¹Isiraeri achiri mwana muduku, ndaimuda, ndikadana mwanakomana wangu abve Egipita.

¹Because Israel [is] a youth, and I love him, Out of Egypt I have called for My Son.

²Vaporofita vachinyanya kuvadana,, ivo vakanyanya kuvatiza; vakabayira vaBhaari, nokupisira zvifananidzo zvakavezwa zvinonhuhwira.

²They have called to them rightly, They have gone from before them, To lords they do sacrifice, And to graven images they make perfume.

³Kunyange zvakadaro ini ndakadzidzisa Efuremu kufamba; ndakavatakura mumaoko angu, asi havana kuziva kuti ndini ndakavaporesa.

³And I have caused Ephraim to go on foot, Taking them by their arms, And they have not known that I strengthened them.

⁴Ndakavakakata namabote omunhu, nezvisungo zvorudo; ndakava kwavari somunhu anobvisa joko pashaya dzavo, ndikagadza zvokudya pamberi pavo.

⁴With cords of man I do draw them, With thick cords of love, And I am to them as a raiser up of a yoke on their jaws, And I incline unto him — I feed [him].

⁵Havangadzokeri kunyika yeEgipita, asi muAsiria ndiye achava mambo wavo, nekuti vakaramba kudzokera kwandiri.

⁵He turneth not back unto the land of Egypt, And Asshur — he [is] his king, For they have refused to return.

⁶Munondo uchava nehasha pakati pemaguta avo, uchapedza zvipfigiso zvavo nokuzviparadza, nemhaka yamano avo.

⁶Grievous hath been the sword in his cities, And it hath ended his bars, and consumed — from their own counsels.

⁷Vanhu vangu vanoramba vachida kudzokera shure vachindisiya; kunyange vachidamwa kune Wekumusoro-soro, havatongosimuki.

⁷And My people are hanging in suspense, about My returning, And unto the Most High they do call, Together they exalt not.

⁸Ndingakuregedza seiko, iwe Isiraeri? Ndingakuita seiko seAdhima? Ndingakuenzanisa seiko neZebhoimi? Mwoyo wangu washandukurwa mukati mangu, tsitsi dzangu dzamutswa pamwechete.

⁸How do I give thee up, O Ephraim? Do I deliver thee up, O Israel? How do I make thee as Admah? Do I set thee as Zeboim? Turned in Me is My heart, kindled together have been My repentings.

⁹Handingaiti nokutsamwa kwangu kukuru, handingadzoki ndichiti ndiparadze Efuremu; nekuti ndiri Mwari, handizi munhu, ndini Mutsvene pakati penyu, handingauyi ndakatsamwa.

⁹I do not the fierceness of My anger, I turn not back to destroy Ephraim, For God I [am], and not a man. In thy midst the Holy One, and I enter not in enmity,

¹⁰Vachatevera Jehovha, achiomba seshumba; nekuti uchaomba, vana vachauya vachidedera vachibva mavirazuva.

¹⁰After Jehovah they go — as a lion He roareth, When He doth roar, then tremble do the sons from the west.

¹¹Vachauya seshiri vachibva Egipita, senjiva vachibva panyika yeAsiria; ini ndichavagarisa mudzimba dzavo, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

¹¹They tremble as a sparrow out of Egypt, And as a dove out of the land of Asshur, And I have caused them to dwell in their own houses, An affirmation of Jehovah.

¹²Efuremu vakandikombera nenhema, uye imba yaIsiraeri nokunyengera; Judha vanongoramba vachipenga pamberi paMwari, pamberi paiye Mutsvene akatendeka.

¹²Compassed Me with feigning hath Ephraim, And with deceit the house of Israel. And Judah again is ruling with God, And with the Holy Ones [is] faithful!