होशे 12:1-13

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.

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.

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

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;

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

1 एप्रैमले आफ्नो समय नष्ट गर्छ। “इस्राएल दिनभरि हावाको पछि पछि भागिहिंड्छ। प्रजाहरू ज्यादा भन्दा ज्यादा झूटो बोल्छन्, र चोरी गर्छन्। तिनीहरूले अश्शूरहरूसंग सन्धि गर्छन् अनि आफ्नो भद्राक्षको तेल मिश्र देश लिएर जान्छन्।
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.

2 परमप्रभु भन्नुहुन्छ, “मेरो तर्क यहूदाको विरूद्धमा छ। याकुबलाई उसले गरेको कर्मका निम्ति दण्ड दिनुपर्छ। उसलाई उसले गरेको कु-कर्मका निम्ति निश्चय नै दण्ड दिनुपर्छ।
The Lord hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.

3 जब याकूब आफ्नो आमाको गर्भमा थियो, अनि गर्भमा हुँदै उसले आफ्नो दाज्यूलाई छल्न शुरू गर्यो। याकूब एकजना शक्तिशाली युवक थियो अनि त्यसै समय उसले परमेश्वरसँग कुश्ती लड्यो।
He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:

4 याकूबले परमेश्वरका स्वर्गदूतसित ऊ युद्ध गर्यो अनि विजय भयो। ऊ रोयो अनि दयाको निम्ति विन्ति गर्यो। यो घट्ना बेतेलमा भएको थियो, त्यहाँ उसले परमेश्वरसंग बातचीत गर्यो।
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;

5 यहोवा सेनाहरूका परमेश्वर हुनुहुन्छ। उहाँको नाउँ यहोवा हो।
Even the Lord God of hosts; the Lord is his memorial.

6 यसकारण आफ्नो परमेश्वरतिर आऊ। उहाँ प्रति साँचो होऊ। राम्रो कर्म गर। परमेश्वरमाथि सधैं निर्भर गर।
Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.

7 “याकूब एक व्यापारी हो। ऊ आफ्नो साथीहरू समेतलाई ठग्छ। उसको तराजु झूटो छ।
He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.

8 एप्रैम भन्छ, ‘म धनी छु। मैले साँचो धन प्राप्त गरेको छु। मेरो अपराधको बिषयमा कसैले पनि थहा पाउने छैन।’
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.

9 “तर जबदेखि तिमी मिश्रदेशमा थियौ म त त्यही समयदेखि नै परमप्रभु तिम्रो परमेश्वर हुँ। म तिमीलाई भेट हुने पालका दिनहरूमा जस्तै पालमा राख्नेछु।
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.

10 मैले अगमवक्तासित कुरा गरेकोछु र बारम्बार दर्शन दिएकोछु। मैले अगमवक्तालाई तिमीहरूको आफ्नो पाठ पढाउन धेरै तरीका पनि दिएकोछु।
I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.

11 तर गिलादमा फेरि पनि पाप छ। अनुपयोगी मूर्तिहरू धेरै छन्। गिलगालमा तिनीहरू गोरूहरू बलिको रूपमा चढाउँछन्। तिनीहरूका धेरै जस्ता वेदीहरू जोतेको खेतमा थुपारेको ढुङ्गाका थुप्राहरू जस्ता छन्।
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.

12 “याकूब आरामको खेतमा भागेर गए। यस जग्गामा इस्राएलले पत्नीको निम्ति काम गरेको थियो। स्वास्नी पाउनको निम्ति उसले भेडाहरूको हेरचाह गर्यो।
And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

13 तर परमप्रभुले एउटा अगमवक्ताद्वारा इस्राएललाई मिश्र देशबाट लिएर आउनुभयो। परमप्रभुले एकजना अगमवक्तद्वारा इस्राएललाई सुरक्षित राख्नुभयो।
And by a prophet the Lord brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.