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

¹Ephraim feedeth on wind, and pursueth after the east wind: all day long he 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 he 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;

³He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and in his strength he wrestled with God.

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

⁴Yea, he wrestled with the Angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spoke with us,

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

⁵-- even Jehovah, the God of hosts, -- Jehovah is his memorial.

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

⁶And thou, return unto thy God: keep loving-kindness and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.

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

⁷[He is] a merchant, 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 saith, Nevertheless I am become rich, I have found me out substance; in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.

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

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

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

¹⁰And I have spoken to the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and by means 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.

¹¹If Gilead is iniquity, surely they are but vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields.

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

¹²And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, 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 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 provoked [him] to anger most bitterly; and his Lord shall leave his blood upon him, and recompense unto him his reproach.