¹Efuremu vakati vachitaura, kudedera kukavapo; vakazvikudza pakati paIsiraeri; asi akati apara mhaka naBhaari, akafa.

¹When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died.

²Asi zvino vanongoramba vachiwedzera zvivi zvavo, vakazviitira zvifananidzo zvakaumbwa nesirivha yavo, zviri zvifananidzo zvenjere dzavo, zvose zviri basa remhizha; zvino vanoti pamusoro pazvo, Vanobayira mhuru ngavadzisvete.

²And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.

³Saka vachaita semhute yamangwanani, sedova rinokurumidza kunyangarika, sehundi inopepereswa nechamupupuri paburiro, soutsi bwechoto hunobuda napaburi.

³Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.

⁴Kunyange zvakadaro ndini Jehovha Mwari wako kubva panyika hamuzivi mumwe mwari asi ini, hakuna mumwe muponesi kunze kwangu.

⁴Yet I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me: for there is no saviour beside me.

⁵Ndakakuzivai murenje, munyika yakaoma kwazvo.

⁵I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.

⁶Zvavakapiwa mafuro akanaka, vakaguta; vakaguta, mwoyo yavo ikazvikudza, naizvozvo vakandikangamwa.

⁶According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.

⁷Saka ndava kwavari seshumba, ndichavagarira panzira sengwe;

⁷Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them:

⁸ndicharwa navo sebere rakatorerwa vana varo, ndichatsemura chifukidziro chomwoyo wavo; ndichavadyirapo seshumbakadzi; zvikara zvichavabvamburanya.

⁸I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.

⁹Ndizvo zvichakuparadzai, imwi Isiraeri, zvamunorwa neni, ini mubatsiri wenyu.

⁹O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help.

¹⁰Ko zvino mambo wenyu aripi, akuponesei mumaguta enyu ose? Ko vatongi venyu varipi, vamaiti, Tipei mambo namachinda?

¹⁰I will be thy king: where is any other that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes?

¹¹Ndakakupai mambo pakutsamwa kwangu, ndikamubvisazve nehasha dzangu.

¹¹I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath.

¹²Zvakaipa zvaEfuremu zvakasungwa pamwechete, zvivi zvake zvakachengetwa.

¹²The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid.

¹³Kurwadziwa komukadzi anosurumuka kuchasvika kwaari; iye mwanakomana asine njere; nekuti kana nguva ichisvika, haaswederi pakuzvarwa.

¹³The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of children.

¹⁴Ndichavadzikunura pasimba reSheori, ndichavadzikunura parufu. Aiwa, rufu, hosha dzako dziripiko? Aiwa, Sheori, kuparadza kwako kuripi? Kuzvidemba hakungaonekwi nameso angu.

¹⁴I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.

¹⁵Kunyange akabereka zvibereko pakati pehama dzake, mhepo yokumabvazuva ichasvika, iri mhepo yaJehovha inobva kurenje; chitubu chake chichapwa, tsime rake richaoma, iye uchapamba fuma yenhumbi dzose dzinodikamwa.

¹⁵Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.

¹⁶Samaria richava nemhosva yaro, nekuti vakamukira Mwari wavo; vachaparadzwa nomunondo, vacheche vavo vachaputsanyiwa, vakadzi vavo vane mimba vachatumburwa.

¹⁶Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.