Hosea 12
1 Effraym fedith wynd, and sueth heete. Al dai he multiplieth leesyng, and distriyng; and he made boond of pees with Assiriens, and bar oile in to Egipt.
厄弗辣因愛好颶風，整日追逐東風，說許多謊話，行許多暴行，既與亞述結盟，又給埃及送油。
2 Therfor the doom of the Lord is with Juda, and visityng is on Jacob; bi the weies of hym, and bi the fyndyngis of hym he schal yelde to hym.
上主要與以色列爭辯，要按他們的行徑懲罰雅各伯，依照他的行為報復他：
3 In the wombe he supplauntide his brother, and in his strengthe he was dressid with the aungel.
他在母胎中就欺騙了他的弟兄，及至壯年又曾與天神搏鬥；
4 And he was strong to the aungel, and was coumfortid; he wepte, and preiede hym; in Bethel he foond hym, and there he spak with vs.
他與天神博鬥，並且獲得了勝利；他哭了，曾懇求他開恩；在貝特耳再遇見了他，在那裏天主對他說：──
5 And the Lord God of oostis, the Lord, is the memorial of hym.
上主，萬軍的天主，雅威是他的名號x──
6 And thou schalt turne to thi God. Kepe thou merci and doom, and hope thou euere in thi God.
「至於你，你應當歸向你的天主，遵守仁愛和正義，時刻仰望你的天主。」
7 Chanaan louyde fals caleng, a gileful balaunce in his hond.
厄弗辣因有如客納罕人，手裏拿著欺詐的天秤，喜行欺騙。
8 And Effraym seide, Netheles Y am maad riche, Y haue founde an idol to me; alle my trauelis schulen not fynde to me the wickidnesse, whiche Y synnede.
厄弗辣因說：「我現在實在成了富翁，發了大財。」然而他所獲得的一切，為補贖他所犯的罪孽，仍嫌不夠。
9 And Y am thi Lord God fro the lond of Egipt; yit Y schal make thee to sitte in tabernaclis, as in the daies of feeste.
自從在埃及地時，我就是上主，你的天主：我必再使你住在帳幕中，如在盛會的節日一樣。
10 And Y spak bi profetis, and Y multiplied profesie, and Y was licned in the hond of profetis.
是我向先知們說了話，是我增多了異象，我也必藉先知們消滅他們。
11 If Galaad worschipith an idol, therfor thei erren in veyn offryng to oxis in Galgal; for whi and the auteris of hem schulen be as heepis on the forewis of the feeld.
在基肋阿得只有罪惡，的確，他們只是虛無；在基耳加耳 他們向牛犢獻了祭，因此他們的祭壇必將成為田畦中的石堆。
12 Jacob fledde in to the cuntrei of Sirie, and Israel seruyde for a wijf, and seruyde, ether kepte, for a wijf.
雅各伯曾逃到阿蘭平原，以色列曾為娶妻而服役，曾為娶妻而放羊。
13 But bi a profete the Lord ledde Israel out of Egipt, and bi a profete he was kept.
上主曾藉一位先知領以色列出離埃及，也藉一位先知保護了他們。
14 Effraym terride me to wrathfulnesse in hise bitternessis, and the blood of hym schal come on hym; and his Lord schal restore to hym the schenschipe of him.
但厄弗辣因大大激怒了上主，他的血債必要歸到他身上，他的主必要在他身上報復自己受的凌辱。
