Hosea 12
1 Ephraim chases the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.
Ma nukewa mwet Israel uh oru ke lotutang lac nwe ke fong uh, wangin sripa ac mwe na kunausten. Kutasrik ac orekma sulallal yokelik inmasrlolos. Elos orek wulela yurin mwet Assyria, ac kukakin oil in olive nu sin mwet Egypt.”
2 The LORD also brings a charge against Judah. He will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds.
LEUM GOD El ac fahkak ma sutuu lun mwet Judah; El ac oayapa kai mwet Israel ke ouiyen mukuikui lalos. El ac folokin nu selos fal nu ke orekma lalos.
3 In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, and in his vigor he wrestled with God.
Jacob, papa matu tumalos, el tuh alein nu sel Esau, tamulel lal, ke eltal srakna oan insien nina kialtal. Ke Jacob el matula, el anwuk lain God.
4 Yes, he struggled with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought His favor; he found Him at Bethel and spoke with Him there —
El anwuk nu sin sie lipufan ac katangulla. El tung ac siyuk ke sie mwe insewowo. In acn Bethel God El tuku nu yurin papa matu tumasr Jacob, ac kaskas nu sel.
5 the LORD is the God of Hosts— the LORD is His name of renown.
LEUM GOD Kulana pa inge — Inel pa LEUM GOD.
6 But you must return to your God, maintaining love and justice, and always waiting on your God.
Ouinge, kowos fwilin tulik natul Jacob, kowos in lulalfongi God lowos, ac foloko nu yorol. Kowos in inse pwaye nu sel ac oru ma suwohs, ac mongfisrasr in tupan God lowos.
7 A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.
LEUM GOD El fahk, “Mwet Israel elos kikiap oana mwet Canaan. Elos lungsena orekmakin mwe paun kikiap nu sin mwet ma som moul yorolos.
8 And Ephraim boasts: “How rich I have become! I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors, they can find in me no iniquity that is sinful.”
Elos fahk, ‘Kut kasrup. Kut eis mwe insewowo puspis, ac wangin mwet ku in fahk mu kut kasrupi ke inkanek kutasrik.’
9 But I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt. I will again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the appointed feast.
Tusruktu nga, LEUM GOD lowos, su pwenkowosla liki Egypt, nga ac sifilpa oru kowos in muta in lohm nuknuk oana ke pacl se nga tuh sun kowos yen mwesis.
10 I spoke through the prophets and multiplied their visions; I gave parables through the prophets.
“Nga sramsram nu sin mwet palu, ac sang elos in liye aruruma puspis, ac sang kas in sensenkakin nu selos in fahkak nu sin mwet luk.
11 Is there iniquity in Gilead? They will surely come to nothing. Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Indeed, their altars will be heaps of stones in the furrows of the field.
Ne ouinge, elos srakna alu nu ke ma sruloala in acn Gilead, ac elos su alu nu kac fah misa. Cow mukul uh kisakinyuk in acn Gilgal, na loang in kisa we fah yolin eot se na inima uh.”
12 Jacob fled to the land of Aram and Israel worked for a wife— for a wife he tended sheep.
Papa matu tumasr, Jacob, el tuh enenu in kaing nu Mesopotamia, na el tuh orekma lun siena mukul ac liyaung sheep natul tuh elan ku in eis sie mutan kial.
13 But by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.
LEUM GOD El supwala sie mwet palu in molela mwet Israel liki moul in kohs lalos in facl Egypt, ac in karinganulosyang.
14 Ephraim has provoked bitter anger, so his Lord will leave his bloodguilt upon him and repay him for his contempt.
Mwet Israel elos arulana akkasrkusrakye LEUM GOD, ac fal na elos in misa ke sripen orekma koluk lalos. LEUM GOD El fah kaelos ke sripen elos aklusrongtenyal.
