Hosea 12

Pèp Efrayim lan ap fè yon bann bagay ki p'ap rapòte yo anyen. Y'ap kouri siyen kontra ak moun k'ap fini ak yo. Tout lajounen y'ap plede bay manti sou manti. Se fè mechanste. Yo fè kontra avèk peyi Lasiri, y'ap fè kòmès lwil avèk peyi Lejip.

Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.

Seyè a gen yon kont pou l' regle ak moun Jida yo tou. Li pral pini moun Jakòb yo dapre ajisman yo. Li pral fè yo peye sa yo fè a.

The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.

Depi nan vant manman l', Jakòb, zansèt yo, t'ap goumen ak Ezaou, frè jimo li a. Lè li vin gran li goumen ak Bondye.

He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:

Li mare batay ak yon zanj Bondye, epi li genyen. Lè sa a, Jakòb kriye, li mande pou zanj lan beni l'. Li kontre ak Bondye Betèl, Bondye pale avè l'.

Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Beth–el, and there he spake with us;

Se te Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a. Seyè, se konsa yo rele li.

Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial.

Konsa, nou menm pitit pitit Jakòb yo, tounen vin jwenn Bondye nou. Pa janm sispann renmen l'. Fè sa ki dwat devan je li. Pran pasyans! Toujou konte sou Bondye.

Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.

Seyè a di ankò: -Moun Izrayèl yo tankou moun Kanaran yo. Y'ap sèvi avèk fo mamit. Yo renmen fè mache nwa.

He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.

Y'ap plede di: Nou fin rich. Nou fè yon bèl kòb. Men, nou travay di tou. Pesonn pa ka di nou te fè ankenn bagay mal pou n' gen tout lajan sa a!

And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.

Men, mwen menm, se Seyè a, Bondye nou an mwen ye. Se mwen ki te mennen nou depi lè nou te moute kite peyi Lejip la. M'a pral fè nou rete anba tant twal ankò, jan nou te konn fè l' lè mwen te vin jwenn nou nan dezè a.

And I that am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt will yet make thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn feast.

Mwen te pale ak pwofèt yo. Se mwen ki fè yo fè anpil vizyon. Mwen fè yo bay pèp la anpil avètisman pou mwen.

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

Pèp la ap adore zidòl lavil Galarad. Men, sa p'ap sèvi yo anyen. Y'ap ofri towo bèf lavil Gilgal. Men, lotèl yo ap tounen pil wòch nan jaden y'ap pare.

Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields.

Jakòb, zansèt nou an, te blije al kache nan peyi Aram. Lè l' te la, li te travay pou moun pou l' te ka jwenn yon fanm pou l' marye. Wi, li te fè metye gadò mouton pou l' te ka jwenn yon fanm.

And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

Seyè a voye yon pwofèt pou fè pèp Izrayèl la soti kite peyi Lejip. Li fè menm pwofèt la pran swen yo.

And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.

Men, pèp Efrayim lan te fè bagay ki te fè Seyè a fache anpil. Se poutèt sa, l'ap fè yo peye krim yo fè a. L'ap fè yo peye wont yo te fè l' wont la.

Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.