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 pascit ventum, et sequitur æstum; tota die mendacium et vastitatem multiplicat: et fœdus cum Assyriis iniit, et oleum in Ægyptum ferebat.
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.
Judicium ergo Domini cum Juda, et visitatio super Jacob: juxta vias ejus, et juxta adinventiones ejus reddet ei.
3 He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and in his strength he wrestled with God.
In utero supplantavit fratrem suum, et in fortitudine sua directus est cum angelo.
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,
Et invaluit ad angelum, et confortatus est; flevit, et rogavit eum. In Bethel invenit eum, et ibi locutus est nobiscum.
5 — even Jehovah, the God of hosts, — Jehovah is his memorial.
Et Dominus Deus exercituum, Dominus memoriale ejus.
6 And thou, return unto thy God: keep loving-kindness and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.
Et tu ad Deum tuum converteris; misericordiam et judicium custodi, et spera in Deo tuo semper.
7 [He is] a merchant, balances of deceit are in his hand; he loveth to oppress.
Chanaan, in manu ejus statera dolosa, calumniam dilexit.
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.
Et dixit Ephraim: Verumtamen dives effectus sum; inveni idolum mihi: omnes labores mei non invenient mihi iniquitatem quam peccavi.
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.
Et ego Dominus Deus tuus ex terra Ægypti: adhuc sedere te faciam in tabernaculis, sicut in diebus festivitatis.
10 And I have spoken to the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and by means of the prophets have I used similitudes.
Et locutus sum super prophetas, et ego visionem multiplicavi, et in manu prophetarum assimilatus sum.
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.
Si Galaad idolum, ergo frustra erant in Galgal bobus immolantes; nam et altaria eorum quasi acervi super sulcos agri.
12 And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept [sheep].
Fugit Jacob in regionem Syriæ, et servivit Israël in uxorem, et in uxorem servavit.
13 And by a prophet Jehovah brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.
In propheta autem eduxit Dominus Israël de Ægypto, et in propheta servatus est.
14 Ephraim provoked [him] to anger most bitterly; and his Lord shall leave his blood upon him, and recompense unto him his reproach.
Ad iracundiam me provocavit Ephraim in amaritudinibus suis: et sanguis ejus super eum veniet, et opprobrium ejus restituet ei Dominus suus.
