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.

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 has 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 He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:

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

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;

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

5 Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial.

Et Dominus Deus exercituum, Dominus memoriale eius.

6 Therefore turn you to your God: keep mercy and judgment and wait on your God continually.

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

7 He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loves to oppress.

Chanaan, in manu eius statera dolosa, calumniam dilexit.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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 country of Syria, 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 out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.

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

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.

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