¹Kana ndichirapa Isiraeri, kuipa kwaEfuremu koonekwa nezvakashata zveSamaria; nekuti vanonyengera, mbavha inopinda mukati uye boka ramakororo rinoparadza kunze.

¹`When I give healing to Israel, Then revealed is the iniquity of Ephraim, And the wickedness of Samaria, For they have wrought falsehood, And a thief doth come in, Stript off hath a troop in the street,

²Asi havafungi mumwoyo yavo kuti ndinorangarira zvakaipa zvavo zvose; zvino zvavakaita zvinovakomberedza, zviri pamberi pangu.

²And they do not say to their heart, [That] all their evil I have remembered, Now compassed them have their doings, Over-against My face they have been.

³Vanofadza mambo nezvakashata zvavo, namachinda nenhema dzavo.

³With their wickedness they make glad a king, And with their lies — princes.

⁴Vose imhombwe; vakafanana nechoto chakaveserwa nomubiki wechingwa; unorega kukuchidzira moto, kana akanya bundu rechingwa, kusvikira ravira.

⁴All of them [are] adulterers, Like a burning oven of a baker, He ceaseth from stirring up after kneading the dough, till its leavening.

⁵Nezuva ramambo wedu machinda akarwariswa nokupisa kwewaini; iye akatambanudza ruoko rwake pamwechete navaseki.

⁵A day of our king! Princes have polluted themselves [with] the poison of wine, He hath drawn out his hand with scorners.

⁶nekuti vakagadzira mwoyo yavo sechoto, vachivandira; mubiki wavo wechingwa unovata husiku hwose, mangwanani chinopfuta somurazvo womoto.

⁶For they have drawn near, As an oven [is] their heart, In their lying in wait all the night sleep doth their baker, Morning! he is burning as a flaming fire.

⁷Vanopisa vose sechoto, vanoparadza vatongi vavo; madzimambo avo ose akawira pasi, hakuna nomumwe pakati pavo anodana kwandiri.

⁷All of them are warm as an oven, And they have devoured their judges, All their kings have fallen, There is none calling unto Me among them.

⁸Efuremu ndiye anozvivenganisa namamwe marudzi, Efuremu chingwa chisina kushandurwa.

⁸Ephraim! among peoples he mixeth himself, Ephraim hath been a cake unturned.

⁹Vatorwa vakapedza simba rake, asi iye haazvizivi; zvirokwazvo vhudzi rake rochena pose-pose, asi iye haazvizivi.

⁹Devoured have strangers his power, And he hath not known, Also old age hath sprinkled [itself] on him, And he hath not known.

¹⁰Kuzvikudza kwaIsiraeri kunopupura pamberi pake, asi havana kudzokera kuna Jehovha Mwari wavo, kana kumutsvaka, kunyange izvi zvose zvakadaro.

¹⁰And humbled hath been the excellency of Israel to his face, And they have not turned back unto Jehovah their God, Nor have they sought Him for all this.

¹¹Efuremu akaita senjiva isina mano, isina njere; vanodana Egipita, vanoenda Asiria.

¹¹And Ephraim is as a simple dove without heart, Egypt they called on — [to] Asshur they have gone.

¹²Kana vachienda, ndichakandira mumbure wangu pamusoro pavo, ndichavakwevera pasi seshiri dzokudenga; ndichavaranga sezvavakaudzwa paungano yavo.

¹²When they go I spread over them My net, As the fowl of the heavens I bring them down, I chastise them as their company hath heard.

¹³Vane nhamo ivo nekuti vakatsauka kwandiri; ngavaparadzwe, nekuti vakandidarikira; kunyange ndakanga ndichida kuvadzikunura, vakandirevera nhema.

¹³Wo to them, for they wandered from Me, Destruction to them, for they transgressed against Me, And I — I ransom them, and they have spoken lies against Me,

¹⁴Havana kudana kwandiri nemwoyo yavo, asi vanoungudza panhovo dzavo; vanounganira zviyo newaini itsva, vanondimukira.

¹⁴And have not cried unto Me with their heart, but howl on their beds, For corn and new wine they assemble themselves, They turn aside against Me.

¹⁵Kunyange ndakavadzidzisa nokusimbisa maoko avo, kunyange zvakadaro vanofunga kundiitira zvakaipa

¹⁵And I instructed — I strengthened their arms, And concerning Me they think evil!

¹⁶Vanodzoka asi havangadzokeri kune Wekumusoro-soro; vakafanana neuta hunonyengera; machinda avo achaparadzwa nomunondo nokuda kwehasha dzamarimi avo; ndiko kuchava kusekwa kwavo panyika yeEgipita.

¹⁶They turn back — not to the Most High, They have been as a deceitful bow, Fall by sword do their princes, From the insolence of their tongue, This [is] their derision in the land of Egypt!