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

¹In beseda GOSPODOVA mi pride, govoreč:

²Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,

²Sin človečji, obrni obličje proti Jeruzalemu in kapljaj besede proti svetinjam in prorokuj zoper zemljo Izraelovo;

³And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.

³in reci zemlji Izraelovi: Tako pravi GOSPOD: Glej, jaz sem zoper tebe in izderem meč iz njegovih nožnic in zatarem v tebi pravične in brezbožne.

⁴Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to the north:

⁴Zatorej, ker zatarem v tebi pravične in brezbožne, pojde meč moj iz svojih nožnic zoper vse meso od poldneva do polnoči.

⁵That all flesh may know that I the LORD have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall not return any more.

⁵In vse meso spozna, da sem jaz, GOSPOD, potegnil meč svoj iz nožnic njegovih; ne vrne se več.

⁶Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.

⁶Ti pa, sin človečji, zdihuj, kakor da te ledje boli, v bridki bolečini zdihuj vpričo njih.

⁷And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord GOD.

⁷In ko ti poreko: Zakaj zdihuješ? odgovóri: Zavoljo govorice, ki prihaja; in kopnelo bo vsako srce in vse roke opešajo in vsak duh omedli in vsa kolena se raztajejo kakor voda. Glej, prihaja in zgodi se to, govori Gospod Jehova.

⁸Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

⁸Še mi pride beseda GOSPODOVA, govoreč:

⁹Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD; Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished:

⁹Sin človečji, prorokuj in reci: Tako pravi Gospod: Reci: Meč, meč, nabrušen in zlikan!

¹⁰It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter: should we then make mirth? it contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree.

¹⁰Da napravi klanje, je nabrušen, da se bliska, je zlikan. Ali naj se razveseljujemo? Palica, določena za mojega sina, zaničuje vse drevje.

¹¹And he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer.

¹¹Dali so ga zlikati, da se more prijeti v roko. Meč je nabrušen in zlikan, da se da morilcu v roko.

¹²Cry and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it shall be upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the sword shall be upon my people: smite therefore upon thy thigh.

¹²Vpij in tuli, sin človečji! kajti zoper moje ljudstvo je namerjen, zoper vse kneze Izraelove: meču so izročeni z mojim ljudstvom vred; zato se tolci po stegnih.

¹³Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even the rod? it shall be no more, saith the Lord GOD.

¹³Kajti izkušnja se je naredila; kaj pa, če palice, ki zaničuje vse, ne bode več? govori Gospod Jehova.

¹⁴Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thine hands together. and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it is the sword of the great men that are slain, which entereth into their privy chambers.

¹⁴Ti pa, sin človečji, prorokuj in ploskaj z roko ob roko; in dvojen bodi meč, trojen bodi meč, ki smrtno rani; morilni meč, veliki morilni meč je, ki jih obkroža.

¹⁵I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made bright, it is wrapped up for the slaughter.

¹⁵Nameril sem ost meča proti vsem njih vratom, da jim skopni srce in jih mnogo popada. Gorje! narejen je, da se bliska, priostrili so ga za morjenje.

¹⁶Go thee one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the left, whithersoever thy face is set.

¹⁶Mahaj zadaj, na desno, spredaj, na levo, kamorkoli je namerjena ostrica tvoja!

¹⁷I will also smite mine hands together, and I will cause my fury to rest: I the LORD have said it.

¹⁷Pa tudi jaz bom ploskal z roko ob roko, in potolažim srd svoj. Jaz, GOSPOD, sem govoril.

¹⁸The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying,

¹⁸Zopet mi pride beseda GOSPODOVA, govoreč:

¹⁹Also, thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come: both twain shall come forth out of one land: and choose thou a place, choose it at the head of the way to the city.

¹⁹In ti, sin človečji, napravi si dva pota, po katerih naj pride meč kralja babilonskega; iz ene dežele naj držita oba; in nariši kažipot, ob začetku pota v mesto ga nariši.

²⁰Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced.

²⁰Napravi pot, da bi prišel meč v Rabo sinov Amonovih in na Judovo v utrjeni Jeruzalem.

²¹For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver.

²¹Zakaj kralj babilonski se ustavi ob razpotju, ob začetku tistih dveh potov, da se posvetuje z vedeževanjem: pretresa pšice, vprašuje hišne malike, ogleduje jetra.

²²At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint battering rams against the gates, to cast a mount, and to build a fort.

²²V desnico njegovo pride vedeževanje „Jeruzalem!“, da naj nastavi zidolome, odpre usta, veleč moriti, povzdigne glas z bojnim vpitjem, nastavi zidolome zoper vrata, nanosi nasipe, zgradi obležne utrdbe.

²³And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their sight, to them that have sworn oaths: but he will call to remembrance the iniquity, that they may be taken.

²³In zdelo se jim bo, kakor da je lažnivo vedeževanje; s prisego so jim potrdili; a on napelje v spomin krivdo, da bi bili ujeti.

²⁴Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have made your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are discovered, so that in all your doings your sins do appear; because, I say, that ye are come to remembrance, ye shall be taken with the hand.

²⁴Zatorej pravi tako Gospod Jehova: Ker ste napeljali v spomin krivdo svojo s tem, da so se odkrili prestopki vaši, tako da se vidijo v vseh dejanjih vaših grehi vaši – ker ste prišli v spomin, boste ujeti z roko morilčevo.

²⁵And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end,

²⁵Ti pa, skrunilec svetega, brezbožnik, knez Izraelov, čigar dan je prišel ob času, ko se krivičnosti naredi konec,

²⁶Thus saith the Lord GOD; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high.

²⁶tako pravi Gospod Jehova: Snemite mu pokrivalo z glave, vzemite mu krono! Kar je, ne bode več tako. Nizko bodi povišano in visoko ponižano!

²⁷I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it him.

²⁷Uničim, uničim, uničim jo; tudi ta ne bode več – dokler ne pride, kateri ima pravico do nje: njemu jo dam.

²⁸And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning the Ammonites, and concerning their reproach; even say thou, The sword, the sword is drawn: for the slaughter it is furbished, to consume because of the glittering:

²⁸Ti pa, sin človečji, prorokuj in reci: Tako pravi Gospod Jehova zastran sinov Amonovih in zastran njih sramotenja, in reci: Meč, meč, izdrt v morjenje, poostren, da požira, da se bliska

²⁹Whiles they see vanity unto thee, whiles they divine a lie unto thee, to bring thee upon the necks of them that are slain, of the wicked, whose day is come, when their iniquity shall have an end.

²⁹(oni pa vidijo ničemurne prikazni zate, ti prorokujejo laži), da ga denejo na vratove skrunilcem svetega, brezbožnikom, katerih dan je prišel ob času, ko se krivičnosti naredi konec.

³⁰Shall I cause it to return into his sheath? I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity.

³⁰Vtakni ga zopet v nožnice svoje! Tam, kjer si bil ustvarjen, v rojstva tvojega deželi te bom sodil.

³¹And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee, I will blow against thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, and skilful to destroy.

³¹In izlijem srd svoj nadte, ogenj jeze svoje bom pihal zoper tebe; in dam te v roko ljudem živinskim, ki kujejo pogubo.Ognju bodeš v jed; kri tvoja bo sredi dežele; ne bo ti spomina več. Zakaj jaz, GOSPOD, sem govoril.

³²Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy blood shall be in the midst of the land; thou shalt be no more remembered: for I the LORD have spoken it.

³²Ognju bodeš v jed; kri tvoja bo sredi dežele; ne bo ti spomina več. Zakaj jaz, GOSPOD, sem govoril.