Oseas 10

1 Israel parra vacía, ¿ha de hacer fruto para sí? Conforme a la multiplicación de su fruto multiplicó altares, conforme a la bondad de su tierra mejoraron sus estatuas.

Israel is a branching vine, full of fruit; as his fruit is increased, so the number of his altars is increased; as the land is fair, so they have made fair pillars.

2 Se apartó su corazón. Ahora serán convencidos; él quebrantará sus altares, asolará sus estatuas.

Their mind is taken away; now they will be made waste: he will have their altars broken down, he will give their pillars to destruction.

3 Porque dirán ahora: No tenemos rey, porque no temimos al SEÑOR: ¿y el rey qué nos hará?

Now, truly, they will say, We have no king, we have no fear of the Lord; and the king, what is he able to do for us?

4 Han hablado palabras jurando en vano al hacer alianza; por tanto, el juicio florecerá como ajenjo en los surcos del campo.

Their words are foolish; they make agreements with false oaths, so punishment will come up like a poison-plant in a ploughed field.

5 Por las becerras de Bet-avén serán atemorizados los moradores de Samaria; porque su pueblo lamentará a causa del becerro, y sus sacerdotes que en él se regocijaban por su gloria, la cual será disipada.

The people of Samaria will be full of fear because of the ox of Beth-aven; its people will have sorrow for it, and its priests will give cries of grief for its glory, for the glory has gone in flight.

6 Y aun será él llevado a Asiria en presente al rey de Jareb; Efraín será avergonzado, e Israel será confuso de su consejo.

And they will take it to Assyria and give it to the great king; shame will come on Ephraim, and Israel will be shamed because of its image.

7 De Samaria fue cortado su rey como la espuma sobre la superficie de las aguas.

As for Samaria, her king is cut off, like mist on the water.

8 Y los altares de Avén serán destruidos, el pecado de Israel; crecerá sobre sus altares espino y cardo. Y dirán a los montes: Cubridnos; y a los collados: Caed sobre nosotros.

And the high places of Aven, the sin of Israel, will come to destruction; thorns and waste plants will come up on their altars; they will say to the mountains, Be a cover over us; and to the hills, Come down on us.

9 Desde los días de Gabaa has pecado, oh Israel; allí estuvieron; no los tomó la batalla en Gabaa contra los inicuos.

O Israel, you have done evil from the days of Gibeah; there they took up their position, so that the fighting against the children of evil might not overtake them in Gibeah.

10 Y los castigaré como deseo; y pueblos se juntarán sobre ellos cuando sean atados en sus dos surcos.

I will come and give them punishment; and the peoples will come together against them when I give them the reward of their two sins.

11 Efraín es becerra domada, amadora del trillar; mas yo pasaré sobre su lozana cerviz; yo haré halar a Efraín; arará Judá, quebrará sus terrones Jacob.

And Ephraim is a trained cow, taking pleasure in crushing the grain; but I have put a yoke on her fair neck; I will put a horseman on the back of Ephraim; Judah will be working the plough, Jacob will be turning up the earth.

12 Sembrad vosotros mismos para justicia, segad vosotros mismos para misericordia; arad vuestro barbecho; porque es el tiempo de buscar al SEÑOR, hasta que venga y os enseñe justicia.

Put in the seed of righteousness, get in your grain in mercy, let your unploughed earth be turned up: for it is time to make search for the Lord, till he comes and sends righteousness on you like rain.

13 Habéis arado impiedad, segasteis iniquidad; comeréis fruto de mentira; porque confiaste en tu camino, y en la multitud de tus fuertes.

You have been ploughing sin, you have got in a store of evil, the fruit of deceit has been your food: for you put faith in your way, in the number of your men of war.

14 Por tanto, en tus pueblos se levantará alboroto, y todas tus fortalezas serán destruidas, como destruyó Salmán a Bet-arbel el día de la batalla; la madre fue arrojada sobre los hijos.

So a great outcry will go up from among your people, and all your strong places will be broken, as Beth-arbel was broken by Shalman in the day of war, as the mother was broken on the rocks with her children.

15 Así hará a vosotros Bet-el por la maldad de vuestra maldad; en la mañana será del todo cortado el rey de Israel.

So will Beth-el do to you because of your evil-doing; at dawn will the king of Israel be cut off completely.