Osee Propheta 12

1 [Ephraim pascit ventum, et sequitur æstum; tota die mendacium et vastitatem multiplicat: et fœdus cum Assyriis iniit, et oleum in Ægyptum ferebat.

“Ephraim is enjoying wind, And is pursuing an east wind, All the day he multiplies lying and spoiling, And they make a covenant with Asshur, And oil is carried to Egypt.

2 Judicium ergo Domini cum Juda, et visitatio super Jacob: juxta vias ejus, et juxta adinventiones ejus reddet ei.

And YHWH has a controversy with Judah, To lay a charge on Jacob according to his ways, He returns to him according to his doings.

3 In utero supplantavit fratrem suum, et in fortitudine sua directus est cum angelo.

In the womb he took his brother by the heel, And by his strength he was a prince with God,

4 Et invaluit ad angelum, et confortatus est; flevit, et rogavit eum. In Bethel invenit eum, et ibi locutus est nobiscum.

Indeed, he is a prince to the Messenger, And he overcomes [by] weeping, And he makes supplication to Him, At Bethel He finds him, And there He speaks with us,

5 Et Dominus Deus exercituum, Dominus memoriale ejus.

Even YHWH, God of the Hosts, YHWH [is] His memorial.

6 Et tu ad Deum tuum converteris; misericordiam et judicium custodi, et spera in Deo tuo semper.

And you, through your God, turn, Keep kindness and judgment, And wait on your God continually.

7 Chanaan, in manu ejus statera dolosa, calumniam dilexit.

Canaan! In his hand [are] balances of deceit! He has loved to oppress.

8 Et dixit Ephraim: Verumtamen dives effectus sum; inveni idolum mihi: omnes labores mei non invenient mihi iniquitatem quam peccavi.

And Ephraim says, Surely I have become rich, I have found wealth for myself, All my labors—they do not find against me iniquity that [is] sin.

9 Et ego Dominus Deus tuus ex terra Ægypti: adhuc sedere te faciam in tabernaculis, sicut in diebus festivitatis.

And I—your God YHWH from the land of Egypt, Again I turn you back into tents, As in the days of the appointed time.

10 Et locutus sum super prophetas, et ego visionem multiplicavi, et in manu prophetarum assimilatus sum.

And I have spoken to the prophets, And I have multiplied vision, And by the hand of the prophets I use allegories.

11 Si Galaad idolum, ergo frustra erant in Galgal bobus immolantes; nam et altaria eorum quasi acervi super sulcos agri.

Surely Gilead [is] iniquity, They have been only vanity, In Gilead they have sacrificed bullocks, Also their altars [are] as heaps, on the furrows of a field.

12 Fugit Jacob in regionem Syriæ, et servivit Israël in uxorem, et in uxorem servavit.

And Jacob flees to the country of Aram, And Israel serves for a wife, Indeed, he has kept watch for a wife.

13 In propheta autem eduxit Dominus Israël de Ægypto, et in propheta servatus est.

And by a prophet has YHWH brought up Israel out of Egypt, And by a prophet it has been watched.

14 Ad iracundiam me provocavit Ephraim in amaritudinibus suis: et sanguis ejus super eum veniet, et opprobrium ejus restituet ei Dominus suus.]

Ephraim has most bitterly provoked, And he leaves his blood on himself, And his Lord turns his reproach back to him!”