Hosea 12

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¹ Ephraim feeds on wind and follows burning heat; all day long he multiplies lies and desolation. And he has entered into a pact with the Assyrians, and he has carried oil into Egypt.	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.
² Therefore, the judgment of the Lord is with Judah and a visitation is upon Jacob. He will repay him according to his ways and according to his inventions.	² Ephraim pascit ventum et sequitur aestum; tota die mendacium et violentiam multiplicat et foedus cum Assyriis init et oleum in Aegyptum fert.
³ In the womb, he supplanted his brother; for in his good fortune, he had been guided by an angel.	³ Iudicium ergo Domini cum Iuda, et visitatio super Iacob; iuxta vias eius et iuxta opera eius reddet ei.
⁴ And he prevailed over an angel, for he had been strengthened. He wept and petitioned him. He found him in Bethel, and there he has spoken to us.	⁴ In utero supplantavit fratrem suum et in robore suo luctatus est cum Deo.
⁵ And the Lord God of hosts, the Lord is his memorial.	⁵ Et luctatus est cum angelo et praevaluit; flevit et deprecatus est eum. In Bethel invenit eum et ibi locutus est nobiscum
⁶ And so, you should convert to your God. Keep mercy and judgment, and have hope in your God always.	⁶ Dominus, Deus exercituum: Dominus memoriale eius.
⁷ Canaan, in his hand is a deceitful balance, he has chosen false accusations.	⁷ “ Et tu ad Deum tuum converteris; caritatem et iudicium custodi et spera in Deo tuo semper ”.
⁸ And Ephraim has said, “Nevertheless, I have become rich; I have found an idol for myself. All of my labors will not reveal to me the iniquity that I have committed.”	⁸ Chanaan, in manu eius statera dolosa, fraudem diligit.
⁹ And I, the Lord your God from the land of Egypt, nevertheless will cause you to dwell in tabernacles, just as during the days of the feast.	⁹ Et dixit Ephraim: “ Verumtamen dives effectus sum, inveni opes mihi, omnes labores mei non invenient mihi iniquitatem, quam peccavi ”.
¹⁰ And I have spoken through the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and I have used parables through the hands of the prophets.	¹⁰ “ Ego autem Dominus, Deus tuus ex terra Aegypti; adhuc sedere te faciam in tabernaculis, sicut in diebus conventus.
¹¹ If Gilead is an idol, then they have been sacrificing cattle in Gilgal to no purpose. For even their altars are like clutter on the soil of the field.	¹¹ Et loquar ad prophetas et ego visionem multiplicabo et in manu prophetarum proponam similitudines ”.
¹² Jacob fled into the region of Syria, and Israel served like a wife, and was served by a wife.	¹² Si Galaad iniquitas fuerat, prorsus inanes facti sunt; in Galgala bobus immolantes, etiam altaria eorum erunt quasi acervi super sulcos agri.
¹³ Yet by a prophet the Lord led Israel out of Egypt, and he was served by a prophet.	¹³ Fugit Iacob in regionem Aram; et servivit Israel pro uxore et pro uxore custos fuit.
¹⁴ Ephraim has provoked me to wrath with his bitterness, and his blood will overcome him, and his Lord will requite him for his shamefulness.	¹⁴ Per prophetam autem eduxit Dominus Israel de Aegypto, et per prophetam custoditus est.
	¹⁵ Ad iracundiam provocavit Ephraim amarissime, sed sanguinem eius super eum relinquet et opprobrium eius retribuet ei Dominus suus.