Hosea 12
1 Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind; Every day he multiplieth falsehood and violence; They make a league with Assyria, And oil is carried into Egypt.
Efreem bubbee nyaata; inni guyyaa guutuu bubbee baʼa biiftuu duukaa fiiga; sobaa fi gooliis ni baayʼisa. Inni Asoor wajjin walii galtee godhatee biyya Gibxiitti zayitii ejersaa erga.
2 Therefore Jehovah hath a controversy with Judah. And he will punish Jacob for his ways, And requite him according to his doings.
Waaqayyo waan Yihuudaa himatu qaba; inni akkuma amala isaatti Yaaqoobin adaba; akkuma hojii isaattis gatii isaa kennaaf.
3 In the womb he took his brother by the heel, And in his strength he contended with God;
Inni gadameessa keessatti koomee obboleessa isaa qabe; erga guddatee immoo Waaqa wajjin walʼaansoo qabe.
4 Yea, he contended with the angel, and prevailed; He wept, and made supplication to him. At Bethel he found him, And there he spake with us.
Inni ergamaa Waaqaa wajjin walʼaansoo qabee moʼate; booʼees surraa kadhate. Inni Beetʼeelitti isa argatee achitti isa wajjin haasaʼe.
5 And Jehovah, the God of hosts, Jehovah is his name.
Waaqayyo Waaqa Waan Hunda Dandaʼu, maqaan isaa Waaqayyo!
6 Therefore turn thou to thy God; Observe mercy and justice, And hope in thy God always!
Ati garuu Waaqa keetti deebiʼi; jaalalaa fi murtii qajeelaa jabeessii yeroo hunda Waaqa kee eeggadhu.
7 He is a Canaanite; in his hands are the balances of deceit; He loveth to oppress.
Daldalaan madaalii sobaa ofi harkaa qabu nama gowwoomsuu jaallata.
8 Yet Ephraim saith, Lo, I have become rich; I have found myself substance; In all my earnings can be found no transgression in which there is guilt.
Efreem akkana jedhee boona; “Ani akka malee sooressa; qabeenya guddaa argadheera. Isaan qabeenya koo kana hunda keessatti iyyuu balleessaa yookaan cubbuu tokko illee narratti argachuu hin dandaʼan.”
9 Yet I, Jehovah, have been thy God from the land of Egypt; I will again cause thee to dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn feast.
“Ani Waaqayyo Waaqa kee kan biyya Gibxii si baasee dha; ani akka ati akkuma guyyaa ayyaanota kee kanneen murteeffaman sanaatti deebitee dunkaana keessa jiraattu sin godha.
10 I have also spoken to the prophets, And I have given many visions, And by the prophets I have used similitudes.
Ani raajotatti dubbadhee mulʼata hedduu kenneefii karaa isaaniitiin fakkeenyaan nan dubbadhe.”
11 Behold, Gilead is full of iniquity; Surely they have become corrupt; In Gilgal they sacrifice oxen, And their altars are like the heaps in the furrows of the field.
Giliʼaad hamaadhaa? Sabni ishee faayidaa hin qabu! Isaan Gilgaal keessatti korma qaluu? Iddoon aarsaa isaanii akkuma tuullaa dhagaa isa lafa qotiisaa kan qotame irra jiruu ni taʼa.
12 Jacob fled into the country of Syria, And Israel served for a wife, And for a wife he kept sheep.
Yaaqoob gara Sooriyaatti baqate; Israaʼel niitii argachuuf nama tajaajile; gabbara ishee baasuufis hoolota tikse.
13 By a prophet Jehovah brought up Israel out of Egypt, And by a prophet was he preserved.
Waaqayyo biyya Gibxiitii Israaʼelin baasuuf raajiitti fayyadame; inni karuma raajii sanaatiin isa kunuunse.
14 Ephraim hath provoked his Lord most bitterly; Therefore will he leave his blood upon him, And recompense to him his reproach.
Efreem garuu aarii isaa guddicha kakaase; Gooftaan isaa yakka dhiiga namaa dhangalaasuu sana isumatti deebisa; arrabsoo isaas matuma isaatti deebisa.
