Hosea 12

1 Ephraim feeds on wind, and chases the east wind. He continually multiplies lies and desolation. They make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.

Ephraim pascit ventum, et sequitur æstum: tota die mendacium, et vastitatem multiplicat: et fœdus cum Assyriis iniit, et oleum in Ægyptum ferebat.

2 The LORD also has a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his deeds he will repay him.

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 in his manhood he contended with God.

In utero supplantavit fratrem suum: et in fortitudine sua directus est cum angelo.

4 Indeed, he struggled with the angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication to him. He found him at Bethel, and there he spoke with us—

Et invaluit ad angelum, et confortatus est: flevit, et rogavit eum: in Bethel invenit eum, et ibi locutus est nobiscum.

5 even the LORD, the God of Armies. The LORD is his name of renown!

Et Dominus Deus exercituum, Dominus memoriale eius.

6 Therefore turn to your God. Keep kindness 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 A merchant has dishonest scales in his hand. He loves to defraud.

Chanaan, in manu eius statera dolosa, calumniam dilexit.

8 Ephraim said, “Surely I have become rich. I have found myself wealth. In all my wealth they won’t find in me any iniquity that is sin.”

Et dixit Ephraim: Verumtamen dives effectus sum, inveni idolum mihi: omnes labores mei non invenient mihi iniquitatem, quam peccavi.

9 “But I am the LORD your God from the land of Egypt. I will yet again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn feast.

Et ego Dominus Deus tuus ex Terra Ægypti, adhuc sedere te faciam in tabernaculis, sicut in diebus festivitatis.

10 I have also spoken to the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the ministry of the prophets I have used parables.

Et locutus sum super prophetas, et ego visionem multiplicavi, et in manu prophetarum assimilatus sum.

11 If Gilead is wicked, surely they are worthless. In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls. Indeed, their altars are like heaps in the furrows of the field.

Si Galaad idolum, ergo frustra erant in Galgal bobus immolantes: nam et altaria eorum quasi acervi super sulcos agri:

12 Jacob fled into the country of Aram. Israel served to get a wife. For a wife he tended flocks and herds.

Fugit Iacob in regionem Syriæ, et servivit Israel in uxorem, et in uxorem servavit.

13 By a prophet the LORD brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.

In propheta autem eduxit Dominus Israel de Ægypto: et in propheta servatus est.

14 Ephraim has bitterly provoked anger. Therefore his blood will be left on him, and his Lord will repay his contempt.

Ad iracundiam me provocavit Ephraim in amaritudinibus suis, et sanguis eius super eum veniet, et opprobrium eius restituet ei Dominus suus.