Hosea 13 (VUL) · Opened

1[Loquente Ephraim, horror invasit Israël; et deliquit in Baal, et mortuus est.When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he was exalted in Israel. But he incurred guilt through Baal, and he died.

2Et nunc addiderunt ad peccandum; feceruntque sibi conflatile de argento suo quasi similitudinem idolorum: factura artificum totum est: his ipsi dicunt: Immolate homines, vitulos adorantes.Now they sin more and more and make for themselves cast images, idols skillfully made from their silver, all of them the work of craftsmen. People say of them, “They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calves!”

3Idcirco erunt quasi nubes matutina, et sicut ros matutinus præteriens; sicut pulvis turbine raptus ex area, et sicut fumus de fumario.Therefore they will be like the morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes, like chaff blown from a threshing floor, like smoke through an open window.

4Ego autem Dominus Deus tuus, ex terra Ægypti; et Deum absque me nescies, et salvator non est præter me.Yet I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt; you know no God but Me, for there is no Savior besides Me.

5Ego cognovi te in deserto, in terra solitudinis.I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of drought.

6Juxta pascua sua adimpleti sunt et saturati sunt; et levaverunt cor suum, et obliti sunt mei.When they had pasture, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, their hearts became proud, and as a result they forgot Me.

7Et ego ero eis quasi leæna, sicut pardus in via Assyriorum.So like a lion I will pounce on them; like a leopard I will lurk by the path.

8Occurram eis quasi ursa raptis catulis, et dirumpam interiora jecoris eorum, et consumam eos ibi quasi leo: bestia agri scindet eos.Like a bear robbed of her cubs I will attack them, and I will tear open their chests. There I will devour them like a lion, like a wild beast tearing them apart.

9Perditio tua, Israël: tantummodo in me auxilium tuum.You are destroyed, O Israel, because you are against Me—against your helper.

10Ubi est rex tuus? maxime nunc salvet te in omnibus urbibus tuis; et judices tui, de quibus dixisti: Da mihi regem et principes.Where is your king now to save you in all your cities, and the rulers to whom you said, “Give me a king and princes”?

11Dabo tibi regem in furore meo, et auferam in indignatione mea.So in My anger I gave you a king, and in My wrath I took him away.

12Colligata est iniquitas Ephraim; absconditum peccatum ejus.The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is stored up.

13Dolores parturientis venient ei: ipse filius non sapiens: nunc enim non stabit in contritione filiorum.Labor pains come upon him, but he is an unwise son. When the time arrives, he fails to present himself at the opening of the womb.

14De manu mortis liberabo eos; de morte redimam eos. Ero mors tua, o mors ! morsus tuus ero, inferne ! consolatio abscondita est ab oculis meis.I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from Death. Where, O Death, are your plagues? Where, O Sheol, is your sting? Compassion is hidden from My eyes.

15Quia ipse inter fratres dividet: adducet urentem ventum Dominus de deserto ascendentem, et siccabit venas ejus, et desolabit fontem ejus: et ipse diripiet thesaurum omnis vasis desiderabilis.]Although he flourishes among his brothers, an east wind will come—a wind from the LORD rising up from the desert. His fountain will fail, and his spring will run dry. The wind will plunder his treasury of every precious article.

16Pereat Samaria, quoniam ad amaritudinem concitavit Deum suum ! in gladio pereant, parvuli eorum elidantur, et fœtæ ejus discindantur !Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.

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