Osee 7
1 When I have healed Israel, then shall the iniquity of Ephraim be revealed, and the wickedness of Samaria; for they have wrought falsehood: and a thief shall come in to him, [even] a robber spoiling in his way;
cuando sane a Israel, entonces quedará expuesto el pecado de Efraín, así como los actos malvados de Samaria. Ellos practican la mentira y son como ladrones que entran a robar a las casas y asaltan a la gente en las calles.
2 that they may concert together as [men] singing in their heart: I remember all their wickedness: now have their own counsels compassed them about; they came before my face.
Pero no se dan cuenta de que yo me acuerdo de toda su maldad. Sus pecados los rodean y siempre están delante de mi.
3 They gladdened kings with their wickedness, and princes with their lies.
Alegran a su rey con su maldad, y a los príncipes con mentiras.
4 They are all adulterers, as an oven glowing with flame for hot-baking, on account of the kneading of the dough, until it is leavened.
Todos son adúlteros, y arden de lujuria como un horno cuyo fuego no se apaga, aunque no lo atice el panadero; son como la masa ha preparado y que crece después de que se fermenta.
5 [In] the days of our kings, the princes began to be inflamed with wine: he stretched out his hand with pestilent fellows.
En el cumpleaños del rey los príncipes beben hasta enfermar, mientras él se junta con los que se ríen.
6 Therefore their hearts are inflamed as an oven, while they rage all the night: Ephraim is satisfied with sleep; the morning is come; he is burnt up as a flame of fire.
Sus corazones están encendidos con fuego como un horno, y van a él con sus conspiraciones. Su enojo arde toda la noche y en la mañana es una llamarada sin control.
7 They are all heated like an oven, and have devoured their judges: all their kings are fallen; there was not among them one that called on me.
Todos arden como un horno ardiente y devoran a sus líderes. Todos sus reyes han caído, y ninguno me invoca.
8 Ephraim is mixed among his people; Ephraim became a cake not turned.
Efraín se mezcla con otras naciones. ¡Es tan inútil como el pan cocido a medias!
9 Strangers devoured his strength, and he knew [it] not; and grey hairs came upon him, and he knew [it] not.
Los extranjeros le quitan toda su fuerza y él ni siquiera se da cuenta. Su cabello se vuelve gris y no lo nota.
10 And the pride of Israel shall be brought down before his face: yet they have not returned to the Lord their God, neither have they diligently sought him for all this.
El orgullo de Israel testifica contra él, pero a pesar de todo esto Efraín no vuelve al Señor su Dios ni lo busca.
11 And Ephraim was as a silly dove, not having a heart: he called to Egypt, and they went to the Assyrians.
Efraín es como una paloma, ingenua y sin razón, que clama a Egipto y luego va a Asiria.
12 Whenever they shall go, I will cast my net upon them; I will bring them down as the birds of the sky, I will chasten them with the rumor of their [coming] affliction.
Cuando se vaya, lanzaré mi red sobre ellos y los atraparé como aves silvestres. Cuando los oiga volar en bandada, los castigaré.
13 Woe to them! for they have started aside from me: they are cowards; for they have sinned against me: yet I redeemed them, but they spoke falsehoods against me.
¡Grande es el desastre que viene sobre ellos por haberse alejado de mi! ¡Serán destruidos por haberse rebelado contra mi! Yo quisiera poder redimirlos, pero ellos me calumnian.
14 And their hearts did not cry to me, but they howled on their beds: they pined for oil and wine.
No claman a mi con sinceridad en sus corazones, sino que mienten mientras se lamentan en sus camas. Se reúnen y se laceran para obtener grano y vino nuevo, pero se alejan de mi.
15 They were instructed by me, and I strengthened their arms; and they devised evils against me.
Yo mismo los entrené y los hice fuertes; y ahora conspiran contra mi.
16 They turned aside to that which is not, they became as a bent bow: their princes shall fall by the sword, by reason of the unbridled state of their tongue: this is their setting at nothing in the land of Egypt.
Se vuelven, pero no al Altísimo. Son como un arco defectuoso. Sus líderes morirán a espada por causa de sus maledicencias. Por eso serán ridiculizados en Egipto.
