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 feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind; Every day he multiplieth falsehood and violence; They make a league 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.
Therefore Jehovah hath a controversy with Judah. And he will punish Jacob for his ways, And requite 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 strength he contended with God;
4 Venció al ángel, y prevaleció; lloró, y rogóle: en Beth-el le halló, y allí habló con nosotros.
Yea, he contended with the angel, and prevailed; He wept, and made supplication to him. At Bethel he found him, And there he spake with us.
5 Mas Jehová es Dios de los ejércitos: Jehová es su memorial.
And Jehovah, the God of hosts, Jehovah is his name.
6 Tú pues, conviértete á tu Dios: guarda misericordia y juicio, y en tu Dios espera siempre.
Therefore turn thou to thy God; Observe mercy and justice, And hope in thy God always!
7 [Es] mercader [que] tiene en su mano peso falso, amador de opresión.
He is a Canaanite; in his hands are the balances of deceit; He loveth 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.
Yet Ephraim saith, Lo, I have become rich; I have found myself substance; In all my earnings can be found no transgression in which there is guilt.
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.
Yet I, Jehovah, have been thy God from the land of Egypt; I will again cause 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 given many visions, And by 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.
Behold, Gilead is full of iniquity; Surely they have become corrupt; In Gilgal they sacrifice oxen, And their altars are like the 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 Syria, 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.
By a prophet Jehovah brought up Israel out of Egypt, And by a prophet was he 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 hath provoked his Lord most bitterly; Therefore will he leave his blood upon him, And recompense to him his reproach.
