¹Kui Efraim kõneles, värisesid kõik, ta oli Iisraelis ülistatud; aga ta sai Baali pärast süüdlaseks ja pidi surema.

¹When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he exalted himself in Israel: but he trespassed through Baal, and he died.

²Nüüd teevad nad edasi pattu ja valmistavad enestele hõbedast valatud kujud, ebajumalate kujud oma kujutluse järgi - kõik sepatöö. Nad ütlevad neile: 'Ohverdajad suudelgu vasikaid!'

²And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.

³Seepärast on nad nagu hommikune pilv, nagu kaste, mis varakult kaob, nagu aganad, mis rehealusest tuulatakse, nagu unkast tõusev suits.

³Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing-floor, and as the smoke out of the lattice.

⁴Aga mina olen Issand, su Jumal, Egiptusemaalt alates; sa ei tohi tunda minu kõrval muud jumalat ja ei ole muud päästjat kui mina.

⁴Yet I [am] Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou hast known no God but me; and there is no saviour besides me.

⁵Mina hoidsin sind kõrbes, palaval ja põuasel maal.

⁵I knew thee in the wilderness, in the land of drought.

⁶Kui nad käisid karjas, sai nende kõht täis; kui nende kõht sai täis, läks nende süda ülbeks - sellepärast nad unustasid minu.

⁶According to their pasture, they became full; they became full, and their heart was exalted: therefore have they forgotten me.

⁷Aga minust sai neile otsekui noor lõvi, ma luuran tee ääres nagu panter.

⁷And I will be unto them as a lion; as a leopard I will lurk for them by the way;

⁸Ma tulen neile kallale nagu karu, kellelt on röövitud pojad, ja ma rebestan nende rinnakorvi; nagu emalõvi sööb neid seal ja metsloomad kisuvad nad lõhki.

⁸I will meet them as a bear bereaved of her [whelps], and will rend the covering of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lioness: the beast of the field shall tear them.

⁹See on su hukutanud, Iisrael, et sa olid minu, oma abi vastu.

⁹It is thy destruction, O Israel, that [thou art] against me, against thy help.

¹⁰Kus on siis su kuningas, kes päästaks sind kõigis su linnades, ja kus on su kohtumõistjad, kelle kohta sa ütlesid: 'Anna mulle kuningas ja vürste!'?

¹⁰Where then is thy king, that he may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes? --

¹¹Oma vihas ma annan sulle kuninga ja oma raevus ma võtan ta ära.

¹¹I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath.

¹²Efraimi süütegu on kokku seotud, tema patt on tallele pandud.

¹²The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is laid by in store.

¹³Tema pärast tulevad sünnitusvalud: ta on mõistmatu laps, sest ta ei asu õigel ajal emakasuudmesse.

¹³The pangs of a woman in travail shall come upon him: he is a son not wise; for at the time of the breaking forth of children, he was not there.

¹⁴Kas peaksin nad vabastama põrgu käest? Kas peaksin nad lunastama surmast? Surm, kus on su okkad? Põrguhaud, kus on su astel? Kaastunne on peidus mu silme eest.

¹⁴I will ransom them from the power of Sheol. I will redeem them from death: where, O death, are thy plagues? where, O Sheol, is thy destruction? Repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.

¹⁵Kuigi ta vendade keskel kannab vilja, tõuseb idatuul, tõuseb kõrbest Issanda tuul: tema kaev kuivab ja allikas taheneb; temalt riisutakse ta varandus, kõik ta väärtasjad.

¹⁵Though he be fruitful among [his] brethren, an east wind shall come, a wind of Jehovah [that] cometh up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.

¹⁶Samaria shall bear her guilt; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword; their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.