Oseas 8

1 Pon la trompeta en tu boca. Él viene como un águila contra la casa del Señor; porque han ido en contra de mi pacto, no han guardado mi ley.

[Yahweh said to me], “Blow [MTY] your trumpet [to warn the people]! My people have rejected the agreement that I made with them, and they have rebelled against [obeying] my laws. Therefore, [their enemies] are swooping down on my people’s country like [SIM] an eagle.

2 Clamarán a mi: Nosotros, Israel, te conocemos, oh Dios de Israel.

My Israeli people cry out to me, ‘Our God, we know that you are our God!’

3 Israel ha renunciado a lo que es bueno; Sus enemigos irán tras él.

But because the Israeli people have rejected what is good, their enemies will pursue them.

4 Han puesto reyes, pero no por mí; han nombrado príncipes, pero yo no lo sabía; han hecho imágenes de plata y oro, para su propia destrucción.

The Israel people appointed [their last three] kings, but they did not ask me if I agreed to [what they were doing]. They chose their own leaders without asking if I would approve of them. They used their own silver and gold to make for themselves idols, and doing that led them to be destroyed.

5 No tendré nada que ver con tu becerro, oh Samaria; mi ira arde contra ellos; ¿Cuánto tiempo pasará antes de que los hijos de Israel se purifiquen?

You people of Samaria, throw away your [idol that resembles a] calf! I am extremely angry with you people! How long [RHQ] will you [do things that cause] you to be unacceptable to me?

6 El artesano lo hizo, no es dios; El buey de Samaria se partirá en pedazos.

[Someone in] Israel made that idol for you; [but I am] God and it is not. So that idol of a calf in Samaria must be smashed to pieces.

7 Porque han sembrado el viento, y su fruto será la tormenta; su grano no tiene tallo, no dará comida, y si lo tiene, una nación extranjera lo tomará.

[The foolish thing that the people of Israel have done is like] [MET] trying to plant wind; but what they harvest will be like [MET] a whirlwind. So the grain that they planted will have no heads [on the stalks], and as a result [there will be no grain] from which to make flour. And if it did produce good grain, foreigners would [come and] steal it.

8 Israel ha venido a la destrucción; ahora están entre las naciones como una copa en la que no hay placer.

[The people of] Israel will be defeated [MET] [by their enemies]; they will be [scattered] among other nations and become worthless.

9 Porque subieron a Asiria como un asno salvaje; Efraín ha comprado amantes.

Like [MET] donkeys that are looking for mates, they have requested [help] from Assyria; they paid money to [the leaders of Assyria] in order to [persuade those leaders to] protect them.

10 Pero aunque dan dinero a las naciones para que lo ayuden, los juntaré y los afligiré un poco por la carga del rey y gobernantes.

But although they have agreed to pay money each year to [the leaders of] those countries, I will soon gather them together [to punish them]. The great King [of Assyria] will cause them to suffer greatly.

11 Debido a que Efraín ha aumentado los altares por el pecado, los altares se han convertido en una causa de pecado para él.

Although [the people of] Israel built many altars to present offerings [to their idols] to take away [their guilt for] sinning, those altars have become places where they commit [more] sins.

12 Aunque pongo mi ley por escrito para él en diez mil reglas, son consideradas como algo extraño.

I wrote many laws for them, but they disregarded them, saying that [they did not have to obey them because] they were different from laws that they had known previously.

13 Él da las ofrendas de sus amantes, y toma la carne como alimento; pero el Señor no tiene placer en ellos; ahora tendrá en cuenta su maldad y les dará el castigo de sus pecados; Regresarán a Egipto.

They offer sacrifices to me, and they eat [some of] the meat of those sacrifices, [which is what I permitted them to do]. But I, Yahweh, am not pleased with those sacrifices. I remember the evil things that they have done, and I will punish them for the sins that they have committed: I will force them to [go to other countries] [and become slaves like they were] [MET] in Egypt.

14 Porque Israel no tiene memoria de su Hacedor, y ha levantado los palacios de los reyes; y Judá ha hecho grande el número de sus ciudades amuralladas. Pero enviaré un incendio a sus pueblos y pondré fin a sus palacios.

[The people of] Israel have abandoned/forgotten me, the one who created their [nation]; they have built palaces, and [the people of] Judah have built walls around many towns. But I will send a fire that will destroy all their cities and their fortresses.”