Hosea 12
1 Ephraim's food is the wind, and he goes after the east wind: deceit and destruction are increasing day by day; they make an agreement with Assyria, and take oil into 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 has a cause against Judah, and will give punishment to Jacob for his ways; he will give him the reward of his acts.
Iudicium ergo Domini cum Iuda, et visitatio super Iacob: iuxta vias eius, et iuxta adinventiones eius reddet ei.
3 In the body of his mother he took his brother by the foot, and in his strength he was fighting with God;
In utero supplantavit fratrem suum: et in fortitudine sua directus est cum angelo.
4 He had a fight with the angel and overcame him; he made request for grace to him with weeping; he came face to face with him in Beth-el and there his words came to him;
Et invaluit ad angelum, et confortatus est: flevit, et rogavit eum: in Bethel invenit eum, et ibi locutus est nobiscum.
5 Even the Lord, the God of armies; the Lord is his name.
Et Dominus Deus exercituum, Dominus memoriale eius.
6 So then, come back to your God; keep mercy and right, and be waiting at all times on your God.
Et tu ad Deum tuum converteris: misericordiam et iudicium custodi, et spera in Deo tuo semper.
7 As for Canaan, the scales of deceit are in his hands; he takes pleasure in twisted ways.
Chanaan, in manu eius statera dolosa, calumniam dilexit.
8 And Ephraim said, Now I have got wealth and much property; in all my works no sin may be seen in me.
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 from the land of Egypt; I will give you tents for your living-places again as in the days of the holy meeting.
Et ego Dominus Deus tuus ex Terra Ægypti, adhuc sedere te faciam in tabernaculis, sicut in diebus festivitatis.
10 My word came to the ears of the prophets and I gave them visions in great number, and by the mouths of the prophets I made use of comparisons.
Et locutus sum super prophetas, et ego visionem multiplicavi, et in manu prophetarum assimilatus sum.
11 In Gilead there is evil. They are quite without value; in Gilgal they make offerings of oxen; truly their altars are like masses of stones in the hollows of a ploughed field.
Si Galaad idolum, ergo frustra erant in Galgal bobus immolantes: nam et altaria eorum quasi acervi super sulcos agri:
12 And Jacob went in flight into the field of Aram, and Israel became a servant for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
Fugit Iacob in regionem Syriæ, et servivit Israel in uxorem, et in uxorem servavit.
13 And by a prophet the Lord made Israel come up out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was kept safe.
In propheta autem eduxit Dominus Israel de Ægypto: et in propheta servatus est.
14 I have been bitterly moved to wrath by Ephraim; so that his blood will be on him, and the Lord will make his shame come back on him.
Ad iracundiam me provocavit Ephraim in amaritudinibus suis, et sanguis eius super eum veniet, et opprobrium eius restituet ei Dominus suus.
