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.

¹Opkolio me lažju Efrajim i prijevarom Izraelov dom. A i Juda još je nestalan Bogu, Svecu vjernome.

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

²Efrajim pase vjetar, za vjetrom istočnim trči cio dan, sve više je laži njegovih i nasilja. Savez sklapaju s Asirijom, ulje nose u Egipat.

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

³S Izraelom ima Jahve parnicu, kaznit će Jakova prema postupcima, vratit će mu po djelima njegovim.

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,

⁴Već u krilu materinu brata je potisnuo, u snazi muževnoj s Bogom se borio.

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

⁵S Anđelom se borio i nadvladao ga, plakao je i zaklinjao ga. Našao ga je u Betelu i ondje mu je govorio.

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

⁶Da, Jahve, Bog nad Vojskama, Jahve je ime njegovo.

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

⁷Ti se dakle Bogu svojem vrati, čuvaj ljubav i pravednost i u Boga se svoga uzdaj svagda!

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.”

⁸U ruci je Kanaanu kriva tezulja, on voli zakidati.

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.

⁹I reče Efrajim: "Samo sam se obogatio, blago sam nagomilao." Ali ništa mu od sveg dobitka neće ostati, jer se ogriješio bezakonjima.

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

¹⁰Ja sam Jahve, Bog tvoj, sve od zemlje egipatske, još ću ti dati da stanuješ pod šatorima kao u dane Sastanka;

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.

¹¹govorit ću prorocima, umnožit ću viđenja i po prorocima prispodobom učiti.

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

¹²Gilead je puko bezakonje, ispraznost sama; u Gilgali žrtvuju bikove; zato će im oltari biti k'o hrpe kamenja u brazdama poljskim.

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

¹³Jakov pobježe u kraj aramski, za ženu služaše Izrael, za ženu jednu stada čuvaše.

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.

¹⁴Al' po Proroku izvede Jahve Izraela iz Egipta, i po Proroku on ga je čuvao.

¹⁵Pregorko ga Efrajim uvrijedi: stoga će krv njegovu na nj svaliti, platit će mu Gospod njegov za pogrde.