Oseas 12

1Efraím se apacienta de viento, y corre tras el viento del oriente, todo el día está aumentando las mentiras y los actos de violencia; hace pacto con Asiria, y a Egipto lleva aceite.

2También contra Judá se querellará Yahvé, y castigará a Jacob conforme a su conducta; según sus obras le retribuirá.

3En el seno materno suplantó a su hermano, y en su edad madura luchó con Dios.

4Luchó con el ángel, y prevaleció; lloró y le pidió gracia. En Betel le halló, y allí habló con nosotros.

5Yahvé que es el Dios de los ejércitos; Yahvé es su Nombre.

6“Conviértete a tu Dios; guarda la misericordia y la justicia, y espera siempre en tu Dios”.

7Siendo mercader, que tiene en sus manos balanza falsa, se complace en engañar.

8Dice Efraím: “Con todo, me he hecho rico, he adquirido riquezas; con todas mis ganancias no se hallará en mí culpa que sea pecado.”

9Yo soy Yahvé, tu Dios, desde la tierra de Egipto; Yo haré que habites otra vez en tiendas, como en días de la fiesta.

10Yo hablé a los profetas, haciéndoles ver muchas visiones; por medio de los profetas me he manifestado en parábolas.

11Si Galaad es vanidad, también ellos son vanidad. En Gálgala sacrifican toros, y sus altares son como montones de piedras en los surcos del campo.

12Huyó Jacob al país de Siria, por una mujer Israel se hizo siervo, y por una esposa apacentó (ovejas).

13Por mano de un profeta Yahvé sacó a Israel de Egipto, y lo salvó por medio de un profeta.

14Efraím ha provocado a su Señor con amargos pecados; por lo cual hará caer sobre él la sangre derramada, y le dará la paga por sus ultrajes.

1[Ephraim pascit ventum, et sequitur æstum; tota die mendacium et vastitatem multiplicat: et fœdus cum Assyriis iniit, et oleum in Ægyptum ferebat.

2Judicium ergo Domini cum Juda, et visitatio super Jacob: juxta vias ejus, et juxta adinventiones ejus reddet ei.

3In utero supplantavit fratrem suum, et in fortitudine sua directus est cum angelo.

4Et invaluit ad angelum, et confortatus est; flevit, et rogavit eum. In Bethel invenit eum, et ibi locutus est nobiscum.

5Et Dominus Deus exercituum, Dominus memoriale ejus.

6Et tu ad Deum tuum converteris; misericordiam et judicium custodi, et spera in Deo tuo semper.

7Chanaan, in manu ejus statera dolosa, calumniam dilexit.

8Et dixit Ephraim: Verumtamen dives effectus sum; inveni idolum mihi: omnes labores mei non invenient mihi iniquitatem quam peccavi.

9Et ego Dominus Deus tuus ex terra Ægypti: adhuc sedere te faciam in tabernaculis, sicut in diebus festivitatis.

10Et locutus sum super prophetas, et ego visionem multiplicavi, et in manu prophetarum assimilatus sum.

11Si Galaad idolum, ergo frustra erant in Galgal bobus immolantes; nam et altaria eorum quasi acervi super sulcos agri.

12Fugit Jacob in regionem Syriæ, et servivit Israël in uxorem, et in uxorem servavit.

13In propheta autem eduxit Dominus Israël de Ægypto, et in propheta servatus est.

14Ad iracundiam me provocavit Ephraim in amaritudinibus suis: et sanguis ejus super eum veniet, et opprobrium ejus restituet ei Dominus suus.]

1Ephraim feedeth on the wind, and followeth the burning heat: all the day long he multiplied lies and desolation: and he hath made a covenant with the Assyrians, and carried oil into Egypt.

2Therefore there is a judgment of the Lord with Juda, and a visitation for Jacob: he will render to him according to his ways, and according to his devices.

3In the womb he supplanted his brother: and by his strength he had success with an angel.

4And he prevailed over the angel, and was strengthened: he wept, and made supplication to him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spoke with us.

5Even the Lord the God of hosts, the Lord is his memorial.

6Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and hope in thy God always.

7He is like Chanaan, there is a deceitful balance in his hand, he hath loved oppression.

8And Ephraim said: But yet I am become rich, I have found me an idol: all my labours shall not find me the iniquity that I have committed.

9And I that am the Lord thy God from the land of Egypt, will yet cause thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the feast.

10And I have spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and I have used similitudes by the ministry of the prophets.

11If Galaad be an idol, then in vain were they in Galgal offering sacrifices with bullocks: for their altars also are as heaps in the furrows of the field.

12Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and was a keeper for a wife.

13But the Lord by a prophet brought Israel out of Egypt: and he was preserved by a prophet.

14Ephraim hath provoked me to wrath with his bitterness, and his blood shall come upon him, and his Lord will render his reproach unto him.