¹When I would heal Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim is discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they practise falsehood; and the thief entereth in, [and] the troop of robbers assaileth without.

¹Kana ndichirapa Isiraeri, kuipa kwaEfuremu koonekwa nezvakashata zveSamaria; nekuti vanonyengera, mbavha inopinda mukati uye boka ramakororo rinoparadza kunze.

²And they say not in their hearts [that] I remember all their wickedness: now do their own doings encompass them; they are before my face.

²Asi havafungi mumwoyo yavo kuti ndinorangarira zvakaipa zvavo zvose; zvino zvavakaita zvinovakomberedza, zviri pamberi pangu.

³They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.

³Vanofadza mambo nezvakashata zvavo, namachinda nenhema dzavo.

⁴They all practise adultery, as an oven heated by the baker: he ceaseth from stirring [the fire] after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened.

⁴Vose imhombwe; vakafanana nechoto chakaveserwa nomubiki wechingwa; unorega kukuchidzira moto, kana akanya bundu rechingwa, kusvikira ravira.

⁵In the day of our king, the princes made themselves sick with the heat of wine: he stretched out his hand to scorners.

⁵Nezuva ramambo wedu machinda akarwariswa nokupisa kwewaini; iye akatambanudza ruoko rwake pamwechete navaseki.

⁶For they have applied their heart like an oven to their lying in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth like a flaming fire.

⁶nekuti vakagadzira mwoyo yavo sechoto, vachivandira; mubiki wavo wechingwa unovata husiku hwose, mangwanani chinopfuta somurazvo womoto.

⁷They are all hot as an oven, and devour their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me.

⁷Vanopisa vose sechoto, vanoparadza vatongi vavo; madzimambo avo ose akawira pasi, hakuna nomumwe pakati pavo anodana kwandiri.

⁸Ephraim, he mixeth himself with the peoples; Ephraim is a cake not turned.

⁸Efuremu ndiye anozvivenganisa namamwe marudzi, Efuremu chingwa chisina kushandurwa.

⁹Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth [it] not; yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, and he knoweth [it] not.

⁹Vatorwa vakapedza simba rake, asi iye haazvizivi; zvirokwazvo vhudzi rake rochena pose-pose, asi iye haazvizivi.

¹⁰And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face; and they do not return to Jehovah their God, nor seek him for all this.

¹⁰Kuzvikudza kwaIsiraeri kunopupura pamberi pake, asi havana kudzokera kuna Jehovha Mwari wavo, kana kumutsvaka, kunyange izvi zvose zvakadaro.

¹¹And Ephraim is become like a silly dove without understanding: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.

¹¹Efuremu akaita senjiva isina mano, isina njere; vanodana Egipita, vanoenda Asiria.

¹²When they go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowl of the heavens; I will chastise them, according as their assembly hath heard.

¹²Kana vachienda, ndichakandira mumbure wangu pamusoro pavo, ndichavakwevera pasi seshiri dzokudenga; ndichavaranga sezvavakaudzwa paungano yavo.

¹³Woe unto them! for they have wandered from me; destruction unto them! for they have transgressed against me. And I would redeem them; but they speak lies against me.

¹³Vane nhamo ivo nekuti vakatsauka kwandiri; ngavaparadzwe, nekuti vakandidarikira; kunyange ndakanga ndichida kuvadzikunura, vakandirevera nhema.

¹⁴And they cried not unto me in their heart, when they howled upon their beds; they assemble themselves for corn and new wine; they have turned aside from me.

¹⁴Havana kudana kwandiri nemwoyo yavo, asi vanoungudza panhovo dzavo; vanounganira zviyo newaini itsva, vanondimukira.

¹⁵I have indeed trained, I have strengthened their arms, but they imagine mischief against me.

¹⁵Kunyange ndakavadzidzisa nokusimbisa maoko avo, kunyange zvakadaro vanofunga kundiitira zvakaipa

¹⁶They return, [but] not to the [Most] High: they are like a deceitful bow. Their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.

¹⁶Vanodzoka asi havangadzokeri kune Wekumusoro-soro; vakafanana neuta hunonyengera; machinda avo achaparadzwa nomunondo nokuda kwehasha dzamarimi avo; ndiko kuchava kusekwa kwavo panyika yeEgipita.