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.
[Ephraim pascit ventum, et sequitur æstum; tota die mendacium et vastitatem multiplicat: et fœdus cum Assyriis iniit, et oleum in Ægyptum ferebat.
2 The LORD also brings a charge against Judah. He will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds.
Judicium ergo Domini cum Juda, et visitatio super Jacob: juxta vias ejus, et juxta adinventiones ejus reddet ei.
3 In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, and in his vigor he wrestled with God.
In utero supplantavit fratrem suum, et in fortitudine sua directus est cum angelo.
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 —
Et invaluit ad angelum, et confortatus est; flevit, et rogavit eum. In Bethel invenit eum, et ibi locutus est nobiscum.
5 the LORD is the God of Hosts— the LORD is His name of renown.
Et Dominus Deus exercituum, Dominus memoriale ejus.
6 But you must return to your God, maintaining love and justice, and always waiting on your God.
Et tu ad Deum tuum converteris; misericordiam et judicium custodi, et spera in Deo tuo semper.
7 A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.
Chanaan, in manu ejus statera dolosa, calumniam dilexit.
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.”
Et dixit Ephraim: Verumtamen dives effectus sum; inveni idolum mihi: omnes labores mei non invenient mihi iniquitatem quam peccavi.
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.
Et ego Dominus Deus tuus ex terra Ægypti: adhuc sedere te faciam in tabernaculis, sicut in diebus festivitatis.
10 I spoke through the prophets and multiplied their visions; I gave parables through the prophets.
Et locutus sum super prophetas, et ego visionem multiplicavi, et in manu prophetarum assimilatus sum.
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.
Si Galaad idolum, ergo frustra erant in Galgal bobus immolantes; nam et altaria eorum quasi acervi super sulcos agri.
12 Jacob fled to the land of Aram and Israel worked for a wife— for a wife he tended sheep.
Fugit Jacob in regionem Syriæ, et servivit Israël in uxorem, et in uxorem servavit.
13 But by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.
In propheta autem eduxit Dominus Israël de Ægypto, et in propheta servatus est.
14 Ephraim has provoked bitter anger, so his Lord will leave his bloodguilt upon him and repay him for his contempt.
Ad iracundiam me provocavit Ephraim in amaritudinibus suis: et sanguis ejus super eum veniet, et opprobrium ejus restituet ei Dominus suus.]
