1 E phraim’s food is the wind, he goes after the east wind all day long. He tells many lies and does much in his anger. He makes an agreement with Assyria and takes oil to Egypt.

يَرعَى بَنُو أفْرايِمَ الرِّيحَ، وَيُلاحِقُونَ الرِّيحَ الشَّرقِيَّةَ طِيلَةَ اليَومِ، وَيَزِيدُونَ مِنَ الكَذِبِ وَالدَّمارِ. قَطَعُوا عَهداً مَعَ أشُّورَ وَحَمَلُوا زَيتَهُمْ إلَى مِصرَ.

2 T he Lord has a cause against Judah, and will punish Jacob for his ways. He will make him pay for what he has done.

«للهِ قَضِيَّةٌ مَعَ يَهُوذا، وَسَيُعاقِبُ يَعقُوبَ بِحَسَبِ ما يَستَحِقُّ، وَسَيُجازَى بِحَسَبِ أعمالِهِ.

3 B efore he was born he took his brother by the heel. And when he was grown he fought with God.

فَبَينَما هُوَ ما يَزالُ فِي الرَّحِمِ، خَدَعَ أخاهُ، وَبِقُوَّتِهِ تَصارَعَ مَعَ اللهِ.

4 H e fought with the angel and won. He cried and begged for His favor. He met God at Bethel, and God spoke with him there.

«تَصارَعَ مَعَ مَلاكٍ وَغَلَبَهُ. بَكَى وَتَضَرَّعَ إلَيهِ. وَجَدَ اللهَ فِي بَيتِ إيلَ، وَهُناكَ تَكَلَّمَ مَعَهُ.

5 T his was the Lord, the God of All. The Lord is His name.

يهوه الإلَهُ القَدِيرُ، يهوه اسْمُهُ.

6 S o return to your God. Show kindness and do what is fair, and wait for your God all the time.

ارجِعْ إلَى إلَهِكَ كُنْ أمِيناً وَعادِلاً وَاتِّكِلْ عَلَى إلَهِكَ دائِماً.

7 O ne who buys and sells and who lies about the weight of things loves to make it hard for others.

«يَعقُوبُ مِثلُ الكَنْعانِيِّ الَّذِي يَغِشُّ فِي المَوازِينِ لأنَّهُمْ يُحِبُّونَ الظُلمَ.

8 E phraim has said, “I have become rich. I have found riches for myself. With all my riches they will not find any sin in me.”

يَقُولُ أفْرايِمُ: ‹صِرتُ غَنِيّاً جِدّاً، وَقَد وَجَدتُ ثَرَواتٍ لأجلِ ذاتِي. الأشيِاءُ الَّتِي عَمِلتُها لَن تَكشِفَنِي، وَلَن تُدرِكَنِي أيَّةُ آثامٍ ارتَكَبتُها.›

9 “ I am the Lord your God Who brought you out of Egypt. I will make you live in tents again, as in the days of your special suppers.

«أنا إلَهُكَ مُنذُ وُجُودِكَ فِي أرْضِ مِصرَ سَتَعِيشُ فِي خِيامٍ فِي الصَّحراءِ، كَما كُنْتَ أيّامَ خَيمَةِ الاجْتِماعِ.

10 I have spoken to the men who speak for Me. I have given many special dreams. And I gave picture-stories through the men who speak for Me.”

«أنا كَلَّمتُ الأنبِياءِ، وَأعَلَنْتُ مَشِيئَتِي بِالرُّؤَى. وَتَكَلَّمْتُ عَلَى فَمِ الأنبِياءِ بِأمثالٍ.

11 I s there sin in Gilead? For sure its people are of no worth. In Gilgal they kill bulls in worship. Their altars are like the many stones laid beside a plowed field.

هُناكَ إثمٌ فِي جِلْعادَ، فَإنَّهُمْ كانُوا أكثَرَ سُوءاً وَبُطلاً فِي الجِلجالِ حَيثُ يَذبَحُونَ الثِّيرانَ. مَذابِحُهُمْ كَثِيرَةٌ كَأكوامِ الصُّخُورِ قُربَ أتلامِ الحُقُولِ.

12 J acob ran away to the land of Aram. There he worked for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

هَرَبَ يَعقُوبُ إلَى حُقُولِ أرامَ، وَعَمِلَ للحُصُولِ عَلَى زَوجَةٍ، وَحَرَسَ غَنَماً لِيَتَزَوَّجَ بِامرَأةٍ أُخْرَى.

13 B y a man who spoke for Him, the Lord brought Israel from Egypt. And by a man who spoke for Him, the Lord cared for him.

أخرَجَ اللهُ إسْرائِيلَ مِنْ مِصرَ بِنَبِيٍّ، وَبِنَبِيٍّ حَفِظَهُ.

14 B ut Ephraim has made the Lord very angry. So the Lord will leave on him the guilt of his blood, and make his shame return to him.

صَنَعَ أفْرايِمُ مَرارَةً وَأساءَ كَثِيراً. لِذا سَيَرُدُّ رَبُّهُ ذَنبَهُ عَلَيهِ، وَسَيُجازِيهِ عَلَى جَرائِمِهِ.»