¹Efraim sa pasie na vetre a honí východný vietor; každého dňa množí lož a zkazu, a robia smluvu s Assúrom, olej sa nesie Egypťanovi.

¹Ephraim feeds on wind, and chases the east wind. He continually multiplies lies and desolation. They make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.

²Ale aj s Júdom má Hospodin pravotu, a chystá sa navštíviť neprávosť na Jakobovi podľa jeho ciest a odplatí mu podľa jeho skutkov.

²Yahweh also has a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his deeds he will repay him.

³V živote matky držal svojho brata za pätu a vo svojej mužnej sile kniežatsky zápasil s Bohom,

³In the womb he took his brother by the heel; and in his manhood he contended with God.

⁴boril sa s anjelom a premohol; plakal a prosil ho pokorne; v Bét-ele ho našiel, a tam hovoril s nami.

⁴Indeed, he struggled with the angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication to him. He found him at Bethel, and there he spoke with us,

⁵Ale Hospodin je Bôh Zástupov, Hospodin je jeho pamiatkou.

⁵even Yahweh, the God of Armies; Yahweh is his name of renown!

⁶A preto sa ty obráť k svojmu Bohu, ostríhaj milosrdenstvo a súd a očakávaj ustavične na svojho Boha.

⁶Therefore turn to your God. Keep kindness and justice, and wait continually for your God.

⁷Kramár-Kanaán, v jeho ruke sú falošné vážky, rád utiskuje.

⁷A merchant has dishonest scales in his hand. He loves to defraud.

⁸A Efraim hovorí: Ale som zbohatol, nahľadal som si imania. V niktorej mojej práci mi nenajdú neprávosti, toho, čo by bolo hriechom.

⁸Ephraim said, “Surely I have become rich, I have found myself wealth. In all my wealth they won’t find in me any iniquity that is sin.”

⁹Ale ja som Hospodin, tvoj Bôh, od čias Egyptskej zeme; ešte dám, aby si býval v stánoch ako za dní slávnosti.

⁹“But I am Yahweh your God from the land of Egypt. I will yet again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn feast.

¹⁰A budem hovoriť prorokom a ja rozmnožím videnie a prorokmi budem hovoriť v podobenstvách.

¹⁰I have also spoken to the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the ministry of the prophets I have used parables.

¹¹Ak je Gileád ničomnou modlou, iba márnosťou sú tí, ktorí v Gilgale obetujú voly; aj ich oltáre sú jako hromady kamenia na záhonoch poľa.

¹¹If Gilead is wicked, surely they are worthless. In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls. Indeed, their altars are like heaps in the furrows of the field.

¹²Jakob bol utiekol na pole Arama, a Izrael slúžil za ženu a za ženu strážil stádo.

¹²Jacob fled into the country of Aram, and Israel served to get a wife, and for a wife he tended flocks and herds.

¹³A prostredníctvom proroka vyviedol Hospodin Izraela hore z Egypta, a prorokom bol strážený.

¹³By a prophet Yahweh brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.

¹⁴Efraim popudzoval k prehorkému hnevu, a preto uvalí na neho jeho krvavé činy, a jeho Pán mu vráti jeho potupu.

¹⁴Ephraim has bitterly provoked anger. Therefore his blood will be left on him, and his Lord The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.” will repay his contempt.