1 D ecid a vuestros hermanos: Ammí, y a vuestras hermanas: Ruhamá.

say to your brethren, Ammi, and to your sisters, Ruhamah.

2 C ontended con vuestra madre, contended, porque ella no es mi mujer, y yo no soy su marido; que quite, pues, de su rostro sus prostituciones, y sus adulterios de entre sus pechos;

Plead with your mother; plead, for she is not My wife and I am not her Husband; that she put away her harlotry from her face and her adulteries from between her breasts,

3 n o sea que yo la desnude completamente y la deje como el día en que nació, y la ponga como un desierto, la reduzca a tierra seca y la mate de sed.

Lest I strip her naked and make her as in the day she was born, and make her as a wilderness and set her like a parched land and slay her with thirst.

4 Y no tendré compasión de sus hijos, porque son hijos de prostitución,

Yes, for her children I will have no love nor pity nor mercy, for they are the children of harlotry.

5 p ues su madre se prostituyó; la que los concibió se deshonró, porque dijo: “Iré tras mis amantes, que me dan mi pan y mi agua, mi lana y mi lino, mi aceite y mi bebida.”

For their mother has played the harlot; she who conceived them has done shamefully, for she said, I will go after my lovers that give me my food and my water, my wool and my flax, my oil and my refreshing drinks.

6 P or tanto, he aquí, cercaré su camino con espinos, y levantaré un muro contra ella para que no encuentre sus senderos.

Therefore, behold, I will hedge up her way with thorns; and I will build a wall against her that she shall not find her paths.

7 Y seguirá a sus amantes, pero no los alcanzará; los buscará, pero no los hallará. Entonces dirá: “Iré y volveré a mi primer marido, porque mejor me iba entonces que ahora.”

And she shall follow after her lovers but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them. Then shall she say, Let me go and return to my first husband, for then was it better with me than now.

8 P ues ella no sabía que era yo el que le daba el trigo, el mosto y el aceite, y le prodigaba la plata y el oro, que ellos usaban para Baal.

For she has not noticed, understood, or realized that it was I Who gave her the grain and the new wine and the fresh oil, and Who lavished upon her silver and gold which they used for Baal and made into his image.

9 P or tanto, volveré a tomar mi trigo a su tiempo y mi mosto a su sazón. También me llevaré mi lana y mi lino que le di para que cubriera su desnudez.

Therefore will I return and take back My grain in the time for it and My new wine in the season for it, and will pluck away and recover My wool and My flax which were to cover her nakedness.

10 Y ahora descubriré su vergüenza ante los ojos de sus amantes, y nadie la librará de mi mano.

And now will I uncover her lewdness and her shame in the sight of her lovers, and no one shall rescue her out of My hand.

11 H aré cesar también todo su regocijo, sus fiestas, sus lunas nuevas, sus días de reposo, y todas sus solemnidades.

I will also cause to cease all her mirth, her feastmaking, her New Moons, her Sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts and appointed festive assemblies.

12 D evastaré sus vides y sus higueras, de las cuales decía ella: “Son la paga que mis amantes me han dado.” Y las convertiré en matorral, y las devorarán las bestias del campo.

And I will lay waste and destroy her vines and her fig trees of which she has said, These are my reward or loose woman’s hire that my lovers have given me; and I will make an inaccessible forest, and the wild beasts of the open country shall eat them.

13 Y la castigaré por los días de los Baales cuando ella les ofrecía sacrificios y se adornaba con sus zarcillos y joyas, y se iba tras sus amantes, y se olvidaba de mí —declara el Señor. Dios se desposará con su pueblo

And I will visit upon her for the feast days of the Baals, when she burned incense to them and decked herself with her earrings and nose rings and her jewelry and went after her lovers and forgot Me, says the Lord.

14 P or tanto, he aquí, la seduciré, la llevaré al desierto, y le hablaré al corazón.

Therefore, behold, I will allure her and bring her into the wilderness, and I will speak tenderly and to her heart.

15 L e daré sus viñas desde allí, y el valle de Acor por puerta de esperanza. Y allí cantará como en los días de su juventud, como en el día en que subió de la tierra de Egipto.

There I will give her her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor to be for her a door of hope and expectation. And she shall sing there and respond as in the days of her youth and as at the time when she came up out of the land of Egypt.

16 S ucederá en aquel día —declara el Señor — que me llamarás Ishí y no me llamarás más Baalí.

And it shall be in that day, says the Lord, that you will call Me Ishi, and you shall no more call Me Baali.

17 P orque quitaré de su boca los nombres de los Baales, y nunca más serán mencionados por sus nombres.

For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be mentioned or seriously remembered by their name.

18 E n aquel día haré también un pacto por ellos con las bestias del campo, con las aves del cielo y con los reptiles de la tierra; quitaré de la tierra el arco, la espada y la guerra, y haré que ellos duerman seguros.

And in that day will I make a covenant for Israel with the living creatures of the open country and with the birds of the heavens and with the creeping things of the ground. And I will break the bow and the sword and conflict out of the land and will make you lie down safely.

19 T e desposaré conmigo para siempre; sí, te desposaré conmigo en justicia y en derecho, en misericordia y en compasión;

And I will betroth you to Me forever; yes, I will betroth you to Me in righteousness and justice, in steadfast love, and in mercy.

20 t e desposaré conmigo en fidelidad, y tú conocerás al Señor.

I will even betroth you to Me in stability and in faithfulness, and you shall know (recognize, be acquainted with, appreciate, give heed to, and cherish) the Lord.

21 Y sucederá que en aquel día yo responderé —declara el Señor —, responderé a los cielos, y ellos responderán a la tierra,

And in that day I will respond, says the Lord; I will respond to the heavens, and they shall respond to the earth,

22 y la tierra responderá al trigo, al mosto y al aceite, y ellos responderán a Jezreel.

And the earth shall respond to the grain and the wine and the oil, and these shall respond to Jezreel.

23 L a sembraré para mí en la tierra, y tendré compasión de la que no recibió compasión, y diré al que no era mi pueblo: Tú eres mi pueblo, y él dirá: Tú eres mi Dios.

And I will sow her for Myself anew in the land, and I will have love, pity, and mercy for her who had not obtained love, pity, and mercy; and I will say to those who were not My people, You are My people, and they shall say, You are my God!