¹Ephraim 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.

¹Efraim sa pasie na vetre a honí východný vietor; každého dňa množí lož a zkazu, a robia smluvu s Assúrom, olej sa nesie Egypťanovi.

²The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.

²Ale aj s Júdom má Hospodin pravotu, a chystá sa navštíviť neprávosť na Jakobovi podľa jeho ciest a odplatí mu podľa jeho skutkov.

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

³V živote matky držal svojho brata za pätu a vo svojej mužnej sile kniežatsky zápasil s Bohom,

⁴Yea, 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;

⁴boril sa s anjelom a premohol; plakal a prosil ho pokorne; v Bét-ele ho našiel, a tam hovoril s nami.

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

⁵Ale Hospodin je Bôh Zástupov, Hospodin je jeho pamiatkou.

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

⁶A preto sa ty obráť k svojmu Bohu, ostríhaj milosrdenstvo a súd a očakávaj ustavične na svojho Boha.

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

⁷Kramár-Kanaán, v jeho ruke sú falošné vážky, rád utiskuje.

⁸And 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.

⁸A Efraim hovorí: Ale som zbohatol, nahľadal som si imania. V niktorej mojej práci mi nenajdú neprávosti, toho, čo by bolo hriechom.

⁹And 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.

⁹Ale ja som Hospodin, tvoj Bôh, od čias Egyptskej zeme; ešte dám, aby si býval v stánoch ako za dní slávnosti.

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

¹⁰A budem hovoriť prorokom a ja rozmnožím videnie a prorokmi budem hovoriť v podobenstvách.

¹¹Is 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.

¹¹Ak je Gileád ničomnou modlou, iba márnosťou sú tí, ktorí v Gilgale obetujú voly; aj ich oltáre sú jako hromady kamenia na záhonoch poľa.

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

¹²Jakob bol utiekol na pole Arama, a Izrael slúžil za ženu a za ženu strážil stádo.

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

¹³A prostredníctvom proroka vyviedol Hospodin Izraela hore z Egypta, a prorokom bol strážený.

¹⁴Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his LORD return unto him.

¹⁴Efraim popudzoval k prehorkému hnevu, a preto uvalí na neho jeho krvavé činy, a jeho Pán mu vráti jeho potupu.