¹When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.

¹Keď bol Izrael dieťa, miloval som ho a z Egypta som povolal svojho syna.

²As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.

²Ako ich volali, tak išli ta zpred ich tvári; obetovali Bálom a kadili rytinám.

³I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them.

³A ja som učil Efraima chodiť (Bral ich na svoje ramená); ale nepoznali, že som ich uzdravil.

⁴I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them.

⁴Ťahal som ich za laná človeka, za povrazy lásky a bol som im ako tí, ktorí pozdvihujú jarmo na ich čelustiach, a podával som mu potravu.

⁵He shall not return into the land of Egypt, and the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return.

⁵Nenavráti sa do Egyptskej zeme, ale Assúr, ten bude jeho kráľom, pretože odopreli navrátiť sa.

⁶And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels.

⁶A meč sa bude točiť po jeho mestách, zničí jeho závory a požerie ich pre ich rady.

⁷And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.

⁷A môj ľud visí, aby odpadúval odo mňa, a volajú ho k Najvyššiemu, no, nikto ho nevyvyšuje.

⁸How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.

⁸Jako ťa mám vydať, Efraime? Jako ťa mám ta dať, Izraelu? Jako ťa mám vydať, aby si bol ako Adama? Jako ťa učiniť ako Ceboim? Moje srdce sa obrátilo vo mne; moja sústrasť je vzrušená všetka dovedna.

⁹I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of thee: and I will not enter into the city.

⁹Nevykonám pále svojho hnevu; nezkazím zase Efraima; lebo ja som silný Bôh a nie človek, Svätý v tvojom strede, ani neprijdem na mesto.

¹⁰They shall walk after the LORD: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.

¹⁰Pojdú za Hospodinom; bude revať ako lev, lebo on bude revať, a strachom sa trasúc prijdú synovia od mora, od západu:

¹¹They shall tremble as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of Assyria: and I will place them in their houses, saith the LORD.

¹¹strachom sa trasúc ako vtáča prijdú z Egypta a jako holubica zo zeme Assúra, a osadím ich v ich domoch, hovorí Hospodin.

¹²Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit: but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the saints.

¹²Efraimci ma obkľučujú klamstvom a ľsťou dom Izraelov; ale Júda ešte vládne so silným Bohom a s Najsvätejším, verný.