¹Efuremu vanozvigutisa nemhepo, vanoteverera mhepo yokumabvazuva; vanoramba vachiwedzera nhema nokuparadza; vanoita sungano neAsiria, uye mafuta anoiswa Egipita.

¹Ephraim is enjoying wind, And is pursuing an east wind, All the day lying and spoiling he multiplieth, And a covenant with Asshur they make, And oil to Egypt is carried.

²Jehovha ane gakava naJudhawo, acharova Jakove pamusoro penzira dzake, achamuripira pamusoro pezvaakaita.

²And a controversy hath Jehovah with Judah, To lay a charge on Jacob according to his ways, According to his doings He returneth to him.

³Muchizvaro akabata chichitsinho chomukuru wake, ava nesimba romurume akaita mitsimba naMwari;

³In the womb he took his brother by the heel, And by his strength he was a prince with God,

⁴zvirokwazvo, akava nesimba pamusoro pemutumwa akakunda; akachema, akamunyengetera; akamuwana paBhetieri, akataurapo nesu,

⁴Yea, he is a prince unto the Messenger, And he overcometh [by] weeping, And he maketh supplication to Him, At Bethel He doth find him, And there He doth speak with us,

⁵iye Jehovha, Mwari wehondo; Jehovha ndiro zita rokumurangarira naro.

⁵Even Jehovah, God of the Hosts, Jehovah [is] His memorial.

⁶Naizvozvo chidzokera kuna Mwari wako; chengeta rudo nokururamisa, urambe uchimirira Mwari wako.

⁶And thou, through thy God, dost turn, Kindness and judgment keep thou, And wait on thy God continually.

⁷Iye muKanani, zviyero zvinonyengera zviri muruoko rwake, anofanira kumanikidza.

⁷Canaan! in his hand [are] balances of deceit! To oppress he hath loved.

⁸Asi Efuremu anoti, Zvirokwazvo, ndafuma, ndazviwanira fuma; pamabasa angu ose havangawani kwandiri zvakaipa zvezvivi.

⁸And Ephraim saith: `Surely I have become rich, I have found wealth for myself, All my labours — they find not against me iniquity that [is] sin.`

⁹Asi ndini Jehovha Mwari wako, kubva panyika yeEgipita; ndichakugarisaizve mumatende, sapamazuva emitambo yakatarwa.

⁹And I — Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt, Again do I turn thee back into tents, As in the days of the appointed time.

¹⁰Ndakataurawo navaporofita, ndikawanza zvandakavaratidza; ndakavataurira zvifananidzo nemiromo yavaporofita.

¹⁰And I have spoken unto the prophets, And I have multiplied vision, And by the hand of the prophets I use similes.

¹¹Ko paGiriyadhi pane zvakaipa here? Havana maturo chose; vanobaya nzombe paGirigari; zvirokwazvo maaritari avo akaita matutu amabwe pamihoronga yeminda.

¹¹Surely Gilead [is] iniquity, Only, vanity they have been, In Gilead bullocks they have sacrificed, Also their altars [are] as heaps, on the furrows of a field.

¹²Jakove akatizira kunyika yeArami, Isiraeri akabatira mukadzi, akafudza makwai kuti awane mukadzi.

¹²And Jacob doth flee to the country of Aram, And Israel doth serve for a wife, Yea, for a wife he hath kept watch.

¹³Jehovha akabudisa Isiraeri paEgipita nomuporofita, akazochengetwa nomuporofita.

¹³And by a prophet hath Jehovah brought up Israel out of Egypt, And by a prophet it hath been watched.

¹⁴Efuremu vakatsamwisa Jehovha zvikuru; naizvozvo mhaka yeropa rake ichasiiwa kwaari, Ishe wake achadzosera kuzvidzwa kwake kwaari.

¹⁴Ephraim hath provoked most bitterly, And his blood on himself he leaveth, And his reproach turn back to him doth his Lord!