Oseas 4
1 Oigan la Palabra de Yavé, oh hijos de Israel. Porque Yavé contiende con los habitantes de la tierra, porque no hay verdad ni compasión ni conocimiento de ʼElohim en la tierra,
Hear the word of the Lord, you children of Israel: for the Lord [has] a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
2 Sino propagan el juramento falso y la mentira, el asesinato, el robo y el adulterio prevalecen. Uno tras otro suceden los homicidios.
Cursing, and lying, and murder, and theft, and adultery abound in the land, and they mingle blood with blood.
3 Por eso la tierra tendrá luto, y todos los que la habitan desfallecerán juntamente con las bestias del campo y las aves del cielo. También los peces del mar perecerán.
Therefore shall the land mourn, and shall be diminished with all that dwell in it, with the wild beasts of the field, and the reptiles of the earth, and with the birds of the sky, and the fish of the sea shall fail:
4 Pero nadie acuse ni reprenda a otro, porque, oh sacerdote, mi contienda es contigo.
that neither any one may plead, nor any one reprove [another]; but my people are as a priest spoken against.
5 Por tanto, tropezarás de día y el profeta tropezará contigo de noche.
Therefore they shall fall by day, and the prophet with you shall fall: I have compared your mother to night.
6 Porque mi pueblo perece por falta de conocimiento. Porque desechaste el conocimiento, Yo te echaré del sacerdocio. Porque olvidaste la Ley de tu ʼElohim, también Yo me olvidaré de tus hijos,
My people are like as if they had no knowledge: because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you shall not minister as priest to me: and [as] you has forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.
7 Que cuanto más se multiplican, más pecan contra Mí. Cambiaré su resplandor en vergüenza.
According to their multitude, so they sinned against me: I will turn their glory into shame.
8 Se alimentan con las ofrendas por el pecado de mi pueblo, y a su iniquidad elevan su anhelo.
They will devour the sins of my people, and will set their hearts on their iniquities.
9 Como es el pueblo así es el sacerdote. Los castigaré por sus caminos y les pagaré según sus obras.
And the priest shall be as the people: and I will avenge on them their ways, and I will recompense to them their counsels.
10 Comerán y no se saciarán, fornicarán y no se multiplicarán, porque abandonaron a Yavé.
And they shall eat, and shall not be satisfied: they have gone a-whoring, and shall by no means prosper: because they have left off to take heed to the Lord.
11 Fornicación, vino y mosto quitan el entendimiento.
The heart of my people has gladly engaged in fornication and wine and strong drink.
12 Mi pueblo consulta al leño, y el palo le responde. Porque un espíritu de prostitución lo extravió, y se prostituyeron contra su ʼElohim.
They asked counsel by [means of] signs, and they reported answer to them by their staves: they have gone astray in a spirit of whoredom, and gone grievously a-whoring from their God.
13 Sobre las cumbres de las montañas ofrecen sacrificios y queman incienso sobre las colinas debajo del roble, del álamo y del olmo, porque su sombra es agradable. Por eso sus hijas fornican y sus nueras cometen adulterio.
They have sacrificed on the tops of the mountains, and on the hills they have sacrificed under the oak and poplar, and under the shady tree, because the shade was good: therefore your daughters shall go a-whoring, and your daughters-in-law shall commit adultery.
14 Yo no castigaré a sus hijas cuando se prostituyan, ni a sus nueras cuando adulteren, porque los hombres se van con las prostitutas y con las prostitutas sagradas ofrecen sacrificios. El pueblo sin entendimiento se arruina.
And I will not visit upon your daughters when they shall commit fornication, nor your daughters-in-law when they shall commit adultery: for they themselves mingled themselves with harlots, and sacrificed with polluted ones, and the people that understood not entangled itself with a harlot.
15 Aunque tú, Israel te prostituyas, que Judá no sea culpable. Tampoco vaya a Gilgal, ni suba a Bet-avén, ni jure al decir: ¡Vive Yavé!
But you, O Israel, be not ignorant, and go you not, [men of] Juda, to Galgala; and go not up to the house of On, and swear not by the living Lord.
16 Puesto que Israel es terco como novilla indómita, ¿Yavé lo pastoreará como cordero en el campo?
For Israel was maddened like a mad heifer: now the Lord will feed them as a lamb in a wide place.
17 Efraín se apegó a los ídolos. ¡Déjalo!
Ephraim, joined with idols, has laid stumbling blocks in his own way.
18 Su embriaguez es rebelión. Ciertamente cometen prostitución, y sus gobernantes aman mucho el deshonor.
He has chosen the Chananites: they have grievously gone a-whoring: they have loved dishonor through her insolence.
19 El viento los ató en sus alas, y serán avergonzados a causa de sus sacrificios.
You are a blast of wind in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their altars.
