1“Come, and let us return to Yahweh; for he has torn us to pieces, and he will heal us; he has injured us, and he will bind up our wounds.
1Pridite in povrnimo se h GOSPODU! Kajti on nas je raztrgal in nas tudi ozdravi, on nas je udaril in nas tudi obveže.
2After two days he will revive us. On the third day he will raise us up, and we will live before him.
2Oživi nas po dveh dneh, tretji dan nas vzdigne, da bomo živeli pred njegovim obličjem.
3Let us acknowledge Yahweh. Let us press on to know Yahweh. As surely as the sun rises, Yahweh will appear. He will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain that waters the earth.”
3In spoznavajmo GOSPODA, prizadevajmo si ga spoznati! Njegov izhod je gotov kakor jutranji svit, in pride nam kakor deževje, kakor pozni dež, ki vlaži zemljo.
4“Ephraim, what shall I do to you? Judah, what shall I do to you? For your love is like a morning cloud, and like the dew that disappears early.
4Kaj naj ti storim, o Efraim? kaj naj ti storim, o Juda? kajti vaše bogoljubje je kakor jutranji oblak in kakor rosa, ki hitro izgine.
5Therefore I have cut them to pieces with the prophets; I killed them with the words of my mouth. Your judgments are like a flash of lightning.
5Zato sem jih obtesaval po prorokih, ubijal sem jih z ust svojih besedami; in sodba moja vzhaja kakor luč.
6For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
6Kajti usmiljenja želim in ne daritve in spoznanja Božjega več nego žgalnih žrtev.
7But they, like Adam, have broken the covenant. They were unfaithful to me, there.
7Oni pa so kakor Adam prestopili zavezo, ondi so se mi izneverili.
8Gilead is a city of those who work iniquity; it is stained with blood.
8Gilead je mesto hudodelnikov, polno krvavih sledov.
9As gangs of robbers wait to ambush a man, so the company of priests murder in the way toward Shechem, committing shameful crimes.
9In kakor razbojnik preži ob cesti, tako družba duhovnikov: moré na potu v Sihem, da nesramnosti počenjajo.
10In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing. There is prostitution in Ephraim. Israel is defiled.
10V hiši Izraelovi sem videl strahovito reč: tam je nečistovanje Efraimovo, Izrael oskrunjen.Tudi tebi, o Juda, je pripravljena žetev, ko nazaj popeljem ujetništvo ljudstva svojega.
11“Also, Judah, there is a harvest appointed for you, when I restore the fortunes of my people.
11Tudi tebi, o Juda, je pripravljena žetev, ko nazaj popeljem ujetništvo ljudstva svojega.