Oseas 10
Traducción en lenguaje actual
10 »Ustedes, israelitas,
llegaron a ser muy ricos;
¡parecían viñas cargadas de uvas!
Pero mientras más ricos eran,
más templos construían para sus dioses;
mientras más fértil era su tierra,
más bellos eran los monumentos
que construían para sus ídolos.
2 »Por eso Dios los va a castigar;
destruirá sus templos y monumentos,
y les hará pagar por su pecado,
pues quieren al mismo tiempo
amar a Dios y a los dioses falsos.
3 »Ahora ustedes dirán:
“Por no respetar a Dios,
nos hemos quedado sin rey.
Pero aunque lo tuviéramos,
ya no podría ayudarnos”.
4 »Ustedes hablan por hablar;
hacen tratos y no los cumplen.
¡Ustedes han sembrado maldad
donde debería haber justicia!
5-6 »Los habitantes de Samaria,
la ciudad capital de Israel,
se sienten orgullosos del toro
que adoran en Bet-avén.
Pero vendrá el ejército asirio
y se llevará ese ídolo a su país
como un regalo para su rey.
»Por eso los israelitas
lloran y tiemblan de miedo,
junto con sus sacerdotes;
ahora todos se avergüenzan
de haber adorado a ese ídolo.
7 Su rey, que vive en Samaria,
será arrastrado por el río
como un pedazo de madera.
8 »Los templos que están en los cerros
serán destruidos por completo,
porque allí pecaban
adorando a dioses falsos.
En sus ruinas crecerán
la maleza y las espinas.
»Entonces ustedes los israelitas
desearán que una montaña
les caiga encima y los mate».
Dios reprende a Israel
9 Dios le dijo a su pueblo:
«Israelitas,
¡ustedes son unos malvados!
Comenzaron a pecar en Guibeá,
y no han dejado de hacerlo;
por eso serán destruidos
en el mismo lugar donde pecaron.
10-11 Haré que las naciones
se unan contra ustedes;
así los castigaré, y quedaré satisfecho.
Ustedes me obedecían con alegría,
pero es tanto lo que han pecado
que ahora tendré que castigarlos.
Ni los de Judá ni los de Israel
escaparán del castigo».
Habla el profeta
12 Oseas le dijo al pueblo:
«¡Prepárense para buscar a Dios!
Ustedes son como un campo nuevo;
siembren la semilla de justicia,
y tendrán una cosecha de amor.
Entonces Dios vendrá y los salvará;
será como la lluvia
cuando cae sobre la tierra seca.
13 »Pero ustedes han sembrado maldad;
por eso ahora cosechan violencia
y comen el fruto de sus mentiras.
Pusieron su confianza
en el poder de su ejército.
14 Ahora estalla la guerra,
las fuertes murallas son destruidas,
y mueren las madres y los hijos,
como cuando el rey Salmán
destruyó la ciudad de Bet-arbel.
15 Esto mismo les ha pasado
a los habitantes de Betel,
porque es grande su maldad.
¡Tan pronto como amanezca,
el rey de Israel perderá la vida!»
Hosea 10
Evangelical Heritage Version
10 Israel was a spreading[a] vine.
He produced fruit for himself.
The more fruit he produced, the more altars he made.
The richer the land became, the richer he made his sacred memorial stones.
2 Their hearts are insincere,[b]
so now they will suffer for their guilt.
The Lord will break down their altars
and destroy their sacred memorial stones.
Kings Cannot Save You
3 Certainly now they will say, “We have no king
because we did not fear the Lord,
but what could such a king do for us anyway?”
4 They speak empty words.
With empty oaths, they make agreements.
That is why disputes sprout like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.
5 The inhabitants of Samaria will be terrified because of the calf[c] of Beth Aven.
Yes, its people will mourn over it,
and its idolatrous priests will cry out over it,
over its lost glory, because it has gone into exile.
6 It will be carried to Assyria as tribute to the Great King.[d]
Ephraim will be gripped with shame,
and Israel will be ashamed of its own idol.[e]
7 Samaria, like her king, will be carried off
like a twig on the surface of the water.
