Oseas 9
1 No te alegres, oh Israel, gozando como los pueblos, pues has fornicado apartándote de tu Dios; amaste salario de ramera por todas las eras de trigo.
Have no joy, O Israel, and do not be glad like the nations; for you have been untrue to your God; your desire has been for the loose woman's reward on every grain-floor.
2 La era y el lagar no los mantendrán; y el mosto les mentirá.
The grain-floor and the place where the grapes are crushed will not give them food; there will be no new wine for them.
3 No quedarán en la tierra del SEÑOR, sino que volverá Efraín a Egipto, y a Asiria, donde comerán vianda inmunda.
They will have no resting-place in the Lord's land, but Ephraim will go back to Egypt, and they will take unclean food in Assyria.
4 No derramarán vino al SEÑOR, ni él tomará contentamiento en sus sacrificios; como pan de enlutados les serán a ellos; todos los que coman de él, serán inmundos. Porque su pan por su alma no entrará en la Casa del SEÑOR.
They will give no wine offering to the Lord, they will not make offerings ready for him; their bread will be like the bread of those in sorrow; all who take it will be unclean, because their bread will be only for their desire, it will not come into the house of the Lord.
5 ¿Qué haréis en el día de la solemnidad, y en el día de la fiesta del SEÑOR?
What will you do on the day of worship, and on the day of the feast of the Lord?
6 Porque, he aquí se fueron ellos a causa de la destrucción; Egipto los recogerá, Menfis los enterrará; espino poseerá por heredad lo deseable de su plata, ortiga crecerá en sus moradas.
For see, they are going away into Assyria; Egypt will get them together, Memphis will be their last resting-place; their fair silver vessels will be covered over with field plants, and thorns will come up in their tents.
7 Vinieron los días de la visitación, vinieron los días de la paga; lo conocerá Israel: loco es el profeta, loco es el varón espiritual, a causa de la multitud de tu maldad, y gran odio.
The days of punishment, the days of reward are come; Israel will be put to shame; the prophet is foolish, the man who has the spirit is off his head, because of your great sin.
8 El atalaya de Efraín para con mi Dios es a saber el profeta, es lazo de cazador en todos sus caminos, odio en la Casa de su Dios.
There is great hate against the watchman of Ephraim, the people of my God; as for the prophet, there is a net in all his ways, and hate in the house of his God.
9 Llegaron a lo profundo, se corrompieron, como en los días de Gabaa; ahora se acordará de su iniquidad; visitará su pecado.
They have gone deep in evil as in the days of Gibeah; he will keep in mind their wrongdoing, he will give them punishment for their sins.
10 Como uvas en el desierto hallé a Israel; como la fruta temprana de la higuera en su principio vi a vuestros padres. Ellos entraron a Baal-peor, y se apartaron para vergüenza, y se hicieron abominables como aquello que amaron.
I made discovery of Israel as of grapes in the waste land; I saw your fathers as the first-fruits of the fig-tree in her early fruit time; but they came to Baal-peor, and made themselves holy to the thing of shame, and became disgusting like that to which they gave their love.
11 Efraín, como ave volará su gloria desde el nacimiento, aun desde el vientre y desde la concepción.
As for Ephraim, their glory will go in flight like a bird: there will be no birth and no one with child and no giving of life.
12 Y si llegaren a grandes sus hijos, yo los quitaré de entre los hombres, porque ¡ay de ellos también, cuando de ellos me apartare!
Even though their children have come to growth I will take them away, so that not a man will be there; for their evil-doing will be complete and they will be put to shame because of it.
13 Efraín, según veo, es semejante a Tiro, asentada en lugar delicioso; mas Efraín sacará sus hijos al matador.
As I have seen a beast whose young have been taken from her, so Ephraim will give birth to children only for them to be put to death.
14 Dales, oh SEÑOR, lo que les has de dar; dales matriz que aborte, y enjutos pechos.
O Lord, what will you give them? Give them bodies which may not give birth and breasts without milk.
15 Toda la maldad de ellos fue en Gilgal; allí, pues, les tomé aversión: por la malicia de sus obras los echaré de mi Casa; nunca más los amaré; todos sus príncipes son desleales.
All their evil-doing is in Gilgal; there I had hate for them; because of their evil-doing I will send them out of my house; they will no longer be dear to me; all their rulers are uncontrolled.
16 Efraín fue herido, su cepa se secó, no hará más fruto; aunque engendren, yo mataré lo deseable de su vientre.
The rod has come on Ephraim, their root is dry, let them have no fruit; even though they give birth, I will put to death the dearest fruit of their bodies.
17 Mi Dios los desechará, porque ellos no le oyeron; y andarán errantes entre los gentiles.
My God will give them up because they did not give ear to him; they will be wandering among the nations.
