Oséias 12

1 Ephraim feeds on wind,

and chases the east wind.

He continually multiplies lies and desolation.

They make a covenant with Assyria,

and oil is carried into Egypt.

2 Yahweh also has a controversy with Judah,

and will punish Jacob according to his ways;

according to his deeds he will repay him.

3 In the womb he took his brother by the heel,

and in his manhood he contended with God.

4 Indeed, he struggled with the angel, and prevailed;

he wept, and made supplication to him.

He found him at Bethel, and there he spoke with us—

5 even Yahweh, the God of Armies.

Yahweh is his name of renown!

6 Therefore turn to your God.

Keep kindness and justice,

and wait continually for your God.

7 A merchant has dishonest scales in his hand.

He loves to defraud.

8 Ephraim said, "Surely I have become rich.

I have found myself wealth.

In all my wealth they won’t find in me any iniquity that is sin."

9 "But I am Yahweh your God from the land of Egypt.

I will yet again make you dwell in tents,

as in the days of the solemn feast.

10 I have also spoken to the prophets,

and I have multiplied visions;

and by the ministry of the prophets I have used parables.

11 If Gilead is wicked,

surely they are worthless.

In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls.

Indeed, their altars are like heaps in the furrows of the field.

12 Jacob fled into the country of Aram.

Israel served to get a wife.

For a wife he tended flocks and herds.

13 By a prophet Yahweh brought Israel up out of Egypt,

and by a prophet he was preserved.

14 Ephraim has bitterly provoked anger.

Therefore his blood will be left on him,

and his Lord*12:14 The word translated "Lord" is "Adonai." will repay his contempt.

1 Ko tā Ēparaima kai ko te hau,

e whāia ana ia te hau marangai;

i ngā rā katoa e whakanuia ana e ia te teka me te whakangaro;

e whakarite kawenata ana rātou ki te Ahiriana,

ā, e kawea ana he hinu ki Īhipa.

Ka Whakawātia a Īharaira me Hūrā

2 Nā, he whakawā tā Ihowā ki a Hūrā,

ka utaina anō e ia ki runga ki a Hākopa ngā mea rite ki ōna ara;

ka rite ki āna mahi tāna utu ki a ia.

3 I roto i te kōpū i hopukia e ia tōna tuakana ki te rekereke;

ā, i a ia ka tangata i kaha ia ki te Atua.

4 Āe rā, i kaha ia ki te anahera, ā, taea ana e ia;

i tangi ia, i īnoi ki a ia.

I tūtaki ia ki a ia ki Pētēre;

ā, kōrero ana ia ki a tātou i reira.

5 Arā a Ihowā, te Atua o ngā mano;

ko Ihowā tōna maharatanga.

6 Nā reira tahuri koe ki tōu Atua;

puritia te mahi tohu me te tika,

tatari tonu ki tōu Atua.

7 He kaihokohoko ia, kei tōna ringa ngā pāuna tinihanga;

e aroha ana ia ki te tūkino.

8 I mea anō a Ēparaima, "He pono kua whai taonga ahau,

kua kitea e ahau he rawa mōku.

I āku mahi katoa e kore e kitea e rātou he kino,

arā he hara ki ahau."

9 "Nā, ko Ihowā ahau, ko tōu Atua,

nō te whenua o Īhipa mai rā anō;

tēnei ake ka meinga anō koe e ahau kia noho tēneti;

kia pērā me tō ngā rā o te hākari nui.

10 Kua kōrero anō ahau ki ngā poropiti,

ā, kua whakamahangia e ahau ngā whakakitenga;

nā te mahi minita a ngā poropiti i kōrero ai ahau i ngā kupu whakarite."

11 Ko te hara rānei a Kireara?

Inā, he mea teka kau rātou;

e patu kau ana rātou ki Kirikara hei whakahere.

Āe rā, he rite ā rātou āta ki ngā pūranga

i ngā moa o ngā māra.

12 I rere anō a Hākopa ki te māra a Arame,

ā, mahi ana a Īharaira hei utu wahine;

hei utu wahine i tiaki hipi ai ia.

13 I kawea mai anō e Ihowā, arā e te poropiti, a Īharaira i Īhipa,

nā te poropiti anō ia i ora ai.

14 I whakapātaritari a Ēparaima ki a ia, kawa rawa;

mō reira ka waiho e ia tōna toto i runga i a ia,

ka meinga anō tōna ingoa kino

e tōna Ariki kia hoki atu ki a ia.