1 S ACERDOTES, oid esto, y estad atentos, casa de Israel; y casa del rey, escuchad: porque á vosotros es el juicio, pues habéis sido lazo en Mizpa, y red extendida sobre Tabor.

`Hear this, O priests, and attend, O house of Israel, And, O house of the king, give ear, For the judgment for you, For, a snare ye have been on Mizpah, And a net spread out on Tabor.

2 Y haciendo víctimas han bajado hasta el profundo: por tanto yo seré la corrección de todos ellos.

And to slaughter sinners have gone deep, And I a fetter to them all.

3 Y o conozco á Ephraim, é Israel no me es desconocido; porque ahora, oh Ephraim, has fornicado, y se ha contaminado Israel.

I have known Ephraim, And Israel hath not been hid from me, For now thou hast gone a-whoring, Ephraim, Defiled is Israel.

4 N o pondrán sus pensamientos en volverse á su Dios, porque espíritu de fornicación está en medio de ellos, y no conocen á Jehová.

They give not up their habitual doings, To turn back unto their God, For a spirit of whoredoms in their midst, And Jehovah they have not known.

5 Y la soberbia de Israel le desmentirá en su cara: é Israel y Ephraim tropezarán en su pecado: tropezará también Judá con ellos.

And humbled hath been the excellency of Israel to his face, And Israel and Ephraim stumble by their iniquity, Stumbled also hath Judah with them.

6 C on sus ovejas y con sus vacas andarán buscando á Jehová, y no le hallarán; apartóse de ellos.

With their flock and with their herd, They go to seek Jehovah, and do not find, He hath withdrawn from them.

7 C ontra Jehová prevaricaron, porque hijos extraños han engendrado: ahora los devorará un mes con sus heredades.

Against Jehovah they dealt treacherously, For strange sons they have begotten, Now consume them doth a month their portions.

8 T ocad bocina en Gabaa, trompreta en Ramá: sonad tambor en Beth-aven: tras ti, oh Benjamín.

Blow ye a cornet in Gibeah, a trumpet in Ramah, Shout, O Beth-Aven, after thee, O Benjamin.

9 E phraim será asolado el día del castigo: en las tribus de Israel hice conocer verdad.

Ephraim is for a desolation in a day of reproof, Among the tribes of Israel I have made known a sure thing.

10 L os príncipes de Judá fueron como los que traspasan mojones: derramaré sobre ellos como agua mi ira.

Princes of Judah have been as those removing a border, On them I do pour out as water My wrath.

11 E phraim es vejado, quebrantado en juicio, porque quiso andar en pos de mandamientos.

Oppressed is Ephraim, broken in judgment, When he pleased he went after the command.

12 Y o pues seré como polilla á Ephraim, y como carcoma á la casa de Judá.

And I as a moth to Ephraim, And as a rotten thing to the house of Judah.

13 Y verá Ephraim su enfermedad, y Judá su llaga: irá entonces Ephraim al Assur, y enviará al rey Jareb; mas él no os podrá sanar, ni os curará la llaga.

And see doth Ephraim his sickness, and Judah his wound, And Ephraim goeth unto Asshur, And sendeth unto a warlike king, And he is not able to give healing to you, Nor doth he remove from you a scar.

14 P orque yo seré como león á Ephraim, y como cachorro de león á la casa de Judá: yo, yo arrebataré, y andaré; tomaré, y no habrá quien liberte.

For I as a lion to Ephraim, And as a young lion to the house of Judah, I -- I tear and go, I bear away, and there is no deliverer.

15 A ndaré, y tornaré á mi lugar hasta que conozcan su pecado, y busquen mi rostro. En su angustia madrugarán á mi.

I go -- I turn back unto My place, Till that they are desolate, and have sought My face. In their distress they do seek Me speedily!'