Hosea 5

1 Hear this, priests, and pay attention, house of Israel, and listen closely, house of the king. For there is a judgment against you, because you have become a trap for those you watched over, and a net stretched out over Tabor.

Sacerdotes, oíd esto, y estád atentos, casa de Israel, y casa del rey, escuchád; porque a vosotros es el juicio; porque habéis sido lazo en Maspad, y red extendida sobre Tabor.

2 And you have led astray victims into the depths, though I am the teacher of them all.

Y matando sacrificios han bajado hasta el profundo, y yo la corrección de todos ellos.

3 I know Ephraim, and Israel has not been hidden from me, yet now Ephraim has committed fornication, and Israel has been contaminated.

Yo conozco a Efraím, e Israel no me es ignorado; porque ahora has fornicado, o! Efraím, y se ha contaminado Israel.

4 They will not set their thoughts to return to their God, for the spirit of fornication is in the midst of them, and they have not known the Lord.

No pondrán sus pensamientos en volverse a su Dios, porque espíritu de fornicación está en medio de ellos, y no conocen a Jehová.

5 And the arrogance of Israel will answer to his face. And Israel and Ephraim will fall in their iniquity, and even Judah will fall with them.

Y la soberbia de Israel le desmentirá en su cara; e Israel y Efraím tropezarán en su pecado, tropezará también con ellos Judá.

6 With their flocks and their herds, they will go to seek the Lord, and they will not find him. He has taken himself away from them.

Con sus ovejas, y con sus vacas andarán buscando a Jehová, y no le hallarán: apartóse de ellos.

7 They have sinned against the Lord. For they have conceived sons that are strangers. Now one month will devour them with all their own.

Contra Jehová se rebelaron, porque engendraron hijos extraños: ahora los devorará mes con sus heredades.

8 Sound the bugle in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah. Shout in Bethaven, behind your back, O Benjamin.

Tocád bocina en Gabaa, trompeta en Rama: sonád atambor en Bet-aven, tras ti, o! Ben-jamín.

9 Ephraim will be in desolation on the day of correction, for within the tribes of Israel, I have revealed faith.

Efraím será asolado el día del castigo: en las tribus de Israel hice conocer mi verdad.

10 The leaders of Judah have become like those who assume the end. I will pour my wrath over them like water.

Los príncipes de Judá fueron como los que traspasan mojones: derramaré pues sobre ellos, como agua, mi ira.

11 Ephraim has been enduring malicious slander and broken judgment, because he began to go after filth.

Calumniado Efraím, quebrantado en juicio, porque quiso andar tras mandamientos.

12 And I will be like a moth to Ephraim, and like decay to the house of Judah.

Y yo seré como polilla a Efraím, y como carcoma a la casa de Judá.

13 And Ephraim saw his own weakness, and Judah his chains. And Ephraim went to Assur, and he sent to the Avenging king. But he will not be able to heal you, nor is he able to release you from your chains.

Y verá Efraím su enfermedad, y Judá su llaga; e irá Efraím al Asur, y enviará al rey de Jareb: mas él no os podrá sanar, ni os curará la llaga.

14 For I will be like a lioness to Ephraim, and like a lion’s offspring to the house of Judah. I myself will seize and go forth. I will take away, and there is no one who can rescue.

Porque yo seré como león a Efraím, y como cachorro de león a la casa de Judá: yo, yo arrebataré, y andaré: tomaré, y no habrá quien escape.

15 I will go and return to my place, until you shall grow faint and seek my face.

Andaré, y tornaré a mi lugar, hasta que conozcan su pecado, y busquen mi faz: en su angustia madruguen a mí.