Oseas 2

1 “Ese día llamarás a tus hermanos Ammi, y a tus hermanas Ruhama.

Say to your brothers, 'My people!' and to your sisters, 'You have been shown compassion.'”

2 Condenen a su madre, condénenla porque no es mi esposa y yo no soy su esposo. Pídanle que deje de lucir como una prostituta, y que se quite el maquillaje y las vestiduras provocativas.

Bring a lawsuit against your mother, bring a lawsuit, for she is not my wife, and neither am I her husband. Let her put away her prostitution from before herself, and her acts of adultery from between her breasts.

3 “De lo contrario la dejaré desnuda, tal como el día en que nació, y la convertiré en un desierto, en un terreno árido, y la dejaré morir de sed.

If not, I will strip her naked and show her nakedness as on the day that she was born. I will make her like the wilderness, like a parched land, and I will make her die from thirst.

4 No tendré piedad de sus hijos porque son hijos de prostitución.

I will not have any mercy on her children, for they are children of prostitution.

5 Pues su madre era un prostituta que los concibió de manera vergonzosa. Ella dijo: ‘Buscaré a mis amantes que me proveen comida y agua, así como la lana, el lino, el aceite de oliva y me dan de beber’.

For their mother has been a prostitute, and she who conceived them has acted shamefully. She said, “I will go after my lovers, for they give me my bread and water, my wool and flax, my oil and drink.”

6 “Por eso voy a obstaculizar su camino con arbustos de espinas, y construiré un muro de piedra para detenerla y que no encuentre forma de continuar.

Therefore I will build up a hedge to block her way with thorns. I will build up a wall against her so she cannot find her way.

7 Cuando vaya en busca de sus amantes no podrá hallarlos; los buscará pero no los encontrará. Entonces dirá: ‘Volveré a mi ex esposo, porque estaba mejor con él que ahora’.

She will pursue her lovers, but she will not overtake them. She will seek them, but she will not find them. Then she will say, “I will return to my first husband, for it was better for me then than it is now.”

8 “A ella se le olvidó que yo fui quien le dio grano, vino nuevo y aceite de oliva, así como la plata y el oro que le di en abundancia y que usaron para hacerle un ídolo a Baal.

For she had not known that it was I who gave her the grain, the new wine and the oil, and who lavished on her silver and gold, which they then used for Baal.

9 Así que recuperaré mi grano maduro y mi nuevo vino que di en tiempo de cosecha. Recuperaré mi lana y el lino que le di para cubrir su desnudez.

So I will take back her grain at harvest time, and my new wine in its season. I will take back my wool and flax that were used to cover her nakedness.

10 La dejaré desnuda ante la mirada de sus amantes, y ninguno podrá rescatarla de mi.

Then I will strip her naked in the sight of her lovers, and no one will rescue her out of my hand.

11 Pondré fin a sus festividades: sus fiestas, celebraciones de luna nueva, sus días de reposo, y todos sus festivales.

I will also cause all her celebrations to cease— her feasts, her new moon celebrations, her Sabbaths, and all her appointed festivals.

12 Destruiré sus viñedos e higueras que decía haber recibido como pago por ser una prostituta. Los convertiré en matorrales y solo los animales salvajes comerán de los frutos que queden.

“I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, of which she has said, 'These are the wages that my lovers gave me.' I will make them a forest, and the animals of the field will eat them.

13 Yo la castigaré por todas las veces que le ofreció incienso a Baal, vestida, usando anillos y joyas, buscando a sus amantes, y olvidándose de mi, dice el Señor.

I will punish her for the feast days of the Baals, when she burned incense to them, when she adorned herself with her rings and jewelry, and she went after her lovers and forgot me— this is Yahweh's declaration.”

14 “Miren lo que voy a hacer: Haré que vuelva a mi, la llevaré al desierto, y allí hablaré a su corazón.

So I am going to win her back. I will bring her into the wilderness and speak tenderly to her.

15 Le devolveré los viñedos y convertiré el Valle de Acor en una puerta de esperanza. Ella me responderá de la misma manera que lo hizo cuando era joven, como cuando salió de Egipto.

I will give her back her vineyards, and the Valley of Achor as a door of hope. She will answer me there as she did in the days of her youth, as in the days that she came out of the land of Egypt.

16 Ese día, dice el Señor, tú me volverás a llamar ‘mi esposo’ y no ‘mi Baal’.

“It will be in that day—this is Yahweh's declaration— that you will call me, 'My husband,' and you will no longer call me, 'My Baal.'

17 Haré que deje de invocar a los baales, y sus nombres no serán mencionados nunca más.

For I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth; their names will not be remembered anymore.”

18 “En ese momento haré un acuerdo solemne con los animales salvajes y las aves del cielo, así como todo lo que se arrastra sobre el suelo. Voy a deshacerme del arco y la espada; aboliré la guerra de la tierra para que puedas acostarte en paz.

“On that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts in the fields, with the birds in the sky, and with the crawling things on the ground. I will drive away the bow, the sword, and the battle from the land, and I will make you lie down in safety.

19 Serás mi esposa para siempre. Te haré mi esposa en bondad y justicia.

I will promise to be your husband forever. I will promise to be your husband in righteousness, justice, covenant faithfulness, and mercy.

20 Seré fiel a ti, mi esposa, y tú me reconocerás como el Señor.

I will pledge myself to you in faithfulness, and you will know Yahweh.

21 Ese día, declara el Señor, yo le responderé a los cielos y ellos le responderán a la tierra.

On that day, I will answer—this is Yahweh's declaration— I will answer the heavens, and they will answer the earth.

22 La tierra responderá al grano, y al nuevo vino, y al aceite de oliva y ellos responderán ‘Jezreel’ (Dios muestra).

The earth will answer the grain, the new wine and the oil, and they will answer Jezreel.

23 Yo la ‘sembraré’ para mi mismo en la tierra. Amaré a Lo-ruhamah (no amada) y a Lo-ammi (no mi pueblo) le diré: ‘tú eres mi pueblo,’ y me dirá: ‘Tú eres mi Dios’”.

I will plant her for myself in the land, and I will have mercy on Lo-Ruhamah. I will say to Lo-Ammi, 'You are Ammi Attah,' and they will say to me, 'You are my God.'”