¹When Ephraim speaketh tremblingly, He hath been lifted up in Israel, When he becometh guilty in Baal he dieth.

¹Kui Efraim kõneles, värisesid kõik, ta oli Iisraelis ülistatud; aga ta sai Baali pärast süüdlaseks ja pidi surema.

²And now do they add to sin, And make to them a molten image of their silver, By their own understanding — idols, A work of artizans — all of it, Of them they say, who [are] sacrificers among men, `The calves let them kiss.`

²Nüüd teevad nad edasi pattu ja valmistavad enestele hõbedast valatud kujud, ebajumalate kujud oma kujutluse järgi - kõik sepatöö. Nad ütlevad neile: 'Ohverdajad suudelgu vasikaid!'

³Therefore they are as a cloud of the morning, And as dew, rising early, going away, As chaff tossed about out of a floor, And as smoke out of a window.

³Seepärast on nad nagu hommikune pilv, nagu kaste, mis varakult kaob, nagu aganad, mis rehealusest tuulatakse, nagu unkast tõusev suits.

⁴And I [am] Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt, And a God besides Me thou dost not know, And a Saviour — there is none save Me.

⁴Aga mina olen Issand, su Jumal, Egiptusemaalt alates; sa ei tohi tunda minu kõrval muud jumalat ja ei ole muud päästjat kui mina.

⁵I — I have known thee in a wilderness, In a land of droughts.

⁵Mina hoidsin sind kõrbes, palaval ja põuasel maal.

⁶According to their feedings they are satiated, They have been satiated, And their heart is lifted up, Therefore they have forgotten Me,

⁶Kui nad käisid karjas, sai nende kõht täis; kui nende kõht sai täis, läks nende süda ülbeks - sellepärast nad unustasid minu.

⁷And I am to them as a lion, As a leopard by the way I look out.

⁷Aga minust sai neile otsekui noor lõvi, ma luuran tee ääres nagu panter.

⁸I do meet them as a bereaved bear, And I rend the enclosure of their heart.

⁸Ma tulen neile kallale nagu karu, kellelt on röövitud pojad, ja ma rebestan nende rinnakorvi; nagu emalõvi sööb neid seal ja metsloomad kisuvad nad lõhki.

⁹And I consume them there as a lioness, A beast of the field doth rend them.

⁹See on su hukutanud, Iisrael, et sa olid minu, oma abi vastu.

¹⁰Thou hast destroyed thyself, O Israel, But in Me [is] thy help, Where [is] thy king now — And he doth save thee in all thy cities? And thy judges of whom thou didst say, `Give to me a king and heads?`

¹⁰Kus on siis su kuningas, kes päästaks sind kõigis su linnades, ja kus on su kohtumõistjad, kelle kohta sa ütlesid: 'Anna mulle kuningas ja vürste!'?

¹¹I give to thee a king in Mine anger, And I take away in My wrath.

¹¹Oma vihas ma annan sulle kuninga ja oma raevus ma võtan ta ära.

¹²Bound up [is] the iniquity of Ephraim, Hidden [is] his sin,

¹²Efraimi süütegu on kokku seotud, tema patt on tallele pandud.

¹³Pangs of a travailing woman come to him, He [is] a son not wise, For he remaineth not the time for the breaking forth of sons.

¹³Tema pärast tulevad sünnitusvalud: ta on mõistmatu laps, sest ta ei asu õigel ajal emakasuudmesse.

¹⁴From the hand of Sheol I do ransom them, From death I redeem them, Where [is] thy plague, O death? Where thy destruction, O Sheol? Repentance is hid from Mine eyes.

¹⁴Kas peaksin nad vabastama põrgu käest? Kas peaksin nad lunastama surmast? Surm, kus on su okkad? Põrguhaud, kus on su astel? Kaastunne on peidus mu silme eest.

¹⁵Though he among brethren produceth fruit, Come in doth an east wind, a wind of Jehovah, From a wilderness it is coming up, And it drieth up his fountain, And become dry doth his spring, It — it spoileth a treasure — every desirable vessel.

¹⁵Kuigi ta vendade keskel kannab vilja, tõuseb idatuul, tõuseb kõrbest Issanda tuul: tema kaev kuivab ja allikas taheneb; temalt riisutakse ta varandus, kõik ta väärtasjad.

¹⁶Become desolate doth Samaria, Because she hath rebelled against her God, By sword they do fall, Their sucklings are dashed in pieces, And its pregnant ones are ripped up!