¹افرايم راعي الريح وتابع الريح الشرقية. كل يوم يكثر الكذب والاغتصاب ويقطعون مع اشور عهدا والزيت الى مصر يجلب.

¹Ephraim feedeth on wind, and pursueth after the east wind: all day long he multiplieth lies and desolation; and they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.

²فللرب خصام مع يهوذا وهو مزمع ان يعاقب يعقوب بحسب طرقه. بحسب افعاله يرد عليه

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

³في البطن قبض بعقب اخيه وبقوّته جاهد مع الله.

³He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and in his strength he wrestled with God.

⁴جاهد مع الملاك وغلب. بكى واسترحمه. وجده في بيت ايل وهناك تكلم معنا.

⁴Yea, he wrestled with the Angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spoke with us,

⁵والرب اله الجنود يهوه اسمه.

⁵-- even Jehovah, the God of hosts, -- Jehovah is his memorial.

⁶وانت فارجع الى الهك. احفظ الرحمة والحق وانتظر الهك دائما

⁶And thou, return unto thy God: keep loving-kindness and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.

⁷مثل الكنعاني في يده موازين الغش. يحب ان يظلم.

⁷[He is] a merchant, balances of deceit are in his hand; he loveth to oppress.

⁸فقال افرايم اني صرت غنيا. وجدت لنفسي ثروة. جميع اتعابي لا يجدون لي فيها ذنبا هو خطية.

⁸And Ephraim saith, Nevertheless I am become rich, I have found me out substance; in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.

⁹وانا الرب الهك من ارض مصر حتى اسكنك الخيام كايام الموسم.

⁹But I [that am] Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt will again make thee to dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn feast.

¹⁰وكلّمت الانبياء وكثّرت الرؤى وبيد الانبياء مثّلت امثالا.

¹⁰And I have spoken to the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and by means of the prophets have I used similitudes.

¹¹انهم في جلعاد قد صاروا اثما بطلا لا غير. في الجلجال ذبحوا ثيرانا ومذابحهم كرجم في اتلام الحقل.

¹¹If Gilead is iniquity, surely they are but vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields.

¹²وهرب يعقوب الى صحراء ارام وخدم اسرائيل لاجل امرأة ولاجل امرأة رعى

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

¹³وبنبيّ اصعد الرب اسرائيل من مصر وبنبيّ‎حفظ.

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

¹⁴اغاظه اسرائيل بمرارة فيترك دماءه عليه ويردّ سيده عاره عليه

¹⁴Ephraim provoked [him] to anger most bitterly; and his Lord shall leave his blood upon him, and recompense unto him his reproach.