1.Sacerdotes, oíd esto, y estad atentos, casa de Israel, y casa del rey, escuchad; porque para vosotros es el juicio, pues habéis sido lazo en Mizpa, y red tendida sobre Tabor.Hear this, O ye priests, and hearken, O house of Israel, and give ear, O house of the king; for unto you pertaineth the judgment; for ye have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
2.Y haciendo víctimas han bajado hasta lo profundo; por tanto, yo castigaré a todos ellos.And the revolters are gone deep in making slaughter; but I am a rebuker of them all.
3.Yo conozco a Efraín, e Israel no me es desconocido; porque ahora, oh Efraín, te has prostituido, y se ha contaminado Israel.I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me; for now, O Ephraim, thou hast played the harlot, Israel is defiled.
4.No piensan en convertirse a su Dios, porque espíritu de fornicación está en medio de ellos, y no conocen a Jehová.Their doings will not suffer them to turn unto their God; for the spirit of whoredom is within them, and they know not Jehovah.
5.La soberbia de Israel le desmentirá en su cara; Israel y Efraín tropezarán en su pecado, y Judá tropezará también con ellos.And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore Israel and Ephraim shall stumble in their iniquity; Judah also shall stumble with them.
6.Con sus ovejas y con sus vacas andarán buscando a Jehová, y no le hallarán; se apartó de ellos.They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek Jehovah; but they shall not find him: he hath withdrawn himself from them.
7.Contra Jehová prevaricaron, porque han engendrado hijos extraños; ahora en un solo mes serán consumidos ellos y sus heredades.They have dealt treacherously against Jehovah; for they have borne strange children: now shall the new moon devour them with their fields.
8.Tocad bocina en Gabaa, trompeta en Ramá: sonad alarma en Bet-avén; tiembla, oh Benjamín.Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: sound an alarm at Beth-aven; behind thee, O Benjamin.
9.Efraín será asolado en el día del castigo; en las tribus de Israel hice conocer la verdad.Ephraim shall become a desolation in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.
10.Los príncipes de Judá fueron como los que traspasan los linderos; derramaré sobre ellos como agua mi ira.The princes of Judah are like them that remove the landmark: I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.
11.Efraín es vejado, quebrantado en juicio, porque quiso andar en pos de vanidades.Ephraim is oppressed, he is crushed in judgment; because he was content to walk after man's command.
12.Yo, pues, seré como polilla a Efraín, y como carcoma a la casa de Judá.Therefore am I unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
13.Y verá Efraín su enfermedad, y Judá su llaga; irá entonces Efraín a Asiria, y enviará al rey Jareb; mas él no os podrá sanar, ni os curará la llaga.When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to Assyria, and sent to king Jareb: but he is not able to heal you, neither will he cure you of your wound.
14.Porque yo seré como león a Efraín, y como cachorro de león a la casa de Judá; yo, yo arrebataré, y me iré; tomaré, y no habrá quien liberte.For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will carry off, and there shall be none to deliver.
15.Andaré y volveré a mi lugar, hasta que reconozcan su pecado y busquen mi rostro. En su angustia me buscarán.I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me earnestly.