Oseas 6
1 “¡Vamos! Volvamos al Señor. Él nos ha hecho pedazos, pero ahora nos sanará; nos ha derribado, pero pondrá vendas en nuestras heridas.
[The Israeli people say, ] “Come, let’s return to Yahweh! He has caused [us] to be injured, but he will heal us. He has caused [us] to be wounded, but [it is as though] he will put bandages on our wounds [MET].
2 En dos días nos sanará, y después de tres días nos levantará para que podamos vivir en su presencia.
After a very short time he will revive us; in less than three days he will restore us in order that we may live in his presence.
3 Conozcamos al Señor; procuremos conocerlo y él se aparecerá frente a nosotros como el sol brillante. Él vendrá a nosotros tan ciertamente como la lluvia de la primavera que riega la tierra”.
We must try to know Yahweh; [if we do that, ] he will come [and help] us, as surely as the sun rises [every morning], as surely as rain falls every winter/cold season, and as surely as the rain falls again (in the springtime/at the end of the cold season).”
4 ¿Qué hare con Efraín, y Judá? El amor que me profesan desaparece como la niebla al amanecer, y se desvanece como el rocío de la mañana.
[But Yahweh knows they are insincere; ] [so he says to them, ] “You [people of] Israel, and you [people of] Judah, [I do not know] [RHQ] what I should do to you. Your being faithful [to me will disappear as quickly] as [SIM] the morning mist [disappears], like [SIM] the dew [on the ground] that disappears quickly [when the sun shines].
5 Por eso los he reducido a través de los profetas y los destruí con mis palabras. Mi juicio resplandece como la luz.
I warned [HYP] you by [the messages that I gave to] the prophets, [but you did not pay attention to my messages]. Therefore I will completely destroy you; the punishment that I give you will strike you like lightning.
6 Quiero que me ofrezcan amor verdadero y no sacrificios; quiero que me conozcan, y no que me traigan holocaustos.
I want [my people] to faithfully love [me] more than [I want them to offer] sacrifices [to me]; [I want them] to know me more than [I want them to] completely burn sacrifices [on the altar].
7 Pero ustedes, como Adán, quebrantaron nuestro acuerdo, y me fueron infieles.
But they have refused to obey my agreement, [just] like Adam did; they have not been faithful to me.
8 Gilead es una ciudad de gente malvada, donde se pueden rastrear las huellas de sangre.
Gilead is a city [full] of people who do wicked things; [in the streets] are the bloody footprints [of those who have murdered others].
9 Los sacerdotes son como una cuadrilla de bandidos, esperando a un lado del camino a que pasen los viajeros para tenderles una emboscada. Cometen asesinatos en Siquem, y cometen grandes crímenes.
The priests are like [SIM] bandits who wait (in ambushes/along the road) to attack people; they murder [people who are walking] on the road to Shechem, and they commit other disgraceful crimes.
10 He visto algo aborrecible en la casa de Israel: Efraín se ha prostituido e Israel se ha corrompido sexualmente.
I have seen horrible things [being done] in Israel [MTY]. The people have abandoned me [like prostitutes who have abandoned their husbands] [MET]; [so the people of] Israel have become unacceptable to me.
11 Y en lo que tiene que ver contigo, Judá, ha llegado tu tiempo de cosechar lo que has sembrado. Cuando restaure la fortuna de mi pueblo,
And you [people of] Judah, I have appointed a time when I will punish [MET] you, too. Whenever I wanted to enable my people to prosper again,”
