1 When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died.

1 Loquente Ephraim, horror invasit Israël;
et deliquit in Baal, et mortuus est.

2 And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.

2 Et nunc addiderunt ad peccandum;
feceruntque sibi conflatile de argento suo
quasi similitudinem idolorum:
factura artificum totum est:
his ipsi dicunt: Immolate homines, vitulos adorantes.

3 Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.

3 Idcirco erunt quasi nubes matutina,
et sicut ros matutinus præteriens;
sicut pulvis turbine raptus ex area,
et sicut fumus de fumario.

4 Yet I am the Lord thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me: for there is no saviour beside me.

4 Ego autem Dominus Deus tuus, ex terra Ægypti;
et Deum absque me nescies,
et salvator non est præter me.

5 ¶ I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.

5 Ego cognovi te in deserto,
in terra solitudinis.

6 According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.

6 Juxta pascua sua adimpleti sunt et saturati sunt;
et levaverunt cor suum, et obliti sunt mei.

7 Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them:

7 Et ego ero eis quasi leæna,
sicut pardus in via Assyriorum.

8 I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.

8 Occurram eis quasi ursa raptis catulis,
et dirumpam interiora jecoris eorum,
et consumam eos ibi quasi leo:
bestia agri scindet eos.

9 ¶ O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help.

9 Perditio tua, Israël: tantummodo in me auxilium tuum.

10 I will be thy king: where is any other that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes?

10 Ubi est rex tuus?
maxime nunc salvet te in omnibus urbibus tuis;
et judices tui, de quibus dixisti:
Da mihi regem et principes.

11 I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath.

11 Dabo tibi regem in furore meo,
et auferam in indignatione mea.

12 The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid.

12 Colligata est iniquitas Ephraim;
absconditum peccatum ejus.

13 The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of children.

13 Dolores parturientis venient ei:
ipse filius non sapiens:
nunc enim non stabit in contritione filiorum.

14 I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.

14 De manu mortis liberabo eos;
de morte redimam eos.
Ero mors tua, o mors!
morsus tuus ero, inferne!
consolatio abscondita est ab oculis meis.

15 ¶ Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the Lord shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.

15 Quia ipse inter fratres dividet:
adducet urentem ventum Dominus de deserto ascendentem,
et siccabit venas ejus,
et desolabit fontem ejus:
et ipse diripiet thesaurum omnis vasis desiderabilis.

16 Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.