Oseas 12
1 Efraín se apacienta de viento, y persigue al viento del este. Mentiras y destrucción aumentan continuamente. Además hizo un pacto con Asiria, y lleva el aceite de Egipto.
Ephraim's food is the wind, and he goes after the east wind: deceit and destruction are increasing day by day; they make an agreement with Assyria, and take oil into Egypt.
2 Yavé tiene pleito con Judá. Castigará a Jacob conforme a sus caminos. Le pagará según sus obras.
The Lord has a cause against Judah, and will give punishment to Jacob for his ways; he will give him the reward of his acts.
3 En el vientre tomó por el talón a su hermano, y en su madurez luchó con ʼElohim.
In the body of his mother he took his brother by the foot, and in his strength he was fighting with God;
4 Luchó con el Ángel y prevaleció. Lloró, y le imploró gracia. En Bet-ʼEl lo encontró, y allí habló con nosotros.
He had a fight with the angel and overcame him; he made request for grace to him with weeping; he came face to face with him in Beth-el and there his words came to him;
5 ¡Sí, Yavé es el ʼElohim de las huestes! ¡Yavé es su nombre!
Even the Lord, the God of armies; the Lord is his name.
6 Tú, pues, devuélvete hacia tu ʼElohim. Practica la bondad y la justicia, y espera siempre en tu ʼElohim.
So then, come back to your God; keep mercy and right, and be waiting at all times on your God.
7 Mercader que tiene en su mano balanza falsa es amigo de oprimir.
As for Canaan, the scales of deceit are in his hands; he takes pleasure in twisted ways.
8 Dijo Efraín: Me enriquecí ciertamente. Hallé riqueza para mí. En todas mis labores no hallarán en mí alguna iniquidad que sea pecado.
And Ephraim said, Now I have got wealth and much property; in all my works no sin may be seen in me.
9 Sin embargo, desde la tierra de Egipto Yo soy Yavé tu ʼElohim. Aún te haré vivir en tiendas, como en los días de la solemnidad.
But I am the Lord your God from the land of Egypt; I will give you tents for your living-places again as in the days of the holy meeting.
10 Porque también hablé a los profetas. Multipliqué visiones y por medio de los profetas expuse parábolas.
My word came to the ears of the prophets and I gave them visions in great number, and by the mouths of the prophets I made use of comparisons.
11 ¿Hay iniquidad en Galaad? Solo son vanidad. En Gilgal sacrificaban becerros, pero sus altares son como pilas de piedras junto a los surcos del campo.
In Gilead there is evil. They are quite without value; in Gilgal they make offerings of oxen; truly their altars are like masses of stones in the hollows of a ploughed field.
12 Huyó Jacob a la tierra de Aram. Israel sirvió para adquirir esposa, y por una esposa cuidó ovejas.
And Jacob went in flight into the field of Aram, and Israel became a servant for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
13 Por medio de un profeta Yavé sacó a Israel de Egipto, y por medio de un profeta fue preservado.
And by a prophet the Lord made Israel come up out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was kept safe.
14 Efraín lo provocó a amarga ira. Por tanto, ʼAdonay dejará sobre él la culpa de sangre y hará volver sobre él su oprobio.
I have been bitterly moved to wrath by Ephraim; so that his blood will be on him, and the Lord will make his shame come back on him.
