1 \11:12\The deceit of Ephraim and the false words of Israel are about me on every side. ...

2 \12:1\Ephraim's food is the wind, and he goes after the east wind: deceit and destruction are increasing day by day; they make an agreement with Assyria, and take oil into Egypt.

3 \12:2\The Lord has a cause against Judah, and will give punishment to Jacob for his ways; he will give him the reward of his acts.

4 \12:3\In the body of his mother he took his brother by the foot, and in his strength he was fighting with God;

5 \12:4\He had a fight with the angel and overcame him; he made request for grace to him with weeping; he came face to face with him in Beth-el and there his words came to him;

6 \12:5\Even the Lord, the God of armies; the Lord is his name.

7 \12:6\So then, come back to your God; keep mercy and right, and be waiting at all times on your God.

8 \12:7\As for Canaan, the scales of deceit are in his hands; he takes pleasure in twisted ways.

9 \12:8\And Ephraim said, Now I have got wealth and much property; in all my works no sin may be seen in me.

10 \12:9\But I am the Lord your God from the land of Egypt; I will give you tents for your living-places again as in the days of the holy meeting.

11 \12:10\My word came to the ears of the prophets and I gave them visions in great number, and by the mouths of the prophets I made use of comparisons.

12 \12:11\In Gilead there is evil. They are quite without value; in Gilgal they make offerings of oxen; truly their altars are like masses of stones in the hollows of a ploughed field.

13 \12:12\And Jacob went in flight into the field of Aram, and Israel became a servant for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

14 \12:13\And by a prophet the Lord made Israel come up out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was kept safe.

15 \12:14\I have been bitterly moved to wrath by Ephraim; so that his blood will be on him, and the Lord will make his shame come back on him.

1 Efraim se větrem pase, a vítr východní honí, každého dne lež a zhoubu množí; nebo smlouvu s Assurem činí, a masti do Egypta donášejí se.

2 I s Judou má soud Hospodin; pročež navštívě Jákoba podlé cest jeho, podlé snažností jeho odplatí jemu.

3 V životě za patu držel bratra svého, a silou svou knížetsky se potýkal s Bohem.

4 Knížetsky, pravím, potýkal se s andělem, a přemohl; plakal a pokorně ho prosil; v Bethel jej nalezl, a tam s námi mluvil.

5 Toť jest Hospodin Bůh zástupů, pamětné jeho jest Hospodin.

6 Protož ty k Bohu svému se obrať, milosrdenství a soudu ostříhej, a očekávej na Boha svého ustavičně.

7 Kramářem jest, v jehož ruce jsou vážky falešné, rád utiskuje,

8 A říká Efraim: Však jsem zbohatl, dobyl jsem sobě zboží; ve všech mých pracech nenajdou mi nepravosti, jenž by hříchem byla.

9 Já pak Hospodin jsa Bohem tvým od vyjití z země Egyptské, ještě-liž bych tě seděti nechal v stáncích jako ve dnech svátečních?

10 A mluvě skrze proroky, já abych vidění mnoho ukazoval, a skrze proroky podobenství předkládal?

11 Zdali toliko v Gálád byla nepravost a marnost? I v Galgala voly obětují, přes to i oltářů jejich jest jako kopců na záhonech polí mých.

12 Tamto utekl byl Jákob z krajiny Syrské, kdež sloužil Izrael pro ženu, a pro ženu byl pastýřem;

13 Sem pak skrze proroka přivedl Hospodin Izraele z Egypta, též skrze proroka ostříhán jest.

14 Vzbudilť Efraim hněv přehořký, a protož krev jeho na něj se vztáhne, a potupu svou vrátí jemu Pán jeho.