Hosea 12
1 Ephraim feedeth on wind, and pursueth the east wind; the whole day he increaseth deceit and corruption; and a covenant do they make with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.
Efrajim pase vjetar, za vjetrom istočnim trči cio dan, sve više je laži njegovih i nasilja. Savez sklapaju s Asirijom, ulje nose u Egipat.
2 But with Judah also hath the Lord [to hold] a controversy; and to punish Jacob according to his ways, according to his doings will he recompense him.
S Izraelom ima Jahve parnicu, kaznit će Jakova prema postupcima, vratit će mu po djelima njegovim.
3 In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and in his strength he strove with an angel.
Već u krilu materinu brata je potisnuo, u snazi muževnoj s Bogom se borio.
4 Yea, he strove with an angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication unto him: in Beth-el he should find him, and there he will speak with us.
S Anđelom se borio i nadvladao ga, plakao je i zaklinjao ga. Našao ga je u Betelu i ondje mu je govorio.
5 And the Lord God of hosts, the Eternal One is his memorial.
Da, Jahve, Bog nad Vojskama, Jahve je ime njegovo.
6 Therefore do thou return to thy God: keep goodness and justice, and wait on thy God continually.
Ti se dakle Bogu svojem vrati, čuvaj ljubav i pravednost i u Boga se svoga uzdaj svagda!
7 But like a merchant, who hath the balances of deceit in his hand, loving to overreach,
U ruci je Kanaanu kriva tezulja, on voli zakidati.
8 Did Ephraim say, I am certainly become rich, I have acquired substance unto myself: it is all through my labors; they will find no iniquity in me, that could be sin.
I reče Efrajim: “Samo sam se obogatio, blago sam nagomilao.” Ali ništa mu od sveg dobitka neće ostati, jer se ogriješio bezakonjima.
9 And I am the Lord thy God from the land of Egypt: I will yet make thee dwell in tents, as in the days of antiquity.
Ja sam Jahve, Bog tvoj, sve od zemlje egipatske, još ću ti dati da stanuješ pod šatorima kao u dane Sastanka;
10 And I have spoken through the prophets, and I myself have multiplied visions, and by the means of the prophets have I spoken in similitudes.
govorit ću prorocima, umnožit ću viđenja i po prorocima prispodobom učiti.
11 If in Gil'ad there was misfortune, [it is because] there was naught but idolatry; in Gilgal they sacrificed bullocks [to idols]: their altars also are as stone-heaps on the furrows of the fields.
Gilead je puko bezakonje, ispraznost sama; u Gilgali žrtvuju bikove; zato će im oltari biti k'o hrpe kamenja u brazdama poljskim.
12 And Jacob fled into the fields of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept [the flocks].
Jakov pobježe u kraj aramski, za ženu služaše Izrael, za ženu jednu stada čuvaše.
13 And by a prophet did the Lord bring Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he guarded.
Al' po Proroku izvede Jahve Izraela iz Egipta, i po Proroku on ga je čuvao.
14 [Yet] Ephraim provoked [him] to anger most bitterly: therefore will his Lord cast his blood-guiltiness upon him, and his reproach will he recompense unto him.
Pregorko ga Efrajim uvrijedi: stoga će krv njegovu na nj svaliti, platit će mu Gospod njegov za pogrde.
