Hosea 12
1 Ephraim feeds on wind, and follows after the east wind: he daily increases lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, 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 has 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 He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:
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 Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spoke 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 Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial.
LEUM GOD Kulana pa inge — Inel pa LEUM GOD.
6 Therefore turn you to your God: keep mercy and judgment and wait on your 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 He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loves 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, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me 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 And I that am the LORD your God from the land of Egypt will yet make you to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn feast.
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 by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.
“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 Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields.
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 country of Syria, 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 out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.
LEUM GOD El supwala sie mwet palu in molela mwet Israel liki moul in kohs lalos in facl Egypt, ac in karinganulosyang.
14 Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood 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.
