Hosea 12
1 Ephraim feedeth on wind, and pursueth after the east wind: all day long he multiplieth lies and desolation; and they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.
Ephraim teh kahlî a pahap. Kanîtholae kahlî hah a pâlei. A hnintangkuem laithoe hoi rawknae hah a kampai sak. Assirianaw hoi a kâhuiko nahlangva vah, Izip ram lah satui a sin awh.
2 Jehovah hath also a controversy with Judah, and he will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.
Cathut ni Judahnaw koehai lungkuephoehnae a tawn. Jakop e tawksaknae hah lawkceng vaiteh, a sak e patetlah moi a pathung han.
3 He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and in his strength he wrestled with God.
Jakop teh a manu von thung vah, a hmau e khokpaimai a kuet. A tha a sai teh, Cathut hoi a kâthe. Kalvantami hoi a kâthe teh a tâ.
4 Yea, he wrestled with the Angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spoke with us,
Khuika laihoi yo la a kâhei toe. Kalvan ransabawi Cathut hah bethel vah a hmu teh, hawvah lawk a dei pouh.
5 — even Jehovah, the God of hosts, — Jehovah is his memorial.
Jehovah teh ransabawi Cathut lah ao. Jehovah tie teh amae min doeh.
6 And thou, return unto thy God: keep loving-kindness and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.
Hatdawkvah, na Cathut koe bout ban leih. Lungmanae, lannae pouk nateh, na Cathut hah pout laipalah ngaihawi haw.
7 [He is] a merchant, balances of deceit are in his hand; he loveth to oppress.
Ahni teh hno kayawtkung e lah a o, dumnae yawcu hah a patuep. Ayânaw rektap ngainae lung a tawn.
8 And Ephraim saith, Nevertheless I am become rich, I have found me out substance; in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.
Hatei, Ephraim ni kai teh, ka tawnta hnopainaw ka hmouk toe. Ka tawksak e pueng dawk payonpakainae hmu han kawi awm hoeh telah a ti.
9 But I [that am] Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt will again make thee to dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn feast.
Kai teh Izip ram thung hoi na ka tâcawtkhai e na Jehovah Cathut lah ka o. Pawi hnin nah na o e patetlah rim dawk bout na o sak han.
10 And I have spoken to the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and by means of the prophets have I used similitudes.
Kai ni profetnaw hno lahoi vision moi na poe toe. Bangnuenae hai moi na dei pouh toe.
11 If Gilead is iniquity, surely they are but vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields.
Gilgal ram teh a payon. Khocaramcanaw teh cungkei awh hoeh. Gilgal khovah, maito hoi thuengnae a sak awh ei, thuengnae khoungroenaw teh, laikawk thawn nah talai kacoum e naw patetlah doeh ao.
12 And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept [sheep].
Jakop teh, Assiria ram lah a yawng. Isarel teh yu la thai nahanelah, san a toung teh tuhu a khoum.
13 And by a prophet Jehovah brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.
Cathut ni profet lahoi Isarel hah, Izip ram hoi a hlout sak teh, profet lahoi a khetyawt.
14 Ephraim provoked [him] to anger most bitterly; and his Lord shall leave his blood upon him, and recompense unto him his reproach.
Ephraim ni Cathut a lungkhuek sak. Hatdawkvah, tami theinae yon teh ahni koe a pha han. Min mathoenae hah ama lathueng a bo han
