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 chases the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.
2 Pleito tiene Jehová con Judá para visitar á Jacob conforme á sus caminos: pagarále conforme á sus obras.
The LORD also brings a charge against Judah. He will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds.
3 En el vientre tomó por el calcañar á su hermano, y con su fortaleza venció al ángel.
In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, and in his vigor he wrestled with God.
4 Venció al ángel, y prevaleció; lloró, y rogóle: en Beth-el le halló, y allí habló con nosotros.
Yes, he struggled with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought His favor; he found Him at Bethel and spoke with Him there —
5 Mas Jehová es Dios de los ejércitos: Jehová es su memorial.
the LORD is the God of Hosts— the LORD is His name of renown.
6 Tú pues, conviértete á tu Dios: guarda misericordia y juicio, y en tu Dios espera siempre.
But you must return to your God, maintaining love and justice, and always waiting on your God.
7 [Es] mercader [que] tiene en su mano peso falso, amador de opresión.
A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.
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 boasts: “How rich I have become! I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors, they can find in me no iniquity that is sinful.”
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 the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt. I will again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the appointed feast.
10 Y hablado he á los profetas, y yo aumenté la profecía, y por mano de los profetas puse semejanzas.
I spoke through the prophets and multiplied their visions; I gave parables through the prophets.
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 there iniquity in Gilead? They will surely come to nothing. Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Indeed, their altars will be heaps of stones in the furrows of the field.
12 Mas Jacob huyó á tierra de Aram, y sirvió Israel por mujer, y por mujer fué pastor.
Jacob fled to the land of Aram and Israel worked for a wife— for a wife he tended sheep.
13 Y por profeta hizo subir Jehová á Israel de Egipto, y por profeta fué guardado.
But by a prophet the LORD brought Israel 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 bitter anger, so his Lord will leave his bloodguilt upon him and repay him for his contempt.
