112:1 Mwa 41:6; Eze 17:10; 2Fal 17:4; Za 78:67; Hos 4:19; 5:13Efraimu anajilisha upepo;
hufukuzia upepo wa mashariki kutwa nzima
na kuzidisha uongo na jeuri.
Anafanya mkataba na Ashuru
na kutuma mafuta ya zeituni Misri.
212:2 Ay 10:212:2 Mik 6:2; Hos 4:9; 9:15; Kut 32:34; Amo 2:4Bwana analo shtaka dhidi ya Yuda,
atamwadhibu Yakobo kwa kadiri ya njia zake
na kumlipa kwa kadiri ya matendo yake.
312:3 Mwa 25:26; 32:24-29Yakobo akiwa tumboni alishika kisigino cha kaka yake;
kama mwanadamu, alishindana na Mungu.
412:4 Mwa 12:8; 28:12-15; 35:15Alishindana na malaika na kumshinda;
alilia na kuomba upendeleo wake.
Alimkuta huko Betheli
na kuzungumza naye huko:
512:5 Kut 3:15Bwana Mungu Mwenye Nguvu Zote,
Bwana ndilo jina lake!
612:6 Mik 6:8; 7:7; Za 106:13; Eze 18:30; Isa 19:22; Yoe 2:12; Yer 22:3Lakini ni lazima urudi kwa Mungu wako;
dumisha upendo na haki,
nawe umngojee Mungu wako siku zote.
712:7 Law 19:26; Amo 8:5Mfanyabiashara hutumia vipimo vya udanganyifu;
hupenda kupunja.
812:8 Za 62:10; Ufu 3:17; Eze 28:5Efraimu hujisifu akisema,
“Mimi ni tajiri sana; nimetajirika.
Pamoja na utajiri wangu wote hawatakuta ndani yangu
uovu wowote au dhambi.”
912:9 Law 23:43; Hos 2:15; Neh 8:17“Mimi ndimi Bwana Mungu wenu
niliyewaleta kutoka Misri;
nitawafanya mkae tena kwenye mahema,
kama vile katika siku
za sikukuu zenu zilizoamriwa.
1012:10 Amu 14:12; Eze 20:49; 2Fal 17:13; Yer 7:25Niliongea na manabii, nikawapa maono mengi
na kusema mifano kupitia wao.”
1112:11 Amo 4:4; Hos 4:15; 6:8; 8:11Je, Gileadi si mwovu?
Watu wake hawafai kitu!
Je, hawatoi dhabihu za mafahali huko Gilgali?
Madhabahu zao zitakuwa
kama malundo ya mawe
katika shamba lililolimwa.
1212:12 Mwa 28:5; 29:18Yakobo alikimbilia katika nchi ya Aramu;
Israeli alitumika ili apate mke,
ili aweze kulipa kwa ajili yake alichunga kondoo.
1312:13 Kut 14:19-22; Isa 63:11-14; Kut 13:3; Hos 11:1Bwana alimtumia nabii
kumpandisha Israeli kutoka Misri,
kwa njia ya nabii alimtunza.
1412:14 Eze 18:13; Dan 11:18Lakini Efraimu amemchochea sana hasira;
Bwana wake ataleta juu yake
hatia yake ya kumwaga damu naye atamlipiza
kwa ajili ya dharau yake.
In Hebrew texts 12:1-14 is numbered 12:2-15. 1Ephraim feeds on the wind;
he pursues the east wind all day
and multiplies lies and violence.
He makes a treaty with Assyria
and sends olive oil to Egypt.
2The Lord has a charge to bring against Judah;
he will punish Jacob12:2 Jacob means he grasps the heel, a Hebrew idiom for he takes advantage of or he deceives. according to his ways
and repay him according to his deeds.
3In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel;
as a man he struggled with God.
4He struggled with the angel and overcame him;
he wept and begged for his favor.
He found him at Bethel
and talked with him there—
5the Lord God Almighty,
the Lord is his name!
6But you must return to your God;
maintain love and justice,
and wait for your God always.
7The merchant uses dishonest scales
and loves to defraud.
8Ephraim boasts,
“I am very rich; I have become wealthy.
With all my wealth they will not find in me
any iniquity or sin.”
9“I have been the Lord your God
ever since you came out of Egypt;
I will make you live in tents again,
as in the days of your appointed festivals.
10I spoke to the prophets,
gave them many visions
and told parables through them.”
11Is Gilead wicked?
Its people are worthless!
Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal?
Their altars will be like piles of stones
on a plowed field.
12Jacob fled to the country of Aram12:12 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia;
Israel served to get a wife,
and to pay for her he tended sheep.
13The Lord used a prophet to bring Israel up from Egypt,
by a prophet he cared for him.
14But Ephraim has aroused his bitter anger;
his Lord will leave on him the guilt of his bloodshed
and will repay him for his contempt.
