Hozeáš 12
1 Efraim se větrem pase, a vítr východní honí, každého dne lež a zhoubu množí; nebo smlouvu s Assurem činí, a masti do Egypta donášejí se.
But Ephraim is an evil spirit, he has chased the east wind all the day: he has multiplied empty and vain things, and made a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil has gone in the way of traffic into Egypt.
2 I s Judou má soud Hospodin; pročež navštívě Jákoba podlé cest jeho, podlé snažností jeho odplatí jemu.
And the Lord [has] a controversy with Juda, in order to punish Jacob: according to his ways and according to his practices will he recompense him.
3 V životě za patu držel bratra svého, a silou svou knížetsky se potýkal s Bohem.
He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and in his labors he had power with God.
4 Knížetsky, pravím, potýkal se s andělem, a přemohl; plakal a pokorně ho prosil; v Bethel jej nalezl, a tam s námi mluvil.
And he prevailed with the angel and was strong: they wept, and entreated me: they found me in the house of On, and there [a word] was spoken to them.
5 Toť jest Hospodin Bůh zástupů, pamětné jeho jest Hospodin.
But the Lord God Almighty shall be his memorial.
6 Protož ty k Bohu svému se obrať, milosrdenství a soudu ostříhej, a očekávej na Boha svého ustavičně.
You therefore shall return to your God: keep you mercy and judgment, and draw near to your God continually.
7 Kramářem jest, v jehož ruce jsou vážky falešné, rád utiskuje,
[As for] Chanaan, in his hand is a balance of unrighteousness: he has loved to tyrannize.
8 A říká Efraim: Však jsem zbohatl, dobyl jsem sobě zboží; ve všech mých pracech nenajdou mi nepravosti, jenž by hříchem byla.
And Ephraim said, Nevertheless I am rich, I have found refreshment to myself. None of his labors shall be found [available] to him, by reason of the sins which he has committed.
9 Já pak Hospodin jsa Bohem tvým od vyjití z země Egyptské, ještě-liž bych tě seděti nechal v stáncích jako ve dnech svátečních?
But I the Lord your God brought you up out of the land of Egypt: I will yet cause you to dwell in tabernacles, according to the days of the feast.
10 A mluvě skrze proroky, já abych vidění mnoho ukazoval, a skrze proroky podobenství předkládal?
And I will speak to the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and by the means of the prophets I was represented.
11 Zdali toliko v Galád byla nepravost a marnost? I v Galgala voly obětují, přes to i oltářů jejich jest jako kopců na záhonech polí mých.
If Galaad exists not, then the chiefs in Galaad when they sacrificed were false, and their altars were as heaps on the ground of the field.
12 Tamto utekl byl Jákob z krajiny Syrské, kdež sloužil Izrael pro ženu, a pro ženu byl pastýřem;
And Jacob retreated into the plain of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and waited for a wife.
13 Sem pak skrze proroka přivedl Hospodin Izraele z Egypta, též skrze proroka ostříhán jest.
And the Lord brought Israel out of the land of Egypt by a prophet, and by a prophet was he preserve.
14 Vzbudilť Efraim hněv přehořký, a protož krev jeho na něj se vztáhne, a potupu svou vrátí jemu Pán jeho.
Ephraim was angry and excited, therefore his blood shall be poured out upon him, and the Lord shall recompense to him his reproach.
