Oseas 4
1 Oíd palabra del SEÑOR, hijos de Israel, porque el SEÑOR pleitea con los moradores de la tierra; porque no hay verdad, ni misericordia, ni conocimiento de Dios en la tierra.
Hear the word of the LORD, you children of Israel; for the LORD has a charge against the inhabitants of the land: "Indeed there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land.
2 Perjurar, mentir, matar, hurtar y adulterar prevalecieron, y sangre se tocó con sangre.
There is cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they break boundaries, and bloodshed causes bloodshed.
3 Por lo cual, se enlutará la tierra, y será talado todo morador de ella, con las bestias del campo, y las aves del cielo; y aun los peces del mar serán cogidos.
Therefore the land mourns, and all those who dwell in it will waste away, along with the animals of the field and the crawling creatures of the earth and the birds of the sky, and even the fish of the sea will be taken away.
4 Ciertamente hombre no contienda ni reprenda a hombre, porque tu pueblo es como los que resisten al sacerdote.
"Yet let no man bring a charge, neither let any man accuse; For your people are like those who bring charges against a priest.
5 Caerás por tanto en el día, y caerá también contigo el profeta de noche; y a tu madre talaré.
You will stumble in the day, and the prophet will also stumble with you in the night; and I will destroy your mother.
6 Mi pueblo fue talado, porque le faltó sabiduría. Porque tú desechaste la sabiduría, yo te echaré del sacerdocio; y pues que olvidaste la ley de tu Dios, también yo me olvidaré de tus hijos.
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you may be no priest to me. Because you have forgotten your God's law, I will also forget your children.
7 Conforme a su grandeza así pecaron contra mí; yo pues, también cambiaré su honra en afrenta.
As they were multiplied, so they sinned against me. They have exchanged their glory into shame.
8 Comen del pecado de mi pueblo, y en su maldad levantan su alma.
They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart on their iniquity.
9 Tal será el pueblo como el sacerdote; y visitaré sobre él sus caminos, y le pagaré conforme a sus obras.
It will be, like people, like priest; and I will punish them for their ways, and will repay them for their deeds.
10 Y comerán, mas no se hartarán; fornicarán, mas no se aumentarán, porque dejaron de atender al SEÑOR.
They will eat, and not have enough. They will play the prostitute, and will not increase; because they have abandoned giving to the LORD.
11 Fornicación, vino, y mosto quitan el corazón.
Prostitution, wine, and new wine take away understanding.
12 Mi pueblo a su madero pregunta, y su palo le responde, porque espíritu de fornicaciones lo engañó, y fornicaron debajo de sus dioses.
My people consult with their wooden idol, and answer to a stick of wood. Indeed the spirit of prostitution has led them astray, and they have been unfaithful to their God.
13 Sobre las cabezas de los montes sacrificaron, e incensaron sobre los collados, debajo de las encinas, álamos, y olmos que tuviesen buena sombra; por tanto, vuestras hijas fornicarán, y adulterarán vuestras nueras.
They sacrifice on the tops of the mountains, and burn incense on the hills, under oaks and poplars and shady terebinths, because its shade is good. Therefore your daughters play the prostitute, and your brides commit adultery.
14 No visitaré sobre vuestras hijas cuando fornicaren, ni sobre vuestras nueras cuando adulteraren, porque ellos ofrecen con las rameras, y con las malas mujeres sacrifican; por tanto, el pueblo sin entendimiento caerá.
I will not punish your daughters when they play the prostitute, nor your brides when they commit adultery; because the men consort with prostitutes, and they sacrifice with the shrine prostitutes; so the people without understanding will come to ruin.
15 Si fornicares tú, Israel, a lo menos no peque Judá; y no entréis en Gilgal, ni subáis a Bet-avén; ni juréis: Vive el SEÑOR.
"Though you, Israel, play the prostitute, yet do not let Judah offend; and do not come to Gilgal, neither go up to Beth Aven, nor swear, 'As the LORD lives.'
16 Porque como becerra cerrera se apartó Israel, ¿los apacentará ahora el SEÑOR como a carneros en anchura?
For Israel has behaved extremely stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer. Then how will the LORD feed them like a lamb in a meadow.
17 Efraín es dado a ídolos; déjalo.
Ephraim, joined to idols, has placed stumbling blocks against himself.
18 Su bebida se corrompió; fornicaron pertinazmente; sus príncipes amaron los dones, vergonzosamente.
Their drink has become sour. They play the prostitute continually. Her rulers dearly love their shameful way.
19 La ató el viento en sus alas, y de sus sacrificios serán avergonzados.
The wind has wrapped her up in its wings; and they shall be disappointed because of their sacrifices.
