Hosea 12
1 Ephraim feedeth on the wind, and followeth the burning heat: all the day long he multiplied lies and desolation: and he hath made a covenant with the Assyrians, and carried oil into Egypt.
Efreem bubbee nyaata; inni guyyaa guutuu bubbee baʼa biiftuu duukaa fiiga; sobaa fi gooliis ni baayʼisa. Inni Asoor wajjin walii galtee godhatee biyya Gibxiitti zayitii ejersaa erga.
2 Therefore there is a judgment of the Lord with Juda, and a visitation for Jacob: he will render to him according to his ways, and according to his devices.
Waaqayyo waan Yihuudaa himatu qaba; inni akkuma amala isaatti Yaaqoobin adaba; akkuma hojii isaattis gatii isaa kennaaf.
3 In the womb he supplanted his brother: and by his strength he had success with an angel.
Inni gadameessa keessatti koomee obboleessa isaa qabe; erga guddatee immoo Waaqa wajjin walʼaansoo qabe.
4 And he prevailed over the angel, and was strengthened: he wept, and made supplication to him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spoke with us.
Inni ergamaa Waaqaa wajjin walʼaansoo qabee moʼate; booʼees surraa kadhate. Inni Beetʼeelitti isa argatee achitti isa wajjin haasaʼe.
5 Even the Lord the God of hosts, the Lord is his memorial.
Waaqayyo Waaqa Waan Hunda Dandaʼu, maqaan isaa Waaqayyo!
6 Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and hope in thy God always.
Ati garuu Waaqa keetti deebiʼi; jaalalaa fi murtii qajeelaa jabeessii yeroo hunda Waaqa kee eeggadhu.
7 He is like Chanaan, there is a deceitful balance in his hand, he hath loved oppression.
Daldalaan madaalii sobaa ofi harkaa qabu nama gowwoomsuu jaallata.
8 And Ephraim said: But yet I am become rich, I have found me an idol: all my labours shall not find me the iniquity that I have committed.
Efreem akkana jedhee boona; “Ani akka malee sooressa; qabeenya guddaa argadheera. Isaan qabeenya koo kana hunda keessatti iyyuu balleessaa yookaan cubbuu tokko illee narratti argachuu hin dandaʼan.”
9 And I that am the Lord thy God from the land of Egypt, will yet cause thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the feast.
“Ani Waaqayyo Waaqa kee kan biyya Gibxii si baasee dha; ani akka ati akkuma guyyaa ayyaanota kee kanneen murteeffaman sanaatti deebitee dunkaana keessa jiraattu sin godha.
10 And I have spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and I have used similitudes by the ministry of the prophets.
Ani raajotatti dubbadhee mulʼata hedduu kenneefii karaa isaaniitiin fakkeenyaan nan dubbadhe.”
11 If Galaad be an idol, then in vain were they in Galgal offering sacrifices with bullocks: for their altars also are as heaps in the furrows of the field.
Giliʼaad hamaadhaa? Sabni ishee faayidaa hin qabu! Isaan Gilgaal keessatti korma qaluu? Iddoon aarsaa isaanii akkuma tuullaa dhagaa isa lafa qotiisaa kan qotame irra jiruu ni taʼa.
12 Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and was a keeper for a wife.
Yaaqoob gara Sooriyaatti baqate; Israaʼel niitii argachuuf nama tajaajile; gabbara ishee baasuufis hoolota tikse.
13 But the Lord by a prophet brought Israel out of Egypt: and he was preserved by a prophet.
Waaqayyo biyya Gibxiitii Israaʼelin baasuuf raajiitti fayyadame; inni karuma raajii sanaatiin isa kunuunse.
14 Ephraim hath provoked me to wrath with his bitterness, and his blood shall come upon him, and his Lord will render his reproach unto him.
Efreem garuu aarii isaa guddicha kakaase; Gooftaan isaa yakka dhiiga namaa dhangalaasuu sana isumatti deebisa; arrabsoo isaas matuma isaatti deebisa.
