1 W hen I would heal Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim is uncovered, also the wickedness of Samaria; for they commit falsehood, and the thief enters in, and the gang of robbers ravages outside.

ESTANDO yo curando á Israel, descubrióse la iniquidad de Ephraim, y las maldades de Samaria; porque obraron engaño: y viene el ladrón, y el salteador despoja de fuera.

2 T hey don’t consider in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness. Now their own deeds have engulfed them. They are before my face.

Y no dicen en su corazón que tengo en la memoria toda su maldad: ahora los rodearán sus obras; delante de mí están.

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

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

4 T hey are all adulterers. They are burning like an oven that the baker stops stirring, from the kneading of the dough, until it is leavened.

Todos ellos adúlteros; son como horno encendido por el hornero, el cual cesará de avivar después que esté hecha la masa, hasta que esté leuda.

5 O n the day of our king, the princes made themselves sick with the heat of wine. He joined his hand with mockers.

El día de nuestro rey los príncipes lo hicieron enfermar con vasos de vino: extendió su mano con los escarnecedores.

6 F or they have prepared their heart like an oven, while they lie in wait. Their baker sleeps all the night. In the morning it burns as a flaming fire.

Porque aplicaron su corazón, semejante á un horno, á sus artificios: toda la noche duerme su hornero; á la mañana está encendido como llama de fuego.

7 T hey are all hot as an oven, and devour their judges. All their kings have fallen. There is no one among them who calls to me.

Todos ellos arden como un horno, y devoraron á sus jueces: cayeron todos sus reyes: no hay entre ellos quien á mí clame.

8 E phraim, he mixes himself among the nations. Ephraim is a pancake not turned over.

Ephraim se envolvió con los pueblos; Ephraim fué torta no vuelta.

9 S trangers have devoured his strength, and he doesn’t realize it. Indeed, gray hairs are here and there on him, and he doesn’t realize it.

Comieron extraños su sustancia, y él no lo supo; y aun vejez se ha esparcido por él, y él no lo entendió.

10 T he pride of Israel testifies to his face; yet they haven’t returned to Yahweh their God, nor sought him, for all this.

Y la soberbia de Israel testificará contra él en su cara: y no se tornaron á Jehová su Dios, ni lo buscaron con todo esto.

11 “ Ephraim is like an easily deceived dove, without understanding. They call to Egypt. They go to Assyria.

Y fué Ephraim como paloma incauta, sin entendimiento: llamarán á Egipto, acudirán al Asirio.

12 W hen they go, I will spread my net on them. I will bring them down like the birds of the sky. I will chastise them, as their congregation has heard.

Cuando fueren, extenderé sobre ellos mi red, hacerlos he caer como aves del cielo; castigarélos conforme á lo que se ha oído en sus congregaciones.

13 W oe to them! For they have wandered from me. Destruction to them! For they have trespassed against me. Though I would redeem them, yet they have spoken lies against me.

Ay de ellos! porque se apartaron de mí: destrucción sobre ellos, porque contra mí se rebelaron; yo los redimí, y ellos hablaron contra mí mentiras.

14 T hey haven’t cried to me with their heart, but they howl on their beds. They assemble themselves for grain and new wine. They turn away from me.

Y no clamaron a mí con su corazón cuando aullaron sobre sus camas, para el trigo y el mosto se congregaron, rebeláronse contra mí.

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

Y yo los ceñi, esforcé sus brazos, y contra mí pensaron mal.

16 T hey return, but not to the Most High. They are like a faulty bow. Their princes will fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue. This will be their derision in the land of Egypt.

Tornáronse, mas no al Altísimo: fueron como arco engañoso: cayeron sus príncipes á cuchillo por la soberbia de su lengua: éste será su escarnio en la tierra de Egipto.