Oseas 9
1 No tengas gozo, oh Israel, y no te alegres como las naciones; porque no has sido fiel a tu Dios; te has prostituido, has amado la recompensa de ramera en cada piso de grano.
[You people of] Israel, do not shout joyfully [during your festivals] like [people of other] nations do! [I say that] because you have (not been faithful to/abandoned) me, your God. At every place where the people thresh grain you have [presented gifts to your idols like men] pay money to prostitutes.
2 El piso de grano y el lugar donde se trituran las uvas no les dará comida; no habrá vino nuevo para ellos.
[But soon] there will not be enough grain [MTY, PRS] and wine [MTY, PRS] for you.
3 No tendrán lugar de descanso en la tierra del Señor, pero Efraín volverá a Egipto y tomarán comida inmunda en Asiria.
And you people will not remain in the land that I, Yahweh, [gave to your ancestors]. You will be [captured and] taken to [Assyria], [where you will become slaves like your ancestors were] in Egypt; and in Assyria you will be forced to eat food that Yahweh has forbidden you to eat.
4 No harán ofrendas de vino al Señor; ni le serán gratos sus sacrificios; su pan será como el pan de los afligidos; todos los que lo tomen serán inmundos, porque su pan será sólo para sí mismos, no entrará en la casa del Señor.
You Israelis will not [be able to] give wine offerings to him, or bring sacrifices to him. None of your other sacrifices will please him; they will be unacceptable to him, like [SIM] food that is touched by people at funerals, and everyone who eats that food will become unacceptable to him. They will be permitted to eat that food themselves, but they will not [be permitted to] bring it into the temple.
5 ¿Qué harán en el día de la adoración y el día de la fiesta del Señor?
At that time you will not [RHQ] be able to celebrate the feasts and sacred festivals.
6 Porque he aquí se van a causa de la destrucción, se van a Asiria; Egipto los reunirá, Menfis será su último lugar de descanso; sus bonitas vasijas de plata estarán cubiertas con plantas de campo, y espinas subirán en sus tiendas.
And even if you escape and are not killed [by the Assyrians], you will be captured by [the army of] Egypt, and you will [die and] be buried in Memphis, [the capital of Egypt]. Briers will [grow up and] cover your treasures of silver, and thorns will grow in your [ruined] tents/houses.
7 Los días de castigo, los días de recompensa han llegado; Israel será avergonzado; el profeta es tonto, el hombre que tiene el espíritu está fuera de sí por tu gran iniquidad y odio.
It is now the time for Yahweh to punish you, to pay you back for all the sins that you have committed. You people will [soon] know that. You have [committed] very many sins, and you very much hate Yahweh. You consider that the prophets are foolish, and you think that those who proclaim messages from him are crazy.
8 Hay gran odio contra el vigilante de Efraín, el pueblo de mi Dios; En cuanto al profeta, hay una emboscada en todos sus caminos, y odio en la casa de su Dios.
My God appointed [me and the other] prophets to be [like] [MET] watchmen [to warn] you people of Israel, but everywhere that we go, [it is as though] people set traps for us and people are hostile [to us, even] in the temple of our God.
9 Se han corrompido en el mal profundamente como en los días de Guibeá; Él tendrá en cuenta su mala conducta, les dará castigo por sus pecados.
The sins that the Israeli people have committed are as awful as [what the men of] Gibeah did long ago; [so] God will not forget the wicked things that they have done; he will punish the Israelis for [all] those sins.
10 Encontré a Israel como a las uvas en la tierra baldía; Vi a tus padres como las primicias de la higuera en su primera época de frutos; pero vinieron a Baal-peor, se consagraron a la vergüenza y se volvieron asquerosos como aquello a lo que dieron su amor.
[Yahweh says], “When I first started [to do things to help] Israel, it seemed to me as though [SIM] I had found grapes in the desert. Your ancestors were [delightful], like [SIM] the first figs that grow on fig trees [each year]. But when they came to Peor [Mountain], they worshiped that disgusting idol Baal, and they became as disgusting as the idol that they loved.
11 En cuanto a Efraín, su gloria se irá volando como un pájaro; no habrá nacimiento, desde el embarazo, desde la concepción.
The things that cause Israel to be great will disappear like [SIM] a bird that flies away; [most of their women will] not become pregnant [DOU] or give birth to children.
12 Aunque sus hijos hayan crecido, los quitaré, para que no haya nadie allí; Ay! de ellos cuando de ellos me aparte.
Even if their children are born and start to grow up, I will cause all of them to die [while they are still young]. Terrible things will happen to them when I abandon them!
13 Efraín, como he visto a Tiro, está plantado en pradera hermosa, Efraín dará a luz a niños solo para que sean ejecutados.
I have seen Israel become beautiful and prosperous like Tyre [city] was [before it was destroyed], but now the people of Israel will [be forced to] take their children to be slaughtered [by their enemies].”
14 Señor, ¿qué les darás? Dales cuerpos que no puedan dar a luz y senos sin leche.
Yahweh, [I do not know] [RHQ] what I should ask for my people. So I ask that you do this one thing: Cause the women who are pregnant to have miscarriages and unable [to nurse their babies].
15 Toda su maldad está en Gilgal; allí los odiaba; por su maldad los enviaré fuera de mi casa; ya no me serán queridos; todos sus gobernantes son rebeldes.
[Yahweh says], “Because of all the wicked things that my people did at Gilgal, that is where I started to hate them. [And now], because of [all] the sinful things that they have done, I will expel them from my country. I will not love them any longer; all their leaders rebel [against me].
16 Efraín está herido, su raíz está seca, que no tengan fruto; aunque den a luz, haré morir el fruto más querido de sus cuerpos.
Israel is like [MET] a grapevine that is dried up; [like a vine] [MET] whose roots are withered and that produces no fruit. Even if the [women of Israel] give birth to [more] children, I will cause those children, whom they love, to die.
17 Mi Dios los abandonará porque no le hicieron caso; estarán vagando entre las naciones.
The people of Israel have not obeyed me, their God, so I will reject them. [As a result], they will wander among the [other] nations, [searching for a place to live].”
