¹Sæt hornet for din mund, som en ørn over Herrens Hus! fordi de brød min Pagt og overtrådte min Lov.

¹`Unto thy mouth — a trumpet, As an eagle against the house of Jehovah, Because they transgressed My covenant, And against My law they have rebelled.

²De råber til mig: "Min Gud! Vi, Israel, kender dig."

²To Me they cry, `My God, we — Israel — have known Thee.`

³Israel vragede Lykken, lad så Fjenden forfølge dem.

³Cast off good hath Israel, an enemy pursueth him.

⁴De kårer sig Drot uden mig, uden mit Vidende Fyrster. Af deres Sølv og Guld lavede de sig Gudebilleder til egen Undergang.

⁴They have made kings, and not by Me, They have made princes, and I have not known, Their silver and their gold they have made to them idols, So that they are cut off.

⁵Modbydelig er din kalv, Samaria; min Vrede luer imod dem hvor længe? De kan ikke slippe for Straf.

⁵Cast off hath thy calf, O Samaria, Burned hath Mine anger against them, Till when are they not capable of purity?

⁶Thi den er et Værk af Israel, en Håndværker lavede den; den er ikke Gud. Nej, til Splinter skal Samarias Kalv blive.

⁶For even it [is] of Israel; an artificer made it, And it [is] not God, For the calf of Samaria is fragments!

⁷Thi Vind har de sået, og Storm skal de høste, Sæd uden Spire, der ej giver Mel; og gav den, slugte fremmede Melet.

⁷For wind they sow, and a hurricane they reap, Stalk it hath none — a shoot not yielding grain, If so be it yield — strangers do swallow it up.

⁸Israel er opslugt, blandt Folkene regnes det nu for et Kar uden Værd.

⁸Israel hath been swallowed up, Now they have been among nations, As a vessel in which is no delight.

⁹Thi de er draget til Assur som et enligt strejfende Vildæsel. Efraim tinged med Elskovsgaver.

⁹For they — they have gone up [to] Asshur, A wild ass alone by himself [is] Ephraim, They have hired lovers!

¹⁰Selv om de tinger blandt Folkene, samler jeg dem nu; snart salver de ikke mere konge og Fyrster.

¹⁰Also though they hire among nations, Now I gather them, and they are pained a little, From the burden of a king of princes.

¹¹Thi så mange Altre Efraim har bygget, de er blevet ham Altre til Synd;

¹¹Because Ephraim did multiply altars to sin, They have been to him altars to sin.

¹²jeg skriver ham mange Love, han regner dem ikke.

¹²I write for him numerous things of My law, As a strange thing they have been reckoned.

¹³Slagtofre elsker de slagter, elsker Kød og æder; HERREN behager de ej. Han mindes nu deres Skyld og straffer deres Synder. De skal tilbage til Ægypten.

¹³The sacrifices of Mine offerings! They sacrifice flesh, and they eat, Jehovah hath not accepted them, Now doth He remember their iniquity, And inspect their sin, They — [to] Egypt they turn back.

¹⁴Israel glemte sin Skaber og byggede Helligdomme, og Juda byggede mange faste Stæder; derfor sender jeg Ild imod hans Byer, og den skal fortære hans Borge.

¹⁴And forget doth Israel his Maker, and buildeth temples, And Judah hath multiplied cities of defence, And I have sent a fire into his cities, And it hath consumed their palaces!