Hosea 12
1 Efraimu ń jẹ afẹ́fẹ́; o ń lépa afẹ́fẹ́ ìwọ̀-oòrùn ní gbogbo ọjọ́. O sì ń gbèrú nínú irọ́ o dá májẹ̀mú pẹ̀lú Asiria o sì fi òróró olifi ránṣẹ́ sí Ejibiti.
Ephraim [is] feeding wind and [is] pursuing an east wind all the day falsehood and violence he increases and a covenant with Assyria they are making and oil to Egypt it is carried.
2 Olúwa ní ẹjọ́ kan tí yóò bá Juda rò, yóò fì ìyà jẹ Jakọbu gẹ́gẹ́ bí ọ̀nà rẹ̀ yóò sì sán fún un gẹ́gẹ́ bí i ìṣe rẹ̀.
And a case at law [belongs] to Yahweh with Judah and to visit [judgment] on Jacob according to ways his according to deeds his he will repay to him.
3 Láti inú oyún ni ó ti di arákùnrin rẹ̀ mú ni gìgísẹ̀, àti nípa ipá rẹ̀ ó ni agbára pẹ̀lú Ọlọ́run
In the womb he took by [the] heel brother his and in manly vigor his he struggled with God.
4 Ó bá angẹli ja ìjàkadì, ó sì borí rẹ̀, o sọkún, ó sì bẹ̀bẹ̀ fún ojúrere rẹ̀. Ó bá Olúwa ní Beteli, Ó sì bá a sọ̀rọ̀ níbẹ̀,
And he struggled against an angel and he prevailed he wept and he sought favor to him Beth-el he found him and there he spoke with us.
5 àní Olúwa Ọlọ́run àwọn ọmọ-ogun; Olúwa ni orúkọ ìrántí rẹ̀.
And Yahweh [the] God of hosts Yahweh [is] memorial his.
6 Ṣùgbọ́n ìwọ gbọdọ̀ padà sọ́dọ̀ Ọlọ́run rẹ̀; di ìfẹ́ àti ìdájọ́ òdodo mú kí ẹ sì dúró de Ọlọ́run yín nígbà gbogbo.
And you in God your you will return loyalty and justice keep and wait to God your continually.
7 Oníṣòwò ń lo òsùwọ̀n èké o fẹ́ràn láti rẹ́ ni jẹ.
Canaan [who are] in hand his scales of deceit to defraud he loves.
8 Efraimu gbéraga, “Èmi ní ìní fún ara mi, mo sì ti di ọlọ́rọ̀, pẹ̀lú gbogbo ọrọ̀ mi yìí, wọn kò le ká àìṣedéédéé tàbí ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ kankan mọ́ mi lọ́wọ́.”
And he has said Ephraim surely I have become rich I have found wealth for myself all toil my not people will find to me iniquity which [is] sin.
9 “Èmi ni Olúwa Ọlọ́run rẹ; ẹni tí ó mu ọ jáde wá láti ilẹ̀ Ejibiti; èmi yóò tún mú yín gbé nínú àgọ́ bí i ọjọ́ àjọ̀dún tí a yàn wọ̀n-ọn-nì.
And I [have been] Yahweh God your from [the] land of Egypt again I will cause to dwell you in tents like [the] days of an appointed feast.
10 Mo sọ fún àwọn wòlíì, mo fi ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ìran hàn wọ́n mo sì pa òwe láti ẹnu wòlíì wọn.”
And I spoke to the prophets and I vision[s] I multiplied and by [the] hand of the prophets I gave parables.
11 Gileadi ha burú bí? Àwọn ènìyàn rẹ̀ jẹ́ asán. Ǹjẹ́ wọ́n ń fi akọ màlúù rú ẹbọ ní Gilgali? Gbogbo pẹpẹ wọ́n sì dàbí ebè nínú aporo oko.
[is] Gilead Wickedness surely worthlessness they are in Gilgal bulls they have sacrificed also altars their [are] like heaps of stones on [the] furrows of a field.
12 Jakọbu sálọ si orílẹ̀-èdè Aramu; Israẹli sìn kí o tó fẹ́ ìyàwó ó ṣe ìtọ́jú ẹran láti fi san owó ìyàwó.
And he fled Jacob [the] region of Aram and he served Israel for a wife and for a wife he kept [flocks].
13 Olúwa lo wòlíì kan láti mú Israẹli jáde wá láti Ejibiti, nípasẹ̀ wòlíì kan ó ṣe ìtọ́jú rẹ̀.
And by a prophet he brought up Yahweh Israel from Egypt and by a prophet he was kept.
14 Ṣùgbọ́n Efraimu ti mú un bínú gidigidi; Olúwa rẹ̀ yóò sì fi ẹ̀bi ìtàjẹ̀ sílẹ̀ sí orí rẹ̀ òun yóò sì san án padà fún un nítorí ìwà ẹ̀gàn an rẹ̀.
He has provoked to anger Ephraim bitterness and blood his on him he will leave and reproach his he will repay to him lord his.
