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Anuncio de la destrucción total de Efraín

13 »Efraín era muy importante en Israel. Cuando hablaba, había temor. Pero murió por haber pecado con Baal. Y ahora ha añadido más a su pecado, pues con su plata, y según su entender, se ha hecho imágenes fundidas de becerros, ídolos fabricados por artífices, y piden a la gente que les ofrezcan sacrificios y los besen. Por lo tanto, desaparecerán como la niebla matutina, como el rocío de la madrugada, como el tamo que el viento arrebata de la era, ¡como el humo que sale de la chimenea!

»Yo soy el Señor tu Dios. Yo te saqué de Egipto. No conocerás a otro dios fuera de mí, pues yo soy tu único salvador. Yo te conocí en la aridez del desierto.(A) Yo los cuidé, y ustedes comieron hasta saciarte, pero luego su corazón se llenó de soberbia y se olvidaron de mí. Por lo tanto, yo voy a ser para ellos como un león; voy a acecharlos en el camino como un leopardo. Voy a buscarlos como una osa que ha perdido a sus cachorros y, cuando los encuentre, como león les desgarraré las fibras de su corazón y los devoraré; ¡los despedazaré como una fiera salvaje!

»Tú, Israel, te has corrompido, a pesar de que contabas con mi ayuda. 10 ¿Dónde está tu rey? ¡Que venga a proteger todas tus ciudades! ¿Y dónde están los jueces, y el rey y los príncipes que me pediste?(B) 11 En mi furor te di rey,(C) y en mi ira te lo quité.(D)

12 »Pero no he olvidado la maldad de Efraín, ni su pecado. 13 Es un hijo poco inteligente, que al momento de nacer no encuentra la salida. ¡Por eso le sobrevendrán dolores como de mujer parturienta!

14 »¿Y habré entonces de librarlos del poder de la muerte? ¿Habré de ponerlos a salvo del sepulcro? ¿Y dónde están las plagas de la muerte? ¿Y dónde está la destrucción del sepulcro?(E) Por mi parte, ¡ya no tengo compasión!»

15 Aun cuando Efraín prospere entre sus hermanos, desde el desierto vendrá, de parte del Señor, el viento solano; y se levantará para secar su manantial y agotar su fuente. ¡El Señor saqueará sus tesoros y todas sus preciosas alhajas! 16 Samaria quedará asolada por haberse rebelado contra su Dios; sus hombres caerán a filo de espada, sus niños serán estrellados contra el suelo, y sus mujeres encintas serán abiertas en canal.

The Lord’s Anger Against Israel

13 When Ephraim spoke, people trembled;(A)
    he was exalted(B) in Israel.
    But he became guilty of Baal worship(C) and died.
Now they sin more and more;
    they make(D) idols for themselves from their silver,(E)
cleverly fashioned images,
    all of them the work of craftsmen.(F)
It is said of these people,
    “They offer human sacrifices!
    They kiss[a](G) calf-idols!(H)
Therefore they will be like the morning mist,
    like the early dew that disappears,(I)
    like chaff(J) swirling from a threshing floor,(K)
    like smoke(L) escaping through a window.

“But I have been the Lord your God
    ever since you came out of Egypt.(M)
You shall acknowledge(N) no God but me,(O)
    no Savior(P) except me.
I cared for you in the wilderness,(Q)
    in the land of burning heat.
When I fed them, they were satisfied;
    when they were satisfied, they became proud;(R)
    then they forgot(S) me.(T)
So I will be like a lion(U) to them,
    like a leopard I will lurk by the path.
Like a bear robbed of her cubs,(V)
    I will attack them and rip them open;
like a lion(W) I will devour them—
    a wild animal will tear them apart.(X)

“You are destroyed, Israel,
    because you are against me,(Y) against your helper.(Z)
10 Where is your king,(AA) that he may save you?
    Where are your rulers in all your towns,
of whom you said,
    ‘Give me a king and princes’?(AB)
11 So in my anger I gave you a king,(AC)
    and in my wrath I took him away.(AD)
12 The guilt of Ephraim is stored up,
    his sins are kept on record.(AE)
13 Pains as of a woman in childbirth(AF) come to him,
    but he is a child without wisdom;
when the time(AG) arrives,
    he doesn’t have the sense to come out of the womb.(AH)

14 “I will deliver this people from the power of the grave;(AI)
    I will redeem them from death.(AJ)
Where, O death, are your plagues?
    Where, O grave, is your destruction?(AK)

“I will have no compassion,
15     even though he thrives(AL) among his brothers.
An east wind(AM) from the Lord will come,
    blowing in from the desert;
his spring will fail
    and his well dry up.(AN)
His storehouse will be plundered(AO)
    of all its treasures.
16 The people of Samaria(AP) must bear their guilt,(AQ)
    because they have rebelled(AR) against their God.
They will fall by the sword;(AS)
    their little ones will be dashed(AT) to the ground,
    their pregnant women(AU) ripped open.”[b]

Footnotes

  1. Hosea 13:2 Or “Men who sacrifice / kiss
  2. Hosea 13:16 In Hebrew texts this verse (13:16) is numbered 14:1.

Castigo dell'idolatria

13 Quando Efraim parlava, incuteva terrore,
era un principe in Israele.
Ma si è reso colpevole con Baal
ed è decaduto.
Tuttavia continuano a peccare
e con il loro argento si sono fatti statue fuse,
idoli di loro invenzione,
tutti lavori di artigiani.
Dicono: «Offri loro sacrifici»
e mandano baci ai vitelli.
Perciò saranno come nube del mattino,
come rugiada che all'alba svanisce,
come pula lanciata lontano dall'aia,
come fumo che esce dalla finestra.

