¹Izrael je košata trta, ki je poganjala sadove svoje. Čim obilneje jim je bilo sadu, tem bolj so množili oltarje; čim boljša njih dežela, tem lepše so delali poslikane stebre.

¹Israel is a luxuriant vine that puts forth his fruit. According to the abundance of his fruit he has multiplied his altars. As their land has prospered, they have adorned their sacred stones.

²Razdeljeno je njih srce, sedaj se bodo pokorili: on razdene njih oltarje, podere njih podobe.

²Their heart is divided. Now they will be found guilty. He will demolish their altars. He will destroy their sacred stones.

³Res, sedaj poreko: Nimamo kralja; kajti GOSPODA se nismo bali, in kralj – kaj bo ta nam pomagal?

³Surely now they will say, “We have no king; for we don’t fear Yahweh; and the king, what can he do for us?”

⁴Govore prazne besede, prisegajo lažnivo, sklepajo zaveze: zato bo sodba poganjala kakor strupeno zelišče po brazdah na njivi.

⁴They make promises, swearing falsely in making covenants. Therefore judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.

⁵Prebivalci v Samariji bodo trepetali zavoljo teleta v Betavenu; da, ljudstvo njegovo bo nad njim žalovalo in njegovi mališki duhovniki se bodo zanje tresli, zavoljo slave njegove, ker je šla od njega;

⁵The inhabitants of Samaria will be in terror for the calves of Beth Aven; for its people will mourn over it, Along with its priests who rejoiced over it, for its glory, because it has departed from it.

⁶tudi ono samo prineso v Asirijo v darilo kralju Jarebu. Sram prevzame Efraima in Izrael bo osramočen zavoljo sklepa svojega.

⁶It also will be carried to Assyria for a present to a great king. Ephraim will receive shame, and Israel will be ashamed of his own counsel.

⁷Samarija izgine in njen kralj kakor trska na površju vode.

⁷Samaria and her king float away, like a twig on the water.

⁸In pokončane bodo višave v Avenu, greh Izraelov; trnje in osat bosta zrasla na njih oltarjih. In poreko goram: Pokrijte nas! in hribom: Padite na nas!

⁸The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, will be destroyed. The thorn and the thistle will come up on their altars. They will tell the mountains, “Cover us!” and the hills, “Fall on us!”

⁹Od tistih dni v Gibei si grešil, o Izrael: tam so obstali. Ne zadene li jih v Gibei boj zoper sinove hudobnosti?

⁹“Israel, you have sinned from the days of Gibeah. There they remained. The battle against the children of iniquity doesn’t overtake them in Gibeah.

¹⁰Kakor me bode volja, jih bom strahoval; in ljudstva se zbero zoper nje, kadar jih privežem k njih dvojni pregrehi.

¹⁰When it is my desire, I will chastise them; and the nations will be gathered against them, when they are bound to their two transgressions.

¹¹In Efraim je izučena junica, ki rada vrši žito; jaz ji pa stopim na lepi vrat: Efraimu dam jezdeca, Juda bo oral, Jakob vlačil.

¹¹Ephraim is a trained heifer that loves to thresh; so I will put a yoke on her beautiful neck. I will set a rider on Ephraim. Judah will plow. Jacob will break his clods.

¹²Sejte si za pravičnost, ženjite po usmiljenju, preoravajte si novino: kajti čas je, da iščete GOSPODA, dokler ne pride in vam bo dežil pravičnost.

¹²Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to kindness. Break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek Yahweh, until he comes and rains righteousness on you.

¹³Orali ste krivičnost, pregreho ste želi, sad laži ste jedli; kajti zanašal si se na pota svoja, na množico junakov svojih.

¹³You have plowed wickedness. You have reaped iniquity. You have eaten the fruit of lies, for you trusted in your way, in the multitude of your mighty men.

¹⁴Zato nastane bojni hrup med ljudstvi tvojimi, in vse trdnjave tvoje bodo razvaljene, kakor je Salman razdejal Betarbelo v dan boja; mati z otroki vred je bila raztrupana.To vam napravi Betel zavoljo prevelike hudobnosti vaše; ob jutranjem svitu bo docela pokončan kralj Izraelov.

¹⁴Therefore a battle roar will arise among your people, and all your fortresses will be destroyed, as Shalman destroyed Beth Arbel in the day of battle. The mother was dashed in pieces with her children.

¹⁵To vam napravi Betel zavoljo prevelike hudobnosti vaše; ob jutranjem svitu bo docela pokončan kralj Izraelov.

¹⁵So Bethel will do to you because of your great wickedness. At daybreak the king of Israel will be destroyed.