¹When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died.

¹Keď hovorieval Efraim, býval strach; bol sa povzniesol v Izraelovi, ale sa previnil modlou Bálom a zomrel.

²And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.

²A teraz hrešia ďalej a spravili si sliatinu zo svojho striebra, podľa svojho umu modly, to všetko dielo remeselníkov. O nich hovoria: Tí, ktorí obetujú ľudí, bozkávajú teľce.

³Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.

³Preto budú jako ranný oblak a jako rosa, ktorá ide ta skoro za rána, jako plevy, uchvátené víchrom z humna, a jako dym z komína.

⁴Yet I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me: for there is no saviour beside me.

⁴Ale ja som Hospodin, tvoj Bôh, od čias Egyptskej zeme, a Boha krome mňa si nepoznal, ani nieto spasiteľa mimo mňa.

⁵I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.

⁵Ja som ťa poznal na púšti, v zemi veľkého sucha.

⁶According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.

⁶Podľa svojej dobrej paše sa nasýtili, nasýtili sa, a pozdvihlo sa ich srdce, preto zabudli na mňa.

⁷Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them:

⁷A preto im budem ako ľúty lev, budem čihať na ceste jako pardus;

⁸I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.

⁸stretnem sa s nimi jako osirelý medveď a roztrhám to, v čom je zavrené ich srdce; a požeriem ich tam ako ľvica, rozkmáše ich poľná zver.

⁹O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help.

⁹To ťa zkazí, Izraelu, pretože ideš proti mne, proti svojej moci.

¹⁰I will be thy king: where is any other that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes?

¹⁰Kdeže je tvoj kráľ, kde? Nech ťa tedy zachráni vo všetkých tvojich mestách alebo tvoji sudcovia, o ktorých si povedal: Daj mi! kráľ i kniežatá!

¹¹I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath.

¹¹Dal som ti kráľa vo svojom hneve a vzal som vo svojej prchlivosti.

¹²The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid.

¹²Zaviazaná je neprávosť Efraimova, ukrytý jeho hriech.

¹³The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of children.

¹³Bolesti rodiacej ženy prijdú na neho; je on syn nie múdry. Lebo je čas, aby nestál, keď sa má narodiť, v prielome detí.

¹⁴I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.

¹⁴Z ruky pekla ich vyplatím; vykúpim ich zo smrti. Ale nie! Kde sú, ó, smrť, tvoje mory? Kde, peklo, tvoja nákaza? Lútosť bude skrytá pred mojimi očima!

¹⁵Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.

¹⁵Lebo keď aj bude rodiť medzi bratmi, prijde východný vietor; vietor Hospodinov bude vystupovať od púšte hore, a tak vyschne jeho prameň, a vysuší sa jeho žriedlo; on rozchváta poklad, všetky vzácne klenoty.

¹⁶Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.

¹⁶Samária bude pykať, pretože sa protivila svojmu Bohu; padnú od meča; ich deti budú rozrazené, a ich tehotné ženy budú rozpárané.