Castigo dell'ingratitudine

Eppure io sono il Signore tuo Dio
fin dal paese d'Egitto,
non devi conoscere altro Dio fuori di me,
non c'è salvatore fuori di me.
Io ti ho protetto nel deserto,
in quell'arida terra.
Nel loro pascolo si sono saziati,
si sono saziati e il loro cuore si è inorgoglito,
per questo mi hanno dimenticato.
Perciò io sarò per loro come un leone,
come un leopardo li spierò per la via,
li assalirò come un'orsa privata dei figli,
spezzerò l'involucro del loro cuore,
li divorerò come una leonessa;
li sbraneranno le bestie selvatiche.

Fine del regno

Io ti distruggerò, Israele,
e chi potrà venirti in aiuto?
10 Dov'è ora il tuo re, che ti possa salvare?
Dove sono i capi in tutte le tue città
e i governanti di cui dicevi:
«Dammi un re e dei capi»?
11 Ti ho dato un re nella mia ira
e con sdegno te lo riprendo.

La rovina inevitabile

12 L'iniquità di Efraim è chiusa in luogo sicuro,
il suo peccato è ben custodito.
13 Dolori di partoriente lo sorprenderanno,
ma egli è figlio privo di senno,
poichè non si presenta a suo tempo
all'uscire dal seno materno.
14 Li strapperò di mano agli inferi,
li riscatterò dalla morte?
Dov'è, o morte, la tua peste?
Dov'è, o inferi, il vostro sterminio?
La compassione è nascosta ai miei occhi.
15 Efraim prosperi pure in mezzo ai fratelli:
verrà il vento d'oriente,
si alzerà dal deserto il soffio del Signore
e farà inaridire le sue sorgenti,
farà seccare le sue fonti,
distruggerà il tesoro di tutti i vasi preziosi.

Relentless Judgment on Israel

13 When Ephraim spoke, trembling,
He exalted himself in Israel;
But when he offended through Baal worship, he died.
Now they sin more and more,
And have made for themselves molded images,
Idols of their silver, according to their skill;
All of it is the work of craftsmen.
They say of them,
“Let [a]the men who sacrifice [b]kiss the calves!”
Therefore they shall be like the morning cloud
And like the early dew that passes away,
(A)Like chaff blown off from a threshing floor
And like smoke from a chimney.

“Yet (B)I am the Lord your God
Ever since the land of Egypt,
And you shall know no God but Me;
For (C)there is no savior besides Me.
(D)I [c]knew you in the wilderness,
(E)In the land of [d]great drought.
(F)When they had pasture, they were filled;
They were filled and their heart was exalted;
Therefore they forgot Me.

“So (G)I will be to them like a lion;
Like (H)a leopard by the road I will lurk;
I will meet them (I)like a bear deprived of her cubs;
I will tear open their rib cage,
And there I will devour them like a lion.
The [e]wild beast shall tear them.

“O Israel, [f]you are destroyed,
But [g]your help is from Me.
10 [h]I will be your King;
(J)Where is any other,
That he may save you in all your cities?
And your judges to whom (K)you said,
‘Give me a king and princes’?
11 (L)I gave you a king in My anger,
And took him away in My wrath.

12 “The(M) iniquity of Ephraim is bound up;
His sin is stored up.
13 (N)The sorrows of a woman in childbirth shall come upon him.
He is an unwise son,
For he should not stay long where children are born.

14 “I will ransom them from the [i]power of [j]the grave;
I will redeem them from death.
(O)O Death, [k]I will be your plagues!
O [l]Grave, [m]I will be your destruction!
(P)Pity is hidden from My eyes.”

15 Though he is fruitful among his brethren,
(Q)An east wind shall come;
The wind of the Lord shall come up from the wilderness.
Then his spring shall become dry,
And his fountain shall be dried up.
He shall plunder the treasury of every desirable prize.
16 Samaria [n]is held guilty,
For she has (R)rebelled against her God.
They shall fall by the sword,
Their infants shall be dashed in pieces,
And their women with child (S)ripped open.

Footnotes

  1. Hosea 13:2 Or those who offer human sacrifice
  2. Hosea 13:2 Worship with kisses
  3. Hosea 13:5 Cared for you
  4. Hosea 13:5 Lit. droughts
  5. Hosea 13:8 Lit. beast of the field
  6. Hosea 13:9 Lit. it or he destroyed you
  7. Hosea 13:9 Lit. in your help
  8. Hosea 13:10 LXX, Syr., Tg., Vg. Where is your king?
  9. Hosea 13:14 Lit. hand
  10. Hosea 13:14 Or Sheol
  11. Hosea 13:14 LXX where is your punishment?
  12. Hosea 13:14 Or Sheol
  13. Hosea 13:14 LXX where is your sting?
  14. Hosea 13:16 LXX shall be disfigured