Hosea 12
1 Ephraim feeds on the wind and follows after the east wind. He continually multiplies lies and violence. They make a covenant with Assyria and carry olive oil 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 Yahweh also has a lawsuit against Judah and will punish Jacob for what he has done; he will repay him for his deeds.
Iudicium ergo Domini cum Iuda, et visitatio super Iacob: iuxta vias eius, et iuxta adinventiones eius reddet ei.
3 In the womb Jacob grasped his brother by the heel, and in his manhood he struggled with God.
In utero supplantavit fratrem suum: et in fortitudine sua directus est cum angelo.
4 He struggled with the angel and won. He wept and begged for his favor. He met God at Bethel; there God spoke with him.
Et invaluit ad angelum, et confortatus est: flevit, et rogavit eum: in Bethel invenit eum, et ibi locutus est nobiscum.
5 This is Yahweh, the God of hosts; “Yahweh” is his name to be called on.
Et Dominus Deus exercituum, Dominus memoriale eius.
6 So turn to your God. Keep covenantal faithfulness and justice, and wait continually for your God.
Et tu ad Deum tuum converteris: misericordiam et iudicium custodi, et spera in Deo tuo semper.
7 The merchants have false scales in their hands; they love to defraud.
Chanaan, in manu eius statera dolosa, calumniam dilexit.
8 Ephraim said, “I have certainly become very rich; I have found wealth for myself. In all my work they will not find any iniquity in me, anything that would be sin.”
Et dixit Ephraim: Verumtamen dives effectus sum, inveni idolum mihi: omnes labores mei non invenient mihi iniquitatem, quam peccavi.
9 “I am Yahweh your God from the land of Egypt. I will again make you live in tents, as in the days of the appointed festival.
Et ego Dominus Deus tuus ex Terra Ægypti, adhuc sedere te faciam in tabernaculis, sicut in diebus festivitatis.
10 I spoke to the prophets, and I gave them many visions for you. By the hand of the prophets I gave parables.”
Et locutus sum super prophetas, et ego visionem multiplicavi, et in manu prophetarum assimilatus sum.
11 If there is wickedness in Gilead, surely the people are worthless. In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls; their altars will be like heaps of stone in the furrows of the fields.
Si Galaad idolum, ergo frustra erant in Galgal bobus immolantes: nam et altaria eorum quasi acervi super sulcos agri:
12 Jacob fled to the land of Aram; Israel worked in order to get a wife; and he kept flocks of sheep to get a wife.
Fugit Iacob in regionem Syriæ, et servivit Israel in uxorem, et in uxorem servavit.
13 Yahweh brought Israel out of Egypt by a prophet, and by a prophet he took care of them.
In propheta autem eduxit Dominus Israel de Ægypto: et in propheta servatus est.
14 Ephraim has bitterly angered Yahweh. So his Lord will leave his blood on him and will turn back on him his disgrace.
Ad iracundiam me provocavit Ephraim in amaritudinibus suis, et sanguis eius super eum veniet, et opprobrium eius restituet ei Dominus suus.
