Oseas 12
1 La comida de Efraín es el viento, y él va tras el viento del este: el engaño y la destrucción aumentan día a día; llegan a un acuerdo con Asiria y llevan el aceite a Egipto.
[The leaders of] Israel are constantly wavering [about seeking help from other countries]. [Seeking their help is as useless as] [MET] chasing the wind. They pile up their lies and violent acts. [First, ] they make a treaty with Assyria, and [then they] send olive oil to [the rulers of] Egypt [to seek their help].
2 El Señor tiene una causa contra Judá, y castigará a Jacob por sus caminos; él le dará la recompensa de sus actos.
Yahweh [says that he] will bring accusations against [the leaders of] Judah, and that he will punish [the descendants of] Jacob for what they have done.
3 En el cuerpo de su madre tomó a su hermano por el pie, y en su fuerza estaba luchando con él Dios Supremo;
[When Jacob was] in his mother’s womb, he grabbed his brother [Esau’s] heel [because he wanted to be born first]. When Jacob grew up, he wrestled with God.
4 Tuvo una pelea con el ángel y lo venció; le hizo un pedido de gracia con llanto; se encontró cara a cara con él en Betel y allí habló con el;
He struggled with [the one who had appeared to him in the form of] an angel, and Jacob defeated him, but [then] he cried and asked the angel to bless him. [Later], God came to Jacob at Bethel and talked with him there.
5 Aun el Señor, Dios de los ejércitos; El Señor es su nombre.
[That was] the Commander of the armies of angels whose name is Yahweh [who talked with him]!
6 Entonces, vuelve a tu Dios; ten piedad y rectitud, y espera en todo momento a tu Dios.
But you [people of Israel] must return to your God! You must faithfully love [him], and you must do what is fair/just and always depend on him.
7 En cuanto a Canaán, la balanza del engaño está en sus manos; ama la opresión.
The merchants [among you] use scales that do not weigh correctly; they love/like to cheat people.
8 Y Efraín dijo: Ahora tengo riqueza y mucha propiedad; Nadie hallará en mi iniquidad, ni en todas mis obras se ve pecado en mí.
[The people of] Israel boast, saying “We are [very] rich [DOU]; and we got all that money by our own efforts, and without committing any sin.”
9 Pero yo soy el Señor tu Dios de la tierra de Egipto; Te volveré a dar tiendas de campaña para vivir como en los días de la reunión solemne.
“I am Yahweh your God, [the one who brought your ancestors] out of Egypt. [And some day] I will force you to live in tents again [like your ancestors did] when [they celebrated] the Festival [of Living in Temporary Shelters].
10 Mi palabra llegó a oídos de los profetas y multipliqué las visiones, y por boca de los profetas hice uso de parábolas.
[Many times] I spoke to the prophets, and I gave them many visions, and I gave them parables to tell [to the people].”
11 En Galaad hay maldad. Son absolutamente vanidad; en Gilgal hacen ofrendas de bueyes; verdaderamente sus altares son como masas de piedras en los surcos de arado.
[The people of] Gilead [city] are [RHQ] extremely wicked; they are worthless. The people sacrifice bulls in Gilgal [city], but their altars will [soon] become like [SIM] piles of stone [at the edge of] a plowed field.
12 Y Jacob salió en fuga al campo de Aram, e Israel se convirtió en siervo de una esposa, y para una esposa tenía ovejas.
[Your ancestor] Jacob fled [from his brother Esau] and went to northwest Mesopotamia. He worked [for his uncle Laban for many years] to get a wife; he took care of [his uncle’s] sheep [to pay] for her.
13 Y por un profeta, el Señor hizo que Israel saliera de Egipto, y por un profeta lo mantuvieron a salvo.
[Many years later, ] Yahweh enabled a prophet to bring the [ancestors of you] people of Israel here from Egypt; that prophet, [Moses], took care of them.
14 Efraín me irritó amargamente; por eso su sangre recaiga sobre él, y el Señor hará que su vergüenza vuelva sobre él.
[But now the people of] Israel have caused [Yahweh] to become very angry; Yahweh says that they deserve to die because they caused [many others] to die [MTY]; he will pay them back for the sins that they have committed against him and for insulting him.
