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“Listen to this, you priests! Listen, house of Israel, and give ear, house of the king! For the judgment is against you; for you have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread on Tabor.

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

²The rebels are deep in slaughter; but I discipline all of them.

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

³I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from me; for now, Ephraim, you have played the prostitute. Israel is defiled.

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

⁴Their deeds won’t allow them to turn to their God; for the spirit of prostitution is within them, and they don’t know Yahweh.

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

⁵The pride of Israel testifies to his face. Therefore Israel and Ephraim will stumble in their iniquity. Judah also will stumble with them.

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

⁶They will go with their flocks and with their herds to seek Yahweh; but they won’t find him. He has withdrawn himself from them.

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

⁷They are unfaithful to Yahweh; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the new moon will devour them with their fields.

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

⁸“Blow the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah! Sound a battle cry at Beth Aven, behind you, Benjamin!

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

⁹Ephraim will become a desolation in the day of rebuke. Among the tribes of Israel, I have made known that which will surely be.

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

¹⁰The princes of Judah are like those who remove a landmark. I will pour out my wrath on them like water.

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

¹¹Ephraim is oppressed, he is crushed in judgment; Because he is intent in his pursuit of idols.

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

¹²Therefore I am to Ephraim like a moth, and to the house of Judah like rottenness.

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.

¹³“When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his wound, Then Ephraim went to Assyria, and sent to king Jareb: but he is not able to heal you, neither will he cure you of your wound.

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 will be to Ephraim like a lion, and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I myself will tear in pieces and go away. I will carry off, and there will be no one to deliver.

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

¹⁵I will go and return to my place, until they acknowledge their offense, and seek my face. In their affliction they will seek me earnestly.”