¹“When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.

¹Keď bol Izrael dieťa, miloval som ho a z Egypta som povolal svojho syna.

²They called to them, so they went from them. They sacrificed to the Baals, and burned incense to engraved images.

²Ako ich volali, tak išli ta zpred ich tvári; obetovali Bálom a kadili rytinám.

³Yet I taught Ephraim to walk. I took them by his arms; but they didn’t know that I healed them.

³A ja som učil Efraima chodiť (Bral ich na svoje ramená); ale nepoznali, že som ich uzdravil.

⁴I drew them with cords of a man, with ties of love; and I was to them like those who lift up the yoke on their necks; and I bent down to him and I fed him.

⁴Ťahal som ich za laná človeka, za povrazy lásky a bol som im ako tí, ktorí pozdvihujú jarmo na ich čelustiach, a podával som mu potravu.

⁵“They won’t return into the land of Egypt; but the Assyrian will be their king, because they refused to repent.

⁵Nenavráti sa do Egyptskej zeme, ale Assúr, ten bude jeho kráľom, pretože odopreli navrátiť sa.

⁶The sword will fall on their cities, and will destroy the bars of their gates, and will put an end to their plans.

⁶A meč sa bude točiť po jeho mestách, zničí jeho závory a požerie ich pre ich rady.

⁷My people are determined to turn from me. Though they call to the Most High, he certainly won’t exalt them.

⁷A môj ľud visí, aby odpadúval odo mňa, a volajú ho k Najvyššiemu, no, nikto ho nevyvyšuje.

⁸“How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I hand you over, Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I make you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within me, my compassion is aroused.

⁸Jako ťa mám vydať, Efraime? Jako ťa mám ta dať, Izraelu? Jako ťa mám vydať, aby si bol ako Adama? Jako ťa učiniť ako Ceboim? Moje srdce sa obrátilo vo mne; moja sústrasť je vzrušená všetka dovedna.

⁹I will not execute the fierceness of my anger. I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of you; and I will not come in wrath.

⁹Nevykonám pále svojho hnevu; nezkazím zase Efraima; lebo ja som silný Bôh a nie človek, Svätý v tvojom strede, ani neprijdem na mesto.

¹⁰They will walk after Yahweh, who will roar like a lion; for he will roar, and the children will come trembling from the west.

¹⁰Pojdú za Hospodinom; bude revať ako lev, lebo on bude revať, a strachom sa trasúc prijdú synovia od mora, od západu:

¹¹They will come trembling like a bird out of Egypt, and like a dove out of the land of Assyria; and I will settle them in their houses,” says Yahweh.

¹¹strachom sa trasúc ako vtáča prijdú z Egypta a jako holubica zo zeme Assúra, a osadím ich v ich domoch, hovorí Hospodin.

¹²Ephraim surrounds me with falsehood, and the house of Israel with deceit. Judah still strays from God, and is unfaithful to the Holy One.

¹²Efraimci ma obkľučujú klamstvom a ľsťou dom Izraelov; ale Júda ešte vládne so silným Bohom a s Najsvätejším, verný.