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 chases the east wind. He continually multiplies lies and desolation. 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 also has a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways and according to his deeds he will repay him.
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 contended with God.
4 Venció al ángel, y prevaleció; lloró, y rogóle: en Beth-el le halló, y allí habló con nosotros.
Indeed, he struggled with the angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made petition to him. He found him at Bethel, and there he spoke with him,
5 Mas Jehová es Dios de los ejércitos: Jehová es su memorial.
even Jehovah, the God of hosts; Jehovah is his name of renown.
6 Tú pues, conviértete á tu Dios: guarda misericordia y juicio, y en tu Dios espera siempre.
Therefore turn to your God. Keep kindness and justice, and wait continually for your God.
7 [Es] mercader [que] tiene en su mano peso falso, amador de opresión.
A merchant has dishonest scales in his hand. He loves to defraud.
8 Y dijo Ephraim: Ciertamente yo he enriquecido, hallado he riquezas para mí: nadie hallará en mí iniquidad, ni pecado en todos mis trabajos.
Ephraim said, "Surely I have become rich, I have found myself wealth. In all my wealth they won't find in me any iniquity 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 Jehovah your God brought you up from the land of Egypt. I will yet again make you 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 parables.
11 ¿Es Galaad iniquidad? Ciertamente vanidad han sido: en Gilgal sacrificaron bueyes: y aun son sus altares como montones en los surcos del campo.
If Gilead is wicked, surely they are worthless. In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls. Indeed, their altars are like 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.
Jacob fled into the country of Aram, and Israel served to get a wife, and for a wife he tended flocks and herds.
13 Y por profeta hizo subir Jehová á Israel de Egipto, y por profeta fué guardado.
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 bitterly provoked anger. Therefore his blood will be left on him, and his Lord will repay his contempt.
