Oseas 12
1 Ephraim se apacienta del viento, y sigue al solano: mentira y destrucción aumenta continuamente; porque hicieron alianza con los Asirios, y aceite se lleva á Egipto.
Ephraim feeds on wind, and follows after the east wind. He continually multiplies lies and desolation. And they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.
2 Pleito tiene Jehová con Judá para visitar á Jacob conforme á sus caminos: pagarále conforme á sus obras.
Jehovah has also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways. He will recompense him according to his doings.
3 En el vientre tomó por el calcañar á su hermano, y con su fortaleza venció al ángel.
In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and in his manhood he had strength with God.
4 Venció al ángel, y prevaleció; lloró, y rogóle: en Beth-el le halló, y allí habló con nosotros.
Yea, he had strength over the agent, and prevailed, as he wept, and made supplication to him. He found him at Bethel, and there he spoke with us.
5 Mas Jehová es Dios de los ejércitos: Jehová es su memorial.
Even Jehovah, the God of hosts, Jehovah is his memorial.
6 Tú pues, conviértete á tu Dios: guarda misericordia y juicio, y en tu Dios espera siempre.
Therefore turn thou to thy God. Keep kindness and justice, and wait for thy God continually.
7 [Es] mercader [que] tiene en su mano peso falso, amador de opresión.
He is a Canaanite. The balances of deceit are in his hand. He loves to oppress.
8 Y dijo Ephraim: Ciertamente yo he enriquecido, hallado he riquezas para mí: nadie hallará en mí iniquidad, ni pecado en todos mis trabajos.
And Ephraim said, Surely I have become rich. I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors they shall find no iniquity in me that is sin.
9 Empero yo soy Jehová tu Dios desde la tierra de Egipto: aun te haré morar en tiendas, como en los días de la fiesta.
But I am Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt. I will yet again make thee to dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn feast.
10 Y hablado he á los profetas, y yo aumenté la profecía, y por mano de los profetas puse semejanzas.
I have also spoken to the prophets, and I have multiplied visions. And by the ministry of the prophets I have used similitudes.
11 ¿Es Galaad iniquidad? Ciertamente vanidad han sido: en Gilgal sacrificaron bueyes: y aun son sus altares como montones en los surcos del campo.
Is Gilead iniquity? They are altogether false. In Gilgal they sacrifice bullocks. Yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the field.
12 Mas Jacob huyó á tierra de Aram, y sirvió Israel por mujer, y por mujer fué pastor.
And Jacob fled into the field of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
13 Y por profeta hizo subir Jehová á Israel de Egipto, y por profeta fué guardado.
And by a prophet Jehovah brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.
14 Enojado ha Ephraim [á Dios] con amarguras; por tanto, sus sangres se derramarán sobre él, y su Señor le pagará su oprobio.
Ephraim has provoked to anger most bitterly. Therefore his blood shall be left upon him, and his reproach his Lord shall return to him.
