Osee Propheta 8

1 In gutture tuo sit tuba quasi aquila super domum Domini: pro eo quod transgressi sunt foedus meum, et legem meam praevaricati sunt.

[He shall come] into their midst as the land, as an eagle against the house of the Lord, because they have transgressed my covenant, and have sinned against my law.

2 Me invocabunt: Deus meus cognovimus te Israel.

They shall soon cry out to me, [saying], O God, we know thee.

3 Proiecit Israel bonum, inimicus persequetur eum.

For Israel has turned away from good things; they have pursued an enemy.

4 Ipsi regnaverunt, et non ex me: principes extiterunt, et non cognovi: argentum suum, et aurum suum fecerunt sibi idola, ut interirent:

They have made kings for themselves, but not by me: they have ruled, but they did not make it known to me: [of] their silver and their gold they have made images to themselves, that they might be destroyed.

5 proiectus est vitulus tuus Samaria, iratus est furor meus in eos. usquequo non poterunt emundari?

Cast off thy calf, O Samaria; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will they be unable to purge themselves in Israel?

6 Quia ex Israel et ipse est: artifex fecit illum, et non est Deus: quoniam in aranearum telas erit vitulus Samariae.

Whereas the workman made it, and it is not God; wherefore thy calf, Samaria, was a deceiver:

7 Quia ventum seminabunt, et turbinem metent: culmus stans non est in eo, germen non faciet farinam: quod et si fecerit, alieni comedent eam.

for they sowed blighted [seed], and their destruction shall await them, a sheaf of corn that avails not to make meal; and even if it should produce it, strangers shall devour it.

8 Devoratus est Israel: nunc factus est in nationibus quasi vas immundum.

Israel is swallowed up: now is he become among the nations as a worthless vessel.

9 Quia ipsi ascenderunt ad Assur, onager solitarius sibi: Ephraim munera dederunt amatoribus.

For they have gone up to the Assyrians: Ephraim has been strengthened against himself; they loved gifts.

10 Sed et cum mercede conduxerint nationes, nunc congregabo eos: et quiescent paulisper ab onere regis, et principum.

Therefore shall they be delivered to the nations: now I will receive them, and they shall cease a little to anoint a king and princes.

11 Quia multiplicavit Ephraim altaria ad peccandum: factae sunt ei arae in delictum.

Because Ephraim has multiplied altars, [his] beloved altars are become sins to him.

12 Scribam ei multiplices leges meas, quae velut alienae computatae sunt.

I will write down a multitude [of commands] for him; but his statutes are accounted strange things, [even] the beloved altars.

13 Hostias offerent, immolabunt carnes, et comedent, et Dominus non suscipiet eas: nunc recordabitur iniquitatis eorum, et visitabit peccata eorum: ipsi in Aegyptum convertentur.

For if they should offer a sacrifice, and eat flesh, the lord will not accept them: now will he remember their iniquities, and will take vengeance on their sins: they have returned to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things among the Assyrians.

14 Et oblitus est Israel factoris sui, et aedificavit delubra: et Iuda multiplicavit urbes munitas: et mittam ignem in civitates eius, et devorabit aedes illius.

And Israel has forgotten him that made him, and they have built fanes, and Juda has multiplied walled cities: but I will send fire on his cities, and it shall devour their foundations.