The Message Bible MSG
The Latin Vulgate VUL
1 "When Israel was only a child, I loved him. I called out, 'My son!' - called him out of Egypt.
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sicuti mane transit pertransiit rex Israhel quia puer Israhel et dilexi eum et ex Aegypto vocavi filium meum
2 But when others called him, he ran off and left me. He worshiped the popular sex gods, he played at religion with toy gods.
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vocaverunt eos sic abierunt a facie eorum Baalim immolabant et simulacris sacrificabant
3 Still, I stuck with him. I led Ephraim. I rescued him from human bondage, But he never acknowledged my help,
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et ego quasi nutricius Ephraim portabam eos in brachiis meis et nescierunt quod curarem eos
4 never admitted that I was the one pulling his wagon, That I lifted him, like a baby, to my cheek, that I bent down to feed him.
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in funiculis Adam traham eos in vinculis caritatis et ero eis quasi exaltans iugum super maxillas eorum et declinavi ad eum ut vesceretur
5 Now he wants to go back to Egypt or go over to Assyria - anything but return to me!
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non revertetur in terram Aegypti et Assur ipse rex eius quoniam noluerunt converti
6 That's why his cities are unsafe - the murder rate skyrockets and every plan to improve things falls to pieces.
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coepit gladius in civitatibus eius et consumet electos eius et comedet capita eorum
7 My people are hell-bent on leaving me. They pray to god Baal for help. He doesn't lift a finger to help them.
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et populus meus pendebit ad reditum meum iugum autem inponetur ei simul quod non auferetur
8 But how can I give up on you, Ephraim? How can I turn you loose, Israel? How can I leave you to be ruined like Admah, devastated like luckless Zeboim? I can't bear to even think such thoughts. My insides churn in protest.
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quomodo dabo te Ephraim protegam te Israhel quomodo dabo te sicut Adama ponam te ut Seboim conversum est in me cor meum pariter conturbata est paenitudo mea
9 And so I'm not going to act on my anger. I'm not going to destroy Ephraim. And why? Because I am God and not a human. I'm The Holy One and I'm here - in your very midst.
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non faciam furorem irae meae non convertar ut disperdam Ephraim quoniam Deus ego et non homo in medio tui Sanctus et non ingrediar civitatem
10 "The people will end up following God. I will roar like a lion - Oh, how I'll roar! My frightened children will come running from the west.
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post Dominum ambulabunt quasi leo rugiet quia ipse rugiet et formidabunt filii maris
11 Like frightened birds they'll come from Egypt, from Assyria like scared doves. I'll move them back into their homes." God's Word! Soul-Destroying Lies
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et avolabunt quasi avis ex Aegypto et quasi columba de terra Assyriorum et conlocabo eos in domibus suis dicit Dominus
12 Ephraim tells lies right and left. Not a word of Israel can be trusted. Judah, meanwhile, is no better, addicted to cheap gods.
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circumdedit me in negatione Ephraim et in dolo domus Israhel Iudas autem testis descendit cum Deo et cum sanctis fidelis
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