Hosea 12
1 Ephraim feeds on wind and follows burning heat; all day long he multiplies lies and desolation. And he has entered into a pact with the Assyrians, and he has carried oil into Egypt.
Ephraim pascit ventum, et sequitur aestum: tota die mendacium, et vastitatem multiplicat: et foedus cum Assyriis iniit, et oleum in Aegyptum ferebat.
2 Therefore, the judgment of the Lord is with Judah and a visitation is upon Jacob. He will repay him according to his ways and according to his inventions.
Iudicium ergo Domini cum Iuda, et visitatio super Iacob: iuxta vias eius, et iuxta adinventiones eius reddet ei.
3 In the womb, he supplanted his brother; for in his good fortune, he had been guided by an angel.
In utero supplantavit fratrem suum: et in fortitudine sua directus est cum angelo.
4 And he prevailed over an angel, for he had been strengthened. He wept and petitioned him. He found him in Bethel, and there he has spoken to us.
Et invaluit ad angelum, et confortatus est: flevit, et rogavit eum: in Bethel invenit eum, et ibi locutus est nobiscum.
5 And the Lord God of hosts, the Lord is his memorial.
Et Dominus Deus exercituum, Dominus memoriale eius.
6 And so, you should convert to your God. Keep mercy and judgment, and have hope in your God always.
Et tu ad Dominum Deum tuum converteris: misericordiam et iudicium custodi, et spera in Deo tuo semper.
7 Canaan, in his hand is a deceitful balance, he has chosen false accusations.
Chanaan, in manu eius statera dolosa, calumniam dilexit.
8 And Ephraim has said, “Nevertheless, I have become rich; I have found an idol for myself. All of my labors will not reveal to me the iniquity that I have committed.”
Et dixit Ephraim: Verumtamen dives effectus sum, inveni idolum mihi: omnes labores mei non invenient mihi iniquitatem, quam peccavi.
9 And I, the Lord your God from the land of Egypt, nevertheless will cause you to dwell in tabernacles, just as during the days of the feast.
Et ego Dominus Deus tuus ex Terra Aegypti, adhuc sedere te faciam in tabernaculis, sicut in diebus festivitatis.
10 And I have spoken through the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and I have used parables through the hands of the prophets.
Et locutus sum super prophetas, et ego visionem multiplicavi, et in manu prophetarum assimilatus sum.
11 If Gilead is an idol, then they have been sacrificing cattle in Gilgal to no purpose. For even their altars are like clutter on the soil of the field.
Si Galaad idolum, ergo frustra errant in Galgal bobus immolantes: nam et altaria eorum quasi acervi super sulcos agri:
12 Jacob fled into the region of Syria, and Israel served like a wife, and was served by a wife.
Fugit Iacob in regionem Syriae, et servivit Israel in uxorem, et in uxore servavit.
13 Yet by a prophet the Lord led Israel out of Egypt, and he was served by a prophet.
In propheta autem eduxit Dominus Israel de Aegypto: et in propheta servatus est.
14 Ephraim has provoked me to wrath with his bitterness, and his blood will overcome him, and his Lord will requite him for his shamefulness.
Ad iracundiam me provocavit Ephraim in amaritudinibus suis, et sanguis eius super eum veniet, et opprobrium eius restituet ei Dominus Deus suus.
