Hosea 7

New Jerusalem Bible	Nova Vulgata
¹ Whenever I would heal Israel, I am confronted by the guilt of Ephraim and the evil-doings of Samaria;for deceit is their principle of behaviour; the thief breaks into the house, marauders raid in the open;	¹ Cum sanare vellem Israel, revelata est iniquitas Ephraim et malitia Samariae, quia operati sunt mendacium; et fur ingressus est, foris autem spoliat turma latronum.
² and they never pause to consider that I remember al their wicked deeds; and now their own deeds hemthem in and stare me in the face.	² Et non dicunt in cordibus suis omnem malitiam eorum me recordari. Nunc circumdederunt eos opera sua, coram facie mea facta sunt.
³ They amuse the king with their wickedness and the chief men with their lies.	³ In malitia sua laetificaverunt regem et in mendaciis suis principes.
⁴ They are al adulterers, hot as an oven which the baker need not stoke from the time he has kneadedthe dough until it rises.	⁴ Omnes adulterantes; quasi clibanus succensus illi, pistor cessat excitare ignem a commixtione fermenti, donec fermentetur totum.
⁵ At the holiday for our king, the ministers become inflamed with wine, while he accepts the homage ofpeople	⁵ Die regis nostri infirmi facti sunt principes ardore vini, quod apprehendit protervos.
⁶ who laugh at him. Their hearts are like an oven as they plot, all night their passion slumbers, then in themorning it bursts into flame;	⁶ Quia applicuerunt quasi clibanum cor suum in insidiando; tota nocte dormivit ira eorum, mane ipsa ardet quasi ignis flammae.
⁷ yes, al of them as hot as ovens, they consume their rulers. All their kings have fal en thus, not one ofthem has ever cal ed on me.	⁷ Omnes calefacti sunt quasi clibanus et devorant iudices suos. Omnes reges eorum ceciderunt; non est qui clamet in eis ad me.
⁸ Ephraim mixes with the nations. Ephraim is a half-baked cake.	⁸ Ephraim in populis ipse commiscebatur; Ephraim factus est subcinericius panis, qui non reversatur.
⁹ Foreigners have eaten his strength away but he is unconscious of it; even his hair is turning grey but heis unconscious of it.	⁹ Comederunt alieni robur eius, et ipse nescit; sed et cani effusi sunt in eo, et ipse ignorat.
¹⁰ (Israel's arrogance is his own accuser; but they do not come back to Yahweh their God or seek him,despite al this.)	¹⁰ Et testatur superbia Israel in faciem suam, nec reversi sunt ad Dominum Deum suum et non quaesierunt eum in omnibus his.
¹¹ Ephraim is like a silly, witless pigeon cal ing on Egypt, turning to Assyria.	¹¹ Et factus est Ephraim quasi columba insipiens non habens sensum: Aegyptum invocabant, ad Assyrios abierunt.
¹² Wherever they turn, I shal spread my net over them, I shal bring them down like the birds of the sky, Ishall punish them for their perversity.	¹² Et cum profecti fuerint, expandam super eos rete meum; quasi volucrem caeli detraham eos, corripiam eos secundum auditionem coetuseorum.
¹³ Woe to them for having fled from me! Ruin seize them for having wronged me! I have rescued themagain and again and they have only told lies about me.	¹³ Vae eis, quoniam recesserunt a me! Vastabuntur, quia praevaricati sunt in me. Et ego redimam eos, cum ipsi locuti sint contra me mendacia?
¹⁴ Theirs is no heartfelt cry to me when they lament on their beds; when they gash themselves over thegrain and new wine, they are stil rebelling against me.	¹⁴ Et non clamaverunt ad me in corde suo, sed ululabant in cubilibus suis; super triticum et vinum se incidebant, contumaces sunt adversum me.
¹⁵ Though I supported and gave strength to their arms, they plan how to hurt me.	¹⁵ Et ego erudivi eos et confortavi brachia eorum, et in me cogitaverunt malitiam.
¹⁶ They turn to what does not exist, they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders wil fal by the swordbecause of their arrogant talk; how they wil be laughed at in Egypt!	¹⁶ Convertuntur ad eum, qui non prodest, facti sunt quasi arcus dolosus; cadent in gladio principes eorum propter execrationem linguae suae: ista subsannatio eorum in terra Aegypti.