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.

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 he 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.

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

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

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,

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

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

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

⁶And thou, return unto thy God: keep loving-kindness and judgment, and wait on 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 merchant, balances of deceit are in his hand; he loveth to oppress.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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 country of Syria, 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 out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.

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

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

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