¹Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:

¹Slušajte riječ koju vam govori Jahve, dome Izraelov.

²Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.

²Ovako govori Jahve: "Ne privikavajte se putu bezbožnom i ne dršćite pred znacima nebeskim, jer pred njima dršću samo bezbošci.

³For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.

³Jer su strašila tih naroda puka ništavnost, samo drvo posječeno u šumi, djelo ruku tesarovih,

⁴They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.

⁴ukrašeno srebrom i zlatom, pričvršćeno čavlima i čekićima da se ne klima.

⁵They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.

⁵Nalik su na ptičja strašila u vrtu: ne znaju govoriti. Treba ih nositi, jer ne umiju hodati. Njih se ne bojte, jer ne mogu zla činiti, ali ni dobra učiniti ne mogu."

⁶Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.

⁶Nitko nije kao ti, Jahve, ti si velik i silno je ime tvoje.

⁷Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.

⁷Tko da se tebe ne boji, kralju naroda? Zaista, tebi to pripada, jer među svim mudracima naroda i u svim njihovim kraljevstvima tebi nema ravna!

⁸But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.

⁸Čime vatru lože, to ih zaluđuje! Zakon im isprazan - obično drvo,

⁹Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men.

⁹tankolisto srebro dovezeno iz Taršiša, zlato iz Ofira, rad kipara i rukotvorina zlatara, sva djela umješna, ogrnuta ljubičastim i crvenim grimizom.

¹⁰But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.

¹⁰A Jahve je pravi Bog. Živi je on Bog i Kralj vječni. Od njegova gnjeva zemlja se trese. Narodi ne mogu podnijeti jarosti njegove.

¹¹Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.

¹¹Evo što ćete o kipovima reći: "Bogovi koji nisu stvorili neba ni zemlje moraju nestati s lica zemlje i ispod neba."

¹²He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.

¹²On stvori zemlju snagom svojom, mudrošću svojom uspostavi krug zemaljski i umom svojim razape nebesa.

¹³When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.

¹³Kad mu glas zaori, huče vode na nebesima, oblake diže s kraja zemlje; stvara kiši munje, vjetar izvodi iz skrovišta njegovih.

¹⁴Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

¹⁴Svakom čovjeku pamet stane, svaki se zlatar zastidi svoga kipa, jer svi su mu kipovi samo varka, nema u njima duha!

¹⁵They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

¹⁵Isprazni su oni, smiješne tvorevine, propast će u dan kazne.

¹⁶The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts is his name.

¹⁶'Jakovljev dio' nije kao oni: jer je on sve stvorio, Izrael pleme je baštine njegove, Jahve nad Vojskama ime je njegovo."

¹⁷Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress.

¹⁷Skupi prnje svoje sa zemlje, ti koja stanuješ u utvrdi!

¹⁸For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this once, and will distress them, that they may find it so.

¹⁸Jer ovako govori Gospod: "Gle, ovaj put daleko ću odbaciti stanovnike ove zemlje, pritijesniti ih da me nađu."

¹⁹Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous; but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it.

¹⁹"Jao meni zbog ozljede moje, rana je moja neiscjeljiva." A ja rekoh: "Ipak, bolest je moja, nosit ću je!

²⁰My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth of me, and they are not: there is none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.

²⁰Šator je moj obÄaljen, sva užeta pokidana. Djeca me ostaviše: nema ih. Nema ga tko bi opet razapeo šator moj i podigao krila šatorska."

²¹For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.

²¹Da, pastiri pamet izgubiše: ne tražiše Jahve. Zato ih sreća ne prati i sva se stada raspršiše.

²²Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons.

²²Čujte vijest! Primiče se, evo, buka strašna iz zemlje sjeverne, da gradove judejske pretvori u pustinju, u brlog čagalja.

²³O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.

²³Znam, Jahve, da put čovjeka nije u njegovoj vlasti, da čovjek koji hodi ne može upravljati korake svoje!

²⁴O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.

²⁴Kazni me, Jahve, ali po pravici, ne u gnjevu, da nas ne zatreš.

²⁵Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate.

²⁵Izlij gnjev na narode koji te ne priznaju i na plemena koja ne zazivlju imena tvoga! Jer oni su proždrli Jakova, izjeli ga, opustošili naselje njegovo.