¹حينما كنت اشفي اسرائيل أعلن اثم افرايم وشرور السامرة فانهم قد صنعوا غشا. السارق دخل والغزاة نهبوا في الخارج.

¹`When I give healing to Israel, Then revealed is the iniquity of Ephraim, And the wickedness of Samaria, For they have wrought falsehood, And a thief doth come in, Stript off hath a troop in the street,

²ولا يفتكرون في قلوبهم اني قد تذكرت كل شرهم. الآن قد احاطت بهم افعالهم. صارت امام وجهي

²And they do not say to their heart, [That] all their evil I have remembered, Now compassed them have their doings, Over-against My face they have been.

³بشرّهم يفرّحون الملك وبكذبهم الرؤساء.

³With their wickedness they make glad a king, And with their lies — princes.

⁴كلهم فاسقون كتنور محمى من الخباز. يبطّل الايقاد من وقتما يعجن العجين الى ان يختمر.

⁴All of them [are] adulterers, Like a burning oven of a baker, He ceaseth from stirring up after kneading the dough, till its leavening.

⁵يوم ملكنا يمرض الرؤساء من سورة الخمر. يبسط يده مع المستهزئين.

⁵A day of our king! Princes have polluted themselves [with] the poison of wine, He hath drawn out his hand with scorners.

⁶لانهم يقربون قلوبهم في مكيدتهم كالتنور. كل الليل ينام خبازهم وفي الصباح يكون محمى كنار ملتهبة.

⁶For they have drawn near, As an oven [is] their heart, In their lying in wait all the night sleep doth their baker, Morning! he is burning as a flaming fire.

⁷كلهم حامون كالتنور واكلوا قضاتهم. جميع ملوكهم سقطوا. ليس بينهم من يدعو اليّ

⁷All of them are warm as an oven, And they have devoured their judges, All their kings have fallen, There is none calling unto Me among them.

⁸افرايم يختلط بالشعوب. افرايم صار خبز ملّة لم يقلب.

⁸Ephraim! among peoples he mixeth himself, Ephraim hath been a cake unturned.

⁹اكل الغرباء ثروته وهو لا يعرف وقد رشّ عليه الشيب وهو لا يعرف.

⁹Devoured have strangers his power, And he hath not known, Also old age hath sprinkled [itself] on him, And he hath not known.

¹⁰وقد أذلّت عظمة اسرائيل في وجهه وهم لا يرجعون الى الرب الههم ولا يطلبونه مع كل هذا.

¹⁰And humbled hath been the excellency of Israel to his face, And they have not turned back unto Jehovah their God, Nor have they sought Him for all this.

¹¹وصار افرايم كحمامة رعناء بلا قلب. يدعون مصر. يمضون الى اشور.

¹¹And Ephraim is as a simple dove without heart, Egypt they called on — [to] Asshur they have gone.

¹²عندما يمضون ابسط عليهم شبكتي. القيهم كطيور السماء. أودّبهم بحسب خبر جماعتهم

¹²When they go I spread over them My net, As the fowl of the heavens I bring them down, I chastise them as their company hath heard.

¹³ويل لهم لانهم هربوا عني. تبّا لهم لانهم اذنبوا اليّ. انا افديهم وهم تكلموا عليّ بكذب.

¹³Wo to them, for they wandered from Me, Destruction to them, for they transgressed against Me, And I — I ransom them, and they have spoken lies against Me,

¹⁴ولا يصرخون اليّ بقلوبهم حينما يولولون على مضاجعهم. يتجمعون لاجل القمح والخمر ويرتدّون عني.

¹⁴And have not cried unto Me with their heart, but howl on their beds, For corn and new wine they assemble themselves, They turn aside against Me.

¹⁵وانا انذرتهم وشددت اذرعهم وهم يفكرون عليّ بالشر.

¹⁵And I instructed — I strengthened their arms, And concerning Me they think evil!

¹⁶يرجعون ليس الى العلي. قد صاروا كقوس مخطئة. يسقط رؤساؤهم بالسيف من اجل سخط ألسنتهم. هذا هزؤهم في ارض مصر

¹⁶They turn back — not to the Most High, They have been as a deceitful bow, Fall by sword do their princes, From the insolence of their tongue, This [is] their derision in the land of Egypt!