8 The high places of Aven, the sin of Israel, will become unusable.
Thorns and thistles will grow on their altars.
They will say to the mountains, “Cover us!”
and to the hills, “Fall on us!”
Learn the Lesson of Gibeah
9 Israel, you have sinned ever since the days of Gibeah,
where the evildoers took their stand.
The war against the evildoers caught up with them at Gibeah, did it not?
10 When I see fit, I will discipline them.[f]
Peoples will be gathered against them
to bind them for their double guilt.[g]
11 Ephraim is a trained heifer that loves to thresh.
I will put a yoke on her beautiful neck.[h]
I will harness Ephraim.
Judah will plow.
Jacob will break up the ground.
12 Sow righteousness for yourselves,
and reap mercy.
Break up your fallow ground.
It is time to seek the Lord,
until he comes and rains righteousness on you.
13 You have plowed wickedness.
You have reaped injustice.
You have eaten the fruit of your lies,
because you trusted in your own way,
in the large number of your strong warriors.
14 Therefore the roar of battle will rise against your people,
and all your fortresses will be destroyed,
as Shalman[i] devastated Beth Arbel on the day of battle.
Mothers were dashed to the ground with their children.
15 This is what will be done to you, Bethel,
because of your great wickedness.
At dawn the king of Israel will be completely destroyed.
Footnotes
- Hosea 10:1 The Hebrew word may have a negative connotation like invasive.
- Hosea 10:2 Or divided
- Hosea 10:5 Variant calves
- Hosea 10:6 The text of the last word of the line is uncertain.
- Hosea 10:6 Or plan. The meaning of the last word is uncertain.
- Hosea 10:10 The text of the line is uncertain.
- Hosea 10:10 Or two crimes. The text of the line is uncertain.
- Hosea 10:11 The text of the line is uncertain.
- Hosea 10:14 The king of Assyria
Hosea 10
New Century Version
Israel Will Pay for Sin
10 Israel is like a large vine
that produced plenty of fruit.
As the people became richer,
they built more altars for idols.
As their land became better,
they put up better stone pillars to honor gods.
2 Their heart was false,
and now they must pay for their guilt.
The Lord will break down their altars;
he will destroy their holy stone pillars.
3 Then they will say, “We have no king,
because we didn’t honor the Lord.
As for the king,
he couldn’t do anything for us.”
4 They make many false promises
and agreements which they don’t keep.
So people sue each other in court;
they are like poisonous weeds growing in a plowed field.
5 The people from Israel are worried about
the calf-shaped idol at Beth Aven.
The people will cry about it,
and the priests will cry about it.
They used to shout for joy about its glory,
6 but it will be carried off to Assyria
as a gift to the great king.
Israel will be disgraced,
and the people will be ashamed for not obeying.
7 Israel will be destroyed;
its king will be like a chip of wood floating on the water.
8 The places of false worship will be destroyed,
the places where Israel sins.
Thorns and weeds will grow up
and cover their altars.
Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!”
and to the hills, “Fall on us!”
9 “Israel, you have sinned since the time of Gibeah,[a]
and the people there have continued sinning.
But war will surely overwhelm them in Gibeah,
because of the evil they have done there.
10 When I am ready,
I will come to punish them.
Nations will come together against them,
and they will be punished for their double sins.
11 Israel is like a well-trained young cow
that likes to thresh grain.
I will put a yoke on her neck
and make her work hard in the field.
Israel will plow,
and Judah will break up the ground.
12 I said, ‘Plant goodness,
harvest the fruit of loyalty,
plow the new ground of knowledge.
Look for the Lord until he comes
and pours goodness on you like water.’
13 But you have plowed evil
and harvested trouble;
you have eaten the fruit of your lies.
Because you have trusted in your own power
and your many soldiers,
14 your people will hear the noise of battle,
and all your strong, walled cities will be destroyed.
It will be like the time King Shalman
destroyed Beth Arbel in battle,
when mothers and their children were bashed to death.
15 The same will happen to you, people of Bethel,
because you did so much evil.
When the sun comes up,
the king of Israel will die.
Footnotes
- 10:9 Gibeah The sins of the people of Gibeah caused a civil war. See Judges 19–21.
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