1 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.

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

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

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

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

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

4 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;

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

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

5 Et Dominus Deus exercituum,
Dominus memoriale ejus.

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

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

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

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

8 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.

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

9 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.

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

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

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

11 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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