Prophetia Osee, 12

1. Circumdedit me in fraude Ephraim, et in dolo domus Israel; C Iudas autem, dum adhuc vagatur, est cum Deo et cum Sancto fidelis” C.

1. E'phraim herds the wind, and pursues the east wind all day long; they multiply falsehood and violence; they make a bargain with Assyria, and oil is carried to Egypt.

2. Ephraim pascit ventum et sequitur aestum; tota die mendacium et violentiam multiplicat et foedus cum Assyriis init et oleum in Aegyptum fert.

2. The LORD has an indictment against Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways, and requite him according to his deeds.

3. Iudicium ergo Domini cum Iuda, et visitatio super Iacob; iuxta vias eius et iuxta opera eius reddet ei.

3. In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and in his manhood he strove with God.

4. In utero supplantavit fratrem suum et in robore suo luctatus est cum Deo.

4. He strove with the angel and prevailed, he wept and sought his favor. He met God at Bethel, and there God spoke with him --

5. Et luctatus est cum angelo et praevaluit; flevit et deprecatus est eum. In Bethel invenit eum et ibi locutus est nobiscum

5. the LORD the God of hosts, the LORD is his name:

6. Dominus, Deus exercituum: Dominus memoriale eius.

6. "So you, by the help of your God, return, hold fast to love and justice, and wait continually for your God."

7. “Et tu ad Deum tuum converteris; caritatem et iudicium custodi et spera in Deo tuo semper”.

7. A trader, in whose hands are false balances, he loves to oppress.

8. Chanaan, in manu eius statera dolosa, fraudem diligit.

8. E'phraim has said, "Ah, but I am rich, I have gained wealth for myself": but all his riches can never offset the guilt he has incurred.

9. Et dixit Ephraim: “Verumtamen dives effectus sum, inveni opes mihi, omnes labores mei non invenient mihi iniquitatem, quam peccavi”.

9. I am the LORD your God from the land of Egypt; I will again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the appointed feast.

10. “Ego autem Dominus, Deus tuus ex terra Aegypti; adhuc sedere te faciam in tabernaculis, sicut in diebus conventus.

10. I spoke to the prophets; it was I who multiplied visions, and through the prophets gave parables.

11. Et loquar ad prophetas et ego visionem multiplicabo et in manu prophetarum proponam similitudines”.

11. If there is iniquity in Gilead they shall surely come to nought; if in Gilgal they sacrifice bulls, their altars also shall be like stone heaps on the furrows of the field.

12. Si Galaad iniquitas fuerat, prorsus inanes facti sunt; in Galgala bobus immolantes, etiam altaria eorum erunt quasi acervi super sulcos agri.

12. (Jacob fled to the land of Aram, there Israel did service for a wife, and for a wife he herded sheep.)

13. Fugit Iacob in regionem Aram; et servivit Israel pro uxore et pro uxore custos fuit.

13. By a prophet the LORD brought Israel up from Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.

14. Per prophetam autem eduxit Dominus Israel de Aegypto, et per prophetam custoditus est.

14. E'phraim has given bitter provocation; so his LORD will leave his bloodguilt upon him, and will turn back upon him his reproaches.

15. Ad iracundiam provocavit Ephraim amarissime, sed sanguinem eius super eum relinquet et opprobrium eius retribuet ei Dominus suus.

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