Hosea 12

sevavuni vekhakhash efrayim uvemirmah bet yisra'el vihudah od rad im-el ve'im-qedoshim ne'eman

Ephraim surrounds Me with deceit, The House of Israel with guile. (But Judah stands firm with God And is faithful to the Holy One.)

efrayim ro'eh ruakh verodef qadim kol-hayyom kazav vashod yarbeh uverit im-ashur yikhrotu veshemen lemitsrayim yuval

Ephraim tends the wind And pursues the gale; He is forever adding Illusion to calamity. Now they make a covenant with Assyria, Now oil is carried to Egypt.

veriv la-Adonai im-yehudah velifqod al-ya'aqov kidrakhayw kema'alalayw yashiv lo

GOD once indicted Judah, And punished Jacob for his conduct, Requited him for his deeds.

babbeten aqav et-akhiv uve'ono sarah et-elohim

In the womb he tried to supplant his brother; Grown to manhood, he strove with a divine being,

vayyasar el-malakh vayyukhal bakhah vayyitkhannen-lo bet-el yimtsa'ennu vesham yedabber immanu

He strove with an angel and prevailed— The other had to weep and implore him. At Bethel [Jacob] would meet him, There to commune with him.

va-Adonai elohe hatseva'ot Adonai zikhro

Yet the ETERNAL, the God of Hosts, Must be invoked as “ GOD.”

ve'attah belohekha tashuv khesed umishpat shemor veqavveh el-elohekha tamid

You must return to your God! Practice goodness and justice, And constantly trust in your God.

kena'an beyado mozene mirmah la'ashoq ahev

A trader who uses false balances, Who loves to overreach,

vayyomer efrayim akh asharti matsati on li kol-yegi'ay lo yimtse'u-li avon asher-khet

Ephraim thinks, “Ah, I have become rich; I have gotten power! All my gains do not amount To an offense that is real guilt.”

ve'anokhi Adonai elohekha me'erets mitsrayim od oshivekha vo'ohalim kime mo'ed

I the ETERNAL have been your God Ever since the land of Egypt. I will let you dwell in your tents again As in the days of old,

vedibbarti al-hannevi'im ve'anokhi khazon hirbeti uveyad hannevi'im adammeh

When I spoke to the prophets; For I granted many visions, And spoke parables through the prophets.

im-gilad aven akh-shav hayu baggilgal shevarim zibbekhu gam mizbekhotam kegallim al talme saday

As for Gilead, it is worthless; And to no purpose have they Been sacrificing oxen in Gilgal: The altars of these are also Like stone heaps upon a plowed field.

vayyivrakh ya'aqov sedeh aram vayya'avod yisra'el be'isha uve'isha shamar

Then Jacob had to flee to the land of Aram; There Israel served for a wife, For a wife he had to guard [sheep].

uvenavi he'elah Adonai et-yisra'el mimmitsrayim uvenavi nishmar

But when GOD Brought Israel up from Egypt, It was through a prophet; Through a prophet they were guarded.

hikhis efrayim tamrurim vedamayw alayw yittosh vekherpato yashiv lo adonayw

Ephraim gave bitter offense, And his Lord cast his crimes upon him And requited him for his mockery.