< Hosea 12 >
1 Ephraim [is] feeding wind and [is] pursuing an east wind all the day falsehood and violence he increases and a covenant with Assyria they are making and oil to Egypt it is carried.
Ephraim to pasture spirit: breath and to pursue east all [the] day lie and violence to multiply and covenant with Assyria to cut: make(covenant) and oil to/for Egypt to conduct
2 And a case at law [belongs] to Yahweh with Judah and to visit [judgment] on Jacob according to ways his according to deeds his he will repay to him.
and strife to/for LORD with Judah and to/for to reckon: punish upon Jacob like/as way: conduct his like/as deed his to return: pay to/for him
3 In the womb he took by [the] heel brother his and in manly vigor his he struggled with God.
in/on/with belly: womb to assail [obj] brother: male-sibling his and in/on/with strength his to strive with God
4 And he struggled against an angel and he prevailed he wept and he sought favor to him Beth-el he found him and there he spoke with us.
and to reign to(wards) messenger: angel and be able to weep and be gracious to/for him Bethel Bethel to find him and there to speak: speak with us
5 And Yahweh [the] God of hosts Yahweh [is] memorial his.
and LORD God [the] Hosts LORD memorial his
6 And you in God your you will return loyalty and justice keep and wait to God your continually.
and you(m. s.) in/on/with God your to return: return kindness and justice to keep: careful and to await to(wards) God your continually
7 Canaan [who are] in hand his scales of deceit to defraud he loves.
merchant in/on/with hand his balance deceit to/for to oppress to love: lover
8 And he has said Ephraim surely I have become rich I have found wealth for myself all toil my not people will find to me iniquity which [is] sin.
and to say Ephraim surely to enrich to find strength to/for me all toil my not to find to/for me iniquity: crime which sin
9 And I [have been] Yahweh God your from [the] land of Egypt again I will cause to dwell you in tents like [the] days of an appointed feast.
and I LORD God your from land: country/planet Egypt still to dwell you in/on/with tent like/as day meeting: festival
10 And I spoke to the prophets and I vision[s] I multiplied and by [the] hand of the prophets I gave parables.
and to speak: speak upon [the] prophet and I vision to multiply and in/on/with hand: by [the] prophet to resemble
11 [is] Gilead Wickedness surely worthlessness they are in Gilgal bulls they have sacrificed also altars their [are] like heaps of stones on [the] furrows of a field.
if Gilead evil: wickedness surely vanity: vain to be in/on/with Gilgal cattle to sacrifice also altar their like/as heap upon furrow field
12 And he fled Jacob [the] region of Aram and he served Israel for a wife and for a wife he kept [flocks].
and to flee Jacob land: country Aram and to serve Israel in/on/with woman: wife and in/on/with woman: wife to keep: guard
13 And by a prophet he brought up Yahweh Israel from Egypt and by a prophet he was kept.
and in/on/with prophet to ascend: establish LORD [obj] Israel from Egypt and in/on/with prophet to keep: guard
14 He has provoked to anger Ephraim bitterness and blood his on him he will leave and reproach his he will repay to him lord his.
to provoke Ephraim bitterness and blood his upon him to leave and reproach his to return: pay to/for him lord his