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 feeds on the wind and follows after the east wind. He continually multiplies lies and violence. They make a covenant with Assyria and carry olive oil to Egypt.
2 Judicium ergo Domini cum Juda, et visitatio super Jacob: juxta vias ejus, et juxta adinventiones ejus reddet ei.
Yahweh also has a lawsuit against Judah and will punish Jacob for what he has done; he will repay him for his deeds.
3 In utero supplantavit fratrem suum, et in fortitudine sua directus est cum angelo.
In the womb Jacob grasped his brother by the heel, and in his manhood he struggled with God.
4 Et invaluit ad angelum, et confortatus est; flevit, et rogavit eum. In Bethel invenit eum, et ibi locutus est nobiscum.
He struggled with the angel and won. He wept and begged for his favor. He met God at Bethel; there God spoke with him.
5 Et Dominus Deus exercituum, Dominus memoriale ejus.
This is Yahweh, the God of hosts; “Yahweh” is his name to be called on.
6 Et tu ad Deum tuum converteris; misericordiam et judicium custodi, et spera in Deo tuo semper.
So turn to your God. Keep covenantal faithfulness and justice, and wait continually for your God.
7 Chanaan, in manu ejus statera dolosa, calumniam dilexit.
The merchants have false scales in their hands; 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 said, “I have certainly become very rich; I have found wealth for myself. In all my work they will not find any iniquity in me, anything that would be sin.”
9 Et ego Dominus Deus tuus ex terra Ægypti: adhuc sedere te faciam in tabernaculis, sicut in diebus festivitatis.
“I am Yahweh your God from the land of Egypt. I will again make you live in tents, as in the days of the appointed festival.
10 Et locutus sum super prophetas, et ego visionem multiplicavi, et in manu prophetarum assimilatus sum.
I spoke to the prophets, and I gave them many visions for you. By the hand of the prophets I gave parables.”
11 Si Galaad idolum, ergo frustra erant in Galgal bobus immolantes; nam et altaria eorum quasi acervi super sulcos agri.
If there is wickedness in Gilead, surely the people are worthless. In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls; their altars will be like heaps of stone in the furrows of the fields.
12 Fugit Jacob in regionem Syriæ, et servivit Israël in uxorem, et in uxorem servavit.
Jacob fled to the land of Aram; Israel worked in order to get a wife; and he kept flocks of sheep to get a wife.
13 In propheta autem eduxit Dominus Israël de Ægypto, et in propheta servatus est.
Yahweh brought Israel out of Egypt by a prophet, and by a prophet he took care of them.
14 Ad iracundiam me provocavit Ephraim in amaritudinibus suis: et sanguis ejus super eum veniet, et opprobrium ejus restituet ei Dominus suus.
Ephraim has bitterly angered Yahweh. So his Lord will leave his blood on him and will turn back on him his disgrace.
