¹Come, and let us return unto Jehovah; for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.

¹Tulge, pöördugem Issanda poole, sest tema on meid murdnud ja tema parandab meid; tema on meid löönud ja tema seob meid!

²After two days will he revive us: on the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live before him.

²Tema teeb meid elavaks kahe päevaga, kolmandal päeval aitab ta meid üles ja me võime elada tema palge ees.

³And let us know, let us follow on to know Jehovah: his going forth is sure as the morning; and he will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that watereth the earth.

³Tundkem siis, püüdkem tunda Issandat: ta tuleb nagu ilus koidupuna; ta tuleb meile nagu vihm, otsekui kevadine vihm, mis niisutab maad.

⁴O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the dew that goeth early away.

⁴Mis ma teen sinuga, Efraim? Mis ma teen sinuga, Juuda? Sest teie ustavus on nagu hommikune pilv, nagu varakult haihtuv kaste.

⁵Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are [as] the light that goeth forth.

⁵Sellepärast olen andnud sulle rooska prohvetite kaudu, olen tapnud sõnadega omaenese suust, ja mu otsused su kohta on lahvatanud nagu valgus.

⁶For I desire goodness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.

⁶Sest ustavus on see, mida ma tahan, mitte ohver; Jumala tundmine on enam kui põletusohvrid.

⁷But they like Adam have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.

⁷Aga Adamis rikkusid nad lepingu, seal olid nad mu vastu truuduseta.

⁸Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity; it is stained with blood.

⁸Gilead on kurjategijate linn, veresüüst määritud.

⁹And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way toward Shechem; yea, they have committed lewdness.

⁹Ja preestrite jõuk on nagu varitsevad röövlid: nad luuravad ja tapavad Sekemi teel, nad teevad tõesti häbitegu.

¹⁰In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: there whoredom is [found] in Ephraim, Israel is defiled.

¹⁰Iisraeli soo keskel olen ma näinud hirmsaid asju: seal on Efraimi hooratöö - Iisrael on ennast roojastanud.

¹¹Also, O Judah, there is a harvest appointed for thee, when I bring back the captivity of my people.

¹¹Ka sinule, Juuda, on määratud lõikus, kui ma pööran oma rahva saatuse.