Hosea 4
1 Heare the worde of the Lord, ye children of Israel: for the Lord hath a controuersie with the inhabitants of the lande, because there is no trueth nor mercie nor knowledge of God in the lande.
audite verbum Domini filii Israhel quia iudicium Domino cum habitatoribus terrae non est enim veritas et non est misericordia et non est scientia Dei in terra
2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and whoring they breake out, and blood toucheth blood.
maledictum et mendacium et homicidium et furtum et adulterium inundaverunt et sanguis sanguinem tetigit
3 Therefore shall the land mourne, and euery one that dwelleth therein, shall be cut off, with the beasts of the fielde, and with the foules of the heauen, and also the fishes of the sea shall be taken away.
propter hoc lugebit terra et infirmabitur omnis qui habitat in ea in bestia agri et in volucre caeli sed et pisces maris congregabuntur
4 Yet let none rebuke, nor reproue another: for thy people are as they that rebuke the Priest.
verumtamen unusquisque non iudicet et non arguatur vir populus enim tuus sicut hii qui contradicunt sacerdoti
5 Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the Prophet shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother.
et corrues hodie et corruet etiam propheta tecum nocte tacere feci matrem tuam
6 My people are destroyed for lacke of knowledge: because thou hast refused knowledge, I will also refuse thee, that thou shalt be no Priest to me: and seeing thou hast forgotten the Lawe of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
conticuit populus meus eo quod non habuerit scientiam quia tu scientiam reppulisti repellam te ne sacerdotio fungaris mihi et oblita es legis Dei tui obliviscar filiorum tuorum et ego
7 As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I chaunge their glorie into shame.
secundum multitudinem eorum sic peccaverunt mihi gloriam eorum in ignominiam commutabo
8 They eate vp the sinnes of my people, and lift vp their mindes in their iniquitie.
peccata populi mei comedent et ad iniquitatem eorum sublevabunt animas eorum
9 And there shalbe like people, like Priest: for I wil visite their wayes vpon them, and reward them their deedes.
et erit sicut populus sic sacerdos et visitabo super eum vias eius et cogitationes eius reddam ei
10 For they shall eate, and not haue ynough: they shall commit adulterie, and shall not increase, because they haue left off to take heede to ye Lord.
et comedent et non saturabuntur fornicati sunt et non cessaverunt quoniam Dominum reliquerunt in non custodiendo
11 Whoredome, and wine, and newe wine take away their heart.
fornicatio et vinum et ebrietas aufert cor
12 My people aske counsell at their stockes, and their staffe teacheth them: for the spirite of fornications hath caused them to erre, and they haue gone a whoring from vnder their God.
populus meus in ligno suo interrogavit et baculus eius adnuntiavit ei spiritus enim fornicationum decepit eos et fornicati sunt a Deo suo
13 They sacrifice vpon the toppes of ye mountaines, and burne incense vpon the hilles vnder the okes, and the poplar tree, and the elme, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall be harlots, and your spouses shall be whores.
super capita montium sacrificabant et super colles accendebant thymiama subtus quercum et populum et terebinthum quia bona erat umbra eius ideo fornicabuntur filiae vestrae et sponsae vestrae adulterae erunt
14 I will not visite your daughters when they are harlots: nor your spouses when they are whores: for they themselues are separated with harlots, and sacrifice with whores: therefore the people that doeth not vnderstand, shall fall.
non visitabo super filias vestras cum fuerint fornicatae et super sponsas vestras cum adulteraverint quoniam ipsi cum meretricibus versabantur et cum effeminatis sacrificabant et populus non intellegens vapulabit
15 Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Iudah sinne: come not ye vnto Gilgal, neither goe ye vp to Beth-auen, nor sweare, The Lord liueth.
si fornicaris tu Israhel non delinquat saltim Iuda et nolite ingredi in Galgala et ne ascenderitis in Bethaven neque iuraveritis vivit Dominus
16 For Israel is rebellious as an vnruly heyfer. Nowe the Lord will feede them as a lambe in a large place.
quoniam sicut vacca lasciviens declinavit Israhel nunc pascet eos Dominus quasi agnum in latitudine
17 Ephraim is ioyned to idoles: let him alone.
particeps idolorum Ephraim dimitte eum
18 Their drunkennes stinketh: they haue committed whoredome: their rulers loue to say with shame, Bring ye.
separatum est convivium eorum fornicatione fornicati sunt dilexerunt adferre ignominiam protectores eius
19 The winde hath bounde them vp in her wings, and they shalbe ashamed of their sacrifices.
ligavit spiritus eam in alis suis et confundentur a sacrificiis suis
