¹`Say ye to your brethren — Ammi, And to your sisters — Ruhamah.

¹Aga ükskord on Iisraeli lapsi arvu poolest nagu mereliiva, mida ei saa mõõta ega lugeda; ja selle asemel et neile öelda: 'Teie ei ole minu rahvas', öeldakse neile: 'Elava Jumala lapsed.'

²Plead ye with your mother — plead, (For she [is] not My wife, and I [am] not her husband,) And she turneth her whoredoms from before her, And her adulteries from between her breasts,

²Siis kogunevad ühtekokku Juuda lapsed ja Iisraeli lapsed, panevad ühe endile peaks ja vallutavad maa, sest Jisreeli päev on suur.

³Lest I strip her naked. And have set her up as [in] the day of her birth, And have made her as a wilderness, And have set her as a dry land, And have put her to death with thirst.

³Öelge oma vendadele: 'Minu rahvas!' ja oma õdedele: 'Teie peale on halastatud!'

⁴And her sons I do not pity, For sons of whoredoms [are] they,

⁴Riielge oma emaga, riielge, sest ta ei ole minu naine ja mina ei ole tema mees! Ta eemaldagu oma näost oma hooratööd ja oma rindade vahelt oma abielurikkumised,

⁵For gone a-whoring hath their mother, Acted shamefully hath their conceiver, For she hath said, I go after my lovers, Those giving my bread and my water, My wool and my flax, my oil and my drink.

⁵et ma ei võtaks teda alasti ega paneks teda seisma, nagu ta oli oma sündimise päeval; et ma ei teeks teda kõrbeks, ei teeks teda põuase maa sarnaseks ega tapaks teda januga!

⁶Therefore, lo, I am hedging up thy way with thorns, And I have made for her a wall, And her paths she doth not find.

⁶Ja ma ei halasta tema laste peale, sest need on sohilapsed.

⁷And she hath pursued her lovers, And she doth not overtake them, And hath sought them, and doth not find, And she hath said: I go, and I turn back unto My first husband, For — better to me then than now.

⁷Jah, hooratööd on teinud nende ema, kes kandis neid oma ihus, ta on elanud häbiväärselt, sest ta ütles: 'Ma käin oma armastajate järel, kes annavad mulle leiba ja vett, villu ja linu, õli ja jooki.'

⁸And she knew not that I had given to her, The corn, and the new wine, and the oil. Yea, silver I did multiply to her, And the gold they prepared for Baal.

⁸Seepärast, vaata, ma tõkestan kibuvitstega tema tee ja ehitan temale müüri, et ta ei leiaks oma radu.

⁹Therefore do I turn back, And I have taken My corn in its season, And My new wine in its appointed time, And I have taken away My wool and My flax, covering her nakedness.

⁹Ja ta ajab taga oma armukesi, aga ei saa neid kätte; ta otsib neid, aga ei leia. Siis ta ütleb: 'Ma lähen ja pöördun tagasi oma esimese mehe juurde, sest mul oli siis parem kui nüüd.'

¹⁰And now do I reveal her dishonour before the eyes of her lovers, And none doth deliver her out of My hand.

¹⁰Aga ta ei tea, et mina andsin temale vilja, veini ja õli, ma andsin temale palju hõbedat ja kulda, millest nad tegid Baali.

¹¹And I have caused to cease all her joy, Her festival, her new moon, and her sabbath, Even all her appointed times,

¹¹Seepärast ma võtan tagasi oma vilja, kui selle aeg on käes, ja oma veini vastaval ajal; ma kisun ära oma villa ja lina, mis pidid katma tema alastust.

¹²And made desolate her vine and her fig-tree, Of which she said, A gift they [are] to me, That my lovers have given to me, And I have made them for a forest, And consumed them hath a beast of the field.

¹²Nüüd ma paljastan tema häbeme ta armukeste silme ees ja ükski ei päästa teda minu käest.

¹³And I have charged on her the days of the Baalim, To whom she maketh perfume, And putteth on her ring and her ornament, And goeth after her lovers, And Me forgat — an affirmation of Jehovah.

¹³Ma lõpetan kõik ta rõõmu, tema pidustused, noorkuud ja hingamispäevad ja kõik ta pühad.

¹⁴Therefore, lo, I am enticing her, And have caused her to go to the wilderness, And I have spoken unto her heart,

¹⁴Ja ma hävitan tema viina- ja viigipuud, mille kohta ta ütles: 'Need on minu kingitused, mis mu armukesed mulle on andnud.' Mina teen need metsikuks ja metsloomad söövad neist.

¹⁵And given to her her vineyards from thence, And the valley of Achor for an opening of hope, And she hath responded there as in the days of her youth, And as in the day of her coming up out of the land of Egypt.

¹⁵Ja ma karistan teda päevade pärast, mis kuulusid baalidele, kui ta suitsutas neile, ehtis ennast oma rõngaste ja ehetega ning läks järele oma armukestele, aga unustas minu, ütleb Issand.

¹⁶And it hath come to pass, in that day, An affirmation of Jehovah, Thou dost call Me — My husband, And dost not call Me any more — My lord.

¹⁶Seepärast, vaata, meelitan ma teda, viin ta kõrbe ja räägin tema meele järgi.

¹⁷And I have turned aside the names of the lords from her mouth, And they are not remembered any more by their name.

¹⁷Sealt alates annan ma temale ta viinamäed ja lootuse ukseks Aakori oru; siis ta läheb sinna nagu oma nooruspäevil, nagu siis, kui ta tuli Egiptusemaalt.

¹⁸And I have made to them a covenant in that day, with the beast of the field, And with the fowl of the heavens, And the creeping thing of the ground, And bow, and sword, and war I break from off the land, And have caused them to lie down confidently.

¹⁸Sel päeval, ütleb Issand, sa hüüad mind: 'Minu mees!' ega hüüa mind enam: 'Minu Baal!'

¹⁹And I have betrothed thee to Me to the age, And betrothed thee to Me in righteousness, And in judgment, and kindness, and mercies,

¹⁹Ma kõrvaldan tema suust baalide nimed ja enam ei meenutata neid nimepidi.

²⁰And betrothed thee to Me in faithfulness, And thou hast known Jehovah.

²⁰Ja sel päeval teen ma nende heaks lepingu metsloomade, taeva lindude ja maa roomajatega; ammu, mõõga ja sõja murran ma maalt ja nad võivad elada julgesti.

²¹And it hath come to pass in that day, I answer — an affirmation of Jehovah, I answer the heavens, and they answer the earth.

²¹Ja ma kihlan sind enesele igaveseks ajaks; ma kihlan sind enesele õiguse ja kohtu pärast, armastuse ja halastuse pärast.

²²And the earth doth answer the corn, And the new wine, and the oil, And they answer Jezreel.

²²Ma kihlan sind enesele usu pärast ja sina pead tundma Issandat.

²³And I have sowed her to Me in the land, And I have pitied Lo-Ruhamah, And I have said to Lo-Ammi, My people thou [art], and it saith, My God!`

²³Sel päeval ma vastan, ütleb Issand, mina vastan taevale ja see vastab maale;

²⁴maa vastab viljale, veinile ja õlile ja need vastavad Jisreelile.

²⁵Ja mina külvan ta enesele sellel maal, halastan Lo-Ruhama peale ja ütlen Lo-Ammile: 'Sina oled minu rahvas!' ja tema ütleb: 'Minu Jumal!''