1 whenever I would heal Israel, the sins of Ephraim are exposed and the crimes of Samaria revealed. They practice deceit, thieves break into houses, bandits rob in the streets;2 but they do not realize that I remember all their evil deeds. Their sins engulf them; they are always before me.3 "They delight the king with their wickedness, the princes with their lies.4 They are all adulterers, burning like an oven whose fire the baker need not stir from the kneading of the dough till it rises.5 On the day of the festival of our king the princes become inflamed with wine, and he joins hands with the mockers.6 Their hearts are like an oven; they approach him with intrigue. Their passion smolders all night; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.7 All of them are hot as an oven; they devour their rulers. All their kings fall, and none of them calls on me.8 "Ephraim mixes with the nations; Ephraim is a flat loaf not turned over.9 Foreigners sap his strength, but he does not realize it. His hair is sprinkled with gray, but he does not notice.10 Israel's arrogance testifies against him, but despite all this he does not return to the LORD his God or search for him.11 "Ephraim is like a dove, easily deceived and senseless — now calling to Egypt, now turning to Assyria.12 When they go, I will throw my net over them; I will pull them down like the birds in the sky. When I hear them flocking together, I will catch them.13 Woe to them, because they have strayed from me! Destruction to them, because they have rebelled against me! I long to redeem them but they speak about me falsely.14 They do not cry out to me from their hearts but wail on their beds. They slash themselves, "appealing to their gods for grain and new wine, but they turn away from me.15 I trained them and strengthened their arms, but they plot evil against me.16 They do not turn to the Most High; they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword because of their insolent words. For this they will be ridiculed in the land of Egypt.

1 حينما كنت اشفي اسرائيل أعلن اثم افرايم وشرور السامرة فانهم قد صنعوا غشا. السارق دخل والغزاة نهبوا في الخارج.2 ولا يفتكرون في قلوبهم اني قد تذكرت كل شرهم. الآن قد احاطت بهم افعالهم. صارت امام وجهي3 بشرّهم يفرّحون الملك وبكذبهم الرؤساء.4 كلهم فاسقون كتنور محمى من الخباز. يبطّل الايقاد من وقتما يعجن العجين الى ان يختمر.5 يوم ملكنا يمرض الرؤساء من سورة الخمر. يبسط يده مع المستهزئين.6 لانهم يقربون قلوبهم في مكيدتهم كالتنور. كل الليل ينام خبازهم وفي الصباح يكون محمى كنار ملتهبة.7 كلهم حامون كالتنور واكلوا قضاتهم. جميع ملوكهم سقطوا. ليس بينهم من يدعو اليّ8 افرايم يختلط بالشعوب. افرايم صار خبز ملّة لم يقلب.9 اكل الغرباء ثروته وهو لا يعرف وقد رشّ عليه الشيب وهو لا يعرف.10 وقد أذلّت عظمة اسرائيل في وجهه وهم لا يرجعون الى الرب الههم ولا يطلبونه مع كل هذا.11 وصار افرايم كحمامة رعناء بلا قلب. يدعون مصر. يمضون الى اشور.12 عندما يمضون ابسط عليهم شبكتي. القيهم كطيور السماء. أودّبهم بحسب خبر جماعتهم13 ويل لهم لانهم هربوا عني. تبّا لهم لانهم اذنبوا اليّ. انا افديهم وهم تكلموا عليّ بكذب.14 ولا يصرخون اليّ بقلوبهم حينما يولولون على مضاجعهم. يتجمعون لاجل القمح والخمر ويرتدّون عني.15 وانا انذرتهم وشددت اذرعهم وهم يفكرون عليّ بالشر.16 يرجعون ليس الى العلي. قد صاروا كقوس مخطئة. يسقط رؤساؤهم بالسيف من اجل سخط ألسنتهم. هذا هزؤهم في ارض مصر