Osea 12

NOVA VULGATA	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Circumdedit me in fraude Ephraim, et in dolo domus Israel; C Iudas autem, dum adhuc vagatur, est cum Deo et cum Sancto fidelis ” C.	1 Ephraim besieges me with lying, the House of Israel with duplicity. (But Judah stil is on God's side, heis faithful to the Holy One.)
2 Ephraim pascit ventum et sequitur aestum; tota die mendacium et violentiam multiplicat et foedus cum Assyriis init et oleum in Aegyptum fert.	2 Ephraim feeds himself on wind, all day he chases the wind from the East, he heaps up cheating andviolence; they make a treaty with Assyria, at the same time sending oil to Egypt.
3 Iudicium ergo Domini cum Iuda, et visitatio super Iacob; iuxta vias eius et iuxta opera eius reddet ei.	3 Yahweh has a case against Judah, he will punish Jacob as his conduct merits, he will repay him as hisdeeds deserve.
4 In utero supplantavit fratrem suum et in robore suo luctatus est cum Deo.	4 In the very womb he overreached his brother, in maturity he wrestled against God.
5 Et luctatus est cum angelo et praevaluit; flevit et deprecatus est eum. In Bethel invenit eum et ibi locutus est nobiscum	5 He wrestled with the angel and beat him, he wept and pleaded with him. He met him at Bethel andthere God spoke to us-
6 Dominus, Deus exercituum: Dominus memoriale eius.	6 yes, Yahweh, God Sabaoth, Yahweh is his title!
7 “ Et tu ad Deum tuum converteris; caritatem et iudicium custodi et spera in Deo tuo semper ”.	7 So turn back with God's help, maintain faithful love and loyalty and always put your trust in your God.
8 Chanaan, in manu eius statera dolosa, fraudem diligit.	8 Merchants use fraudulent scales. To defraud is his delight.
9 Et dixit Ephraim: “ Verumtamen dives effectus sum, inveni opes mihi, omnes labores mei non invenient mihi iniquitatem, quam peccavi ”.	9 'How rich I have become!' says Ephraim, 'I have made a fortune.' But of al his gains he wil keepnothing because of the sin of which he is guilty.
10 “ Ego autem Dominus, Deus tuus ex terra Aegypti; adhuc sedere te faciam in tabernaculis, sicut in diebus conventus.	10 But I have been Yahweh your God since your days in Egypt and will make you live in tents again asin the days of Meeting.
11 Et loquar ad prophetas et ego visionem multiplicabo et in manu prophetarum proponam similitudines ”.	11 I will speak through prophets, I will give vision after vision and through the ministry of prophets wilspeak in parables.
12 Si Galaad iniquitas fuerat, prorsus inanes facti sunt; in Galgala bobus immolantes, etiam altaria eorum erunt quasi acervi super sulcos agri.	12 Is Gilead a sink of iniquity? Yes, they are a worthless lot! At Gilgal they sacrifice to bulls, that is whytheir altars are like heaps of stones in a ploughed field.
13 Fugit Iacob in regionem Aram; et servivit Israel pro uxore et pro uxore custos fuit.	13 Jacob fled to the countryside of Aram, Israel slaved to win a wife, to win a wife he looked after sheep.
14 Per prophetam autem eduxit Dominus Israel de Aegypto, et per prophetam custoditus est.	14 By a prophet Yahweh brought Israel out of Egypt and by a prophet Israel was preserved.
15 Ad iracundiam provocavit Ephraim amarissime, sed sanguinem eius super eum relinquet et opprobrium eius retribuet ei Dominus suus.	15 Ephraim gave bitter provocation- Yahweh will bring his bloodshed down on him, his Lord wil repayhim for his insult.