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.

Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily multiplieth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.

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.

The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.

3 In the wombe he supplauntide his brother, and in his strengthe he was dressid with the aungel.

He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:

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.

Yes, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication to him: he found him [in] Beth-el, and there he spoke with us;

5 And the Lord God of oostis, the Lord, is the memorial of hym.

Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD [is] his memorial.

6 And thou schalt turne to thi God. Kepe thou merci and doom, and hope thou euere in thi God.

Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.

7 Chanaan louyde fals caleng, a gileful balaunce in his hond.

[He is] a merchant, the balances of deceit [are] in his hand: he loveth to oppress.

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.

And Ephraim said, Yet I have become rich, I have found for myself substance: [in] all my labors they shall find no iniquity in me that [were] sin.

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.

And I [that am] the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt will yet make thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn feast.

10 And Y spak bi profetis, and Y multiplied profesie, and Y was licned in the hond of profetis.

I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes by the ministry of the prophets.

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.

[Is there] iniquity [in] Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yes, their altars [are] as heaps in the furrows of the fields.

12 Jacob fledde in to the cuntrei of Sirie, and Israel seruyde for a wijf, and seruyde, ether kepte, for a wijf.

And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept [sheep].

13 But bi a profete the Lord ledde Israel out of Egipt, and bi a profete he was kept.

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

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.

Ephraim provoked [him] to anger most bitterly: therefore will he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach will his Lord return to him.