Hosea 9

1 [You people of] Israel, do not shout joyfully [during your festivals] like [people of other] nations do! [I say that] because you have (not been faithful to/abandoned) me, your God. At every place where the people thresh grain you have [presented gifts to your idols like men] pay money to prostitutes.

¡No te alegres, Israel! ¡No celebres como las demás naciones! Porque te has prostituido y has recibido salario de prostitute en cada era donde se trilla el trigo.

2 [But soon] there will not be enough grain [MTY, PRS] and wine [MTY, PRS] for you.

Tus eras y lagares no te alimentarán. La tierra no podrá producir el nuevo vino.

3 And you people will not remain in the land that I, Yahweh, [gave to your ancestors]. You will be [captured and] taken to [Assyria], [where you will become slaves like your ancestors were] in Egypt; and in Assyria you will be forced to eat food that Yahweh has forbidden you to eat.

No permanecerás en la tierra del Señor; en cambio Efraín volverá a Egipto y comerá alimentos inmundos en Asiria.

4 You Israelis will not [be able to] give wine offerings to him, or bring sacrifices to him. None of your other sacrifices will please him; they will be unacceptable to him, like [SIM] food that is touched by people at funerals, and everyone who eats that food will become unacceptable to him. They will be permitted to eat that food themselves, but they will not [be permitted to] bring it into the temple.

Tú no podrás traer inguna ofrenda de vino al Señor. Ninguno de tus sacrificios le complacerá. Tus sacrificios serán como la comida de quien guarda luto: todos los que comen estarán impuros. Ustedes mismos comerán esta comida, pero no entrarán en la casa del Señor.

5 At that time you will not [RHQ] be able to celebrate the feasts and sacred festivals.

¿Qué herán en los días de fiestas religiosas, y de otras festividades del Señor?

6 And even if you escape and are not killed [by the Assyrians], you will be captured by [the army of] Egypt, and you will [die and] be buried in Memphis, [the capital of Egypt]. Briers will [grow up and] cover your treasures of silver, and thorns will grow in your [ruined] tents/houses.

Miren, se han ido por causa de la destrucción: Egito los reunirá y Menfis los sepultará. Gracias a su plata tienen un “tesoro valioso”. La maleza los poseerá, y los espinos crecerán sobre sus tiendas.

7 It is now the time for Yahweh to punish you, to pay you back for all the sins that you have committed. You people will [soon] know that. You have [committed] very many sins, and you very much hate Yahweh. You consider that the prophets are foolish, and you think that those who proclaim messages from him are crazy.

¡Ha llegado la hora del castigo! ¡El día de la paga ha llegado! ¡Que lo sepa Israel! Ustedes dicen que el profeta es un tonto, que el hombre del Espíritu ha enloquecido, porque su maldad y hostilidad es grande.

8 My God appointed [me and the other] prophets to be [like] [MET] watchmen [to warn] you people of Israel, but everywhere that we go, [it is as though] people set traps for us and people are hostile [to us, even] in the temple of our God.

El Centinela de Efraín está con mi Dios. El profeta es como una trampa de aves en los caminos. Hay odio en la casa de su Dios

9 The sins that the Israeli people have committed are as awful as [what the men of] Gibeah did long ago; [so] God will not forget the wicked things that they have done; he will punish the Israelis for [all] those sins.

porque se han corrompido hasta el límite, como en los tiempos de Guibeá. Él se acordará de su pecado, y castigará su maldad.

10 [Yahweh says], “When I first started [to do things to help] Israel, it seemed to me as though [SIM] I had found grapes in the desert. Your ancestors were [delightful], like [SIM] the first figs that grow on fig trees [each year]. But when they came to Peor [Mountain], they worshiped that disgusting idol Baal, and they became as disgusting as the idol that they loved.

Como encontrar uvas en el desierto, así fue como encontré a Israel. Cuando vi a sus antepasados, fue como ver los primeros frutos de la higuera. Pero cuando fueron a Baal Peor, se entregaron a ese ídolo abominable, y se volvieron tan inmundos como lo que aman.

11 The things that cause Israel to be great will disappear like [SIM] a bird that flies away; [most of their women will] not become pregnant [DOU] or give birth to children.

¡Escucha Efraín! Así como el ave que escapa y vuela lejos, así será tu gloria: no habrá nacimientos, embarazos ni concepciones.

12 Even if their children are born and start to grow up, I will cause all of them to die [while they are still young]. Terrible things will happen to them when I abandon them!

Incluso si lograsen concebir hijos, yo me encargaré de que no sobrevivan. ¡Grande es el desastre que vendrá sobre ti cuando yo me aleje!

13 I have seen Israel become beautiful and prosperous like Tyre [city] was [before it was destroyed], but now the people of Israel will [be forced to] take their children to be slaughtered [by their enemies].”

¡Escucha Efraín! Así como vi a Tiro plantado en una pradera, del mismo modo Efraín entregará a sus hijos al asesino.

14 Yahweh, [I do not know] [RHQ] what I should ask for my people. So I ask that you do this one thing: Cause the women who are pregnant to have miscarriages and unable [to nurse their babies].

Dales, Señor… ¿Qué podrás darles? Dales vientres que aborten y senos secos.

15 [Yahweh says], “Because of all the wicked things that my people did at Gilgal, that is where I started to hate them. [And now], because of [all] the sinful things that they have done, I will expel them from my country. I will not love them any longer; all their leaders rebel [against me].

Toda su maldad comenzó en Guilgal, y desde entonces comencé a aborrecerlos. Los expulsaré de mi casa por su maldad. No los amaré más, porque todos sus líderes son rebeldes.

16 Israel is like [MET] a grapevine that is dried up; [like a vine] [MET] whose roots are withered and that produces no fruit. Even if the [women of Israel] give birth to [more] children, I will cause those children, whom they love, to die.

Efraín, estás en ruinas, seco desde la raíz. No darás ningún fruto. Incluso si tienes hijos, yo destruiré a tu amada descendencia con masacre.

17 The people of Israel have not obeyed me, their God, so I will reject them. [As a result], they will wander among the [other] nations, [searching for a place to live].”

Mi Dios te rechazará porque no lo has escuchado, y serás un pueblo de vagabundos sin hogar entre las naciones.