¹And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

¹In beseda GOSPODOVA mi pride, govoreč:

²Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;

²Sin človečji, zastavi uganko in govóri priliko hiši Izraelovi

³And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; A great eagle with great wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar:

³in reci: Tako pravi Gospod Jehova: Velik orel z velikimi perutnicami in dolgimi letalnimi peresi, poln pisanega perja, je priletel na Libanon in odtrgal vrh cedrovega drevesa.

⁴He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants.

⁴Najgorenjo vejico je odtrgal in jo odnesel v deželo tržnikov in jo postavil v mestu kupčevalcev.

⁵He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow tree.

⁵In vzame semena dežele ter ga vseje na žitno njivo; nesel ga je k obilim vodam, gojil ga je kakor vrbo.

⁶And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.

⁶In vzraslo je in postalo bohotna vinska trta nizke rasti, da so se njene veje obračale proti orlu in korenine njene bile pod njim; tako je postala vinska trta in poganjala mladike in raztezala grebenice.

⁷There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend her roots toward him, and shot forth her branches toward him, that he might water it by the furrows of her plantation.

⁷Bil je pa drug velik orel z velikimi perutnicami in obilim perjem. In glej, ta vinska trta je od gredic svojega sadišča krivo iztezala korenine svoje žejno do njega in razgibala svoje veje proti njemu, da bi jo namakal.

⁸It was planted in a good soil by great waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine.

⁸Na dobri njivi, pri obilnih vodah je bila zasajena, da bi poganjala mladike in rodila sad, da postane slavna vinska trta.

⁹Say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof.

⁹Reci: Tako pravi Gospod Jehova: Bo li imela srečo? Ne izruje li oni korenin njenih in odreže njenega sadu, da usahne? Vse njeno mlado listje, ki ga je pognala, se posuši; in ne bode treba velike moči in mnogega ljudstva, da jo vzdignejo od korenin njenih.

¹⁰Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in the furrows where it grew.

¹⁰In glej, čeprav zasajena, bo li imela srečo? Se li ne posuši docela, kakor hitro se je dotakne vzhodni veter? Usahne na gredicah, na katerih raste.

¹¹Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

¹¹Še mi pride beseda GOSPODOVA, govoreč:

¹²Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and hath taken the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him to Babylon;

¹²Govóri vendar tisti uporni družini: Ne veste li, kaj to pomeni? Reci: Glejte, kralj babilonski je prišel v Jeruzalem in je vzel kralja in kneze v njem ter jih odpeljal k sebi v Babilon.

¹³And hath taken of the king's seed, and made a covenant with him, and hath taken an oath of him: he hath also taken the mighty of the land:

¹³In vzel je enega od kraljevega semena in ž njim sklenil zavezo in ga zaprisegel; mogočnike v deželi pa je vzel s seboj,

¹⁴That the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping of his covenant it might stand.

¹⁴da bodi kraljestvo ponižno, da bi se ne povzdignilo, temuč da bi, držeč zavezo svojo, obstalo.

¹⁵But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered?

¹⁵Ali on se mu je uprl; poslal je sporočnike svoje v Egipt, da naj mu dado konj in dosti ljudstva. Bo li imel srečo? ubeži li, ko je to storil? Prelomil je zavezo, pa bi ubežal?

¹⁶As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely in the place where the king dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he brake, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die.

¹⁶Kakor res živim, govori Gospod Jehova: v kraju, kjer prebiva kralj, ki ga je postavil za kralja, pa mu je prisego v nič dejal in zavezo ž njim prelomil, pri njem umre v Babilonu.

¹⁷Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company make for him in the war, by casting up mounts, and building forts, to cut off many persons:

¹⁷In nič ne opravi Faraon zanj z veliko vojsko in z veliko množico v boju, ko bodo nanašali nasipe in zidali obležne utrdbe, da iztrebijo mnogo duš.

¹⁸Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all these things, he shall not escape.

¹⁸Ker je v nič dejal prisego, prelomivši zavezo, – in glej, v roko je bil nanjo segel, in vendar je storil vse to – ne ubeži.

¹⁹Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, even it will I recompense upon his own head.

¹⁹Zatorej pravi tako Gospod Jehova: Kakor resnično živim, prisego meni, ki jo je v nič dejal, in zavezo z menoj, ki jo je prelomil, prav to mu pripravim nad glavo!

²⁰And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him there for his trespass that he hath trespassed against me.

²⁰In vržem mrežo svojo nanj in ulovljen bo v lovnici moji, in privedem ga v Babilon in tam se bom ž njim pravdal zaradi nezvestobe, ki jo je zagrešil zoper mene.

²¹And all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by the sword, and they that remain shall be scattered toward all winds: and ye shall know that I the LORD have spoken it.

²¹In vsi ubežniki njegovi od vseh krdel njegovih popadajo pod mečem, in kar jih preostane, bodo razkropljeni na vse vetrove. In spoznate, da sem jaz, GOSPOD, govoril.

²²Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon an high mountain and eminent:

²²Tako pravi Gospod Jehova: Tudi jaz vzamem od vršiča visoke cedre in ga zasadim; od najgorenjih vejic njenih odtrgam eno mlado in jo zasadim ne gori visoki in vzvišeni.

²³In the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it: and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all fowl of every wing; in the shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell.

²³Na visoki gori Izraelovi jo zasadim, in požene mladike in prinese sad in postane slavna cedra; in pod njo bodo prebivali vsi ptiči, vsakršna perutnina: v senci mladik njenih se nastanijo.In spoznajo vsa drevesa na polju, da sem jaz, GOSPOD, ponižal visoko drevo, povišal nizko drevo, posušil zeleno drevo in suhemu drevesu dal zeleneti. Jaz, GOSPOD, sem govoril in storil.

²⁴And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I the LORD have spoken and have done it.

²⁴In spoznajo vsa drevesa na polju, da sem jaz, GOSPOD, ponižal visoko drevo, povišal nizko drevo, posušil zeleno drevo in suhemu drevesu dal zeleneti. Jaz, GOSPOD, sem govoril in storil.