Osee 12
1 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.
Efrajim pase vjetar, za vjetrom istočnim trči cio dan, sve više je laži njegovih i nasilja. Savez sklapaju s Asirijom, ulje nose u Egipat.
2 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.
S Izraelom ima Jahve parnicu, kaznit će Jakova prema postupcima, vratit će mu po djelima njegovim.
3 He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and in his labors he had power with God.
Već u krilu materinu brata je potisnuo, u snazi muževnoj s Bogom se borio.
4 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.
S Anđelom se borio i nadvladao ga, plakao je i zaklinjao ga. Našao ga je u Betelu i ondje mu je govorio.
5 But the Lord God Almighty shall be his memorial.
Da, Jahve, Bog nad Vojskama, Jahve je ime njegovo.
6 You therefore shall return to your God: keep you mercy and judgment, and draw near to your God continually.
Ti se dakle Bogu svojem vrati, čuvaj ljubav i pravednost i u Boga se svoga uzdaj svagda!
7 [As for] Chanaan, in his hand is a balance of unrighteousness: he has loved to tyrannize.
U ruci je Kanaanu kriva tezulja, on voli zakidati.
8 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.
I reče Efrajim: “Samo sam se obogatio, blago sam nagomilao.” Ali ništa mu od sveg dobitka neće ostati, jer se ogriješio bezakonjima.
9 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.
Ja sam Jahve, Bog tvoj, sve od zemlje egipatske, još ću ti dati da stanuješ pod šatorima kao u dane Sastanka;
10 And I will speak to the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and by the means of the prophets I was represented.
govorit ću prorocima, umnožit ću viđenja i po prorocima prispodobom učiti.
11 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.
Gilead je puko bezakonje, ispraznost sama; u Gilgali žrtvuju bikove; zato će im oltari biti k'o hrpe kamenja u brazdama poljskim.
12 And Jacob retreated into the plain of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and waited for a wife.
Jakov pobježe u kraj aramski, za ženu služaše Izrael, za ženu jednu stada čuvaše.
13 And the Lord brought Israel out of the land of Egypt by a prophet, and by a prophet was he preserve.
Al' po Proroku izvede Jahve Izraela iz Egipta, i po Proroku on ga je čuvao.
14 Ephraim was angry and excited, therefore his blood shall be poured out upon him, and the Lord shall recompense to him his reproach.
Pregorko ga Efrajim uvrijedi: stoga će krv njegovu na nj svaliti, platit će mu Gospod njegov za pogrde.
