Oze 12
1 Pèp Efrayim lan ap fè yon bann bagay ki p'ap rapòte yo anyen. Y'ap kouri siyen kontra ak moun k'ap fini ak yo. Tout lajounen y'ap plede bay manti sou manti. Se fè mechanste. Yo fè kontra avèk peyi Lasiri, y'ap fè kòmès lwil avèk peyi Lejip.
Ephraim feeds on the wind and follows after the east wind. He continually multiplies lies and violence. They make a covenant with Assyria and carry olive oil to Egypt.
2 Seyè a gen yon kont pou l' regle ak moun Jida yo tou. Li pral pini moun Jakòb yo dapre ajisman yo. Li pral fè yo peye sa yo fè a.
Yahweh also has a lawsuit against Judah and will punish Jacob for what he has done; he will repay him for his deeds.
3 Depi nan vant manman l', Jakòb, zansèt yo, t'ap goumen ak Ezaou, frè jimo li a. Lè li vin gran li goumen ak Bondye.
In the womb Jacob grasped his brother by the heel, and in his manhood he struggled with God.
4 Li mare batay ak yon zanj Bondye, epi li genyen. Lè sa a, Jakòb kriye, li mande pou zanj lan beni l'. Li kontre ak Bondye Betèl, Bondye pale avè l'.
He struggled with the angel and won. He wept and begged for his favor. He met God at Bethel; there God spoke with him.
5 Se te Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a. Seyè, se konsa yo rele li.
This is Yahweh, the God of hosts; “Yahweh” is his name to be called on.
6 Konsa, nou menm pitit pitit Jakòb yo, tounen vin jwenn Bondye nou. Pa janm sispann renmen l'. Fè sa ki dwat devan je li. Pran pasyans! Toujou konte sou Bondye.
So turn to your God. Keep covenantal faithfulness and justice, and wait continually for your God.
7 Seyè a di ankò: -Moun Izrayèl yo tankou moun Kanaran yo. Y'ap sèvi avèk fo mamit. Yo renmen fè mache nwa.
The merchants have false scales in their hands; they love to defraud.
8 Y'ap plede di: Nou fin rich. Nou fè yon bèl kòb. Men, nou travay di tou. Pesonn pa ka di nou te fè ankenn bagay mal pou n' gen tout lajan sa a!
Ephraim said, “I have certainly become very rich; I have found wealth for myself. In all my work they will not find any iniquity in me, anything that would be sin.”
9 Men, mwen menm, se Seyè a, Bondye nou an mwen ye. Se mwen ki te mennen nou depi lè nou te moute kite peyi Lejip la. M'a pral fè nou rete anba tant twal ankò, jan nou te konn fè l' lè mwen te vin jwenn nou nan dezè a.
“I am Yahweh your God from the land of Egypt. I will again make you live in tents, as in the days of the appointed festival.
10 Mwen te pale ak pwofèt yo. Se mwen ki fè yo fè anpil vizyon. Mwen fè yo bay pèp la anpil avètisman pou mwen.
I spoke to the prophets, and I gave them many visions for you. By the hand of the prophets I gave parables.”
11 Pèp la ap adore zidòl lavil Galarad. Men, sa p'ap sèvi yo anyen. Y'ap ofri towo bèf lavil Gilgal. Men, lotèl yo ap tounen pil wòch nan jaden y'ap pare.
If there is wickedness in Gilead, surely the people are worthless. In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls; their altars will be like heaps of stone in the furrows of the fields.
12 Jakòb, zansèt nou an, te blije al kache nan peyi Aram. Lè l' te la, li te travay pou moun pou l' te ka jwenn yon fanm pou l' marye. Wi, li te fè metye gadò mouton pou l' te ka jwenn yon fanm.
Jacob fled to the land of Aram; Israel worked in order to get a wife; and he kept flocks of sheep to get a wife.
13 Seyè a voye yon pwofèt pou fè pèp Izrayèl la soti kite peyi Lejip. Li fè menm pwofèt la pran swen yo.
Yahweh brought Israel out of Egypt by a prophet, and by a prophet he took care of them.
14 Men, pèp Efrayim lan te fè bagay ki te fè Seyè a fache anpil. Se poutèt sa, l'ap fè yo peye krim yo fè a. L'ap fè yo peye wont yo te fè l' wont la.
Ephraim has bitterly angered Yahweh. So his Lord will leave his blood on him and will turn back on him his disgrace.
