Oseas 12
1 Efraím es apacentado del viento, y sigue al solano; mentira y destrucción aumenta continuamente; porque hicieron alianza con los Asirios, y aceite se lleva a Egipto.
Ephraim feeds on wind, and follows after the east wind: he daily increases lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.
2 Pleito tiene Jehová con Judá, para visitar a Jacob conforme a sus caminos: pagarle ha conforme a sus obras.
The LORD has also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.
3 En el vientre tomó por el calcañar a su hermano; y con su fortaleza venció al ángel:
He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:
4 Y venció al ángel, y prevaleció: lloró, y rogóle: en Bet-el le halló, y allí habló con nosotros.
Yes, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication to him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spoke with us;
5 Mas Jehová es Dios de los ejércitos, Jehová es su memorial.
Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial.
6 Tú pues a tu Dios te convierte, guarda misericordia y juicio, y en tu Dios espera siempre.
Therefore turn you to your God: keep mercy and judgment and wait on your God continually.
7 Mercader que tiene en su mano peso falso, amador de opresión.
He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loves to oppress.
8 Y dijo Efraím: Ciertamente yo he enriquecido: hallado he riquezas para mí: nadie hallará en mí iniquidad, ni pecado en todos mis trabajos.
And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labors they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.
9 Yo pues soy Jehová tu Dios desde la tierra de Egipto, aun te haré morar en tiendas, como en los días de la fiesta.
And I that am the LORD your God from the land of Egypt will yet make you to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn feast.
10 Y hablé a los profetas, y yo aumenté la profecía; y por mano de los profetas puse semejanzas.
I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.
11 ¿Galaad no es iniquidad? Ciertamente vanidad han sido: en Galaad sacrificaron bueyes; y aun sus altares como montones en los surcos del campo.
Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yes, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields.
12 Y Jacob huyó en la tierra de Aram, y sirvió Israel por su mujer, y por su mujer fue pastor.
And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
13 Y por profeta hizo subir Jehová a Israel de Egipto, y por profeta fue guardado.
And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.
14 Enojó Efraím a Dios con amarguras: por tanto sus sangres se derramarán sobre él, y su Señor le pagará su vergüenza.
Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood on him, and his reproach shall his LORD return to him.
