Hosea 4
1 You Israeli people, listen to this message from Yahweh! He is accusing you people who live in this country, [saying] “The people are not faithfully [doing what pleases me], they are not kind [to others], and they do not [even] know me!
¡Escucha la palabra del Señor, pueblo de Israel, porque el Señor tiene una acusación contra los habitantes de la tierra! “No hay fidelidad, lealtad ni conocimiento de Dios en la tierra.
2 Everywhere in this land they curse [others], they murder [others], they steal, and they commit adultery. They act violently toward others and commit one murder after another.
Por el contrario, solo hay maldiciones, mentiras, asesinatos, robos y adulterio. Cometen actos violentos y hay gran derramamiento de sangre.
3 It is because of their doing those things that there is no rain [MTY], the land has become dry, the people are mourning, and the people are dying [from hunger]. Even the wild animals and the birds and the fish in the sea are dying.
Por causa de esto, la tierra se seca, y todos los que viven en ella se consumen, así como los animales del campo y las aves del cielo, y los peces del mar. Todos están muriendo.
4 But no one should accuse someone else and say it is his fault. It is you priests whom I am accusing.
Pero nadie debe culpar a otro. Mi disputa es con ustedes, los sacerdotes, pues ustedes son los responsables.
5 So I will punish [MTY] you priests, night and day, and I will punish the prophets with you. I am going to destroy [Israel, the nation that is like] [MET] a mother to you.
Por ello ustedes tropezarán a plena luz del día, y el profeta tropezará igual que ustedes por la noche, y yo destruiré a la madre de todos ustedes.
6 It is because my people do not know [about me] that they will be destroyed. And their not knowing about me is because you priests have refused [to teach them about me]; so I will no longer allow you to be my priests. You have forgotten the things that I taught you, so I will forget [to bless] your children.
“Mi pueblo está muriendo porque no me conoce. Y como se niegan a conocerme, yo los aborrezco a ustedes como mis sacerdotes. Así como han olvidado mis enseñanzas, yo me olvidaré de sus hijos.
7 As there are more and more priests, they have sinned against me more and more. So I will no longer allow them to be honored; instead, I will cause them to be disgraced.
Cuantos más había, tanto más pecaban contra mí. Por lo tanto yo transformaré su gloria en vergüenza.
8 The priests get food from [the offerings that the] people [bring in order to be forgiven for having sinned], [so] the priests want the people to sin more and more [in order that the people will bring them more and more offerings].
Ellos se alimentaban del pecado de mi pueblo, y estaban hambrientos de su inmoralidad.
9 The priests [are as sinful] as the [other] people, and I will punish [all of] them for what they have done; I will pay them back for the [evil] things that they have done.
Por lo tanto, al pueblo le ocurrirá lo mismo que a los sacerdotes: Los castigaré por lo que han hecho, y les pagaré por sus acciones.
10 [The priests] will eat, but they will still be hungry; they will have sex with prostitutes, but they will not have any children, because they have abandoned [me], Yahweh,
Comerán, pero no se sentirán saciados; se entregarán a la prostitución, pero no prosperarán porque han abandonado al Señor para prostituirse con otros dioses.
11 and they are devoting themselves to sleeping with prostitutes, and to [drinking] old wine and new wine, which results in their not being able to think clearly.”
Ellosdestruyen sus mentes con el vino viejo y el vino nuevo.
12 “[You] my people request wooden idols [to tell you what you should do]! Like prostitutes who have left/abandoned their husbands,
“Mi pueblo pide consejo a sus ídolos de madera y sus cetros de adivinación les dan respuestas, ya que un espíritu de prostitución los lleva a la perdición. Así, prostituyéndose, han abandonado a su Dios.
13 you have abandoned [me] your God, and you are chasing after [other gods] on the tops of hills and mountains; you burn incense under oak [trees], poplar [trees], and other trees where there is nice/pleasing shade. So your daughters have become prostitutes, and your daughters-in-law have committed adultery.
Ofrecen sacrificios en lo alto de las montañas; queman incienso en las colinas bajo la apacible sombra de los árboles de roble, álamo y pistacho. Por eso tus hijas se han prostituido y tus nueras se han vuelto adúlteras.
14 But it is not [only] your daughters [whom I will punish] for having become prostitutes, and it is not [only] your daughters-in-law whom I will punish for committing adultery, because the men also are having sex with prostitutes, and they offer sacrifices with the prostitutes [who search for men at the] shrines [of the idols]. [They are all] foolish people, and they will [all] be ruined.
No castigaré a tus hijas por prostituirse, ni a tus nueras por su adulterio, porque ustedes los hombres visitan rameras y hacen sacrificios con las prostitutas del templo. Un pueblo con falta de entendimiento termina en el desastre.
15 You Israeli [people] have abandoned me like [MET] those who commit adultery have abandoned their spouses. But do not cause [the people of] Judah to sin [also]. Do not go to Gilgal or go up to Beth-Aven [towns] [to worship idols there]. Do not make solemn promises [there, saying ‘Just as surely] as Yahweh lives, [I will do what I am promising].’
“Aunque tú, Israel, te has vuelto una prostituta, espero que Judá, no cometa la misma ofensa, y entre a Guilgal, ni vaya a Bet-Aven, ni jure diciendo: ‘el Señor vive’.
16 You [people of Israel] are as stubborn as [SIM] a young cow. So there is no way [RHQ] that [I], Yahweh, will [provide food for them] [like a shepherd provides food for his] lambs [by leading them] to a nice meadow.
Si Israel se comporta como una vaca rebelde, ¿cómo podría el Señor cuidar de Israel como un cordero en una gran pradera?
17 The people of Israel have chosen to worship idols [MET], [so] allow them [to do what they want to do].
Efraín está encantado por ídolos, así que déjenlo en paz!
18 When their rulers finish drinking [their wine], they go to find prostitutes; they love their disgraceful behavior.
Cuando los líderes dejan de beber, se van y buscan prostitutas para acostarse con ellas. Se complacen más en sus actos inmorales que en el honor.
19 But they will disappear [as though] [MET] they were blown away by a whirlwind. They will become [very] ashamed because of their offering sacrifices [to idols].”
Pero un viento se los llevará, y serán avergonzados por su adoración pagana”.
