Osee Propheta 12

1 Ephraim pascit ventum, et sequitur aestum: tota die mendacium, et vastitatem multiplicat: et foedus cum Assyriis iniit, et oleum in Aegyptum ferebat.

Ephraim feedeth on wind, and pursueth after the east wind: all day long he multiplieth lies and desolation; and they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.

2 Iudicium ergo Domini cum Iuda, et visitatio super Iacob: iuxta vias eius, et iuxta adinventiones eius reddet ei.

Jehovah hath also a controversy with Judah, and he will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.

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

He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and in his strength he wrestled with God.

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

Yea, he wrestled with the Angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spoke with us,

5 Et Dominus Deus exercituum, Dominus memoriale eius.

— even Jehovah, the God of hosts, — Jehovah is his memorial.

6 Et tu ad Dominum Deum tuum converteris: misericordiam et iudicium custodi, et spera in Deo tuo semper.

And thou, return unto thy God: keep loving-kindness and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.

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

[He is] a merchant, balances of deceit are in his hand; he loveth to oppress.

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

And Ephraim saith, Nevertheless I am become rich, I have found me out substance; in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.

9 Et ego Dominus Deus tuus ex Terra Aegypti, adhuc sedere te faciam in tabernaculis, sicut in diebus festivitatis.

But I [that am] Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt will again make thee to 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.

And I have spoken to the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and by means of the prophets have I used similitudes.

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

If Gilead is iniquity, surely they are but vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields.

12 Fugit Iacob in regionem Syriae, et servivit Israel in uxorem, et in uxore servavit.

And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept [sheep].

13 In propheta autem eduxit Dominus Israel de Aegypto: et in propheta servatus est.

And by a prophet Jehovah brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.

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

Ephraim provoked [him] to anger most bitterly; and his Lord shall leave his blood upon him, and recompense unto him his reproach.