Osee Propheta 2

1 Dicite fratribus vestris: Populus meus: et sorori vestrae, Misericordiam consecuta.

Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah.

2 Iudicate matrem vestram, iudicate: quoniam ipsa non uxor mea, et ego non vir eius. auferat fornicationes suas a facie sua, et adulteria sua de medio uberum suorum.

Contend with your mother, contend; for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband; and let her put away her whoredoms from her face, and her adulteries from between her breasts;

3 Ne forte expoliem eam nudam, et statuam eam secundum diem nativitatis suae: et ponam eam quasi solitudinem, et statuam eam velut terram inviam, et interficiam eam siti.

lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.

4 Et filiorum illius non miserebor: quoniam filii fornicationum sunt.

Yea, upon her children will I have no mercy; for they are children of whoredom;

5 quia fornicata est mater eorum, confusa est quae concepit eos: quia dixit: Vadam post amatores meos, qui dant panes mihi, et aquas meas, lanam meam, et linum meum, oleum meum, et potum meum.

for their mother hath played the harlot; she that conceived them hath done shamefully; for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink.

6 Propter hoc ecce ego sepiam viam tuam spinis, et sepiam eam maceria, et semitas suas non inveniet.

Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and I will build a wall against her, that she shall not find her paths.

7 Et sequetur amatores suos, et non apprehendet eos: et quaeret eos, et non inveniet, et dicet: Vadam, et revertar ad virum meum priorem: quia bene mihi erat tunc magis quam nunc.

And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now.

8 Et haec nescivit, quia ego dedi ei frumentum, et vinum, et oleum, et argentum multiplicavi ei, et aurum, quae fecerunt Baal.

For she did not know that I gave her the grain, and the new wine, and the oil, and multiplied unto her silver and gold, which they used for Baal.

9 Idcirco convertar, et sumam frumentum meum in tempore suo, et vinum meum in tempore suo, et liberabo lanam meam et linum meum, quae operiebant ignominiam eius.

Therefore will I take back my grain in the time thereof, and my new wine in the season thereof, and will pluck away my wool and my flax which should have covered her nakedness.

10 Et nunc revelabo stultitiam eius in oculis amatorum eius: et vir non eruet eam de manu mea:

And now will I uncover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of my hand.

11 et cessare faciam omne gaudium eius, sollemnitatem eius, neomeniam eius, sabbatum eius, et omnia festa tempora eius.

I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feasts, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn assemblies.

12 Et corrumpam vineam eius, et ficum eius: de quibus dixit: Mercedes hae, meae sunt, quas dederunt mihi amatores mei: et ponam eam in saltum, et comedet eam bestia agri.

And I will lay waste her vines and her fig-trees, whereof she hath said, These are my hire that my lovers have given me; and I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them.

13 Et visitabo super eam dies Baalim, quibus accendebat incensum, et ornabatur inaure sua, et monili suo, et ibat post amatores suos, et mei obliviscebatur, dicit Dominus.

And I will visit upon her the days of the Baalim, unto which she burned incense, when she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith Jehovah.

14 Propter hoc, ecce ego lactabo eam, et ducam eam in solitudinem: et loquar ad cor eius.

Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.

15 Et dabo ei vinitores eius ex eodem loco, et Vallem Achor ad aperiendam spem: et canet ibi iuxta dies iuventutis suae, et iuxta dies ascensionis suae de Terra Aegypti.

And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope; and she shall make answer there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.

16 Et erit in die illa, ait Dominus: vocabit me: Vir meus: et non vocabit me ultra, Baalim.

And it shall be at that day, saith Jehovah, that thou shalt call me Ishi, and shalt call me no more Baali.

17 Et auferam nomina Baalim de ore eius, et non recordabitur ultra nominis eorum.

For I will take away the names of the Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be mentioned by their name.

18 Et percutiam cum eis foedus in die illa, cum bestia agri, et cum volucre caeli, et cum reptili terrae: et arcum, et gladium, et bellum conteram de terra: et dormire eos faciam fiducialiter.

And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the birds of the heavens, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the land, and will make them to lie down safely.

19 Et sponsabo te mihi in sempiternum: et sponsabo te mihi in iustitia, et iudicio, et in misericordia, et in miserationibus.

And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in justice, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.

20 Et sponsabo te mihi in fide: et scies quia ego Dominus.

I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness; and thou shalt know Jehovah.

21 Et erit in die illa: Exaudiam, dicit Dominus, exaudiam caelos, et illi exaudient terram.

And it shall come to pass in that day, I will answer, saith Jehovah, I will answer the heavens, and they shall answer the earth;

22 Et terra exaudiet triticum, et vinum, et oleum: et haec exaudient Iezrahel.

and the earth shall answer the grain, and the new wine, and the oil; and they shall answer Jezreel.

23 Et seminabo eam mihi in terra, et miserebor eius, quae fuit Absque misericordia. Et dicam non populo meo: Populus meus es tu: et ipse dicet: Deus meus es tu.

And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them that were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, [Thou art] my God.