Oseas 7
1 Cuando Yo curaba a Israel se descubrió la iniquidad de Efraín y salieron a la luz las maldades de Samaria. Porque obran con engaño. El ladrón se mete por dentro, y la pandilla despoja por fuera.
“When I give healing to Israel, Then the iniquity of Ephraim is revealed, And the wickedness of Samaria, For they have worked falsehood, And a thief comes in, A troop has stripped off in the street,
2 No reflexionan en su corazón que Yo tengo presentes todas sus perversidades. Sus propias acciones los cercaron y están delante de Mí.
And they do not say to their heart, [That] I have remembered all their evil, Now their doings have surrounded them, They have been before My face.
3 Alegran al rey con sus maldades, y a los príncipes con sus mentiras.
With their wickedness they make a king glad, And with their lies—princes.
4 Todos ellos son adúlteros. Son como horno encendido que el panadero solo deja de atizar desde el amasado hasta la fermentación.
All of them [are] adulterers, Like a burning oven of a baker, He ceases from stirring up after kneading the dough, until its leavening.
5 El día de nuestro rey, al calor del vino, los príncipes lo contaminaron. Él extendió su mano a los escarnecedores,
A day of our king! Princes have defiled themselves [with] the poison of wine, He has drawn out his hand with scorners.
6 Porque como a un horno acercaron su corazón a la intriga. Toda la noche dormita su ira. Por la mañana arde como llama de fuego.
For they have drawn near, Their heart [is] as an oven In their lying in wait—their baker sleeps all night, Morning! He is burning as a flaming fire.
7 Todos arden como un horno, devoran a sus gobernantes. Todos sus reyes van a la caída. Pero entre ellos no hay quien clame a Mí.
All of them are warm as an oven, And they have devoured their judges, All their kings have fallen, There is none calling to Me among them.
8 Efraín se mezcló con los pueblos. Efraín es una torta no volteada.
Ephraim! He mixes himself among peoples, Ephraim has been an unturned cake.
9 Le socavan su fuerza los extraños, pero él no se da cuenta. El cabello cano se esparce en él, pero él no se da cuenta.
Strangers have devoured his power, And he has not known, Also old age has sprinkled [itself] on him, And he has not known.
10 La propia soberbia de Israel testifica en contra suya, pero ellos no se vuelven a Yavé su ʼElohim. A pesar de todo, no lo buscan.
And the excellence of Israel has been humbled to his face, And they have not turned back to their God YHWH, Nor have they sought Him for all this.
11 Efraín es una paloma ingenua y atolondrada. Claman a Egipto, acuden a Asiria.
And Ephraim is as a simple dove without heart, Egypt they called on—[to] Asshur they have gone.
12 Tan pronto como Yo eche mi red sobre ellos, y como a pájaros los haré caer. Los atraparé tan pronto como escuche la bandada.
When they go I spread over them My net, As the bird of the heavens I bring them down, I discipline them as their congregation has heard.
13 ¡Ay de ellos, porque se apartaron de Mí! ¡Destrucción sobre ellos, porque se rebelaron contra Mí! ¿Los redimiré cuando ellos me calumnian?
Woe to them, for they wandered from Me, Destruction to them, for they transgressed against Me, And I ransom them, and they have spoken lies against Me,
14 Aun cuando gimen en sus camas no claman a Mí de corazón. Se apartan de Mí y se reúnen para el trigo y para el vino.
And have not cried to Me with their heart, but howl on their beds; They assemble themselves for grain and new wine, They turn aside against Me.
15 Aunque Yo adiestré y fortalecí sus brazos, ellos piensan mal contra Mí.
And I instructed—I strengthened their arms, And concerning Me they think evil!
16 Se vuelven, pero no a ʼElyón. Son como arco que yerra. Sus príncipes pues caerán a espada por la ira de su propia lengua. Esto será su escarnio en la tierra de Egipto.
They turn back—not to the Most High, They have been as a deceitful bow, Their princes fall by sword, From the insolence of their tongue, This [is] their derision in the land of Egypt!”
