Prophetia Osee, 4

1. “Audite verbum Domini, filii Israel, quia iudicium Domino cum habitatoribus terrae: non est enim veritas, et non est benignitas, et non est scientia Dei in terra;

1. Hear the word of the LORD, O people of Israel; for the LORD has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land. There is no faithfulness or kindness, and no knowledge of God in the land;

2. maledictum et mendacium et homicidium et furtum et adulterium inundaverunt, et sanguis sanguinem tetigit.

2. there is swearing, lying, killing, stealing, and committing adultery; they break all bounds and murder follows murder.

3. Propter hoc lugebit terra, et infirmabitur omnis, qui habitat in ea, cum bestia agri et volucre caeli, sed et pisces maris auferentur.

3. Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it languish, and also the beasts of the field, and the birds of the air; and even the fish of the sea are taken away.

4. Verumtamen non sit qui contendat nec qui arguat, sed tecum iudicium meum, sacerdos.

4. Yet let no one contend, and let none accuse, for with you is my contention, O priest.

5. Et corrues plena die, et corruet etiam propheta tecum nocte; et perdam matrem tuam.

5. You shall stumble by day, the prophet also shall stumble with you by night; and I will destroy your mother.

6. Perit populus meus, eo quod non habuerit scientiam. Quia tu scientiam reppulisti, repellam te, ne sacerdotio fungaris mihi; et quia oblitus es legis Dei tui, obliviscar filiorum tuorum et ego.

6. My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me. And since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.

7. Secundum multitudinem eorum, sic peccaverunt mihi; gloriam eorum in ignominiam commutabo.

7. The more they increased, the more they sinned against me; I will change their glory into shame.

8. Peccatum populi mei comedunt et ad iniquitatem eorum sublevabunt animas eorum.

8. They feed on the sin of my people; they are greedy for their iniquity.

9. Et erit sicut populus sic sacerdos; et visitabo super eum vias eius et opera eius reddam ei.

9. And it shall be like people, like priest; I will punish them for their ways, and requite them for their deeds.

10. Et comedent et non saturabuntur; fornicabuntur et non multiplicabuntur, quoniam Dominum reliquerunt in non custodiendo.

10. They shall eat, but not be satisfied; they shall play the harlot, but not multiply; because they have forsaken the LORD to cherish harlotry.

11. Fornicatio et vinum et ebrietas auferunt cor.

11. Wine and new wine take away the understanding.

12. Populus meus in ligno suo interrogat, et baculus eius annuntiat ei; spiritus enim fornicationum decepit eos, et fornicantur a Deo suo.

12. My people inquire of a thing of wood, and their staff gives them oracles. For a spirit of harlotry has led them astray, and they have left their God to play the harlot.

13. Super capita montium sacrificant et super colles accendunt thymiama, subtus quercum et populum et terebinthum, quia bona est umbra eius; ideo fornicantur filiae vestrae, et sponsae vestrae adulterae sunt.

13. They sacrifice on the tops of the mountains, and make offerings upon the hills, under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is good. Therefore your daughters play the harlot, and your brides commit adultery.

14. Non visitabo super filias vestras, cum fuerint fornicatae, et super sponsas vestras, cum adulteraverint, quoniam hi ipsi cum meretricibus secedunt et cum prostibulis delubrorum sacrificant, et populus non intellegens corruet.

14. I will not punish your daughters when they play the harlot, nor your brides when they commit adultery; for the men themselves go aside with harlots, and sacrifice with cult prostitutes, and a people without understanding shall come to ruin.

15. Si fornicaris tu, Israel, non delinquat saltem Iuda; et nolite ingredi in Galgala et ne ascenderitis in Bethaven neque iuraveritis: “Vivit Dominus”.

15. Though you play the harlot, O Israel, let not Judah become guilty. Enter not into Gilgal, nor go up to Beth-a'ven, and swear not, "As the LORD lives."

16. Quoniam sicut vacca lasciviens Israel contumax est; nunc pascet eos Dominus quasi agnum in latitudine?

16. Like a stubborn heifer, Israel is stubborn; can the LORD now feed them like a lamb in a broad pasture?

17. Particeps idolorum Ephraim, dimitte eum.

17. E'phraim is joined to idols, let him alone.

18. Transiit convivium eorum, fornicatione fornicati sunt, diligunt vehementer ignominiam impudicitiae.

18. A band of drunkards, they give themselves to harlotry; they love shame more than their glory.

19. Ligabit spiritus eos in alis suis, et confundentur a sacrificiis suis.

19. A wind has wrapped them in its wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their altars.