Prophetia Osee, 6

1. “Venite, et revertamur ad Do minum, quia ipse laceravit et sanabit nos, percussit et curabit nos.

1. "Come, let us return to the LORD; for he has torn, that he may heal us; he has stricken, and he will bind us up.

2. Vivificabit nos post duos dies, in die tertia suscitabit nos, et vivemus in conspectu eius.

2. After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, that we may live before him.

3. Sciamus sequamurque, ut cognoscamus Dominum. Quasi diluculum praeparatus est egressus eius, et veniet quasi imber nobis temporaneus, quasi imber serotinus irrigans terram”.

3. Let us know, let us press on to know the LORD; his going forth is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth."

4. Quid faciam tibi, Ephraim? Quid faciam tibi, Iuda? Caritas vestra quasi nubes matutina et quasi ros mane pertransiens.

4. What shall I do with you, O E'phraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? Your love is like a morning cloud, like the dew that goes early away.

5. Propter hoc dolavi per prophetas, occidi eos in verbis oris mei, sed ius meum quasi lux egredietur;

5. Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets, I have slain them by the words of my mouth, and my judgment goes forth as the light.

6. quia caritatem volo et non sacrificium, et scientiam Dei plus quam holocausta.

6. For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God, rather than burnt offerings.

7. Ipsi autem in Adam transgressi sunt pactum; ibi praevaricati sunt in me.

7. But at Adam they transgressed the covenant; there they dealt faithlessly with me.

8. Galaad civitas operantium iniquitatem maculata sanguine.

8. Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with blood.

9. Et quasi insidiantes virum latrones caterva sacerdotum; in via interficiunt pergentes Sichem, vere scelus operantur.

9. As robbers lie in wait for a man, so the priests are banded together; they murder on the way to Shechem, yea, they commit villainy.

10. In domo Israel vidi horrendum: ibi fornicationes Ephraim, contaminatus est Israel.

10. In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing; E'phraim's harlotry is there, Israel is defiled.

11. Sed et tibi, Iuda, parata est messis, cum convertero sortem populi mei.

11. For you also, O Judah, a harvest is appointed. When I would restore the fortunes of my people,