1 C uando 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,

When I would heal Israel, then Ephraim’s guilt is uncovered, and the wickedness of Samaria; how they practice falsehood, and the thief enters and the troop of bandits ravage and raid without.

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

But they do not consider and say to their minds and hearts that I remember all their wickedness. Now their own doings surround and entangle them; they are before My face.

3 C on su maldad alegran al rey, y con sus mentiras a los príncipes.

They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.

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

They are all adulterers; their passion smolders like heat of an oven when the baker ceases to stir the fire from the kneading of the dough until it is leavened.

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

On the day of our king the princes made themselves and him sick with the heat of wine; stretched out his hand with scoffers and lawless men.

6 p ues 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.

For they have made ready their heart, and their mind burns like an oven while they lie in wait. Their anger smolders all night; in the morning it blazes forth as a flaming fire.

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

They are all hot as an oven and devour their judges; all their kings are fallen; there is none among them who calls to Me.

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

Ephraim mixes himself among the peoples; Ephraim is a cake not turned.

9 D evoran extranjeros su fuerza, y él no lo sabe; también tiene cabellos canos, y él no lo sabe.

Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knows it not; yes, gray hairs are sprinkled here and there upon him, and he does not know it.

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

And the pride of Israel testifies against him and to his face. But they do not return to the Lord their God, nor seek nor inquire of nor require Him in spite of all this.

11 E fraín es como paloma incauta, sin entendimiento; llaman a Egipto, acuden a Asiria.

Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart or understanding; they call to Egypt; they go to Assyria.

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

As they go, I will spread My net over them; I will bring them down like birds of the heavens. I will chastise them according to the announcement to their congregation.

13 ¡ 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.

Woe to them, for they have wandered from Me! Destruction to them, because they have rebelled and trespassed against Me! Though I would redeem them, yet they have spoken lies against Me.

14 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.

They do not cry to Me from their heart, but they wail upon their beds; they gash and distress and assemble themselves for grain and new wine; they rebel against Me.

15 A unque yo adiestré y fortalecí sus brazos, traman el mal contra mí.

Although I have chastened them and trained and strengthened their arms, yet they think and devise evil against Me.

16 S e 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.

They turn back, shift, or change, but not upwards. They are like a deceitful bow; their princes shall fall by the sword for the insolence and rage of their tongue. This shall be their derision and scorning in the land of Egypt.