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 when he became guilty in Baal, 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!'

²Now they sin more and more, and have made themselves molten images of their silver, even idols according to their own understanding, all of them the work of the craftsmen. They say of them, ‘They offer human sacrifice and 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 will be like the morning mist, and like the dew that passes away early, like the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing floor, and like the smoke out of the chimney.

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

⁴“Yet I am Yahweh your God from the land of Egypt; and you shall acknowledge no god but me, and besides me there is no savior.

⁵Mina hoidsin sind kõrbes, palaval ja põuasel maal.

⁵I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of great 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, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted. Therefore they have forgotten me.

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

⁷Therefore I am like a lion to them. Like a leopard, I will lurk by the path.

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 like a bear that is bereaved of her cubs, and will tear the covering of their heart. There I will devour them like a lioness. The wild animal will tear them.

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

⁹You are destroyed, Israel, because you are against me, against your 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 is your king now, that he may save you in all your cities? And your judges, of whom you said, ‘Give me a king and princes?’

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

¹¹I have given you a king in my anger, and have taken him away in my wrath.

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

¹²The guilt of Ephraim is stored up. His sin is stored up.

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

¹³The sorrows of a travailing woman will come on him. He is an unwise son; for when it is time, he doesn’t come to the opening of the womb.

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 Sheol is the place of the dead. . I will redeem them from death! Death, where are your plagues? Sheol, where is your destruction? “Compassion will be hidden from my 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 is fruitful among his brothers, an east wind will come, the breath of Yahweh coming up from the wilderness; and his spring will become dry, and his fountain will be dried up. He will plunder the storehouse of treasure.

¹⁶Samaria will bear her guilt; for she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword. Their infants will be dashed in pieces, and their pregnant women will be ripped open.”