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.

¹Efraim se žene za vetrom in lovi vzhodni veter; ves dan množi laž in silovitost; zavezo sklepajo z Asirijo in olje nosijo v Egipt.

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

²Tudi z Judo ima GOSPOD pravdo, in bo kaznoval Jakoba po potih njegovih, povrne mu po dejanjih njegovih.

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

³V materinem telesu je zgrabil svojega brata peto in v moški moči svoji se je boril z Bogom mogočnim:

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,

⁴boril se je z angelom in premagal, jokal je in ga milo prosil. V Betelu ga je našel in ondi je govoril z nami –

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

⁵namreč Jehova, Bog nad vojskami; Jehova mu je spominsko ime.

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

⁶Ti torej se izpreobrni k Bogu svojemu; usmiljenje in pravico ohrani in upaj stanovitno v svojega Boga!

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

⁷Efraim je tržec, v roki njegovi je lažniva tehtnica, rad opehari.

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.”

⁸In Efraim govori: Vendar sem obogatel, pridobil sem si imetja. V vsem mojem prislužku se ne najde nič krivičnega, kar bi bilo greh.

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.

⁹Jaz pa sem GOSPOD, Bog tvoj, od dežele Egiptovske doslej; dam ti zopet stanovati v šatorih kakor ob dneh praznične slovesnosti.

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

¹⁰In govoril sem prorokom in sem pomnožil prikazni ter po službi prorokov sem govoril v prilikah.

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.

¹¹Ako je Gilead hudobnost, vsi skupaj pridejo v nič. V Gilgalu darujejo junce, zato bodo tudi njih oltarji kakor groblje po brazdah na njivi.

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

¹²In Jakob je zbežal na poljano Aramsko in Izrael je služil za ženo in za ženo je pasel.

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

¹³In po proroku je GOSPOD peljal Izraela gori iz Egipta in po proroku je bil ohranjen.Efraim ga je bridko dražil v jezo, zato ostane krvava krivda na njem, in zasramovanje njegovo mu povrne njegov Gospod.

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.

¹⁴Efraim ga je bridko dražil v jezo, zato ostane krvava krivda na njem, in zasramovanje njegovo mu povrne njegov Gospod.