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

¹Ko je bil Izrael mlad, sem ga ljubil, in iz Egipta sem poklical sina svojega.

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

²Kadar so jih klicali proroki, so bežali izpred njih: darovali so Baalom in kadilo žgali rezanim podobam.

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

³Jaz pa sem učil Efraima hoditi; vzel sem si jih na rame, a niso spoznali, da sem jih hotel zdraviti.

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.

⁴S človeškimi vrvicami sem jih vlekel, z vezmi ljubezni; in bil sem jim, kakor kdor jarem od čeljusti privzdiguje, in nežno sem jim podajal jedi.

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

⁵Ne vrne se v deželo Egiptovsko, ali Asirec mu bode kralj, ker se niso hoteli izpreobrniti.

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

⁶In meč napade mesta njegova in pokonča zapahe njegove in jih bo požiral zaradi njih sklepov;

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

⁷kajti ljudstvo moje se silno drži odpada od mene; in če ga kličejo k Njemu, ki je gori, nihče se ne povzdigne.

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.

⁸Kako naj bi te opustil, Efraim, tebe li naj izdam, Izrael? kako naj bi te storil kakor Adamo, te naredil enakega Zeboimu? Srce moje se je preobrnilo v meni, razvnelo se mi je vse usmiljenje.

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.

⁹Nočem storiti po togoti jeze svoje, nočem zopet pogubiti Efraima; kajti Bog mogočni sem jaz in ne človek, Svetnik sredi tebe. Ne pridem v srdu. –

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

¹⁰Pojdejo za GOSPODOM, kadar bo rjul kakor lev; kajti on bo rjul, in sinovi bodo pritrepetali od zahoda;

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.

¹¹kakor ptice prilete trepetaje iz Egipta in kakor golobje iz dežele Asirske; in storim, da bodo prebivali v hišah svojih, govori GOSPOD.Efraim me je obdajal z lažjo in hiša Izraelova s prevaro; in Juda še vedno teka semtertja mimo Boga mogočnega in mimo Najsvetejšega, ki je zvest.

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

¹²Efraim me je obdajal z lažjo in hiša Izraelova s prevaro; in Juda še vedno teka semtertja mimo Boga mogočnega in mimo Najsvetejšega, ki je zvest.