Hosea 12
1 Efraim geno gima onge, olawo yamb wuok chiengʼ odiechiengʼ duto, kendo omedo miriambo kod gero. Oketo winjruok gi Asuria kendo ooro mor zeituni ne jo-Misri.
EPHRAIM feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.
2 Jehova Nyasaye nigi bura kuom jo-Juda; enokum Jakobo kaluwore gi yorene; kendo enochule kaluwore gi timbene.
The Lord hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.
3 Kane pod en ei min nomako tiend owadgi, kaka dhano nomako amen gi Nyasaye.
He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:
4 Ne oii gi malaika mi oloye; eka noywak kendo kwayo mondo otimne ngʼwono. Noyude Bethel kendo mowuoyo kode kanyo.
Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Beth-el, and there he spake with us;
5 Jehova Nyasaye Maratego, Jehova Nyasaye e nyinge mongʼerego!
Even the Lord God of hosts; the Lord is his memorial.
6 To nyaka uduog ir Nyasachu; beduru johera kendo joma ngʼado bura makare, bende keturu chunyu kuom Nyasachu kinde duto.
Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.
7 Jalok ohala tiyo gi ratinde mag miriambo; ohero mecho.
He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
8 Efraim sungore kawacho ni, “An jamoko momewo, kendo asebedo ja-mwandu. Gi mwanduna duto ok giniyud gimoro kuoma ma miganga kata richo.”
And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.
9 “An Jehova Nyasaye Nyasachu mane ogolou e piny Misri, anami udagi e hembeu kendo, mana kaka ndalo mane utimoe nyasi mag sawo mau.
And I that am the Lord thy God from the land of Egypt will yet make thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn feast.
10 Ne awuoyo kod jonabi, ka anyisogi fweny mangʼeny, kendo kawacho ngeche kokalo kuomgi.”
I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.
11 Bende Gilead nigi anjawo? Joge gin joma nono! Bende gitimo misengini gi rwedhi, Gilgal? Kendegi mag misengini biro chalo, kaka kite modhurore e puodho mopur.
Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields.
12 Jakobo noringo modhi e piny mar Aram; Israel notiyo mondo oyud dhako, kendo nochulo nengo mare kokwayo rombe.
And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
13 Jehova Nyasaye nokonyore gi janabi ma ogolo Israel oa Misri, adier ne ooro janabi mondo orite.
And by a prophet the Lord brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.
14 To Efraim osemiye obedo mager mobedo gi mirima; Ruodhe nowe timbene maricho mag chwero remo e wiye, kendo nochule kuom ngʼanyone.
Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.
