Hosea 12
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1(12-2) Ephraim striveth after wind, and followeth after the east wind; all the day he multiplieth lies and desolation; and they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.
1[Ephraim pascit ventum, et sequitur æstum; tota die mendacium et vastitatem multiplicat: et fœdus cum Assyriis iniit, et oleum in Ægyptum ferebat.
2(12-3) The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways, according to his doings will He recompense him.
2Judicium ergo Domini cum Juda, et visitatio super Jacob: juxta vias ejus, et juxta adinventiones ejus reddet ei.
3(12-4) In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and by his strength he strove with a godlike being;
3In utero supplantavit fratrem suum, et in fortitudine sua directus est cum angelo.
4(12-5) So he strove with an angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication unto him; at Beth-el he would find him, and there he would speak with us;
4Et invaluit ad angelum, et confortatus est; flevit, et rogavit eum. In Bethel invenit eum, et ibi locutus est nobiscum.
5(12-6) But the LORD, the God of hosts, the LORD is His name.
5Et Dominus Deus exercituum, Dominus memoriale ejus.
6(12-7) Therefore turn thou to thy God; keep mercy and justice, and wait for thy God continually.
6Et tu ad Deum tuum converteris; misericordiam et judicium custodi, et spera in Deo tuo semper.
7(12-8) As for the trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand. He loveth to oppress.
7Chanaan, in manu ejus statera dolosa, calumniam dilexit.
8(12-9) And Ephraim said: 'Surely I am become rich, I have found me wealth; in all my labours they shall find in me no iniquity that were sin.'
8Et dixit Ephraim: Verumtamen dives effectus sum; inveni idolum mihi: omnes labores mei non invenient mihi iniquitatem quam peccavi.
9(12-10) But I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt; I will yet again make thee to dwell in tents, as in the days of the appointed season.
9Et ego Dominus Deus tuus ex terra Ægypti: adhuc sedere te faciam in tabernaculis, sicut in diebus festivitatis.
10(12-11) I have also spoken unto the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the ministry of the prophets have I used similitudes.
10Et locutus sum super prophetas, et ego visionem multiplicavi, et in manu prophetarum assimilatus sum.
11(12-12) If Gilead be given to iniquity becoming altogether vanity, in Gilgal they sacrifice unto bullocks; yea, their altars shall be as heaps in the furrows of the field.
11Si Galaad idolum, ergo frustra erant in Galgal bobus immolantes; nam et altaria eorum quasi acervi super sulcos agri.
12(12-13) And Jacob fled into the field of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
12Fugit Jacob in regionem Syriæ, et servivit Israël in uxorem, et in uxorem servavit.
13(12-14) And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he kept.
13In propheta autem eduxit Dominus Israël de Ægypto, et in propheta servatus est.
14(12-15) Ephraim hath provoked most bitterly; therefore shall his blood be cast upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.
14Ad iracundiam me provocavit Ephraim in amaritudinibus suis: et sanguis ejus super eum veniet, et opprobrium ejus restituet ei Dominus suus.]
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