Osee Propheta 11

1 Sicut mane transiit, pertransit rex Israel. Quia puer Israel, et dilexi eum: et ex Aegypto vocavi filium meum.

I loved Israel when he was a child. He's my son I called out of Egypt.

2 Vocaverunt eos, sic abierunt a facie eorum: Baalim immolabant, et simulachris sacrificabant.

As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed to the Baals and offered incense to idols.

3 Et ego quasi nutricius Ephraim, portabam eos in brachiis meis: et nescierunt quod curarem eos.

I myself taught Ephraim to walk, taking them by the hand, but they didn't realize I was the one who healed them.

4 In funiculis Adam traham eos, in vinculis charitatis: et ero eis quasi exaltans iugum super maxillas eorum: et declinavi ad eum ut vesceretur.

I led them along with cords of kindness, with ropes of love. I was the one who eased their burden and bent down to feed them.

5 Non revertetur in Terram Aegypti, et Assur ipse rex eius: quoniam noluerunt converti.

However, because my people refuse to return to me, they will not return to the land of Egypt but Assyria shall be their king.

6 Coepit gladius in civitatibus eius, et consumet electos eius, et comedet capita eorum.

War will sweep through their cities, putting an end to their boasting and destroying their plans.

7 Et populus meus pendebit ad reditum meum: iugum autem imponetur eis simul, quod non auferetur.

My people are hanging on to their apostasy from me. They call him “god on high” but he will not raise them up at all.

8 Quomodo dabo te Ephraim, protegam te Israel? quomodo dabo te sicut Adama, ponam te, ut Seboim? Conversum est in me cor meum, pariter conturbata est poenitudo mea.

How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I let you go, Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is breaking; I am full of compassion.

9 Non faciam furorem irae meae: non convertar ut disperdam Ephraim: quoniam Deus ego, et non homo: in medio tui sanctus, et non ingrediar civitatem.

I will not execute the fierceness of my anger, I will not destroy Ephraim again. For I am God, not a human being. I am the Holy One living among you. I will not enter your cities.

10 Post Dominum ambulabunt, quasi leo rugiet: quia ipse rugiet, et formidabunt filii maris.

The people will follow me, the Lord. He will roar like a lion. When he roars like a lion then his children will come trembling from the west.

11 Et avolabunt quasi avis ex Aegypto, et quasi columba de Terra Assyriorum: et collocabo eos in domibus suis, dicit Dominus.

Like a flock of frightened birds they will come from Egypt, like doves they will come from Assyria, and I will bring them back home, declares the Lord.

12 Circumdedit me in negatione Ephraim, et in dolo domus Israel: Iudas autem testis descendit cum Deo, et cum sanctis fidelis.

Ephraim surrounds me with lies and Israel with deceit, and Judah still wanders with some deity, faithful to some “Holy One.”