¹ Jertek, térjünk vissza az Úrhoz, mert õ szaggatott meg és õ gyógyít meg minket; megsebesített, de bekötöz minket!

² Megelevenít minket két nap mulva, a harmadik napon feltámaszt minket, hogy éljünk az õ színe elõtt.

³ Ismerjük hát el, törekedjünk megismerni az Urat. Az õ kijövetele bizonyos, mint a hajnal, és eljõ hozzánk, mint az esõ, mint a késõi esõ, a mely megáztatja a földet.

⁴ Mit cselekedjem veled Efraim? Mit cselekedjem veled Júda? Hiszen szeretetetek olyan, mint a reggeli felhõ és mint a korán múló harmat.

⁵ Azért vertem meg a próféták által és megölöm õket az én számnak beszédivel. Bizony, a te ítéleteid olyanok, mint a kelõ nap.

⁶ Mert szeretetet kivánok én és nem áldozatot: az Istennek ismeretét inkább, mintsem égõáldozatokat.

⁷ De õk, mint Ádám, áthágták a szövetséget; ott cselekedtek hûtlenül ellenem.

⁸ Gileád a gonosztevõk városa, vérrel van bemocskolva.

⁹ És miképen tolvajok leselkednek, úgy [tesz] a papok szövetkezete; gyilkolnak a sikemi úton; bizony, gonosz dolgokat cselekesznek.

¹⁰ Rettenetes dolgokat látok Izráel házában. Ott van Efraim paráználkodása; meg van fertõztetve Izráel.

¹¹ Júda! a te számodra is készített aratást, mikor fordítok az én népemnek fogságán.

² Elveszett e földrõl a kegyes, és igaz sincs az emberek között. Mindnyájan vér után ólálkodnak, kiki hálóval vadássza atyjafiát.

¹ "'If his offering is a sacrifice of peace offerings; if he offers it from the herd, whether male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before Yahweh.

² He shall lay his hand on the head of his offering, and kill it at the door of the Tent of Meeting: and Aaron's sons, the priests shall sprinkle the blood around on the altar.

³ He shall offer of the sacrifice of peace offerings an offering made by fire to Yahweh; the fat that covers the innards, and all the fat that is on the innards,

⁴ and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys, he shall take away.

⁵ Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar on the burnt offering, which is on the wood that is on the fire: it is an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh.

⁶ "'If his offering for a sacrifice of peace offerings to Yahweh is from the flock; male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.

⁷ If he offers a lamb for his offering, then he shall offer it before Yahweh;

⁸ and he shall lay his hand on the head of his offering, and kill it before the Tent of Meeting: and Aaron's sons shall sprinkle its blood around on the altar.

⁹ He shall offer from the sacrifice of peace offerings an offering made by fire to Yahweh; its fat, the entire tail fat, he shall take away close to the backbone; and the fat that covers the inwards, and all the fat that is on the inwards,

¹⁰ and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys, he shall take away.

¹¹ The priest shall burn it on the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire to Yahweh.

¹² "'If his offering is a goat, then he shall offer it before Yahweh:

¹³ and he shall lay his hand on its head, and kill it before the Tent of Meeting; and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle its blood around on the altar.

¹⁴ He shall offer from it as his offering, an offering made by fire to Yahweh; the fat that covers the innards, and all the fat that is on the innards,

¹⁵ and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys, he shall take away.

¹⁶ The priest shall burn them on the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire, for a pleasant aroma; all the fat is Yahweh's.

¹⁷ "'It shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings, that you shall eat neither fat nor blood.'"