Oseas 6
1 Vengan, volvamos al Señor; porque nos ha herido pero nos vendará; él ha dado golpes pero nos sanará.
[The Israeli people say, ] “Come, let’s return to Yahweh! He has caused [us] to be injured, but he will heal us. He has caused [us] to be wounded, but [it is as though] he will put bandages on our wounds [MET].
2 Después de dos días nos dará vida, y al tercer día nos hará levantarnos y viviremos ante su presencia.
After a very short time he will revive us; in less than three days he will restore us in order that we may live in his presence.
3 Y tengamos conocimiento, sigamos el conocimiento del Señor; su salida es segura como el amanecer, sus decisiones salen como la luz; Él vendrá a nosotros como la lluvia, como la lluvia de primavera que riega la tierra.
We must try to know Yahweh; [if we do that, ] he will come [and help] us, as surely as the sun rises [every morning], as surely as rain falls every winter/cold season, and as surely as the rain falls again (in the springtime/at the end of the cold season).”
4 Oh Efraín, ¿qué haré contigo? Oh Judá, ¿qué haré contigo? Porque tu amor es como una nube matutina, y como el rocío temprano que se evapora.
[But Yahweh knows they are insincere; ] [so he says to them, ] “You [people of] Israel, and you [people of] Judah, [I do not know] [RHQ] what I should do to you. Your being faithful [to me will disappear as quickly] as [SIM] the morning mist [disappears], like [SIM] the dew [on the ground] that disappears quickly [when the sun shines].
5 Así que lo he cortado por medio de los profetas; les di enseñanza por las palabras de mi boca; y tu justicia será como la luz que sale.
I warned [HYP] you by [the messages that I gave to] the prophets, [but you did not pay attention to my messages]. Therefore I will completely destroy you; the punishment that I give you will strike you like lightning.
6 Porque mi deseo es misericordia y no sacrificios; por el conocimiento de Dios más que las ofrendas quemadas.
I want [my people] to faithfully love [me] more than [I want them to offer] sacrifices [to me]; [I want them] to know me more than [I want them to] completely burn sacrifices [on the altar].
7 Pero como un hombre, han ido en contra del pacto; allí se rebelaron contra mí.
But they have refused to obey my agreement, [just] like Adam did; they have not been faithful to me.
8 Galaad es una ciudad de malhechores marcados con sangre.
Gilead is a city [full] of people who do wicked things; [in the streets] are the bloody footprints [of those who have murdered others].
9 Y como una banda de ladrones que esperan a un hombre, los sacerdotes observan en secreto el camino de los que van rápidamente a Siquem, porque están obrando con maldad.
The priests are like [SIM] bandits who wait (in ambushes/along the road) to attack people; they murder [people who are walking] on the road to Shechem, and they commit other disgraceful crimes.
10 En Israel he visto algo muy malo; allí está la prostitución de Efraín, Israel es inmundo;
I have seen horrible things [being done] in Israel [MTY]. The people have abandoned me [like prostitutes who have abandoned their husbands] [MET]; [so the people of] Israel have become unacceptable to me.
11 Y para Judá hay una cosecha, cuando yo haga volver el cautiverio de mi pueblo.
And you [people of] Judah, I have appointed a time when I will punish [MET] you, too. Whenever I wanted to enable my people to prosper again,”
