¹And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment?

¹Ja mina ütlesin: Kuulge ometi, Jaakobi peamehed ja Iisraeli soo juhid! Kas teil ei olegi tarvis teada, mis on õige,

²Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;

²teil, kes te vihkate head ja armastate kurja, kes te rebite neil naha pealt ja liha kontidelt,

³Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.

³kes te sööte mu rahva liha ja nülite neilt naha, murrate nende luud ja tükeldate neid nagu liha keedupotti või katlasse panekuks?

⁴Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings.

⁴Küllap nad kord kisendavad Issanda poole, kuid tema ei vasta neile, vaid peidab sel ajal oma palge nende eest, sellepärast, et nad on teinud kurje tegusid.

⁵Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him.

⁵Nõnda ütleb Issand nende prohvetite kohta, kes eksitavad mu rahvast, kes hüüavad: 'Rahu!', kui neil on hammaste vahel midagi närida, aga kuulutavad sõja sellele, kes ei pane neile midagi suhu.

⁶Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them.

⁶Sellepärast tuleb teile nägemusteta öö ja ennustusteta pimedus. Päike loojub nende prohvetite kohal ja päev muutub neile pimedaks.

⁷Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.

⁷Siis jäävad nägijad häbisse ja ennustajad tunnevad piinlikkust; nad kõik katavad kinni oma habeme, sest Jumala vastust ei ole.

⁸But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.

⁸Aga mina olen täis jõudu, Issanda Vaimu, täis õigust ja vägevust, et kuulutada Jaakobile ta üleastumist ja Iisraelile ta pattu.

⁹Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.

⁹Kuulge ometi seda, Jaakobi soo peamehed ja Iisraeli soo juhid, kes te põlgate õigust ja väänate kõveraks kõik, mis on sirge,

¹⁰They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.

¹⁰kes te ehitate Siionit verega ja Jeruusalemma ülekohtuga!

¹¹The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us.

¹¹Tema peamehed mõistavad kohut meelehea eest, tema preestrid õpetavad tasu eest ja tema prohvetid ennustavad raha eest. Ometi toetuvad nad Issandale, öeldes: 'Eks ole Issand meie keskel? Ei meile tule õnnetust!'

¹²Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.

¹²Teie pärast küntakse siis Siion põlluks, Jeruusalemm saab kivivaremeks ja templimägi võsastunud künkaks.