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12 - 1

Ta Ephraim beaghey er y gheay, as geiyrt da'n gheay-niar: t'eh gagh-laa bishaghey breagyn as toyrt-mow, as t'ad jannoo conaant rish ny Assyrianee, as ta ooil er ny chur lesh gys Egypt.

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.
12 - 2

Ta cooish ec y Chiarn myrgeddin rish Judah, as nee eh goaill cooilleeney jeh Jacob cordail rish e raaidyn; cordail rish e yannoo ver eh leagh da.

The Lord hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.
12 - 3

Ghow eh e vraar er y voyn ayns y vrein, as liorish e niart, va pooar echey marish Jee:

He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:
12 - 4

Dy jarroo va pooar echey harrish yn aile? as hooar eh yn varriaght: ren eh keayney as jannoo accan huggey: hooar eh ayns Beth-el eh, as ayns shen ren eh loayrt rooin:

Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spake with us;
12 - 5

Eer y Chiarn, Jee ny flaunyssee, hug y Chiarn ennym da.

Even the Lord God of hosts; the Lord is his memorial.
12 - 6

Shen-y-fa chyndaa uss gys dty Yee: freill myghin as briwnys, as farkee dy kinjagh er dty Yee.

Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment and wait on thy God continually.
12 - 7

T'eh ny varchan, ta meihaghyn dy volteyrys ayns e laue: t'eh soit er jannoo tranlaase.

He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
12 - 8

As dooyrt Ephraim, Ny-yeih ta mee er n'aase berchagh, ta mee er chosney cooid: ayns ooilley my ghellal, cha vow ad veg y vee-chairys liorym, dy my ghoaill ayns loght.

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.
12 - 9

As mish ta'n Chiarn dty Yee veih thalloo Egypt, ver foast ort freayll ayns cabbaneyn, myr ayns laghyn y feailley casherick shen.

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.
12 - 10

Ta mee myrgeddin er loayrt liorish ny phadeyryn, as er vishaghey ashlishyn, as chliaghtee mee co-soylaghyn, liorish shirveish ny phadeyryn.

I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.
12 - 11

Vel an-chiartys ayns Gilead? t'ad son shickyrys fardalys, t'ad ouralley dew ayns Gilgal; dy jarroo ta ny altaryn oc myr carnaneyn fud creaghyn y vagheragh.

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 - 12

As ren Jacob chea gys cheer Syria, as ren Israel failley eh-hene son ben, as son ben v'eh ny vochilley keyrragh.

And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
12 - 13

As liorish phadeyr hug y Chiarn lesh Israel magh ass Egypt, as liorish phadeyr v'eh er ny choadey.

And by a prophet the Lord brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.
12 - 14

Ren Ephraim eh y vrasnaghey gys jymmoose dewil, shen-y-fa faagee eh yn uill echey ersyn; as e nearey nee e Hiarn y chooilleeney er.

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