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.

¹افرايم راعي الريح وتابع الريح الشرقية. كل يوم يكثر الكذب والاغتصاب ويقطعون مع اشور عهدا والزيت الى مصر يجلب.

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

²فللرب خصام مع يهوذا وهو مزمع ان يعاقب يعقوب بحسب طرقه. بحسب افعاله يرد عليه

³In the womb he took his brother by the heel; and in his manhood he contended with God.

³في البطن قبض بعقب اخيه وبقوّته جاهد مع الله.

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,

⁴جاهد مع الملاك وغلب. بكى واسترحمه. وجده في بيت ايل وهناك تكلم معنا.

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

⁵والرب اله الجنود يهوه اسمه.

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

⁶وانت فارجع الى الهك. احفظ الرحمة والحق وانتظر الهك دائما

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

⁷مثل الكنعاني في يده موازين الغش. يحب ان يظلم.

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.”

⁸فقال افرايم اني صرت غنيا. وجدت لنفسي ثروة. جميع اتعابي لا يجدون لي فيها ذنبا هو خطية.

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.

⁹وانا الرب الهك من ارض مصر حتى اسكنك الخيام كايام الموسم.

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

¹⁰وكلّمت الانبياء وكثّرت الرؤى وبيد الانبياء مثّلت امثالا.

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.

¹¹انهم في جلعاد قد صاروا اثما بطلا لا غير. في الجلجال ذبحوا ثيرانا ومذابحهم كرجم في اتلام الحقل.

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

¹²وهرب يعقوب الى صحراء ارام وخدم اسرائيل لاجل امرأة ولاجل امرأة رعى

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

¹³وبنبيّ اصعد الرب اسرائيل من مصر وبنبيّ‎حفظ.

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.

¹⁴اغاظه اسرائيل بمرارة فيترك دماءه عليه ويردّ سيده عاره عليه