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.
Јефрем се храни ветром, и иде за устоком; сваки дан множи лаж и погибао; и хватају веру с Асирцем и носе уље у Мисир.
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.
И с Јудом има Господ парбу и походиће Јакова према путевима његовим, платиће му по делима његовим.
3 In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and in his strength he strove with an angel.
У утроби ухвати за пету брата свог, и у сили својој бори се с Богом;
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.
Бори се с анђелом, и надјача; плака, и моли Му се; нађе Га у Ветиљу, и онде говори с нама.
5 And the Lord God of hosts, the Eternal One is his memorial.
Али је Господ Бог над војскама, Господ му је спомен.
6 Therefore do thou return to thy God: keep goodness and justice, and wait on thy God continually.
Ти дакле обрати се к Богу свом, чувај милост и правду, и уздај се вазда у Бога свог.
7 But like a merchant, who hath the balances of deceit in his hand, loving to overreach,
Трговац је Јефрем, у руци су му мерила лажна, мило му је да чини криво.
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.
И говори Јефрем: Баш се обогатих, стекох благо, ни у коме труду мом неће ми наћи неправде која би била грех.
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.
А ја сам Господ Бог твој од земље мисирске, још ћу ти дати да седиш у шаторима као о празницима.
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.
И говорићу преко пророка, и умножићу утваре, и даваћу причу преко пророка.
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.
Доиста је Галад безакоње, посташе сама таштина; у Галгалу приносе јунце на жртву, и олтари су им као гомиле камења по браздама на њиви мојој.
12 And Jacob fled into the fields of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept [the flocks].
И Јаков побеже у земљу сирску, и Израиљ служи за жену, и за жену чува овце.
13 And by a prophet did the Lord bring Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he guarded.
И пророком изведе Господ Израиља из Мисира, и пророком чува га.
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.
Јефрем Га љуто разгневи; зато ће оставити на њему крв његову, и вратиће му срамоту његову Господ његов.
