Mosaico decorativo

1. Cuando Israel era niño, yo le amé, y de Egipto llamé a mi hijo.

1. When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.

2. Cuanto más los llamaba, más se alejaban de mí: a los Baales sacrificaban, y a los ídolos ofrecían incienso.

2. The more I called them, the more they went from me; they kept sacrificing to the Ba'als, and burning incense to idols.

3. Yo enseñé a Efraím a caminar, tomándole por los brazos, pero ellos no conocieron que yo cuidaba de ellos.

3. Yet it was I who taught E'phraim to walk, I took them up in my arms; but they did not know that I healed them.

4. Con cuerdas humanas los atraía, con lazos de amor, y era para ellos como los que alzan a un niño contra su mejilla, me inclinaba hacia él y le daba de comer.

4. I led them with cords of compassion, with the bands of love, and I became to them as one, who eases the yoke on their jaws, and I bent down to them and fed them.

5. Volverá al país de Egipto, y Asur será su rey, porque se han negado a convertirse.

5. They shall return to the land of Egypt, and Assyria shall be their king, because they have refused to return to me.

6. Hará estragos la espada en sus ciudades, aniquilará sus cerrojos y devorará, por sus perversos planes.

6. The sword shall rage against their cities, consume the bars of their gates, and devour them in their fortresses.

7. Mi pueblo tiene querencia a su infidelidad; cuando a lo alto se les llama, ni uno hay que se levante.

7. My people are bent on turning away from me; so they are appointed to the yoke, and none shall remove it.

8. ¿Cómo voy a dejarte, Efraím, cómo entregarte, Israel? ¿Voy a dejarte como a Admá, y hacerte semejante a Seboyim? Mi corazón está en mí trastornado, y a la vez se estremecen mis entrañas.

8. How can I give you up, O E'phraim! How can I hand you over, O Israel! How can I make you like Admah! How can I treat you like Zeboi'im! My heart recoils within me, my compassion grows warm and tender.

9. No daré curso al ardor de mi cólera, no volveré a destruir a Efraím, porque soy Dios, no hombre; en medio de ti yo soy el Santo, y no vendré con ira.

9. I will not execute my fierce anger, I will not again destroy E'phraim; for I am God and not man, the Holy One in your midst, and I will not come to destroy.

10. En pos de Yahveh marcharán, él rugirá como un león; y cuando ruja él, los hijos vendrán azorados de occidente,

10. They shall go after the LORD, he will roar like a lion; yea, he will roar, and his sons shall come trembling from the west;

11. azorados vendrán de Egipto, como un pájaro, como paloma desde el país de Asiria; y yo les asentaré en sus casas - oráculo de Yahveh -.

11. they shall come trembling like birds from Egypt, and like doves from the land of Assyria; and I will return them to their homes, says the LORD.

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12. E'phraim has encompassed me with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit; but Judah is still known by God, and is faithful to the Holy One.



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