הֲבֵן֩ יַקִּ֨יר לִ֜י אֶפְרַ֗יִם אִ֚ם יֶ֣לֶד שַׁעֲשֻׁעִ֔ים כִּֽי־מִדֵּ֤י דַבְּרִי֙ בּ֔וֹ זָכֹ֥ר אֶזְכְּרֶ֖נּוּ ע֑וֹד עַל־כֵּ֗ן הָמ֤וּ מֵעַי֙ ל֔וֹ רַחֵ֥ם אֲֽרַחֲמֶ֖נּוּ נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃ (ס)
Si Efraim ba ay mahal na anak sa Akin? Siya ba ay batang kinagigiliwan? Sapagkat sa tuwing nagsasalita Ako tungkol sa kanya, tunay na naaalala Ko pa rin siya; kaya't kumikirot ang Aking kalooban para sa kanya; tunay na kahahabagan Ko siya, sabi ng Walang-Hanggan.
Megillah
Nowadays that we keep two days, on the first day we follow the ruling of the other authority, and on the next day we say, “And God tested Abraham”, and for the haftarah we read “Ephraim is a precious son to me.”
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“Is Ephraim not My precious son,
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is he not a child of delight?