¹Keď bol Izrael dieťa, miloval som ho a z Egypta som povolal svojho syna.

¹“When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.

²Ako ich volali, tak išli ta zpred ich tvári; obetovali Bálom a kadili rytinám.

²They called to them, so they went from them. They sacrificed to the Baals, and burned incense to engraved images.

³A ja som učil Efraima chodiť (Bral ich na svoje ramená); ale nepoznali, že som ich uzdravil.

³Yet I taught Ephraim to walk. I took them by his arms; but they didn’t know that I healed them.

⁴Ťahal som ich za laná človeka, za povrazy lásky a bol som im ako tí, ktorí pozdvihujú jarmo na ich čelustiach, a podával som mu potravu.

⁴I drew them with cords of a man, with ties of love; and I was to them like those who lift up the yoke on their necks; and I bent down to him and I fed him.

⁵Nenavráti sa do Egyptskej zeme, ale Assúr, ten bude jeho kráľom, pretože odopreli navrátiť sa.

⁵“They won’t return into the land of Egypt; but the Assyrian will be their king, because they refused to repent.

⁶A meč sa bude točiť po jeho mestách, zničí jeho závory a požerie ich pre ich rady.

⁶The sword will fall on their cities, and will destroy the bars of their gates, and will put an end to their plans.

⁷A môj ľud visí, aby odpadúval odo mňa, a volajú ho k Najvyššiemu, no, nikto ho nevyvyšuje.

⁷My people are determined to turn from me. Though they call to the Most High, he certainly won’t exalt them.

⁸Jako ťa mám vydať, Efraime? Jako ťa mám ta dať, Izraelu? Jako ťa mám vydať, aby si bol ako Adama? Jako ťa učiniť ako Ceboim? Moje srdce sa obrátilo vo mne; moja sústrasť je vzrušená všetka dovedna.

⁸“How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I hand you over, Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I make you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within me, my compassion is aroused.

⁹Nevykonám pále svojho hnevu; nezkazím zase Efraima; lebo ja som silný Bôh a nie človek, Svätý v tvojom strede, ani neprijdem na mesto.

⁹I will not execute the fierceness of my anger. I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of you; and I will not come in wrath.

¹⁰Pojdú za Hospodinom; bude revať ako lev, lebo on bude revať, a strachom sa trasúc prijdú synovia od mora, od západu:

¹⁰They will walk after Yahweh, who will roar like a lion; for he will roar, and the children will come trembling from the west.

¹¹strachom sa trasúc ako vtáča prijdú z Egypta a jako holubica zo zeme Assúra, a osadím ich v ich domoch, hovorí Hospodin.

¹¹They will come trembling like a bird out of Egypt, and like a dove out of the land of Assyria; and I will settle them in their houses,” says Yahweh.

¹²Efraimci ma obkľučujú klamstvom a ľsťou dom Izraelov; ale Júda ešte vládne so silným Bohom a s Najsvätejším, verný.

¹²Ephraim surrounds me with falsehood, and the house of Israel with deceit. Judah still strays from God, and is unfaithful to the Holy One.