Hosea 12 (VUL) · Opened

1[Ephraim pascit ventum, et sequitur æstum; tota die mendacium et vastitatem multiplicat: et fœdus cum Assyriis iniit, et oleum in Ægyptum ferebat.Ephraim feeds on the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.

2Judicium ergo Domini cum Juda, et visitatio super Jacob: juxta vias ejus, et juxta adinventiones ejus reddet ei.The LORD has a charge to bring against Judah. He will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds.

3In utero supplantavit fratrem suum, et in fortitudine sua directus est cum angelo.In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, and in his vigor he wrestled with God.

4Et invaluit ad angelum, et confortatus est; flevit, et rogavit eum. In Bethel invenit eum, et ibi locutus est nobiscum.Yes, he struggled with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought His favor; he found Him at Bethel and spoke with Him there—

5Et Dominus Deus exercituum, Dominus memoriale ejus.the LORD God of Hosts, the LORD is His name of renown.

6Et tu ad Deum tuum converteris; misericordiam et judicium custodi, et spera in Deo tuo semper.But you must return to your God; maintain love and justice, and always wait on your God.

7Chanaan, in manu ejus statera dolosa, calumniam dilexit.A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.

8Et dixit Ephraim: Verumtamen dives effectus sum; inveni idolum mihi: omnes labores mei non invenient mihi iniquitatem quam peccavi.And Ephraim boasts: “How rich I have become! I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors, they can find in me no iniquity that is sinful.”

9Et ego Dominus Deus tuus ex terra Ægypti: adhuc sedere te faciam in tabernaculis, sicut in diebus festivitatis.But I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt. I will again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the appointed feast.

10Et locutus sum super prophetas, et ego visionem multiplicavi, et in manu prophetarum assimilatus sum.I spoke through the prophets and multiplied their visions; I gave parables through the prophets.

11Si Galaad idolum, ergo frustra erant in Galgal bobus immolantes; nam et altaria eorum quasi acervi super sulcos agri.Is there iniquity in Gilead? They will surely come to nothing. Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Indeed, their altars will be heaps of stones in the furrows of the field.

12Fugit Jacob in regionem Syriæ, et servivit Israël in uxorem, et in uxorem servavit.Jacob fled to the land of Aram and Israel worked for a wife—for a wife he tended sheep.

13In propheta autem eduxit Dominus Israël de Ægypto, et in propheta servatus est.But by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.

14Ad iracundiam me provocavit Ephraim in amaritudinibus suis: et sanguis ejus super eum veniet, et opprobrium ejus restituet ei Dominus suus.]Ephraim has provoked bitter anger, so his Lord will leave his bloodguilt upon him and repay him for his contempt.

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