1 H ear the word of the Lord, you children of Israel, for the Lord has a controversy (a pleading contention) with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no faithfulness, love, pity and mercy, or knowledge of God in the land.

Oíd palabra del SEÑOR, hijos de Israel, porque el SEÑOR pleitea con los moradores de la tierra; porque no hay verdad, ni misericordia, ni conocimiento de Dios en la tierra.

2 T here is nothing but swearing and breaking faith and killing and stealing and committing adultery; they break out, one bloodshed following close on another.

Perjurar, mentir, cometer homicidio, hurtar y adulterar prevalecieron, y sangre se tocó con sangre.

3 T herefore shall the land mourn, and all who dwell in it shall languish, together with the wild beasts of the open country and the birds of the heavens; yes, the fishes of the sea also shall be collected and taken away.

Por lo cual, se enlutará la tierra, y será talado todo morador de ella, con las bestias del campo, y las aves del cielo; y aun los peces del mar serán cogidos.

4 Y et let no man strive, neither let any man reprove, for with you is My contention, O priest.

Ciertamente hombre no contienda ni reprenda a hombre, porque tu pueblo es como los que resisten al sacerdote.

5 A nd you shall stumble in the daytime, and the prophet also shall stumble with you in the night; and I will destroy your mother.

Caerás por tanto en el día, y caerá también contigo el profeta de noche; y a tu madre talaré.

6 M y people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you that you shall be no priest to Me; seeing you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.

Mi pueblo fue talado, porque le faltó sabiduría. Porque tú desechaste la sabiduría, yo te echaré del sacerdocio; y pues que olvidaste la ley de tu Dios, también yo me olvidaré de tus hijos.

7 T he more they increased and multiplied, the more they sinned against Me; I will change their glory into shame.

Conforme a su grandeza así pecaron contra mí; yo pues, también cambiaré su honra en afrenta.

8 T hey feed on the sin of My people and set their heart on their iniquity.

Comen del pecado de mi pueblo, y en su iniquidad levantan su alma.

9 A nd it shall be: Like people, like priest; I will punish them for their ways and repay them for their doings.

Tal será el pueblo como el sacerdote; y visitaré sobre él sus caminos, y le pagaré conforme a sus obras.

10 F or they shall eat and not have enough; they shall play the harlot and beget no increase, because they have forsaken the Lord for harlotry;

Y comerán, mas no se hartarán; fornicarán, mas no se aumentarán, porque dejaron de atender al SEÑOR.

11 H arlotry and wine and new wine take away the heart and the mind and the spiritual understanding.

Fornicación, vino, y mosto quitan el corazón.

12 M y people ask counsel of their wood, and their staff gives them oracles and instructs them. For the spirit of harlotry has led them astray and they have played the harlot, withdrawing themselves from subjection to their God.

Mi pueblo a su madero pregunta, y su palo le responde, porque espíritu de fornicaciones lo engañó, y fornicaron debajo de sus dioses.

13 T hey sacrifice on the tops of the mountains, and they burn incense upon the hills and under oaks, poplars, and terebinths, because there the shade is good. Therefore your daughters play the harlot and your sons’ wives commit adultery.

Sobre las cabezas de los montes sacrificaron, e incensaron sobre los collados, debajo de las encinas, álamos, y olmos que tuvieran buena sombra; por tanto, vuestras hijas fornicarán, y adulterarán vuestras nueras.

14 I will not punish your daughters when they play the harlot nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery, for themselves go aside in order to be alone with women who prostitute themselves for gain, and they sacrifice at the altar with dedicated harlots. Therefore the people without understanding shall stumble and fall and come to ruin.

No visitaré sobre vuestras hijas cuando fornicaren, ni sobre vuestras nueras cuando adulteraren, porque ellos ofrecen con las rameras, y con las prostitutas del culto pagano sacrifican; por tanto, el pueblo sin entendimiento caerá.

15 T hough you, Israel, play the harlot and worship idols, let not Judah offend and become guilty; come not to Gilgal, neither go up to Beth-aven, nor swear, As the Lord lives.

Si fornicares tú, Israel, a lo menos que no sea culpable Judá; y no entréis en Gilgal, ni subáis a Bet-avén; ni juréis: Vive el SEÑOR.

16 F or Israel has behaved stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer. How then should he expect to be fed and treated by the Lord like a lamb in a large pasture?

Porque como becerra cerrera se apartó Israel, ¿los apacentará ahora el SEÑOR como a carneros en anchura?

17 E phraim is joined to idols, let him alone.

Efraín es dado a ídolos; déjalo.

18 T heir drinking carousal over, they go habitually to play the harlot; rulers love shame more than her glory.

Su bebida se corrompió; fornicaron pertinazmente; sus príncipes amaron los dones, vergonzosamente.

19 T he resistless wind has bound up in its wings or skirts, and they and their altars shall be put to shame because of their sacrifices.

La ató el viento en sus alas, y de sus sacrificios serán avergonzados.