< Hosea 12 >

1 “Ephraim is enjoying wind, And is pursuing an east wind, All the day he multiplies lying and spoiling, And they make a covenant with Asshur, And oil is carried to Egypt.
Effraym fedith wynd, and sueth heete. Al dai he multiplieth leesyng, and distriyng; and he made boond of pees with Assiriens, and bar oile in to Egipt.
2 And YHWH has a controversy with Judah, To lay a charge on Jacob according to his ways, He returns to him according to his doings.
Therfor the doom of the Lord is with Juda, and visityng is on Jacob; bi the weies of hym, and bi the fyndyngis of hym he schal yelde to hym.
3 In the womb he took his brother by the heel, And by his strength he was a prince with God,
In the wombe he supplauntide his brother, and in his strengthe he was dressid with the aungel.
4 Indeed, he is a prince to the Messenger, And he overcomes [by] weeping, And he makes supplication to Him, At Bethel He finds him, And there He speaks with us,
And he was strong to the aungel, and was coumfortid; he wepte, and preiede hym; in Bethel he foond hym, and there he spak with vs.
5 Even YHWH, God of the Hosts, YHWH [is] His memorial.
And the Lord God of oostis, the Lord, is the memorial of hym.
6 And you, through your God, turn, Keep kindness and judgment, And wait on your God continually.
And thou schalt turne to thi God. Kepe thou merci and doom, and hope thou euere in thi God.
7 Canaan! In his hand [are] balances of deceit! He has loved to oppress.
Chanaan louyde fals caleng, a gileful balaunce in his hond.
8 And Ephraim says, Surely I have become rich, I have found wealth for myself, All my labors—they do not find against me iniquity that [is] sin.
And Effraym seide, Netheles Y am maad riche, Y haue founde an idol to me; alle my trauelis schulen not fynde to me the wickidnesse, whiche Y synnede.
9 And I—your God YHWH from the land of Egypt, Again I turn you back into tents, As in the days of the appointed time.
And Y am thi Lord God fro the lond of Egipt; yit Y schal make thee to sitte in tabernaclis, as in the daies of feeste.
10 And I have spoken to the prophets, And I have multiplied vision, And by the hand of the prophets I use allegories.
And Y spak bi profetis, and Y multiplied profesie, and Y was licned in the hond of profetis.
11 Surely Gilead [is] iniquity, They have been only vanity, In Gilead they have sacrificed bullocks, Also their altars [are] as heaps, on the furrows of a field.
If Galaad worschipith an idol, therfor thei erren in veyn offryng to oxis in Galgal; for whi and the auteris of hem schulen be as heepis on the forewis of the feeld.
12 And Jacob flees to the country of Aram, And Israel serves for a wife, Indeed, he has kept watch for a wife.
Jacob fledde in to the cuntrei of Sirie, and Israel seruyde for a wijf, and seruyde, ether kepte, for a wijf.
13 And by a prophet has YHWH brought up Israel out of Egypt, And by a prophet it has been watched.
But bi a profete the Lord ledde Israel out of Egipt, and bi a profete he was kept.
14 Ephraim has most bitterly provoked, And he leaves his blood on himself, And his Lord turns his reproach back to him!”
Effraym terride me to wrathfulnesse in hise bitternessis, and the blood of hym schal come on hym; and his Lord schal restore to hym the schenschipe of him.

< Hosea 12 >