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

¹Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he continually multiplieth lies and desolation; and they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.

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

²Jehovah hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.

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

³In the womb he took his brother by the heel; and in his manhood he had power with God:

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

⁴yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him at Beth-el, and there he spake with us,

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

⁵even Jehovah, the God of hosts; Jehovah is his memorial [name].

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

⁶Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep kindness and justice, and wait for thy God continually.

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

⁷[He is] a trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.

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

⁸And Ephraim said, Surely I am become rich, I have found me wealth: in all my labors they shall find in me no iniquity that were sin.

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

⁹But I am Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt; I will yet again make thee to dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn feast.

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

¹⁰I have also spoken unto the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the ministry of the prophets have I used similitudes.

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

¹¹Is Gilead iniquity? they are altogether false; in Gilgal they sacrifice bullocks; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the field.

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

¹²And Jacob fled into the field of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept [sheep].

¹³Jehovha akabudisa Isiraeri paEgipita nomuporofita, akazochengetwa nomuporofita.

¹³And by a prophet Jehovah brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.

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

¹⁴Ephraim hath provoked to anger most bitterly: therefore shall his blood be left upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.