¹When I would heal Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim is uncovered, also the wickedness of Samaria; for they commit falsehood, and the thief enters in, and the gang of robbers ravages outside.

¹Kadar hočem zdraviti Izraela, se pokaže krivičnost Efraimova in zlobnost Samarije; kajti le laž uganjajo in tat prodira v hišo, zunaj ropa truma razbojnikov.

²They don’t consider in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness. Now their own deeds have engulfed them. They are before my face.

²In ne reko si v srcu, da se spominjam vse njih zlobnosti; sedaj so jih že obdala njih dejanja, pred mojim so obličjem.

³They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.

³S hudobo svojo razveseljujejo kralja in kneze z lažmi svojimi.

⁴They are all adulterers. They are burning like an oven that the baker stops stirring, from the kneading of the dough, until it is leavened.

⁴Vsi so prešeštniki, podobni peči, ki jo je pek razbelil: on neha kuriti, ko je umesil testo, dokler se ne prekvasi.

⁵On the day of our king, the princes made themselves sick with the heat of wine. He joined his hand with mockers.

⁵V dan našega kralja so oboleli poglavarji od vinske vročine; on je podal svojo roko zasmehovalcem.

⁶For they have prepared their heart like an oven, while they lie in wait. Their baker sleeps all the night. In the morning it burns as a flaming fire.

⁶Kajti pripravili so srce svoje kakor peč, ko kujejo zvijačo; njih pek spi vso noč, zjutraj gori peč kakor plameneč ogenj.

⁷They are all hot as an oven, and devour their judges. All their kings have fallen. There is no one among them who calls to me.

⁷Vsi so razbeljeni kakor peč in požirajo sodnike svoje. Vsi njih kralji so padli; nihče izmed njih me ne kliče.

⁸Ephraim, he mixes himself among the nations. Ephraim is a pancake not turned over.

⁸Efraim se meša z ljudstvi; Efraim je kakor podpepelni kolač, ki ni bil obrnjen.

⁹Strangers have devoured his strength, and he doesn’t realize it. Indeed, gray hairs are here and there on him, and he doesn’t realize it.

⁹Tujci so použili moč njegovo, on pa tega ne ve; tudi se mu je sivina po glavi razlezla, pa tega ne ve.

¹⁰The pride of Israel testifies to his face; yet they haven’t returned to Yahweh their God, nor sought him, for all this.

¹⁰In ošabnost Izraela mu priča v oči; a nočejo se vrniti h GOSPODU, svojemu Bogu, ne ga iskati kljub vsemu temu.

¹¹“Ephraim is like an easily deceived dove, without understanding. They call to Egypt. They go to Assyria.

¹¹In Efraim je kakor preprost golob, brez razuma: kličejo na pomoč Egipt, gredo v Asirijo.

¹²When they go, I will spread my net on them. I will bring them down like the birds of the sky. I will chastise them, as their congregation has heard.

¹²Kadar pojdejo, razgrnem čeznje mrežo svojo, kakor ptice nebeške jih potegnem doli; kaznoval jih bom tako, kakor se je oznanjalo njih občini.

¹³Woe to them! For they have wandered from me. Destruction to them! For they have trespassed against me. Though I would redeem them, yet they have spoken lies against me.

¹³Gorje jim! ker so zašli od mene; poguba nadnje! ker so se pregrešili zoper mene. Jaz bi jih rad odkupil, pa oni govore laži zoper mene.

¹⁴They haven’t cried to me with their heart, but they howl on their beds. They assemble themselves for grain and new wine. They turn away from me.

¹⁴In ne kličejo k meni v svojem srcu, temuč tulijo na ležiščih svojih; zbirajo se zavoljo žita in vina, uporno se stavijo zoper mene.

¹⁵Though I have taught and strengthened their arms, yet they plot evil against me.

¹⁵In jaz sem vadil njih roke in krepčal, a oni izmišljajo hudo zoper mene.Obračajo se, pa ne gori: so kakor lok, ki strelja napačno. Njih poglavarji padejo zavoljo srditosti svojega jezika: to jim bode v zasmehovanje v deželi Egiptovski.

¹⁶They return, but not to the Most High. They are like a faulty bow. Their princes will fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue. This will be their derision in the land of Egypt.

¹⁶Obračajo se, pa ne gori: so kakor lok, ki strelja napačno. Njih poglavarji padejo zavoljo srditosti svojega jezika: to jim bode v zasmehovanje v deželi Egiptovski.