Hosea 7
1 “and when I wanted to heal them [again], [I did not do it, ] [because] I saw the wicked things that [the people of] Samaria [city] and [other places in] Israel [DOU] have done. They constantly deceive others; bandits rob people in the streets.
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 But they do not realize that I do not forget all the evil things that they do. [It is as though] they are surrounded by [all] the sins that they commit; and [it is though] those sins are [always right] in front of me [MTY].
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 Their king is delighted with the wicked things that the people do; his officials are happy about the people’s lies.
Alegran a su rey con su maldad, y a los príncipes con mentiras.
4 [The king and his officials] are all treacherous. [They are always eager to do wicked things; ] they are like [SIM] an oven that is [very] hot: a baker mixes the dough and waits for it to expand, and he does not [need to] cause the oven to become hotter.
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 The king and his officials get very drunk during their festivals, carousing with others who also do foolish things.
En el cumpleaños del rey los príncipes beben hasta enfermar, mientras él se junta con los que se ríen.
6 The officials angrily plan to murder the king; it is like [SIM] they have an oven in their inner beings. All during the night their [eagerness/wanting to murder the king] is like a fire that is smouldering, but in the morning it becomes like [MET] a roaring 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 All those officials are like [MET] hot flames that completely burn up their rulers, so all their kings are murdered, and no one pleads with me [to help them].”
Todos arden como un horno ardiente y devoran a sus líderes. Todos sus reyes han caído, y ninguno me invoca.
8 “[The leaders of] Israel join with leaders of [godless] nations; so [the leaders of] Israel are [as worthless as] a pancake that is cooked on only one side.
Efraín se mezcla con otras naciones. ¡Es tan inútil como el pan cocido a medias!
9 Joining with the rulers of foreign nations has caused Israel to be a weak [nation], but the Israelis do not realize that. Israel has become [like] [MET] a gray-haired old man, but the people of Israel do not realize it.
Los extranjeros le quitan toda su fuerza y él ni siquiera se da cuenta. Su cabello se vuelve gris y no lo nota.
10 Their being proud [PRS] testifies against them, but in spite of that, they do not return to [me], Yahweh, their God, or [even] try to know me.
El orgullo de Israel testifica contra él, pero a pesar de todo esto Efraín no vuelve al Señor su Dios ni lo busca.
11 [The people of] Israel have become foolish and stupid like [SIM] doves. [First] they called out to Egypt [to help them], [and then] they sought help from Assyria.
Efraín es como una paloma, ingenua y sin razón, que clama a Egipto y luego va a Asiria.
12 But wherever they go [to get help], [I will not allow them to succeed]; [it will be as though] [MET] I will throw a net over them like [SIM] [a hunter uses a net to capture] birds; I will punish them for the evil things that they do.
Cuando se vaya, lanzaré mi red sobre ellos y los atraparé como aves silvestres. Cuando los oiga volar en bandada, los castigaré.
13 Terrible things will happen to them because they abandoned/deserted me! They will be destroyed because they rebelled against me. I wanted to rescue them, but they tell lies about 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 They do not cry out to me sincerely [IDM]; they [only] lie on their beds and wail. They gather together and ask [me to give them] grain and wine, but they turn away from me.
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 I trained/taught them and enabled them to become strong, but now they plan [to do] evil things to me.
Yo mismo los entrené y los hice fuertes; y ahora conspiran contra mi.
16 They have rejected me, their Great God, and turned to their god Baal; they are [as useless] as [SIM] a crooked bow. Their leaders boast [that they are very strong], but they will be killed by [their enemies’] swords. As a result, [the people of] Egypt will laugh at them.”
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.
