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.
Ma nukewa mwet Israel uh oru ke lotutang lac nwe ke fong uh, wangin sripa ac mwe na kunausten. Kutasrik ac orekma sulallal yokelik inmasrlolos. Elos orek wulela yurin mwet Assyria, ac kukakin oil in olive nu sin mwet Egypt.”
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.
LEUM GOD El ac fahkak ma sutuu lun mwet Judah; El ac oayapa kai mwet Israel ke ouiyen mukuikui lalos. El ac folokin nu selos fal nu ke orekma lalos.
3 In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and by his strength he strove with a godlike being;
Jacob, papa matu tumalos, el tuh alein nu sel Esau, tamulel lal, ke eltal srakna oan insien nina kialtal. Ke Jacob el matula, el anwuk lain God.
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;
El anwuk nu sin sie lipufan ac katangulla. El tung ac siyuk ke sie mwe insewowo. In acn Bethel God El tuku nu yurin papa matu tumasr Jacob, ac kaskas nu sel.
5 But the LORD, the God of hosts, the LORD is His name.
LEUM GOD Kulana pa inge — Inel pa LEUM GOD.
6 Therefore turn thou to thy God; keep mercy and justice, and wait for thy God continually.
Ouinge, kowos fwilin tulik natul Jacob, kowos in lulalfongi God lowos, ac foloko nu yorol. Kowos in inse pwaye nu sel ac oru ma suwohs, ac mongfisrasr in tupan God lowos.
7 As for the trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand. He loveth to oppress.
LEUM GOD El fahk, “Mwet Israel elos kikiap oana mwet Canaan. Elos lungsena orekmakin mwe paun kikiap nu sin mwet ma som moul yorolos.
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.'
Elos fahk, ‘Kut kasrup. Kut eis mwe insewowo puspis, ac wangin mwet ku in fahk mu kut kasrupi ke inkanek kutasrik.’
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.
Tusruktu nga, LEUM GOD lowos, su pwenkowosla liki Egypt, nga ac sifilpa oru kowos in muta in lohm nuknuk oana ke pacl se nga tuh sun kowos yen mwesis.
10 I have also spoken unto the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the ministry of the prophets have I used similitudes.
“Nga sramsram nu sin mwet palu, ac sang elos in liye aruruma puspis, ac sang kas in sensenkakin nu selos in fahkak nu sin mwet luk.
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.
Ne ouinge, elos srakna alu nu ke ma sruloala in acn Gilead, ac elos su alu nu kac fah misa. Cow mukul uh kisakinyuk in acn Gilgal, na loang in kisa we fah yolin eot se na inima uh.”
12 And Jacob fled into the field of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
Papa matu tumasr, Jacob, el tuh enenu in kaing nu Mesopotamia, na el tuh orekma lun siena mukul ac liyaung sheep natul tuh elan ku in eis sie mutan kial.
13 And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he kept.
LEUM GOD El supwala sie mwet palu in molela mwet Israel liki moul in kohs lalos in facl Egypt, ac in karinganulosyang.
14 Ephraim hath provoked most bitterly; therefore shall his blood be cast upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.
Mwet Israel elos arulana akkasrkusrakye LEUM GOD, ac fal na elos in misa ke sripen orekma koluk lalos. LEUM GOD El fah kaelos ke sripen elos aklusrongtenyal.
