Hosea 4

DOUAI-RHEIMS	BIBLIA
1 Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel, for the Lord shall enter into judgment with the inhabitants of the land: for there is no truth, and there is no mercy, and there is no knowledge of God in the land.	1 Escuchad la palabra de Yahveh, hijos de Israel, que tiene pleito Yahveh con los habitantes de esta tierra, pues no hay ya fidelidad ni amor, ni conocimiento de Dios en esta tierra;
2 Cursing, and lying, and killing, and theft, and adultery have overflowed, and blood hath touched blood.	2 sino perjurio y mentira, asesinato y robo, adulterio y violencia, sangre que sucede a sangre.
3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth in it shall languish with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of the air: yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be gathered together.	3 Por eso, la tierra está en duelo, y se marchita cuanto en ella habita, con las bestias del campo y las aves del cielo; y hasta los peces del mar desaparecen.
4 But yet let not any man judge: and let not a man be rebuked: for thy people are as they that contradict the priest.	4 ¡Pero nadie pleitee ni reprenda nadie, pues sólo contigo, sacerdote, es mi pleito!
5 And thou shalt fall to day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee: in the night I have made thy mother to be silent.	5 En pleno día tropezarás tú, también el profeta tropezará contigo en la noche, y yo haré perecer a tu madre.
6 My people have been silent, because they had no knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will reject thee, that thou shalt not do the office of priesthood to me: and thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.	6 Perece mi pueblo por falta de conocimiento. Ya que tú has rechazado el conocimiento, yo te rechazaré de mi sacerdocio; ya que tú has olvidado la Ley de tu Dios, también yo me olvidaré de tus hijos.
7 According to the multitude of them so have they sinned against me: I will change their glory into shame.	7 Todos, cuantos son, han pecado contra mí, han cambiado su Gloria por la Ignominia.
8 They shall eat the sins of my people, and shall lift up their souls to their iniquity.	8 Del pecado de mi pueblo comen y hacia su culpa llevan su avidez.
9 And there shall be like people like priest: and I will visit their ways upon them, and I will repay them their devices.	9 Mas será del sacerdote lo que sea del pueblo: yo le visitaré por su conducta y sus obras le devolveré.
10 And they shall eat and shall not be filled: they have committed fornication, and have not ceased: because they have forsaken the Lord in not observing his law.	10 Comerán, pero no se saciarán, se prostituirán, pero no proliferarán, porque han abandonado a Yahveh para dedicarse
11 Fornication, and wine, and drunkenness take away the understanding.	11 a la prostitución. El vino y el mosto arrebatan el seso.
12 My people have consulted their stocks, and their staff hath declared unto them: for the spirit of fornication hath deceived them, and they have committed fornication against their God.	12 Mi pueblo consulta a su madero, y su palo le adoctrina, porque un espíritu de prostitución le extravía, y se protituyen sacudiéndose de su Dios.
13 They offered sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burnt incense upon the hills: under the oak, and the poplar, and the turpentine tree, because the shadow thereof was good: therefore shall your daughters commit fornication, and your spouses shall be adulteresses.	13 En las cimas de los montes sacrifican, en las colinas queman incienso, bajo la encina, el chopo o el terebinto, ¡porque es buena su sombra! Por eso, si se prostituyen vuestras hijas y vuestras nueras cometen adulterio,
14 I will not visit upon your daughters when they shell commit fornication, and upon your spouses when they shall commit adultery: because themselves conversed with harlots, and offered sacrifice with the effeminate, and the people that doth not understand shall be beaten.	14 no visitaré yo a vuestras hijas porque se prostituyan ni a vuestras nueras porque cometan adulterio, pues que ellos también se retiran con esas prostitutas y sacrifican con las consagradas a la prostitución; ¡y el pueblo, insensato, se pierde!
15 If thou play the harlot, O Israel, at least let not Juda offend: and go ye not into Galgal, and come not up into Bethaven, and do not swear: The Lord liveth.	15 Si tú, Israel, te prostituyes, que no se haga culpable Judá. ¡No vayáis a Guilgal, No subáis a Bet Aven, no juréis «por vida de Yahveh»!
16 For Israel hath gone astray like a wanton heifer: now will the Lord feed them, as a lamb in a spacious place.	16 Ya que Israel se ha embravecido cual vaca brava, ¿los va a apacentar ahora Yahveh como a un cordero en ancho prado?
17 Ephraim is a partaker with idols, let him alone.	17 Efraím se ha apegado a sus ídolos, ¡déjale!
18 Their banquet is separated, they have gone astray by fornication: they that should have protected them have loved to bring shame upon them.	18 En saliendo de beber se prostituyen más y más, prefieren a su Prez la Ignominia.
19 The wind hath bound them up in its wings, and they shall be confounded because of their sacrifices.	19 El viento los cerrará entre sus alas, y se avergonzarán de sus sacrificios.