¹Јефрем се храни ветром, и иде за устоком; сваки дан множи лаж и погибао; и хватају веру с Асирцем и носе уље у Мисир.

¹Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.

²И с Јудом има Господ парбу и походиће Јакова према путевима његовим, платиће му по делима његовим.

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

³У утроби ухвати за пету брата свог, и у сили својој бори се с Богом;

³He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:

⁴Бори се с анђелом, и надјача; плака, и моли Му се; нађе Га у Ветиљу, и онде говори с нама.

⁴Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spake with us;

⁵Али је Господ Бог над војскама, Господ му је спомен.

⁵Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial.

⁶Ти дакле обрати се к Богу свом, чувај милост и правду, и уздај се вазда у Бога свог.

⁶Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment and wait on thy God continually.

⁷Трговац је Јефрем, у руци су му мерила лажна, мило му је да чини криво.

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

⁸И говори Јефрем: Баш се обогатих, стекох благо, ни у коме труду мом неће ми наћи неправде која би била грех.

⁸And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.

⁹А ја сам Господ Бог твој од земље мисирске, још ћу ти дати да седиш у шаторима као о празницима.

⁹And I that am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt will yet make thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn feast.

¹⁰И говорићу преко пророка, и умножићу утваре, и даваћу причу преко пророка.

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

¹¹Доиста је Галад безакоње, посташе сама таштина; у Галгалу приносе јунце на жртву, и олтари су им као гомиле камења по браздама на њиви мојој.

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

¹²И Јаков побеже у земљу сирску, и Израиљ служи за жену, и за жену чува овце.

¹²And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

¹³И пророком изведе Господ Израиља из Мисира, и пророком чува га.

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

¹⁴Јефрем Га љуто разгневи; зато ће оставити на њему крв његову, и вратиће му срамоту његову Господ његов.

¹⁴Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his LORD return unto him.