| א שִׁמְעוּ-זֹאת הַכֹּהֲנִים וְהַקְשִׁיבוּ בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל, וּבֵית הַמֶּלֶךְ הַאֲזִינוּ--כִּי לָכֶם, הַמִּשְׁפָּט: כִּי-פַח הֱיִיתֶם לְמִצְפָּה, וְרֶשֶׁת פְּרוּשָׂה עַל-תָּבוֹר. | 1 Hear this, O ye priests, and attend, ye house of Israel, and give ear, O house of the king, for unto you pertaineth the judgment; for ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor. |
| ב וְשַׁחֲטָה שֵׂטִים, הֶעְמִיקוּ; וַאֲנִי, מוּסָר לְכֻלָּם. | 2 And they that fall away are gone deep in making slaughter; and I am rejected of them all. |
| ג אֲנִי יָדַעְתִּי אֶפְרַיִם, וְיִשְׂרָאֵל לֹא-נִכְחַד מִמֶּנִּי: כִּי עַתָּה הִזְנֵיתָ אֶפְרַיִם, נִטְמָא יִשְׂרָאֵל. | 3 I, even I, know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from Me; for now, O Ephraim, thou hast committed harlotry, Israel is defiled. |
| ד לֹא יִתְּנוּ מַעַלְלֵיהֶם, לָשׁוּב אֶל-אֱלֹהֵיהֶם: כִּי רוּחַ זְנוּנִים בְּקִרְבָּם, וְאֶת-יְהוָה לֹא יָדָעוּ. | 4 Their doings will not suffer them to return unto their God; for the spirit of harlotry is within them, and they know not the LORD. |
| ה וְעָנָה גְאוֹן-יִשְׂרָאֵל, בְּפָנָיו; וְיִשְׂרָאֵל וְאֶפְרַיִם, יִכָּשְׁלוּ בַּעֲוֺנָם--כָּשַׁל גַּם-יְהוּדָה, עִמָּם. | 5 But the pride of Israel shall testify to his face; and Israel and Ephraim shall stumble in their iniquity, Judah also shall stumble with them. |
| ו בְּצֹאנָם וּבִבְקָרָם, יֵלְכוּ לְבַקֵּשׁ אֶת-יְהוָה--וְלֹא יִמְצָאוּ: חָלַץ, מֵהֶם. | 6 With their flocks and with their herds they shall go to seek the LORD, but they shall not find Him; He hath withdrawn Himself from them. |
| ז בַּיהוָה בָּגָדוּ, כִּי-בָנִים זָרִים יָלָדוּ; עַתָּה יֹאכְלֵם חֹדֶשׁ, אֶת-חֶלְקֵיהֶם. {ס} | 7 They have dealt treacherously against the LORD, for they have begotten strange children; now shall the new moon devour them with their portions. {S} |
| ח תִּקְעוּ שׁוֹפָר בַּגִּבְעָה, חֲצֹצְרָה בָּרָמָה; הָרִיעוּ בֵּית אָוֶן, אַחֲרֶיךָ בִּנְיָמִין. | 8 Blow ye the horn in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah; sound an alarm at Beth-aven: 'Behind thee, O Benjamin!' |
| ט אֶפְרַיִם לְשַׁמָּה תִהְיֶה, בְּיוֹם תּוֹכֵחָה; בְּשִׁבְטֵי, יִשְׂרָאֵל, הוֹדַעְתִּי, נֶאֱמָנָה. | 9 Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke; among the tribes of Israel do I make known that which shall surely be. |
| י הָיוּ שָׂרֵי יְהוּדָה, כְּמַסִּיגֵי גְּבוּל; עֲלֵיהֶם, אֶשְׁפּוֹךְ כַּמַּיִם עֶבְרָתִי. | 10 The princes of Judah are like them that remove the landmark; I will pour out My wrath upon them like water. |
| יא עָשׁוּק אֶפְרַיִם, רְצוּץ מִשְׁפָּט: כִּי הוֹאִיל, הָלַךְ אַחֲרֵי-צָו. | 11 Oppressed is Ephraim, crushed in his right; because he willingly walked after filth. |
| יב וַאֲנִי כָעָשׁ, לְאֶפְרָיִם; וְכָרָקָב, לְבֵית יְהוּדָה. | 12 Therefore am I unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness. |
| יג וַיַּרְא אֶפְרַיִם אֶת-חָלְיוֹ, וִיהוּדָה אֶת-מְזֹרוֹ, וַיֵּלֶךְ אֶפְרַיִם אֶל-אַשּׁוּר, וַיִּשְׁלַח אֶל-מֶלֶךְ יָרֵב; וְהוּא, לֹא יוּכַל לִרְפֹּא לָכֶם, וְלֹא-יִגְהֶה מִכֶּם, מָזוֹר. | 13 And when Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his wound, Ephraim went to Assyria, and sent to King Contentious; but he is not able to heal you, neither shall he cure you of your wound. |
| יד כִּי אָנֹכִי כַשַּׁחַל לְאֶפְרַיִם, וְכַכְּפִיר לְבֵית יְהוּדָה; אֲנִי אֲנִי אֶטְרֹף וְאֵלֵךְ, אֶשָּׂא וְאֵין מַצִּיל. | 14 For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah; I, even I, will tear and go away, I will take away, and there shall be none to deliver. |
| טו אֵלֵךְ אָשׁוּבָה אֶל-מְקוֹמִי, עַד אֲשֶׁר-יֶאְשְׁמוּ וּבִקְשׁוּ פָנָי: בַּצַּר לָהֶם, יְשַׁחֲרֻנְנִי. | 15 I will go and return to My place, till they acknowledge their guilt, and seek My face; in their trouble they will seek Me earnestly: |