Ὡσηέʹ 12
1 Ο Εφραΐμ βόσκεται άνεμον και κυνηγεί τον ανατολικόν άνεμον· καθ' ημέραν πληθύνει ψεύδη και όλεθρον κάμνουσι δε συνθήκην μετά των Ασσυρίων και φέρουσιν έλαιον εις την Αίγυπτον.
[The leaders of] Israel are constantly wavering [about seeking help from other countries]. [Seeking their help is as useless as] [MET] chasing the wind. They pile up their lies and violent acts. [First, ] they make a treaty with Assyria, and [then they] send olive oil to [the rulers of] Egypt [to seek their help].
2 Ο Κύριος έχει έτι κρίσιν μετά του Ιούδα, και θέλει επισκεφθή τον Ιακώβ κατά τας οδούς αυτού· κατά τας πράξεις αυτού θέλει ανταποδώσει εις αυτόν.
Yahweh [says that he] will bring accusations against [the leaders of] Judah, and that he will punish [the descendants of] Jacob for what they have done.
3 Εν τη κοιλία επτέρνισε τον αδελφόν αυτού και εν τη ανδρική ηλικία αυτού ενίσχυσε προς τον Θεόν.
[When Jacob was] in his mother’s womb, he grabbed his brother [Esau’s] heel [because he wanted to be born first]. When Jacob grew up, he wrestled with God.
4 Ναι, ενίσχυσε μετά αγγέλου και υπερίσχυσεν· έκλαυσε και εδεήθη αυτού· εν Βαιθήλ εύρηκεν αυτόν, και εκεί ελάλησε προς ημάς·
He struggled with [the one who had appeared to him in the form of] an angel, and Jacob defeated him, but [then] he cried and asked the angel to bless him. [Later], God came to Jacob at Bethel and talked with him there.
5 ναι, Κύριος ο Θεός των δυνάμεων, ο Κύριος είναι το μνημόσυνον αυτού.
[That was] the Commander of the armies of angels whose name is Yahweh [who talked with him]!
6 Διά τούτο συ επίστρεψον προς τον Θεόν σου· φύλαττε έλεος και κρίσιν και έλπιζε επί τον Θεόν σου διά παντός.
But you [people of Israel] must return to your God! You must faithfully love [him], and you must do what is fair/just and always depend on him.
7 Ο Εφραΐμ είναι έμπορος· ζύγια απάτης είναι εν τη χειρί αυτού· αγαπά να αδική.
The merchants [among you] use scales that do not weigh correctly; they love/like to cheat people.
8 Και ο Εφραΐμ είπε, Βεβαίως εγώ επλούτησα, απέκτησα υπάρχοντα εις εμαυτόν· εν πάσι τοις κόποις μου δεν θέλει ευρεθή εν εμοί ανομία, ήτις να λογίζηται αμαρτία.
[The people of] Israel boast, saying “We are [very] rich [DOU]; and we got all that money by our own efforts, and without committing any sin.”
9 Εγώ δε είμαι Κύριος ο Θεός σου εκ γης Αιγύπτου, θέλω σε κατοικίσει έτι εν σκηναίς ως εν ημέραις επισήμου εορτής.
“I am Yahweh your God, [the one who brought your ancestors] out of Egypt. [And some day] I will force you to live in tents again [like your ancestors did] when [they celebrated] the Festival [of Living in Temporary Shelters].
10 Ελάλησα έτι διά προφητών και οράσεις επλήθυνα εγώ, και παρέστησα ομοιώσεις διά χειρός των προφητών.
[Many times] I spoke to the prophets, and I gave them many visions, and I gave them parables to tell [to the people].”
11 Εν Γαλαάδ τάχα υπήρξεν ανομία; εν Γαλγάλοις μάλιστα εστάθησαν ματαιότης· θυσιάζουσι ταύρους, και τα θυσιαστήρια αυτών είναι ως σωροί εν ταις αύλαξι των αγρών.
[The people of] Gilead [city] are [RHQ] extremely wicked; they are worthless. The people sacrifice bulls in Gilgal [city], but their altars will [soon] become like [SIM] piles of stone [at the edge of] a plowed field.
12 Ο δε Ιακώβ έφυγεν εις την γην της Συρίας και ο Ισραήλ εδούλευσε διά γυναίκα και διά γυναίκα εφύλαξε πρόβατα.
[Your ancestor] Jacob fled [from his brother Esau] and went to northwest Mesopotamia. He worked [for his uncle Laban for many years] to get a wife; he took care of [his uncle’s] sheep [to pay] for her.
13 Και διά προφήτου ανεβίβασεν ο Κύριος τον Ισραήλ εξ Αιγύπτου και διά προφήτου διεφυλάχθη.
[Many years later, ] Yahweh enabled a prophet to bring the [ancestors of you] people of Israel here from Egypt; that prophet, [Moses], took care of them.
14 Ο Εφραΐμ παρώξυνεν αυτόν πικρότατα· διά τούτο θέλει εκχέει το αίμα αυτού επ' αυτόν και τον ονειδισμόν αυτού ο Κύριος αυτού θέλει επιστρέψει επ' αυτόν.
[But now the people of] Israel have caused [Yahweh] to become very angry; Yahweh says that they deserve to die because they caused [many others] to die [MTY]; he will pay them back for the sins that they have committed against him and for insulting him.
