Prophetia Osee, 4

1. audite verbum Domini filii Israël quia judicium Domino cum habitatoribus terræ non est enim veritas et non est misericordia et non est scientia Dei in terra

1. Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel, for the Lord shall enter into judgment with the inhabitants of the land: for there is no truth, and there is no mercy, and there is no knowledge of God in the land.

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

2. Cursing, and lying, and killing, and theft, and adultery have overflowed, and blood hath touched blood.

3. propter hoc lugebit terra et infirmabitur omnis qui habitat in ea in bestia agri et in volucre cæli sed et pisces maris congregabuntur

3. Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth in it shall languish with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of the air: yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be gathered together.

4. verumtamen unusquisque non judicet et non arguatur vir populus enim tuus sicut hii qui contradicunt sacerdoti

4. But yet let not any man judge: and let not a man be rebuked: for thy people are as they that contradict the priest.

5. et corrues hodie et corruet etiam propheta tecum nocte tacere feci matrem tuam

5. And thou shalt fall to day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee: in the night I have made thy mother to be silent.

6. conticuit populus meus eo quod non habuerit scientiam quia tu scientiam reppulisti repellam te ne sacerdotio fungaris mihi et oblita es legis Dei tui obliviscar filiorum tuorum et ego

6. My people have been silent, because they had no knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will reject thee, that thou shalt not do the office of priesthood to me: and thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.

7. secundum multitudinem eorum sic peccaverunt mihi gloriam eorum in ignominiam commutabo

7. According to the multitude of them so have they sinned against me: I will change their glory into shame.

8. peccata populi mei comedent et ad iniquitatem eorum sublevabunt animas eorum

8. They shall eat the sins of my people, and shall lift up their souls to their iniquity.

9. et erit sicut populus sic sacerdos et visitabo super eum vias ejus et cogitationes ejus reddam ei

9. And there shall be like people like priest: and I will visit their ways upon them, and I will repay them their devices.

10. et comedent et non saturabuntur fornicati sunt et non cessaverunt quoniam Dominum reliquerunt in non custodiendo

10. And they shall eat and shall not be filled: they have committed fornication, and have not ceased: because they have forsaken the Lord in not observing his law.

11. fornicatio et vinum et ebrietas aufert cor

11. Fornication, and wine, and drunkenness take away the understanding.

12. populus meus in ligno suo interrogavit et baculus ejus adnuntiavit ei spiritus enim fornicationum decepit eos et fornicati sunt a Deo suo

12. My people have consulted their stocks, and their staff hath declared unto them: for the spirit of fornication hath deceived them, and they have committed fornication against their God.

13. super capita montium sacrificabant et super colles accendebant thymiama subtus quercum et populum et terebinthum quia bona erat umbra ejus ideo fornicabuntur filiæ vestræ et sponsæ vestræ adulteræ erunt

13. They offered sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burnt incense upon the hills: under the oak, and the poplar, and the turpentine tree, because the shadow thereof was good: therefore shall your daughters commit fornication, and your spouses shall be adulteresses.

14. non visitabo super filias vestras cum fuerint fornicatæ et super sponsas vestras cum adulteraverint quoniam ipsi cum meretricibus versabantur et cum effeminatis sacrificabant et populus non intellegens vapulabit

14. I will not visit upon your daughters when they shell commit fornication, and upon your spouses when they shall commit adultery: because themselves conversed with harlots, and offered sacrifice with the effeminate, and the people that doth not understand shall be beaten.

15. si fornicaris tu Israël non delinquat saltim Juda et nolite ingredi in Galgala et ne ascenderitis in Bethaven neque juraveritis vivit Dominus

15. If thou play the harlot, O Israel, at least let not Juda offend: and go ye not into Galgal, and come not up into Bethaven, and do not swear: The Lord liveth.

16. quoniam sicut vacca lasciviens declinavit Israël nunc pascet eos Dominus quasi agnum in latitudine

16. For Israel hath gone astray like a wanton heifer: now will the Lord feed them, as a lamb in a spacious place.

17. particeps idolorum Ephraim dimitte eum

17. Ephraim is a partaker with idols, let him alone.

18. separatum est convivium eorum fornicatione fornicati sunt dilexerunt adferre ignominiam protectores ejus

18. Their banquet is separated, they have gone astray by fornication: they that should have protected them have loved to bring shame upon them.

19. ligavit spiritus eam in alis suis et confundentur a sacrificiis suis

19. The wind hath bound them up in its wings, and they shall be confounded because of their sacrifices.