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

¹Efraim sa pasie na vetre a honí východný vietor; každého dňa množí lož a zkazu, a robia smluvu s Assúrom, olej sa nesie Egypťanovi.

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

²Ale aj s Júdom má Hospodin pravotu, a chystá sa navštíviť neprávosť na Jakobovi podľa jeho ciest a odplatí mu podľa jeho skutkov.

³In the womb he took his brother by the heel; and in his manhood he had power with God:

³V živote matky držal svojho brata za pätu a vo svojej mužnej sile kniežatsky zápasil s Bohom,

⁴yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him at Beth-el, and there he spake with us,

⁴boril sa s anjelom a premohol; plakal a prosil ho pokorne; v Bét-ele ho našiel, a tam hovoril s nami.

⁵even Jehovah, the God of hosts; Jehovah is his memorial [name].

⁵Ale Hospodin je Bôh Zástupov, Hospodin je jeho pamiatkou.

⁶Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep kindness and justice, and wait for thy God continually.

⁶A preto sa ty obráť k svojmu Bohu, ostríhaj milosrdenstvo a súd a očakávaj ustavične na svojho Boha.

⁷[He is] a trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.

⁷Kramár-Kanaán, v jeho ruke sú falošné vážky, rád utiskuje.

⁸And Ephraim said, Surely I am become rich, I have found me wealth: in all my labors they shall find in me no iniquity that were sin.

⁸A Efraim hovorí: Ale som zbohatol, nahľadal som si imania. V niktorej mojej práci mi nenajdú neprávosti, toho, čo by bolo hriechom.

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

⁹Ale ja som Hospodin, tvoj Bôh, od čias Egyptskej zeme; ešte dám, aby si býval v stánoch ako za dní slávnosti.

¹⁰I have also spoken unto the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the ministry of the prophets have I used similitudes.

¹⁰A budem hovoriť prorokom a ja rozmnožím videnie a prorokmi budem hovoriť v podobenstvách.

¹¹Is Gilead iniquity? they are altogether false; in Gilgal they sacrifice bullocks; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the field.

¹¹Ak je Gileád ničomnou modlou, iba márnosťou sú tí, ktorí v Gilgale obetujú voly; aj ich oltáre sú jako hromady kamenia na záhonoch poľa.

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

¹²Jakob bol utiekol na pole Arama, a Izrael slúžil za ženu a za ženu strážil stádo.

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

¹³A prostredníctvom proroka vyviedol Hospodin Izraela hore z Egypta, a prorokom bol strážený.

¹⁴Ephraim hath provoked to anger most bitterly: therefore shall his blood be left upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.

¹⁴Efraim popudzoval k prehorkému hnevu, a preto uvalí na neho jeho krvavé činy, a jeho Pán mu vráti jeho potupu.