1Keď hovorieval Efraim, býval strach; bol sa povzniesol v Izraelovi, ale sa previnil modlou Bálom a zomrel.
1When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling. He exalted himself in Israel, but when he became guilty in Baal, he died.
2A teraz hrešia ďalej a spravili si sliatinu zo svojho striebra, podľa svojho umu modly, to všetko dielo remeselníkov. O nich hovoria: Tí, ktorí obetujú ľudí, bozkávajú teľce.
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.’
3Preto budú jako ranný oblak a jako rosa, ktorá ide ta skoro za rána, jako plevy, uchvátené víchrom z humna, a jako dym z komína.
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.
4Ale ja som Hospodin, tvoj Bôh, od čias Egyptskej zeme, a Boha krome mňa si nepoznal, ani nieto spasiteľa mimo mňa.
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.
5Ja som ťa poznal na púšti, v zemi veľkého sucha.
5I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
6Podľa svojej dobrej paše sa nasýtili, nasýtili sa, a pozdvihlo sa ich srdce, preto zabudli na mňa.
6According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted. Therefore they have forgotten me.
7A preto im budem ako ľúty lev, budem čihať na ceste jako pardus;
7Therefore I am like a lion to them. Like a leopard, I will lurk by the path.
8stretnem sa s nimi jako osirelý medveď a roztrhám to, v čom je zavrené ich srdce; a požeriem ich tam ako ľvica, rozkmáše ich poľná zver.
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.
9To ťa zkazí, Izraelu, pretože ideš proti mne, proti svojej moci.
9You are destroyed, Israel, because you are against me, against your help.
10Kdeže je tvoj kráľ, kde? Nech ťa tedy zachráni vo všetkých tvojich mestách alebo tvoji sudcovia, o ktorých si povedal: Daj mi! kráľ i kniežatá!
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?’
11Dal som ti kráľa vo svojom hneve a vzal som vo svojej prchlivosti.
11I have given you a king in my anger, and have taken him away in my wrath.
12Zaviazaná je neprávosť Efraimova, ukrytý jeho hriech.
12The guilt of Ephraim is stored up. His sin is stored up.
13Bolesti rodiacej ženy prijdú na neho; je on syn nie múdry. Lebo je čas, aby nestál, keď sa má narodiť, v prielome detí.
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.
14Z ruky pekla ich vyplatím; vykúpim ich zo smrti. Ale nie! Kde sú, ó, smrť, tvoje mory? Kde, peklo, tvoja nákaza? Lútosť bude skrytá pred mojimi očima!
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.
15Lebo keď aj bude rodiť medzi bratmi, prijde východný vietor; vietor Hospodinov bude vystupovať od púšte hore, a tak vyschne jeho prameň, a vysuší sa jeho žriedlo; on rozchváta poklad, všetky vzácne klenoty.
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.
16Samária bude pykať, pretože sa protivila svojmu Bohu; padnú od meča; ich deti budú rozrazené, a ich tehotné ženy budú rozpárané.
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.”