¹Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me.

¹In pridejo k meni možje izmed starejšin Izraelovih ter sedejo pred menoj.

²And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

²Tedaj mi pride beseda GOSPODOVA, govoreč:

³Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be enquired of at all by them?

³Sin človečji, ti možje so si vzeli grde malike svoje v srce in predse postavili spotiko za svojo krivico: ali naj jim odgovorim, ko me vprašajo?

⁴Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet; I the LORD will answer him that cometh according to the multitude of his idols;

⁴Zato jih ogovori in jim reci: Tako pravi Gospod Jehova: Vsak mož iz hiše Izraelove, ki si jemlje grde malike svoje v srce in si stavi spotiko za krivico svojo pred obličje, pa prihaja k proroku: jaz GOSPOD mu odgovorim primerno, po množini grdih malikov njegovih,

⁵That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols.

⁵da ujamem hišo Izraelovo za njih srce, ker so se mi vsi vkup odtujili po grdih malikih svojih.

⁶Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.

⁶Zato reci hiši Izraelovi: Tako pravi Gospod Jehova: Vrnite se in opustite grde malike svoje in odvrnite obraze od vseh gnusob svojih!

⁷For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to a prophet to enquire of him concerning me; I the LORD will answer him by myself:

⁷Zakaj vsakdo iz hiše Izraelove in izmed tujcev, ki bivajo v Izraelu, ki se loči od mene, da ne bi šel za menoj, in si v srce jemlje grde malike svoje in stavi predse spotiko za krivico svojo ter prihaja k proroku mene vpraševat zase: jaz GOSPOD mu odgovorim po svojem načinu.

⁸And I will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

⁸In obrnem obličje svoje zoper tistega moža in ga naredim v stvar strmenju, za znamenje in pregovor in ga iztrebim iz ljudstva svojega. In spoznate, da sem jaz GOSPOD.

⁹And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.

⁹Ako se pa prorok da premotiti in govori besedo, jaz GOSPOD sem premotil tistega proroka, in iztegnem roko zoper njega in ga pokončam izmed ljudstva svojega Izraela.

¹⁰And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: the punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him that seeketh unto him;

¹⁰In nosila bosta krivico svojo: krivica prorokova bode kakor krivica tistega, ki ga povprašuje;

¹¹That the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither be polluted any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord GOD.

¹¹da ne bi več blodila hiša Izraelova od mene, tudi da bi se več ne onečiščevali z vsemi pregrehami svojimi; in bodo mi v ljudstvo in jaz jim bodem Bog, govori Gospod Jehova.

¹²The word of the LORD came again to me, saying,

¹²In pride mi beseda GOSPODOVA, govoreč:

¹³Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it:

¹³Ko se dežela pregreši zoper mene s tem, da se mi izneveri, in iztegnem roko svojo zoper njo in ji starem podporo kruha in pošljem lakoto nadnjo in zatarem v njej človeka in živino,

¹⁴Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD.

¹⁴pa bi bili ti trije možje v njej, Noe, Daniel in Job: oni bi po pravičnosti svoji oteli samo svoje duše, govori Gospod Jehova.

¹⁵If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they spoil it, so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts:

¹⁵Ko pripeljem hude zveri v deželo, da ji pogube prebivalce, da postane pustinja in nihče ne bo hodil skozi njo zavoljo zveri,

¹⁶Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only shall be delivered, but the land shall be desolate.

¹⁶pa bi bili ti trije možje v njej, res, kakor živim, govori Gospod Jehova: oni ne otmo ne sinov, ne hčeri; sami bodo oteti, a dežela bode pustinja.

¹⁷Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:

¹⁷Ali če pripeljem meč nad tisto deželo in velim: Meč, pojdi skozi deželo! in tako zatarem v njej človeka in živino,

¹⁸Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only shall be delivered themselves.

¹⁸pa bi bili ti trije možje v njej, res, kakor živim, govori Gospod Jehova, oni ne otmo ne sinov, ne hčeri, toda sami bodo oteti.

¹⁹Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast:

¹⁹Ali če pošljem kugo v tisto deželo in izlijem togoto svojo nadnjo v krvi, da zatarem v njej človeka in živino,

²⁰Though Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver their own souls by their righteousness.

²⁰pa bi bili v njej Noe, Daniel in Job, res, kakor živim, govori Gospod Jehova: ne otmo ne sinov, ne hčeri, oteli bodo samo svoje duše po pravičnosti svoji.

²¹For thus saith the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?

²¹Toda tako pravi Gospod Jehova: Ko pošljem nad Jeruzalem svoje štiri sodbe: meč, lakoto, hude zveri in kugo, da zatarem v njem ljudi in živino,

²²Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings: and ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought upon it.

²²vendar, glej, v njem ostanejo ohranjenci, sinovi in hčere, katere popeljejo ven; glej, pridejo k vam ven, in videli boste njih življenje in njih dejanja; in potolaženi boste zastran nesreče, ki sem jo pripeljal nad Jeruzalem, zastran vsega, kar sem pripeljal nadenj.In bodo vas tolažili, ko boste videli njih življenje in njih dejanje; in spoznate, da nisem brez vzroka storil vsega, karkoli sem storil v njem, govori Gospod Jehova.

²³And they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and their doings: and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith the Lord GOD.

²³In bodo vas tolažili, ko boste videli njih življenje in njih dejanje; in spoznate, da nisem brez vzroka storil vsega, karkoli sem storil v njem, govori Gospod Jehova.