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.
Ephraim pascit ventum, et sequitur æstum: tota die mendacium, et vastitatem multiplicat: et fœdus cum Assyriis iniit, et oleum in Ægyptum ferebat.
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.
Iudicium ergo Domini cum Iuda, et visitatio super Iacob: iuxta vias eius, et iuxta adinventiones eius reddet ei.
3 In the womb he took his brother by the heel, And by his strength he was a prince with God,
In utero supplantavit fratrem suum: et in fortitudine sua directus est cum angelo.
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,
Et invaluit ad angelum, et confortatus est: flevit, et rogavit eum: in Bethel invenit eum, et ibi locutus est nobiscum.
5 Even YHWH, God of the Hosts, YHWH [is] His memorial.
Et Dominus Deus exercituum, Dominus memoriale eius.
6 And you, through your God, turn, Keep kindness 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 Canaan! In his hand [are] balances of deceit! He has loved to oppress.
Chanaan, in manu eius statera dolosa, calumniam dilexit.
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.
Et dixit Ephraim: Verumtamen dives effectus sum, inveni idolum mihi: omnes labores mei non invenient mihi iniquitatem, quam peccavi.
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.
Et ego Dominus Deus tuus ex Terra Ægypti, adhuc sedere te faciam in tabernaculis, sicut in diebus festivitatis.
10 And I have spoken to the prophets, And I have multiplied vision, And by the hand of the prophets I use allegories.
Et locutus sum super prophetas, et ego visionem multiplicavi, et in manu prophetarum assimilatus sum.
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.
Si Galaad idolum, ergo frustra erant in Galgal bobus immolantes: nam et altaria eorum quasi acervi super sulcos agri:
12 And Jacob flees to the country of Aram, And Israel serves for a wife, Indeed, he has kept watch for a wife.
Fugit Iacob in regionem Syriæ, et servivit Israel in uxorem, et in uxorem servavit.
13 And by a prophet has YHWH brought up Israel out of Egypt, And by a prophet it has been watched.
In propheta autem eduxit Dominus Israel de Ægypto: et in propheta servatus est.
14 Ephraim has most bitterly provoked, And he leaves his blood on himself, And his Lord turns his reproach back to him!”
Ad iracundiam me provocavit Ephraim in amaritudinibus suis, et sanguis eius super eum veniet, et opprobrium eius restituet ei Dominus suus.
