¹ Huwag kang magalak, Oh Israel sa katuwaan, na gaya ng mga bayan; sapagka't ikaw ay nagpatutot na humihiwalay sa iyong Dios; iyong inibig ang upa sa bawa't giikan.

² Ang giikan at ang pisaan ng ubas ay hindi magpapakain sa kanila, at ang bagong alak ay magkukulang sa kaniya.

³ Sila'y hindi magsisitahan sa lupain ng Panginoon; kundi ang Ephraim ay babalik sa Egipto, at sila'y magsisikain ng maruming pagkain sa Asiria.

⁴ Hindi nila ipagbubuhos ng alak ang Panginoon, ni makalulugod man sa kaniya: ang kanilang mga hain ay magiging sa kanila'y parang tinapay ng nangagluksa; lahat ng magsikain niyaon ay mangapapahamak; sapagka't ang kanilang tinapay ay parang sa kanilang ipagkakagana; hindi papasok sa bahay ng Panginoon.

⁵ Ano ang inyong gagawin sa kaarawan ng takdang kapulungan, at sa kaarawan ng kapistahan ng Panginoon?

⁶ Sapagka't, narito, sila'y nagsialis sa kagibaan, gayon ma'y pipisanin sila ng Egipto, sila'y ililibing ng Memphis; ang kanilang maligayang mga bagay na pilak ay aariin ng dawag; mga tinik ang sasa kanilang mga tolda.

⁷ Ang mga kaarawan ng pagdalaw ay dumating, ang mga kaarawan ng kagantihan ay dumating; malalaman ng Israel: ang propeta ay mangmang, ang lalake na may espiritu ay ulol, dahil sa karamihan ng iyong kasamaan, at sapagka't ang poot ay malaki.

⁸ Ang Ephraim ay bantay na kasama ng aking Dios: tungkol sa propeta, ay silo ng manghuhuli sa lahat ng kaniyang lansangan, at pagkakaalit ay nasa bahay ng kaniyang Dios.

⁹ Sila'y nangagpapahamak na mainam, na gaya ng mga kaarawan ng Gabaa: kaniyang aalalahanin ang kanilang kasamaan, kaniyang dadalawin ang kanilang mga kasalanan.

¹⁰ Aking nasumpungan ang Israel na parang ubas sa ilang; aking nakita ang inyong mga magulang na parang unang bunga sa puno ng higos sa kaniyang unang kapanahunan: nguni't sila'y nagsiparoon kay Baalpeor, at nangagsitalaga sa mahalay na bagay, at naging kasuklamsuklam na gaya ng kanilang iniibig.

¹¹ Tungkol sa Ephraim, ang kanilang kaluwalhatian ay lilipad na parang ibon; mawawalan ng panganganak, at walang magdadalang tao, at walang paglilihi.

¹² Bagaman kanilang pinalalaki ang kanilang mga anak, gayon ma'y aking babawaan sila, na walang tao; oo, sa aba nila pagka ako'y humiwalay sa kanila!

¹³ Ang Ephraim, gaya ng aking makita ang Tiro, ay natatanim sa isang masayang dako: nguni't ilalabas ng Ephraim ang kaniyang mga anak sa tagapatay.

¹⁴ Bigyan mo sila, Oh Panginoon-anong iyong ibibigay? bigyan mo sila ng mga bahay-batang maaagasan at mga tuyong suso.

¹⁵ Lahat nilang kasamaan ay nasa Gilgal; sapagka't doo'y kinapootan ko sila; dahil sa kasamaan ng kanilang mga gawa, akin silang palalayasin sa aking bahay; hindi ko na sila iibigin; lahat nilang prinsipe ay mapagsalangsang.

¹⁶ Ang Ephraim ay nasaktan, ang kaniyang ugat ay natuyo, sila'y hindi mangagbubunga: oo, bagaman sila'y nanganak, gayon ma'y aking papatayin ang minamahal na bunga ng kanilang bahay-bata.

¹⁷ Itatakuwil sila ng aking Dios, sapagka't hindi nila dininig siya; at sila'y magiging mga gala sa gitna ng mga bansa.

¹ You shall observe to do all the commandment which I command you this day, that you may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers.

² You shall remember all the way which Yahweh your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, to prove you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments, or not.

³ He humbled you, and allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna, which you didn't know, neither did your fathers know; that he might make you know that man does not live by bread only, but by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of Yahweh does man live.

⁴ Your clothing didn't grow old on you, neither did your foot swell, these forty years.

⁵ You shall consider in your heart that as a man chastens his son, so Yahweh your God chastens you.

⁶ You shall keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.

⁷ For Yahweh your God brings you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of springs, and underground water flowing into valleys and hills;

⁸ a land of wheat and barley, and vines and fig trees and pomegranates; a land of olive trees and honey;

⁹ a land in which you shall eat bread without scarceness, you shall not lack anything in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you may dig copper.

¹⁰ You shall eat and be full, and you shall bless Yahweh your God for the good land which he has given you.

¹¹ Beware lest you forget Yahweh your God, in not keeping his commandments, and his ordinances, and his statutes, which I command you this day:

¹² lest, when you have eaten and are full, and have built goodly houses, and lived therein;

¹³ and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and your gold is multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied;

¹⁴ then your heart be lifted up, and you forget Yahweh your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage;

¹⁵ who led you through the great and terrible wilderness, [in which were] fiery serpents and scorpions, and thirsty ground where there was no water; who brought you forth water out of the rock of flint;

¹⁶ who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers didn't know; that he might humble you, and that he might prove you, to do you good at your latter end:

¹⁷ and [lest] you say in your heart, "My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth."

¹⁸ But you shall remember Yahweh your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth; that he may establish his covenant which he swore to your fathers, as at this day.

¹⁹ It shall be, if you shall forget Yahweh your God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that you shall surely perish.

²⁰ As the nations that Yahweh makes to perish before you, so you shall perish; because you wouldn't listen to the voice of Yahweh your God.