Oseas 9
1 No te alegres, Israel, hasta el júbilo como las naciones; porque fuisteis infieles a vuestro Dios. Amas el salario de una prostituta en cada trilla de grano.
[You people of] Israel, do not shout joyfully [during your festivals] like [people of other] nations do! [I say that] because you have (not been faithful to/abandoned) me, your God. At every place where the people thresh grain you have [presented gifts to your idols like men] pay money to prostitutes.
2 La era y el lagar no los alimentarán, y el vino nuevo le fallará.
[But soon] there will not be enough grain [MTY, PRS] and wine [MTY, PRS] for you.
3 No habrán de habitar en la tierra de Yahvé; pero Efraín volverá a Egipto, y comerán alimentos impuros en Asiria.
And you people will not remain in the land that I, Yahweh, [gave to your ancestors]. You will be [captured and] taken to [Assyria], [where you will become slaves like your ancestors were] in Egypt; and in Assyria you will be forced to eat food that Yahweh has forbidden you to eat.
4 No derramarán ofrendas de vino a Yahvé, ni le serán agradables. Sus sacrificios serán para ellos como el pan de los dolientes; todos los que coman de ella serán contaminados; porque su pan será para su apetito. No entrará en la casa de Yahvé.
You Israelis will not [be able to] give wine offerings to him, or bring sacrifices to him. None of your other sacrifices will please him; they will be unacceptable to him, like [SIM] food that is touched by people at funerals, and everyone who eats that food will become unacceptable to him. They will be permitted to eat that food themselves, but they will not [be permitted to] bring it into the temple.
5 ¿Qué harás en el día de la asamblea solemne, y en el día de la fiesta de Yahvé?
At that time you will not [RHQ] be able to celebrate the feasts and sacred festivals.
6 Porque, he aquí, cuando huyen de la destrucción, Egipto los reunirá. Memphis los enterrará. Las ortigas poseerán sus agradables cosas de plata. Las espinas estarán en sus tiendas.
And even if you escape and are not killed [by the Assyrians], you will be captured by [the army of] Egypt, and you will [die and] be buried in Memphis, [the capital of Egypt]. Briers will [grow up and] cover your treasures of silver, and thorns will grow in your [ruined] tents/houses.
7 Han llegado los días de la visita. Han llegado los días del ajuste de cuentas. Israel considerará al profeta como un tonto, y el hombre que se inspira en la locura, por la abundancia de tus pecados, y porque su hostilidad es grande.
It is now the time for Yahweh to punish you, to pay you back for all the sins that you have committed. You people will [soon] know that. You have [committed] very many sins, and you very much hate Yahweh. You consider that the prophets are foolish, and you think that those who proclaim messages from him are crazy.
8 Un profeta vela por Efraín con mi Dios. La trampa del cazador está en todos sus caminos, y la hostilidad en la casa de su Dios.
My God appointed [me and the other] prophets to be [like] [MET] watchmen [to warn] you people of Israel, but everywhere that we go, [it is as though] people set traps for us and people are hostile [to us, even] in the temple of our God.
9 Se han corrompido profundamente, como en los días de Gabaa. Se acordará de su iniquidad. Los castigará por sus pecados.
The sins that the Israeli people have committed are as awful as [what the men of] Gibeah did long ago; [so] God will not forget the wicked things that they have done; he will punish the Israelis for [all] those sins.
10 Encontré a Israel como uvas en el desierto. Vi a tus padres como la primera maduración de la higuera en su primera temporada; pero vinieron a Baal Peor, y se consagraron a la cosa vergonzosa, y se volvieron abominables como lo que amaban.
[Yahweh says], “When I first started [to do things to help] Israel, it seemed to me as though [SIM] I had found grapes in the desert. Your ancestors were [delightful], like [SIM] the first figs that grow on fig trees [each year]. But when they came to Peor [Mountain], they worshiped that disgusting idol Baal, and they became as disgusting as the idol that they loved.
11 En cuanto a Efraín, su gloria volará como un pájaro. No habrá nacimientos, ni niños, ni concepción.
The things that cause Israel to be great will disappear like [SIM] a bird that flies away; [most of their women will] not become pregnant [DOU] or give birth to children.
12 Aunque crian a sus hijos, pero los despojaré, de modo que no quede ni un solo hombre. En efecto, ¡ay de ellos también cuando me alejo de ellos!
Even if their children are born and start to grow up, I will cause all of them to die [while they are still young]. Terrible things will happen to them when I abandon them!
13 He visto a Efraín, como Tiro, plantado en un lugar agradable; pero Efraín sacará a sus hijos al asesino.
I have seen Israel become beautiful and prosperous like Tyre [city] was [before it was destroyed], but now the people of Israel will [be forced to] take their children to be slaughtered [by their enemies].”
14 Dales, Yahvé, ¿qué vas a dar? Dales un vientre de aborto y pechos secos.
Yahweh, [I do not know] [RHQ] what I should ask for my people. So I ask that you do this one thing: Cause the women who are pregnant to have miscarriages and unable [to nurse their babies].
15 “Toda su maldad está en Gilgal; porque allí los odiaba. A causa de la maldad de sus actos, los expulsaré de mi casa. No los amaré más. Todos sus príncipes son rebeldes.
[Yahweh says], “Because of all the wicked things that my people did at Gilgal, that is where I started to hate them. [And now], because of [all] the sinful things that they have done, I will expel them from my country. I will not love them any longer; all their leaders rebel [against me].
16 Efraín es golpeado. Su raíz se ha secado. No darán ningún fruto. Aunque den a luz, mataré a los seres queridos de su vientre”.
Israel is like [MET] a grapevine that is dried up; [like a vine] [MET] whose roots are withered and that produces no fruit. Even if the [women of Israel] give birth to [more] children, I will cause those children, whom they love, to die.
17 Mi Dios los expulsará, porque no le hicieron caso; y serán errantes entre las naciones.
The people of Israel have not obeyed me, their God, so I will reject them. [As a result], they will wander among the [other] nations, [searching for a place to live].”
