1 « Mientras curaba yo a Israel, se descubrió la iniquidad de Efraín y las maldades de Samaria, pues practican el engaño; el ladrón entra y el salteador despoja afuera.

“When I would have healed Israel, Then the iniquity of Ephraim was uncovered, And the wickedness of Samaria. For they have committed fraud; A thief comes in; A band of robbers takes spoil outside.

2 N o consideran en su corazón que tengo memoria de toda su maldad. Ahora los acorralan sus propias obras, que están delante de mí.

They do not consider in their hearts That I remember all their wickedness; Now their own deeds have surrounded them; They are before My face.

3 » Con su maldad alegran al rey; con sus mentiras, a los príncipes.

They make a king glad with their wickedness, And princes with their lies.

4 T odos ellos son adúlteros; son como horno encendido, que el hornero cesa de avivar desde que se amasa la harina hasta que se ha fermentado.

“They are all adulterers. Like an oven heated by a baker— He ceases stirring the fire after kneading the dough, Until it is leavened.

5 E n el día de nuestro rey, los príncipes lo hicieron enfermar con copas de vino; él extendió su mano con los que se burlaban.

In the day of our king Princes have made him sick, inflamed with wine; He stretched out his hand with scoffers.

6 D isponen su corazón para la intriga, como se prepara un horno; toda la noche duerme su hornero, pero a la mañana está encendido como llama de fuego.

They prepare their heart like an oven, While they lie in wait; Their baker sleeps all night; In the morning it burns like a flaming fire.

7 T odos ellos arden como un horno y devoran a sus jueces. Así han caído todos sus reyes; no hay entre ellos quien me invoque.

They are all hot, like an oven, And have devoured their judges; All their kings have fallen. None among them calls upon Me.

8 E fraín se ha mezclado con los demás pueblos; Efraín es como torta no volteada.

“Ephraim has mixed himself among the peoples; Ephraim is a cake unturned.

9 G ente extraña ha devorado su fuerza, y él no lo sabe. Ya se ha cubierto de canas, y él no lo sabe.

Aliens have devoured his strength, But he does not know it; Yes, gray hairs are here and there on him, Yet he does not know it.

10 L a soberbia de Israel testificará en su contra. Con todo, ellos no se vuelven ni buscan a Jehová, su Dios.

And the pride of Israel testifies to his face, But they do not return to the Lord their God, Nor seek Him for all this. Futile Reliance on the Nations

11 E fraín es como paloma incauta, sin discernimiento: claman a Egipto, acuden a Asiria.

“Ephraim also is like a silly dove, without sense— They call to Egypt, They go to Assyria.

12 C uando vayan allá, tenderé sobre ellos mi red, los haré caer como aves del cielo, los castigaré conforme a lo anunciado en sus asambleas.

Wherever they go, I will spread My net on them; I will bring them down like birds of the air; I will chastise them According to what their congregation has heard.

13 » ¡Ay de ellos! porque se apartaron de mí; destrucción vendrá sobre ellos, porque contra mí se rebelaron. Yo los redimiría, pero ellos hablan mentiras contra mí.

“Woe to them, for they have fled from Me! Destruction to them, Because they have transgressed against Me! Though I redeemed them, Yet they have spoken lies against Me.

14 N o clamaron a mí de corazón, cuando se lamentaban sobre sus lechos; Por trigo y mosto se congregaron, y se han rebelado contra mí.

They did not cry out to Me with their heart When they wailed upon their beds. “They assemble together for grain and new wine, They rebel against Me;

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

Though I disciplined and strengthened their arms, Yet they devise evil against Me;

16 V olvieron, pero no al Altísimo; fueron como arco que yerra. Sus príncipes cayeron a espada por la soberbia de su lengua: ¡esto será motivo de burla en la tierra de Egipto!»

They return, but not to the Most High; They are like a treacherous bow. Their princes shall fall by the sword For the cursings of their tongue. This shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.