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 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 Judicium ergo Domini cum Juda, et visitatio super Jacob: juxta vias ejus, et juxta adinventiones ejus reddet ei.
Yahweh also has a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his deeds he will repay him.
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 in his manhood he contended 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 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 Et Dominus Deus exercituum, Dominus memoriale ejus.
even Yahweh, the God of Armies. Yahweh is his name of renown!
6 Et tu ad Deum tuum converteris; misericordiam et judicium custodi, et spera in Deo tuo semper.
Therefore turn to your God. Keep kindness and justice, and wait continually for your God.
7 Chanaan, in manu ejus statera dolosa, calumniam dilexit.
A merchant has dishonest scales in his hand. He loves to defraud.
8 Et dixit Ephraim: Verumtamen dives effectus sum; inveni idolum mihi: omnes labores mei non invenient mihi iniquitatem quam peccavi.
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 Et ego Dominus Deus tuus ex terra Ægypti: adhuc sedere te faciam in tabernaculis, sicut in diebus festivitatis.
“But I am Yahweh 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 Et locutus sum super prophetas, et ego visionem multiplicavi, et in manu prophetarum assimilatus sum.
I have also spoken to the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the ministry of the prophets I have used parables.
11 Si Galaad idolum, ergo frustra erant in Galgal bobus immolantes; nam et altaria eorum quasi acervi super sulcos agri.
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 Fugit Jacob in regionem Syriæ, et servivit Israël in uxorem, et in uxorem servavit.
Jacob fled into the country of Aram. Israel served to get a wife. For a wife he tended flocks and herds.
13 In propheta autem eduxit Dominus Israël de Ægypto, et in propheta servatus est.
By a prophet Yahweh brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.
14 Ad iracundiam me provocavit Ephraim in amaritudinibus suis: et sanguis ejus super eum veniet, et opprobrium ejus restituet ei Dominus suus.]
Ephraim has bitterly provoked anger. Therefore his blood will be left on him, and his Lord will repay his contempt.
