Книга пророка Осии 12
1 Ефрем же зол дух, гоняше зной весь день: тщетная и суетная умножи, и завет со Ассирианы завеща, и елей во Египет посылаше.
Ephraim is enjoying wind, And is pursuing an east wind, All the day lying and spoiling he multiplieth, And a covenant with Asshur they make, And oil to Egypt is carried.
2 И суд Господеви ко Иуде, еже отмстити Иакова: по путем его и по начинанием его воздаст ему.
And a controversy hath Jehovah with Judah, To lay a charge on Jacob according to his ways, According to his doings He returneth to him.
3 Во утробе запя брата своего и труды своими укрепе к Богу:
In the womb he took his brother by the heel, And by his strength he was a prince with God,
4 и укрепе со Ангелом и превозможе. Плакашася и молишася ми: в дому Онове обретоша мя, и ту глаголася к ним.
Yea, he is a prince unto the Messenger, And he overcometh [by] weeping, And he maketh supplication to Him, At Bethel He doth find him, And there He doth speak with us,
5 Господь же Бог Вседержитель будет память Его.
Even Jehovah, God of the Hosts, Jehovah [is] His memorial.
6 И ты о Бозе своем обратишися, милость и суд снабди, и приближайся к Богу своему присно.
And thou, through thy God, dost turn, Kindness and judgment keep thou, And wait on thy God continually.
7 Ханаан, в руце его мерило неправды, насильствовати возлюби.
Canaan! in his hand [are] balances of deceit! To oppress he hath loved.
8 И рече Ефрем: обаче обогатех, обретох прохлаждение себе: вси труды его не обрящутся ему ради неправд, имиже согреши.
And Ephraim saith: 'Surely I have become rich, I have found wealth for myself, All my labours — they find not against me iniquity that [is] sin.'
9 Аз же Господь Бог твой, изведох тя из земли Египетски: еще вселю тя в кущах, якоже во дни праздника.
And I — Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt, Again do I turn thee back into tents, As in the days of the appointed time.
10 И глаголах ко пророком, и аз видения умножих, и в руках пророческих уподобихся.
And I have spoken unto the prophets, And I have multiplied vision, And by the hand of the prophets I use similes.
11 Аще не Галаад есть, убо ложни быша во Галгалех князи требы кладуще, и требища их якоже желви на целизне польстей.
Surely Gilead [is] iniquity, Only, vanity they have been, In Gilead bullocks they have sacrificed, Also their altars [are] as heaps, on the furrows of a field.
12 И отиде Иаков на поле Сирийско, и работа Израиль о жене и о жене снабде.
And Jacob doth flee to the country of Aram, And Israel doth serve for a wife, Yea, for a wife he hath kept watch.
13 И пророком изведе Господь Израиля из земли Египетския, и пророком снабдеся.
And by a prophet hath Jehovah brought up Israel out of Egypt, And by a prophet it hath been watched.
14 Разгнева Мя Ефрем и возяри Мя: и кровь его на нем пролиется, и укоризну его воздаст ему Господь.
Ephraim hath provoked most bitterly, And his blood on himself he leaveth, And his reproach turn back to him doth his Lord!
