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 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.

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

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

In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and in his manhood he contended 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.

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—

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

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

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

Therefore turn to your God. Keep kindness and justice, and wait continually for your God.

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

A merchant has dishonest scales in his hand. He loves to defraud.

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.

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.”

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.

“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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

By a prophet the LORD brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was 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 has bitterly provoked anger. Therefore his blood will be left on him, and his Lord will repay his contempt.