1 Não te alegres, ó Israel, não exultes, como os povos; porque, com prostituir-te, abandonaste o teu Deus, amaste a paga de prostituição em todas as eiras de cereais. 2 A eira e o lagar não os manterão; e o vinho novo lhes faltará. 3 Na terra do Senhor, não permanecerão; mas Efraim tornará ao Egito e na Assíria comerá coisa imunda. 4 Não derramarão libações de vinho ao Senhor, nem os seus sacrifícios lhe serão agradáveis; seu pão será como pão de pranteadores, todos os que dele comerem serão imundos; porque o seu pão será exclusivamente para eles e não entrará na Casa do Senhor. 5 Que fareis vós no dia da solenidade e no dia da festa do Senhor? 6 Porque eis que eles se foram por causa da destruição, mas o Egito os ceifará, Mênfis os sepultará; as preciosidades da sua prata, as urtigas as possuirão; espinhos crescerão nas suas moradas. 7 Chegaram os dias do castigo, chegaram os dias da retribuição; Israel o saberá; o seu profeta é um insensato, o homem de espírito é um louco, por causa da abundância da tua iniquidade, ó Israel, e o muito do teu ódio. 8 O profeta é sentinela contra Efraim, ao lado de meu Deus, laço do passarinheiro em todos os seus caminhos e inimizade na casa do seu Deus. 9 Mui profundamente se corromperam, como nos dias de Gibeá. O Senhor se lembrará das suas injustiças e castigará os pecados deles.

10 Achei a Israel como uvas no deserto, vi a vossos pais como as primícias da figueira nova; mas eles foram para Baal-Peor, e se consagraram à vergonhosa idolatria, e se tornaram abomináveis como aquilo que amaram. 11 Quanto a Efraim, a sua glória voará como ave; não haverá nascimento, nem gravidez, nem concepção. 12 Ainda que venham a criar seus filhos, eu os privarei deles, para que não fique nenhum homem. Ai deles, quando deles me apartar! 13 Efraim, como planejei, seria como Tiro, plantado num lugar aprazível; mas Efraim levará seus filhos ao matador. 14 Dá-lhes, ó Senhor; que lhes darás? Dá-lhes um ventre estéril e seios secos. 15 Toda a sua malícia se acha em Gilgal, porque ali passei a aborrecê-los; por causa da maldade das suas obras, os lançarei fora de minha casa; já não os amarei; todos os seus príncipes são rebeldes. 16 Ferido está Efraim, secaram-se as suas raízes; não dará fruto; ainda que gere filhos, eu matarei os mais queridos do seu ventre. 17 O meu Deus os rejeitará, porque não o ouvem; e andarão errantes entre as nações.

1 Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, like the peoples; for thou hast played the harlot, departing from thy God; thou hast loved hire upon every grain-floor. 2 The threshing-floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail her. 3 They shall not dwell in Jehovah’s land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean food in Assyria. 4 They shall not pour out wine-offerings to Jehovah, neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted; for their bread shall be for their appetite; it shall not come into the house of Jehovah. 5 What will ye do in the day of solemn assembly, and in the day of the feast of Jehovah? 6 For, lo, they are gone away from destruction; yet Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them; their pleasant things of silver, nettles shall possess them; thorns shall be in their tents. 7 The days of visitation are come, the days of recompense are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the man that hath the spirit is mad, for the abundance of thine iniquity, and because the enmity is great. 8 Ephraim was a watchman with my God: as for the prophet, a fowler’s snare is in all his ways, and enmity in the house of his God. 9 They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah: he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.

10 I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the first-ripe in the fig-tree at its first season: but they came to Baal-peor, and consecrated themselves unto the shameful thing, and became abominable like that which they loved. 11 As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird: there shall be no birth, and none with child, and no conception. 12 Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, so that not a man shall be left: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them! 13 Ephraim, like as I have seen Tyre, is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring out his children to the slayer. 14 Give them, O Jehovah—what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts. 15 All their wickedness is in Gilgal; for there I hated them: because of the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of my house; I will love them no more; all their princes are revolters. 16 Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay the beloved fruit of their womb. 17 My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him; and they shall be wanderers among the nations.

1 Do not rejoice, Israel; do not be jubilant like the other nations. For you have been unfaithful to your God; you love the wages of a prostitute at every threshing floor.

2 Threshing floors and winepresses will not feed the people; the new wine will fail them.

3 They will not remain in the LORD's land; Ephraim will return to Egypt and eat unclean food in Assyria.

4 They will not pour out wine offerings to the LORD, nor will their sacrifices please him. Such sacrifices will be to them like the bread of mourners; all who eat them will be unclean. This food will be for themselves; it will not come into the temple of the LORD.

5 What will you do on the day of your appointed festivals, on the feast days of the LORD?

6 Even if they escape from destruction, Egypt will gather them, and Memphis will bury them. Their treasures of silver will be taken over by briers, and thorns will overrun their tents.

7 The days of punishment are coming, the days of reckoning are at hand. Let Israel know this. Because your sins are so many and your hostility so great, the prophet is considered a fool, the inspired person a maniac.

8 The prophet, along with my God, is the watchman over Ephraim, "yet snares await him on all his paths, and hostility in the house of his God.

9 They have sunk deep into corruption, as in the days of Gibeah. God will remember their wickedness and punish them for their sins.

10 "When I found Israel, it was like finding grapes in the desert; when I saw your ancestors, it was like seeing the early fruit on the fig tree. But when they came to Baal Peor, they consecrated themselves to that shameful idol and became as vile as the thing they loved.

11 Ephraim's glory will fly away like a bird — no birth, no pregnancy, no conception.

12 Even if they rear children, I will bereave them of every one. Woe to them when I turn away from them!

13 I have seen Ephraim, like Tyre, planted in a pleasant place. But Ephraim will bring out their children to the slayer."

14 Give them, LORD — what will you give them? Give them wombs that miscarry and breasts that are dry.

15 "Because of all their wickedness in Gilgal, I hated them there. Because of their sinful deeds, I will drive them out of my house. I will no longer love them; all their leaders are rebellious.

16 Ephraim is blighted, their root is withered, they yield no fruit. Even if they bear children, I will slay their cherished offspring."

17 My God will reject them because they have not obeyed him; they will be wanderers among the nations.