Osee 13

VULGATA	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Loquente Ephraim, horror invasit Israël ; et deliquit in Baal, et mortuus est.	1 Ephraim's word caused fear, for he was exalted in Israel; but he sinned through Baal and died.
2 Et nunc addiderunt ad peccandum ; feceruntque sibi conflatile de argento suo quasi similitudinem idolorum : factura artificum totum est : his ipsi dicunt : Immolate homines, vitulos adorantes.	2 Now they continue to sin, making for themselves molten images, Silver idols according to their fancy, all of them the work of artisans. "To these," they say, "offer sacrifice." Men kiss calves!
3 Idcirco erunt quasi nubes matutina, et sicut ros matutinus præteriens ; sicut pulvis turbine raptus ex area, et sicut fumus de fumario.	3 Therefore, they shall be like a morning cloud or like the dew that early passes away, Like chaff storm-driven from the threshing floor or like smoke out of the window.
4 Ego autem Dominus Deus tuus, ex terra Ægypti ; et Deum absque me nescies, et salvator non est præter me.	4 I am the LORD, your God, since the land of Egypt; You know no God besides me, and there is no savior but me.
5 Ego cognovi te in deserto, in terra solitudinis.	5 I fed you in the desert, in the torrid land.
6 Juxta pascua sua adimpleti sunt et saturati sunt ; et levaverunt cor suum, et obliti sunt mei.	6 They ate their fill; when filled, they became proud of heart and forgot me.
7 Et ego ero eis quasi leæna, sicut pardus in via Assyriorum.	7 Therefore, I will be like a lion to them, like a panther by the road I will keep watch.
8 Occurram eis quasi ursa raptis catulis, et dirumpam interiora jecoris eorum, et consumam eos ibi quasi leo : bestia agri scindet eos.	8 I will attack them like a bear robbed of its young, and tear their hearts from their breasts; I will devour them on the spot like a lion, as though a wild beast were to rend them.
9 Perditio tua, Israël : tantummodo in me auxilium tuum.	9 Your destruction, O Israel! who is there to help you?
10 Ubi est rex tuus ? maxime nunc salvet te in omnibus urbibus tuis ; et judices tui, de quibus dixisti : Da mihi regem et principes.	10 Where now is your king, that he may rescue you in all your cities? And your rulers, of whom you said, "Give me a king and princes"?
11 Dabo tibi regem in furore meo, et auferam in indignatione mea.	11 I give you a king in my anger, and I take him away in my wrath.
12 Colligata est iniquitas Ephraim ; absconditum peccatum ejus.	12 The guilt of Israel is wrapped up, his sin is stored away.
13 Dolores parturientis venient ei : ipse filius non sapiens : nunc enim non stabit in contritione filiorum.	13 The birth pangs shall come for him, but he shall be an unwise child; For when it is time he shall not present himself where children break forth.
14 De manu mortis liberabo eos ; de morte redimam eos. Ero mors tua, o mors ! morsus tuus ero, inferne ! consolatio abscondita est ab oculis meis.	14 Shall I deliver them from the power of the nether world? shall I redeem them from death? Where are your plagues, O death! where is your sting, O nether world! My eyes are closed to compassion.
15 Quia ipse inter fratres dividet : adducet urentem ventum Dominus de deserto ascendentem, et siccabit venas ejus, et desolabit fontem ejus : et ipse diripiet thesaurum omnis vasis desiderabilis.	15 Though he be fruitful among his fellows, an east wind shall come, a wind from the LORD, rising from the desert, That shall dry up his spring, and leave his fountain dry. It shall loot his land of every precious thing.