Oseas 6

1 Veníd, y tornémosnos a Jehová, que él arrebató, y curarnos ha: hirió, y vendarnos ha.

[The Israeli people say, ] “Come, let’s return to Yahweh! He has caused [us] to be injured, but he will heal us. He has caused [us] to be wounded, but [it is as though] he will put bandages on our wounds [MET].

2 Darnos ha vida después de dos días: al tercero día nos resucitará, y viviremos delante de él.

After a very short time he will revive us; in less than three days he will restore us in order that we may live in his presence.

3 Y conoceremos: proseguiremos en conocer a Jehová: como el alba, está aparejada su salida, y vendrán a nosotros como la lluvia: como la lluvia tardía y temprana a la tierra.

We must try to know Yahweh; [if we do that, ] he will come [and help] us, as surely as the sun rises [every morning], as surely as rain falls every winter/cold season, and as surely as the rain falls again (in the springtime/at the end of the cold season).”

4 ¿Qué haré a ti, Efraím? ¿Qué haré a ti, Judá? Vuestra misericordia, como la nube de la mañana, y como el rocío que viene a la madrugada.

[But Yahweh knows they are insincere; ] [so he says to them, ] “You [people of] Israel, and you [people of] Judah, [I do not know] [RHQ] what I should do to you. Your being faithful [to me will disappear as quickly] as [SIM] the morning mist [disappears], like [SIM] the dew [on the ground] that disappears quickly [when the sun shines].

5 Por esta causa corté con los profetas, con las palabras de mi boca los maté; porque tus juicios fuesen como luz que sale.

I warned [HYP] you by [the messages that I gave to] the prophets, [but you did not pay attention to my messages]. Therefore I will completely destroy you; the punishment that I give you will strike you like lightning.

6 Porque misericordia quise, y no sacrificio; y conocimiento de Dios, mas que holocaustos.

I want [my people] to faithfully love [me] more than [I want them to offer] sacrifices [to me]; [I want them] to know me more than [I want them to] completely burn sacrifices [on the altar].

7 Y ellos transpasaron el concierto como de hombre: allí se rebelaron contra mí.

But they have refused to obey my agreement, [just] like Adam did; they have not been faithful to me.

8 Galaad, ciudad de obradores de iniquidad, ensuciada de sangre.

Gilead is a city [full] of people who do wicked things; [in the streets] are the bloody footprints [of those who have murdered others].

9 Y como ladrones que esperan a algún varón, cuadrilla de sacerdotes de común acuerdo mata en el camino; porque ponen en efecto la abominación.

The priests are like [SIM] bandits who wait (in ambushes/along the road) to attack people; they murder [people who are walking] on the road to Shechem, and they commit other disgraceful crimes.

10 En la casa de Israel ví suciedad: allí fornicó Efraím, se contaminó Israel.

I have seen horrible things [being done] in Israel [MTY]. The people have abandoned me [like prostitutes who have abandoned their husbands] [MET]; [so the people of] Israel have become unacceptable to me.

11 También Judá puso en ti una planta, habiendo yo vuelto la cautividad de mi pueblo.

And you [people of] Judah, I have appointed a time when I will punish [MET] you, too. Whenever I wanted to enable my people to prosper again,”