Oseas 13

1 Cuando hablaba Efraím temblaban (los otros), así se ensalzó en Israel, pero se hizo culpable por Baal, y murió.

“When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling. He exalted himself in Israel, but he became guilty because of Baal worship, and he died.

2 Y ahora pecan más todavía; de su plata se han hecho imágenes fundidas, ídolos según su propio concepto, todos ellos obra de artífice; y a tales las dicen: “Sacrificadores de hombres besan a becerros.”

Now they sin more and more. They make cast metal figures from their silver, idols as skillfully worked as possible, all of them the work of the craftsmen. People say of them, 'These men who sacrifice kiss calves.'

3 Por eso serán como la nube de la mañana, y como el rocío matutino que desaparece, como el tamo que el viento se lleva de la era, y como el humo que sale por la ventana.

So they will be like the morning clouds, like the dew that goes away early, like the chaff that is driven by the wind away from a threshing floor, and like smoke out of a chimney.

4 Pero Yo soy Yahvé, tu Dios, desde la tierra de Egipto, y tú no has de reconocer a otro Dios fuera de Mí; no hay otro salvador sino Yo.

But I am Yahweh your God from the land of Egypt. You must acknowledge no God but me; you must acknowledge that besides me, there is no other savior.

5 Yo te conocí en el desierto, en la tierra de sequedad.

I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of great dryness.

6 Se saciaron de sus pastos, se hartaron, y se engrió su corazón, por eso me echaron en olvido.

When you had pasture, then you became full; and when you were filled, your heart became lifted up. For that reason you forgot me.

7 Mas Yo seré para ellos como león, cual leopardo acecharé en el camino.

I will become like a lion to them; like a leopard I will watch along the path.

8 Me precipitaré sobre ellos como una osa privada de sus cachorros; destrozaré hasta la envoltura de su corazón, y los devoraré allí cual león; las fieras del campo los despedazarán.

I will attack them as a bear that is robbed of her cubs. I will rip open their chests, and there I will devour them as a lion, as a wild beast would tear them to pieces.

9 Tu ruina, oh Israel, viene de ti, y solo de Mí tu socorro.

I will destroy you, Israel; who will be able to help you?

10 ¿Dónde está tu rey que te salve en todas tus ciudades? ¿Y tus jueces, puesto que dijiste: “Dame rey y príncipes”?

Where now is your king, that he may save you in all your cities? Where are your rulers, about whom you said to me, 'Give me a king and princes'?

11 Yo te doy rey en mi ira, y te lo quito en mi indignación.

I gave you a king in my anger, and I took him away in my wrath.

12 Atada está la iniquidad de Efraím, y bien guardado su pecado.

Ephraim's iniquity has been stored up; his guilt has been stored up.

13 Dolores de parturienta vendrán sobre él; es un hijo necio, pues no sale a luz al abrirse la matriz.

Pains of childbirth will come on him, but he is an unwise son, for when it is time to be born, he does not come out of the womb.

14 Yo los rescataré del poder del scheol, los redimiré de la muerte. ¿Dónde están tus plagas, oh muerte? ¿dónde tu destrucción, oh scheol? Mis ojos no ven arrepentimiento alguno. (Sheol h7585)

Will I rescue them from the hand of Sheol? Will I rescue them from death? Where, death, are your plagues? Where, Sheol, is your destruction? Compassion is hidden from my eyes.” (Sheol h7585)

15 Aunque (Efraím) crezca entre sus hermanos, vendrá un viento solano, un soplo de Yahvé; del desierto saldrá, y se secará su fuente, se agotará su manantial; y será saqueado su tesoro, todo cuanto tiene de precioso.

Though Ephraim is prosperous among his brothers, an east wind will come; the wind of Yahweh will blow in from the wilderness. Ephraim's spring will dry up, and his well will have no water. His enemy will plunder his storehouse of every precious object.

16 Samaria será castigada, porque se ha rebelado contra su Dios; caerán a espada; serán estrellados sus niños, y será abierto el vientre de sus mujeres encintas.

Samaria will be guilty, for she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their young children will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women will be ripped open.