¹Efraims Hu står til Vind, efter Østenstorm jager han stadig, af Løgn og Svig er han fuld; med Assur slutter de Pagt, til Ægypten bringer de Olie.

¹Ephraim is enjoying wind, And is pursuing an east wind, All the day lying and spoiling he multiplieth, And a covenant with Asshur they make, And oil to Egypt is carried.

²HERREN går i Rette med Juda og hjemsøger Jakob, gengælder ham efter hans Veje og efter hans Id.

²And a controversy hath Jehovah with Judah, To lay a charge on Jacob according to his ways, According to his doings He returneth to him.

³I Moders Liv overlisted han sin Broder, han stred med Gud i sin Manddom,

³In the womb he took his brother by the heel, And by his strength he was a prince with God,

⁴ja stred med en Engel og sejred, han bad ham med Gråd om Nåde; i Betel traf han ham og talte med ham der,

⁴Yea, he is a prince unto the Messenger, And he overcometh [by] weeping, And he maketh supplication to Him, At Bethel He doth find him, And there He doth speak with us,

⁵HERREN, Hærskarers Gud, HERREN er hans Navn:

⁵Even Jehovah, God of the Hosts, Jehovah [is] His memorial.

⁶"Drag du nu hjem med din Gud, tag Vare på Kærlighed og Ret og bi bestandig på din Gud!"

⁶And thou, through thy God, dost turn, Kindness and judgment keep thou, And wait on thy God continually.

⁷I Kana'ans Hånd er falske Lodder, han elsker Svig.

⁷Canaan! in his hand [are] balances of deceit! To oppress he hath loved.

⁸Efraim siger: "Jeg vandt dog Rigdom og Gods!" Al hans Vinding soner ej Brøden, han øved.

⁸And Ephraim saith: `Surely I have become rich, I have found wealth for myself, All my labours — they find not against me iniquity that [is] sin.`

⁹Men jeg, som er HERREN din Gud, fra du var i Ægypten, lader dig bo i Telt igen som i svundne Dage.

⁹And I — Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt, Again do I turn thee back into tents, As in the days of the appointed time.

¹⁰Jeg har talet til Profeterne og givet mange Syner, ved Profeterne talet i Lignelser.

¹⁰And I have spoken unto the prophets, And I have multiplied vision, And by the hand of the prophets I use similes.

¹¹Gilead er Løgn og Tomhed, i Gilgal ofrer de Tyre; som Stendynger langs med Markfurer er deres Altre.

¹¹Surely Gilead [is] iniquity, Only, vanity they have been, In Gilead bullocks they have sacrificed, Also their altars [are] as heaps, on the furrows of a field.

¹²Jakob flyede til Arams Slette, og Israel trællede for en kvindes Skyld, og for en Kvindes Skyld vogtede han kvæg.

¹²And Jacob doth flee to the country of Aram, And Israel doth serve for a wife, Yea, for a wife he hath kept watch.

¹³Ved en Profet førte HERREN Israel op fra Ægypten, og det vogtedes ved en Profet.

¹³And by a prophet hath Jehovah brought up Israel out of Egypt, And by a prophet it hath been watched.

¹⁴Efraim vakte bitter Vrede, han bærer Blodskyld; med Skændsel dænges han til, hans Herre gør Gengæld.

¹⁴Ephraim hath provoked most bitterly, And his blood on himself he leaveth, And his reproach turn back to him doth his Lord!