Osee 12

VULGATA	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Ephraim pascit ventum, et sequitur æstum ; tota die mendacium et vastitatem multiplicat : et fœdus cum Assyriis iniit, et oleum in Ægyptum ferebat.	1 Ephraim has surrounded me with lies, the house of Israel, with deceit; Judah is still rebellious against God, against the Holy One, who is faithful.
2 Judicium ergo Domini cum Juda, et visitatio super Jacob : juxta vias ejus, et juxta adinventiones ejus reddet ei.	2 Ephraim chases the wind, ever pursuing the gale. His lies and falsehoods are many: he comes to terms with Assyria, and carries oil to Egypt.
3 In utero supplantavit fratrem suum, et in fortitudine sua directus est cum angelo.	3 The LORD has a grievance against Israel: he shall punish Jacob for his conduct, for his deeds he shall repay him.
4 Et invaluit ad angelum, et confortatus est ; flevit, et rogavit eum. In Bethel invenit eum, et ibi locutus est nobiscum.	4 In the womb he supplanted his brother, and as a man he contended with God;
5 Et Dominus Deus exercituum, Dominus memoriale ejus.	5 He contended with the angel and triumphed, entreating him with tears. At Bethel he met God and there he spoke with him:
6 Et tu ad Deum tuum converteris ; misericordiam et judicium custodi, et spera in Deo tuo semper.	6 The LORD, the God of hosts, the LORD is his name!
7 Chanaan, in manu ejus statera dolosa, calumniam dilexit.	7 You shall return by the help of your God, if you remain loyal and do right and always hope in your God.
8 Et dixit Ephraim : Verumtamen dives effectus sum ; inveni idolum mihi : omnes labores mei non invenient mihi iniquitatem quam peccavi.	8 A merchant who holds a false balance, who loves to defraud!
9 Et ego Dominus Deus tuus ex terra Ægypti : adhuc sedere te faciam in tabernaculis, sicut in diebus festivitatis.	9 Though Ephraim says, "How rich I have become; I have made a fortune!" All his gain shall not suffice him for the guilt of his sin.
10 Et locutus sum super prophetas, et ego visionem multiplicavi, et in manu prophetarum assimilatus sum.	10 I am the LORD, your God, since the land of Egypt; I will again have you live in tents, as in that appointed time.
11 Si Galaad idolum, ergo frustra erant in Galgal bobus immolantes ; nam et altaria eorum quasi acervi super sulcos agri.	11 I granted many visions and spoke to the prophets, through whom I set forth examples.
12 Fugit Jacob in regionem Syriæ, et servivit Israël in uxorem, et in uxorem servavit.	12 In Gilead is falsehood, they have come to nought, in Gilgal they sacrifice to bullocks; Their altars are like heaps of stones in the furrows of the field.
13 In propheta autem eduxit Dominus Israël de Ægypto, et in propheta servatus est.	13 When Jacob fled to the land of Aram, he served for a wife; for a wife Israel tended sheep.
14 Ad iracundiam me provocavit Ephraim in amaritudinibus suis : et sanguis ejus super eum veniet, et opprobrium ejus restituet ei Dominus suus.	14 By a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet they were protected.
	15 Ephraim has exasperated his lord; therefore he shall cast his blood-guilt upon him and repay him for his outrage.