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 aestum tota die mendacium et vastitatem multiplicat et foedus cum Assyriis iniit et oleum in Aegyptum 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.

iudicium ergo Domini cum Iuda et visitatio super Iacob iuxta vias eius et iuxta adinventiones eius reddet ei

3 He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and in his strength he wrestled with God.

in utero subplantavit 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 eius

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 iudicium 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 eius 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 Aegypti 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 adsimilatus 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 tamen frustra erant in Galgal bubus 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 Iacob in regionem Syriae et servivit Israhel in uxore et in uxore servavit

13 And by a prophet Jehovah brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.

in propheta autem eduxit Dominus Israhel de Aegypto 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 eius super eum veniet et obprobrium eius restituet ei Dominus suus