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.

Ephraim pascit ventum, et sequitur æstum: tota die mendacium, et vastitatem multiplicat: et fœdus cum Assyriis iniit, et oleum in Ægyptum ferebat.

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.

Iudicium ergo Domini cum Iuda, et visitatio super Iacob: iuxta vias eius, et iuxta adinventiones eius reddet ei.

3 In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and by his strength he strove with a godlike being;

In utero supplantavit fratrem suum: et in fortitudine sua directus est cum angelo.

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;

Et invaluit ad angelum, et confortatus est: flevit, et rogavit eum: in Bethel invenit eum, et ibi locutus est nobiscum.

5 But the LORD, the God of hosts, the LORD is His name.

Et Dominus Deus exercituum, Dominus memoriale eius.

6 Therefore turn thou to thy God; keep mercy and justice, and wait for thy God continually.

Et tu ad Deum tuum converteris: misericordiam et iudicium custodi, et spera in Deo tuo semper.

7 As for the trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand. He loveth to oppress.

Chanaan, in manu eius statera dolosa, calumniam dilexit.

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.'

Et dixit Ephraim: Verumtamen dives effectus sum, inveni idolum mihi: omnes labores mei non invenient mihi iniquitatem, quam peccavi.

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.

Et ego Dominus Deus tuus ex Terra Ægypti, adhuc sedere te faciam in tabernaculis, sicut in diebus festivitatis.

10 I have also spoken unto the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the ministry of the prophets have I used similitudes.

Et locutus sum super prophetas, et ego visionem multiplicavi, et in manu prophetarum assimilatus sum.

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.

Si Galaad idolum, ergo frustra erant in Galgal bobus immolantes: nam et altaria eorum quasi acervi super sulcos agri:

12 And Jacob fled into the field of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

Fugit Iacob in regionem Syriæ, et servivit Israel in uxorem, et in uxorem servavit.

13 And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he kept.

In propheta autem eduxit Dominus Israel de Ægypto: et in propheta servatus est.

14 Ephraim hath provoked most bitterly; therefore shall his blood be cast upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.

Ad iracundiam me provocavit Ephraim in amaritudinibus suis, et sanguis eius super eum veniet, et opprobrium eius restituet ei Dominus suus.