¹Počujte to kňazi, a pozorujte ušami, dome Izraelov, a, dome kráľov, čujte nakloniac uši, lebo vám platí súd, pretože ste boli osídlom v Micpe a rozostretou sieťou na Tábore.

¹`Hear this, O priests, and attend, O house of Israel, And, O house of the king, give ear, For the judgment [is] for you, For, a snare ye have been on Mizpah, And a net spread out on Tabor.

²A, vybočili z cesty, zabŕdli hlboko v zabíjaní; ale ja dám každému z nich jeho zaslúžený trest.

²And to slaughter sinners have gone deep, And I [am] a fetter to them all.

³Ja znám Efraima, a Izrael nie je skrytý predo mnou; lebo teraz smilníš, Efraime; zanečistený je Izrael.

³I have known Ephraim, And Israel hath not been hid from me, For now thou hast gone a-whoring, Ephraim, Defiled is Israel.

⁴Nedopúšťajú toho ich skutky, aby sa navrátili k svojmu Bohu, lebo duch smilstva je medzi nimi, a Hospodina neznajú.

⁴They give not up their habitual doings, To turn back unto their God, For a spirit of whoredoms [is] in their midst, And Jehovah they have not known.

⁵Ale pýcha Izraelova svedčí do jeho tvári. A Izrael a Efraim klesnú pre svoju neprávosť, klesne s nimi i Júda.

⁵And humbled hath been the excellency of Israel to his face, And Israel and Ephraim stumble by their iniquity, Stumbled also hath Judah with them.

⁶Pojdú hľadať Hospodina svojím stádom drobného dobytka a svojím stádom hoviad, ale nenajdú; vzdialil sa od nich.

⁶With their flock and with their herd, They go to seek Jehovah, and do not find, He hath withdrawn from them.

⁷Dopúšťali sa nevernosti proti Hospodinovi, lebo naplodili cudzích synov; teraz ich požerie novmesiac aj s ich podielom zeme.

⁷Against Jehovah they dealt treacherously, For strange sons they have begotten, Now consume them doth a month [with] their portions.

⁸Trúbte na trúbu v Gibei, na surmitu v Ráme, kričte v Bét-ávene! Za tebou, Benjamine!

⁸Blow ye a cornet in Gibeah, a trumpet in Ramah, Shout, O Beth-Aven, after thee, O Benjamin.

⁹Efraim bude obrátený v púšť v deň kázne; v pokoleniach Izraelových oznámim istú pravdu.

⁹Ephraim is for a desolation in a day of reproof, Among the tribes of Israel I have made known a sure thing.

¹⁰Kniežatá Júdove sú podobné tým, ktorí prenášajú medzu; na ne vylejem svoju prchlivosť ako vodu.

¹⁰Princes of Judah have been as those removing a border, On them I do pour out as water My wrath.

¹¹Efraim je utisknutý, zlomený súdom, lebo volí chodiť za ľudským prikázaním.

¹¹Oppressed is Ephraim, broken in judgment, When he pleased he went after the command.

¹²A ja som Efraimovi jako moľ a jako hnis domu Júdovmu.

¹²And I [am] as a moth to Ephraim, And as a rotten thing to the house of Judah.

¹³A keď videl Efraim svoj neduh a Júda svoj hnisavý vred, odišiel Efraim k Assúrovi a poslal ku kráľovi Jarebovi. Ale on vás nebude môcť uzdraviť ani vás nevyhojí z vášho hnisavého vredu.

¹³And see doth Ephraim his sickness, and Judah his wound, And Ephraim goeth unto Asshur, And sendeth unto a warlike king, And he is not able to give healing to you, Nor doth he remove from you a scar.

¹⁴Lebo ja budem Efraimovi jako ľúty lev a jako ľvíča domu Júdovmu. Ja, ja uchvatnúc roztrhám a pojdem, odnesiem, a nebude toho, kto by vytrhnul.

¹⁴For I [am] as a lion to Ephraim, And as a young lion to the house of Judah, I — I tear and go, I bear away, and there is no deliverer.

¹⁵Pojdem, navrátim sa na svoje miesto, dokiaľ neuznajú svojej viny a nebudú hľadať mojej tvári.

¹⁵I go — I turn back unto My place, Till that they are desolate, and have sought My face. In their distress they do seek Me speedily!`