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

¹Ephraim feeds on wind, and chases the east wind. He continually multiplies lies and desolation. They make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.

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

²Yahweh also has a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his deeds he will repay 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 contended with God.

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

⁴Indeed, he struggled with the angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication to him. He found him at Bethel, and there he spoke with us,

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

⁵even Yahweh, the God of Armies; Yahweh is his name of renown!

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

⁶Therefore turn to your God. Keep kindness and justice, and wait continually for your God.

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

⁷A merchant has dishonest scales in his hand. He loves to defraud.

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

⁸Ephraim said, “Surely I have become rich, I have found myself wealth. In all my wealth they won’t find in me any iniquity that is sin.”

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

⁹“But I am Yahweh your God from the land of Egypt. I will yet again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn feast.

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

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

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

¹¹If Gilead is wicked, surely they are worthless. In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls. Indeed, their altars are like heaps in the furrows of the field.

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

¹²Jacob fled into the country of Aram, and Israel served to get a wife, and for a wife he tended flocks and herds.

¹³Jehovha akabudisa Isiraeri paEgipita nomuporofita, akazochengetwa nomuporofita.

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

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

¹⁴Ephraim has bitterly provoked anger. Therefore his blood will be left on him, and his Lord The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.” will repay his contempt.