Hosea 12
1 Ephraim striveth after wind, and followeth after the east wind; all the day he multiplieth lies and desolation; and they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.
Pèp Efrayim lan ap fè yon bann bagay ki p'ap rapòte yo anyen. Y'ap kouri siyen kontra ak moun k'ap fini ak yo. Tout lajounen y'ap plede bay manti sou manti. Se fè mechanste. Yo fè kontra avèk peyi Lasiri, y'ap fè kòmès lwil avèk peyi Lejip.
2 The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways, according to his doings will He recompense him.
Seyè a gen yon kont pou l' regle ak moun Jida yo tou. Li pral pini moun Jakòb yo dapre ajisman yo. Li pral fè yo peye sa yo fè a.
3 In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and by his strength he strove with a godlike being;
Depi nan vant manman l', Jakòb, zansèt yo, t'ap goumen ak Ezaou, frè jimo li a. Lè li vin gran li goumen ak Bondye.
4 So he strove with an angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication unto him; at Beth-el he would find him, and there he would speak with us;
Li mare batay ak yon zanj Bondye, epi li genyen. Lè sa a, Jakòb kriye, li mande pou zanj lan beni l'. Li kontre ak Bondye Betèl, Bondye pale avè l'.
5 But the LORD, the God of hosts, the LORD is His name.
Se te Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a. Seyè, se konsa yo rele li.
6 Therefore turn thou to thy God; keep mercy and justice, and wait for thy God continually.
Konsa, nou menm pitit pitit Jakòb yo, tounen vin jwenn Bondye nou. Pa janm sispann renmen l'. Fè sa ki dwat devan je li. Pran pasyans! Toujou konte sou Bondye.
7 As for the trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand. He loveth to oppress.
Seyè a di ankò: -Moun Izrayèl yo tankou moun Kanaran yo. Y'ap sèvi avèk fo mamit. Yo renmen fè mache nwa.
8 And Ephraim said: 'Surely I am become rich, I have found me wealth; in all my labours they shall find in me no iniquity that were sin.'
Y'ap plede di: Nou fin rich. Nou fè yon bèl kòb. Men, nou travay di tou. Pesonn pa ka di nou te fè ankenn bagay mal pou n' gen tout lajan sa a!
9 But I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt; I will yet again make thee to dwell in tents, as in the days of the appointed season.
Men, mwen menm, se Seyè a, Bondye nou an mwen ye. Se mwen ki te mennen nou depi lè nou te moute kite peyi Lejip la. M'a pral fè nou rete anba tant twal ankò, jan nou te konn fè l' lè mwen te vin jwenn nou nan dezè a.
10 I have also spoken unto the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the ministry of the prophets have I used similitudes.
Mwen te pale ak pwofèt yo. Se mwen ki fè yo fè anpil vizyon. Mwen fè yo bay pèp la anpil avètisman pou mwen.
11 If Gilead be given to iniquity becoming altogether vanity, in Gilgal they sacrifice unto bullocks; yea, their altars shall be as heaps in the furrows of the field.
Pèp la ap adore zidòl lavil Galarad. Men, sa p'ap sèvi yo anyen. Y'ap ofri towo bèf lavil Gilgal. Men, lotèl yo ap tounen pil wòch nan jaden y'ap pare.
12 And Jacob fled into the field of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
Jakòb, zansèt nou an, te blije al kache nan peyi Aram. Lè l' te la, li te travay pou moun pou l' te ka jwenn yon fanm pou l' marye. Wi, li te fè metye gadò mouton pou l' te ka jwenn yon fanm.
13 And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he kept.
Seyè a voye yon pwofèt pou fè pèp Izrayèl la soti kite peyi Lejip. Li fè menm pwofèt la pran swen yo.
14 Ephraim hath provoked most bitterly; therefore shall his blood be cast upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.
Men, pèp Efrayim lan te fè bagay ki te fè Seyè a fache anpil. Se poutèt sa, l'ap fè yo peye krim yo fè a. L'ap fè yo peye wont yo te fè l' wont la.
