!
[That was] the Commander of the armies of angels whose name is Yahweh [who talked with him]!
6 Ustedes deben volver a su Dios. Actúen con amor y hagan lo recto, y siempre esperen en Dios.
But you [people of Israel] must return to your God! You must faithfully love [him], and you must do what is fair/just and always depend on him.
7 El mercader que sostiene en sus manos una balanza alterada ama la estafa.
The merchants [among you] use scales that do not weigh correctly; they love/like to cheat people.
8 Efraín dice: “Soy rico! ¡Me he enriquecido! He recibido mucho fruto de mi trabajo y nadie puede demostrar que soy culpable de ningún mal”.
[The people of] Israel boast, saying “We are [very] rich [DOU]; and we got all that money by our own efforts, and without committing any sin.”
9 Pero yo soy el Señor tu Dios, que te saqué de la tierra de Egipto. Yo te hare vivir de nuevo en tiendas como lo haces en tiempos de fiesta.
“I am Yahweh your God, [the one who brought your ancestors] out of Egypt. [And some day] I will force you to live in tents again [like your ancestors did] when [they celebrated] the Festival [of Living in Temporary Shelters].
10 Yo hablé a través de los profetas. Yo mismo di muchas visiones y parábolas a través de los profetas.
[Many times] I spoke to the prophets, and I gave them many visions, and I gave them parables to tell [to the people].”
11 Si Galaad es idólatra, sin duda se volverán nada. Sacrifican toros en Guilgal. Incluso sus altares son como pilas de rocas en los surcos del campo.
[The people of] Gilead [city] are [RHQ] extremely wicked; they are worthless. The people sacrifice bulls in Gilgal [city], but their altars will [soon] become like [SIM] piles of stone [at the edge of] a plowed field.
12 Jacob huyó a la tierra de Harán; Israel trabajó allí para ganarse una esposa. Se ganó una esposa cuidando ovejas.
[Your ancestor] Jacob fled [from his brother Esau] and went to northwest Mesopotamia. He worked [for his uncle Laban for many years] to get a wife; he took care of [his uncle’s] sheep [to pay] for her.
13 A través de un profeta el Señor sacó a Israel de Egipto, y fueron cuidados por un profeta también.
[Many years later, ] Yahweh enabled a prophet to bring the [ancestors of you] people of Israel here from Egypt; that prophet, [Moses], took care of them.
14 Efraín ha hecho enojar al Señor, y el Señor los dejará sufrir las consecuencias de su derramamiento de sangre, y les pagará por su desprecio.
[But now the people of] Israel have caused [Yahweh] to become very angry; Yahweh says that they deserve to die because they caused [many others] to die [MTY]; he will pay them back for the sins that they have committed against him and for insulting him.
