הושע 12
| אפרים רעה רוח ורדף קדים--כל היום כזב ושד ירבה וברית עם אשור יכרתו ושמן למצרים יובל | 1 |
Ephraim feeds on wind, and follows after the east wind. He continually multiplies lies and desolation. And they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.
| וריב ליהוה עם יהודה ולפקד על יעקב כדרכיו כמעלליו ישיב לו | 2 |
Jehovah has also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways. He will recompense him according to his doings.
| בבטן עקב את אחיו ובאונו שרה את אלהים | 3 |
In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and in his manhood he had strength with God.
| וישר אל מלאך ויכל בכה ויתחנן לו בית אל ימצאנו ושם ידבר עמנו | 4 |
Yea, he had strength over the agent, and prevailed, as he wept, and made supplication to him. He found him at Bethel, and there he spoke with us.
| ויהוה אלהי הצבאות--יהוה זכרו | 5 |
Even Jehovah, the God of hosts, Jehovah is his memorial.
| ואתה באלהיך תשוב חסד ומשפט שמר וקוה אל אלהיך תמיד | 6 |
Therefore turn thou to thy God. Keep kindness and justice, and wait for thy God continually.
| כנען בידו מאזני מרמה--לעשק אהב | 7 |
He is a Canaanite. The balances of deceit are in his hand. He loves to oppress.
| ויאמר אפרים--אך עשרתי מצאתי און לי כל יגיעי לא ימצאו לי עון אשר חטא | 8 |
And Ephraim said, Surely I have become rich. I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors they shall find no iniquity in me that is sin.
| ואנכי יהוה אלהיך מארץ מצרים עד אושיבך באהלים כימי מועד | 9 |
But I am Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt. I will yet again make thee to dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn feast.
| ודברתי על הנביאים ואנכי חזון הרביתי וביד הנביאים אדמה | 10 |
I have also spoken to the prophets, and I have multiplied visions. And by the ministry of the prophets I have used similitudes.
| אם גלעד און אך שוא היו בגלגל שורים זבחו גם מזבחותם כגלים על תלמי שדי | 11 |
Is Gilead iniquity? They are altogether false. In Gilgal they sacrifice bullocks. Yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the field.
| ויברח יעקב שדה ארם ויעבד ישראל באשה ובאשה שמר | 12 |
And Jacob fled into the field of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
| ובנביא העלה יהוה את ישראל ממצרים ובנביא נשמר | 13 |
And by a prophet Jehovah brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.
| הכעיס אפרים תמרורים ודמיו עליו יטוש וחרפתו ישיב לו אדניו | 14 |
Ephraim has provoked to anger most bitterly. Therefore his blood shall be left upon him, and his reproach his Lord shall return to him.
