Osee Propheta 12
1 Ephraim pascit ventum, et sequitur æstum: tota die mendacium, et vastitatem multiplicat: et fœdus cum Assyriis iniit, et oleum in Ægyptum ferebat.
Ephraim herds the wind and hunts the sirocco. All day long they heap up falsehood and fraud, make a treaty with Assyria, and sends tribute of olive oil to Egypt.
2 Iudicium ergo Domini cum Iuda, et visitatio super Iacob: iuxta vias eius, et iuxta adinventiones eius reddet ei.
The Lord has a charge to bring against Israel, to punish Jacob for his acts, according to his deeds will he requite him,
3 In utero supplantavit fratrem suum: et in fortitudine sua directus est cum angelo.
In the womb he supplanted his brother, in manhood 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.
He wrestled with the angel and prevailed, he wept and sought his blessing. At Bethel the Lord found him, and there he spoke with us.
5 Et Dominus Deus exercituum, Dominus memoriale eius.
And the Lord is the God of hosts, the Lord is his name!
6 Et tu ad Deum tuum converteris: misericordiam et iudicium custodi, et spera in Deo tuo semper.
So now, by the help of your God, return. Keep true love and justice. Trust in your God without ceasing.
7 Chanaan, in manu eius statera dolosa, calumniam dilexit.
A merchant uses false scales: They love to defraud.
8 Et dixit Ephraim: Verumtamen dives effectus sum, inveni idolum mihi: omnes labores mei non invenient mihi iniquitatem, quam peccavi.
Ephraim says, ‘Yes, I have become rich, I have secured wealth for myself. But despite my gains no one will find a crime I can be convicted of!’
9 Et ego Dominus Deus tuus ex Terra Ægypti, adhuc sedere te faciam in tabernaculis, sicut in diebus festivitatis.
I am the Lord your God, ever since the land of Egypt. I will make you again dwell in tents, as in days of old.
10 Et locutus sum super prophetas, et ego visionem multiplicavi, et in manu prophetarum assimilatus sum.
I spoke continually by the prophets. It was I who multiplied visions, and spoke in parables through the prophets.
11 Si Galaad idolum, ergo frustra erant in Galgal bobus immolantes: nam et altaria eorum quasi acervi super sulcos agri:
In Gilead is iniquity, they will come to nothing. In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls, so their altars will be as stone heaps, among the furrows of the field.
12 Fugit Iacob in regionem Syriæ, et servivit Israel in uxorem, et in uxorem servavit.
And Jacob fled to the territory of Aram, and Israel worked to earn a wife: for a wife he herded sheep.
13 In propheta autem eduxit Dominus Israel de Ægypto: et in propheta servatus est.
The Lord brought Israel up from Egypt by a prophet, and by a prophet Israel was guarded.
14 Ad iracundiam me provocavit Ephraim in amaritudinibus suis, et sanguis eius super eum veniet, et opprobrium eius restituet ei Dominus suus.
Ephraim has given bitter provocation. His Lord will leave upon him his guilt of bloodshed, and for his contempt he will repay him.
