Oseas 12
1 Ephraim se apacienta del viento, y sigue al solano: mentira y destrucción aumenta continuamente; porque hicieron alianza con los Asirios, y aceite se lleva á Egipto.
Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily multiplieth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.
2 Pleito tiene Jehová con Judá para visitar á Jacob conforme á sus caminos: pagarále conforme á sus obras.
The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.
3 En el vientre tomó por el calcañar á su hermano, y con su fortaleza venció al ángel.
He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:
4 Venció al ángel, y prevaleció; lloró, y rogóle: en Beth-el le halló, y allí habló con nosotros.
Yes, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication to him: he found him [in] Beth-el, and there he spoke with us;
5 Mas Jehová es Dios de los ejércitos: Jehová es su memorial.
Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD [is] his memorial.
6 Tú pues, conviértete á tu Dios: guarda misericordia y juicio, y en tu Dios espera siempre.
Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.
7 [Es] mercader [que] tiene en su mano peso falso, amador de opresión.
[He is] a merchant, the balances of deceit [are] in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
8 Y dijo Ephraim: Ciertamente yo he enriquecido, hallado he riquezas para mí: nadie hallará en mí iniquidad, ni pecado en todos mis trabajos.
And Ephraim said, Yet I have become rich, I have found for myself substance: [in] all my labors they shall find no iniquity in me that [were] sin.
9 Empero yo soy Jehová tu Dios desde la tierra de Egipto: aun te haré morar en tiendas, como en los días de la fiesta.
And I [that am] the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt will yet make thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn feast.
10 Y hablado he á los profetas, y yo aumenté la profecía, y por mano de los profetas puse semejanzas.
I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes by the ministry of the prophets.
11 ¿Es Galaad iniquidad? Ciertamente vanidad han sido: en Gilgal sacrificaron bueyes: y aun son sus altares como montones en los surcos del campo.
[Is there] iniquity [in] Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yes, their altars [are] as heaps in the furrows of the fields.
12 Mas Jacob huyó á tierra de Aram, y sirvió Israel por mujer, y por mujer fué pastor.
And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept [sheep].
13 Y por profeta hizo subir Jehová á Israel de Egipto, y por profeta fué guardado.
And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.
14 Enojado ha Ephraim [á Dios] con amarguras; por tanto, sus sangres se derramarán sobre él, y su Señor le pagará su oprobio.
Ephraim provoked [him] to anger most bitterly: therefore will he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach will his Lord return to him.
