1 ¶ When I was healing Israel, the iniquity of Ephraim was uncovered, and the wickedness of Samaria; for they worked deceit; and the thief comes in, and the troop of robbers spoils without.

Cuando yo quería curar a Israel, se descubrió la iniquidad de Efraín y las maldades de Samaria, porque practican el engaño; el ladrón entra, los bandidos despojan por fuera,

2 A nd they do not consider in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness; now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face.

y ellos no consideran en su corazón que yo recuerdo toda su maldad. Ahora les rodean sus hechos, ante mi rostro están.

3 T hey make the king glad with their wickedness and the princes with their lies.

Con su maldad alegran al rey, y con sus mentiras a los príncipes.

4 T hey are all adulterers as an oven heated by the baker who shall cease from waking after he has kneaded the dough until it is leavened.

Todos ellos son adúlteros; son como horno encendido por el hornero, que deja de atizar el fuego desde que prepara la masa hasta que fermenta.

5 I n the day of our king the princes have made him sick with a wineskin; he stretched out his hand with the scorners.

En la fiesta de nuestro rey, los príncipes se enfermaron por el calor del vino; él extendió la mano a los escarnecedores,

6 F or they have made ready their heart like an oven while they lie in wait; their baker sleeps all night; in the morning it burns as a flaming fire.

pues sus corazones son como un horno mientras se acercan a su emboscada; toda la noche duerme su ira, por la mañana arde como llamas de fuego.

7 T hey are all hot as an oven and have devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen; there is no one among them that calls unto me.

Todos ellos están calientes como un horno, y devoran a sus gobernantes; todos sus reyes han caído. No hay entre ellos quien me invoque.

8 ¶ Ephraim, he has mixed himself among the peoples; Ephraim is a cake not turned.

Efraín se mezcla con las naciones; Efraín es como una torta no volteada.

9 S trangers have devoured his strength, and he does not know it; yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he does not understand.

Devoran extranjeros su fuerza, y él no lo sabe; también tiene cabellos canos, y él no lo sabe.

10 A nd the pride of Israel shall testify to his face, and they have not returned to the LORD their God, nor have they sought him with all this.

Testifica contra él el orgullo de Israel, pero no se han vuelto al Señor su Dios, ni lo han buscado a pesar de todo esto.

11 E phraim also was like a deceived dove, without understanding; they shall call to Egypt, they shall go to Assyria.

Efraín es como paloma incauta, sin entendimiento; llaman a Egipto, acuden a Asiria.

12 W hen they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them according to what has been heard in their congregations.

Cuando vayan, tenderé sobre ellos mi red, como aves del cielo los haré caer; los castigaré conforme a lo anunciado a su congregación.

13 W oe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction upon them! because they have rebelled against me; though I have ransomed them, yet they have spoken lies against me.

¡Ay de ellos, pues de mí se han alejado! Sobre ellos vendrá la destrucción, porque contra mí se han rebelado; yo los redimiría, pero ellos hablan mentiras contra mí.

14 A nd they have not cried unto me with their heart when they howled upon their beds; they congregated themselves for the wheat and the wine, and they rebelled against me.

Y no claman a mí de corazón cuando gimen en sus lechos; por el trigo y el mosto se reunen, y se alejan de mí.

15 T hough I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet they imagine evil against me.

Aunque yo adiestré y fortalecí sus brazos, traman el mal contra mí.

16 T hey returned, but not to the most High; they were like a deceitful bow; their princes fell by the sword for the arrogance of their tongue; this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.

Se vuelven, pero no hacia lo alto, son como un arco engañoso. Sus príncipes caerán a espada por la insolencia de sus lenguas; esto será su escarnio en la tierra de Egipto.