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

¹In prišla mi je beseda GOSPODOVA, govoreč:

²Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman:

²Sin človečji, govori ljudstva svojega sinovom ter jim reci: Če pošljem meč nad deželo, ljudstvo dežele pa vzame koga izmed sebe in ga sebi postavi za čuvaja;

³If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;

³in če ta, videč meč prihajati nad deželo, zatrobenta in posvari ljudstvo:

⁴Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.

⁴kdorkoli bi slišal trobente glas, a se ne bi dal posvariti, njega pobere prišli meč, in njegova kri bodi na glavi njegovi.

⁵He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul.

⁵Glas trobente je slišal, pa se ni dal posvariti: njega kri bodi nad njim samim; kajti ko bi bil sprejel posvarilo bi si otel dušo.

⁶But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.

⁶Ako pa čuvaj vidi meč prihajati, a ne zatrobenta in ljudstvo ne bo posvarjeno, meč pa pride ter pobere koga izmed njih: ta bo vzet v krivici svoji, ali kri njegovo bom zahteval iz roke čuvajeve.

⁷So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.

⁷Tebe torej, sin človečji, sem postavil hiši Izraelovi za čuvaja, da bi jih, čujoč besedo iz mojih ust, svaril v mojem imenu.

⁸When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

⁸Ako rečem brezbožnemu: Brezbožnik, moraš umreti! ti pa ne govoriš, da bi posvaril in odvrnil brezbožnega s poti njegove: tedaj umrje on, brezbožnik, zaradi krivice svoje, ali kri njegovo bom zahteval iz tvoje roke.

⁹Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.

⁹Ako pa posvariš brezbožnega zavoljo poti njegove, da naj se obrne od nje, pa se ne obrne od poti svoje, on umrje zavoljo krivice svoje, ti pa si otel dušo svojo.

¹⁰Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live?

¹⁰Ti torej, sin človečji, govóri družini Izraelovi: Tako govorite in pravite: Prestopki naši in grehi naši leže na nas, in mi ginemo v njih; kako bi neki mogli živeti?

¹¹Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

¹¹Reci jim: Kakor res živim, govori Gospod Jehova, nikakor mi ni po volji smrt brezbožnikova, temuč da se brezbožnik obrne od svojega pota in živi. Obrnite se, obrnite se od hudobnih potov svojih! ker čemu bi hoteli mreti, o družina Izraelova?

¹²Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth.

¹²Ti pa, sin človečji, govori ljudstva svojega sinovom: Pravičnost pravičnega ga ne reši v dan, ko se pregreši; in vsled krivičnosti svoje ne pade brezbožnik v dan, ko se izpreobrne od krivičnosti; pravični pa ne bo mogel živeti po pravičnosti svoji v dan, ko bo grešil.

¹³When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it.

¹³Ko rečem pravičnemu, da bo gotovo živel, pa se zanaša na pravičnost svojo in počenja krivičnost: tedaj se ne bo spominjalo nobeno iz pravičnih del njegovih, temuč zaradi krivičnosti svoje, ki jo je storil, mora umreti.

¹⁴Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;

¹⁴Ako pa rečem brezbožnemu: Moraš umreti! in se izpreobrne od greha svojega in streže pravici in pravičnosti,

¹⁵If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.

¹⁵tako da povrne zastavo, kar je po sili vzel, prinese nazaj, ravna po postavah življenja, ne delajoč nič krivičnega; gotovo bo živel, ne umrje;

¹⁶None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.

¹⁶nobeden iz grehov njegovih, ki jih je zagrešil, se mu ne bo spominjal; pravici in pravičnosti je stregel: gotovo bo živel.

¹⁷Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.

¹⁷Toda ljudstva tvojega sinovi pravijo: Ni ravna pot Gospodova! ko vendar njih pot ni ravna.

¹⁸When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby.

¹⁸Ko se odvrne pravični od pravičnosti svoje in počenja krivičnost, umrje zategadelj.

¹⁹But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.

¹⁹In ko se odvrne brezbožni od krivičnosti svoje in streže pravici in pravičnosti, bo živel zaradi tega.

²⁰Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways.

²⁰A vi vendar pravite: Ni ravna pot Gospodova. Vsakega izmed vas bom sodil po potih njegovih, o družina Izraelova!

²¹And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten.

²¹In zgodilo se je v dvanajstem letu našega ujetništva, peti dan desetega meseca, da pride k meni ubežnik iz Jeruzalema in reče: Mesto je premagano!

²²Now the hand of the LORD was upon me in the evening, afore he that was escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb.

²²GOSPODOVA roka pa je prišla nadme zvečer, preden je ubežnik prišel; in odprl mi je usta, dokler ni prišel oni k meni zjutraj, in tako so bila usta moja odprta in nisem več molčal.

²³Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

²³In pride mi beseda GOSPODOVA, govoreč:

²⁴Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance.

²⁴Sin človečji, prebivalci tistih razvalin po zemlji Izraelovi govore in pravijo: Abraham je bil edinec in je dobil to deželo v posest; nas je pa veliko, nam je dežela dana v posest.

²⁵Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land?

²⁵Zatorej jim reci: Tako pravi Gospod Jehova: Jeste meso s krvjo in obračate oči h grdim malikom svojim ter prelivate kri, in vi naj bi posedli deželo?

²⁶Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbour's wife: and shall ye possess the land?

²⁶Zanašate se na svoj meč, gnusobe počenjate in oskrunjate ženo drug drugemu, in vi naj bi posedli deželo?

²⁷Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely they that are in the wastes shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that be in the forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.

²⁷Tole jim povej: Tako pravi Gospod Jehova: Kakor res živim, kateri bivajo v razvalinah, padejo pod mečem; in kdor je na polju, tega dam divjim zverinam v žrtje, in kateri so v trdnjavah in votlinah, pomrjejo za kugo.

²⁸For I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of her strength shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, that none shall pass through.

²⁸In storim deželo v puščavo in pustinjo, da preneha napuh moči njene; in opustošene bodo gore Izraelove, da nihče ne bo hodil po njih.

²⁹Then shall they know that I am the LORD, when I have laid the land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed.

²⁹Tedaj spoznajo, da sem jaz GOSPOD, ko storim deželo v puščavo in pustinjo zaradi vseh njih gnusob, ki so jih počenjali.

³⁰Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are talking against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the LORD.

³⁰Kar se pa tiče tebe, sin človečji, ljudstva tvojega sinovi se pogovarjajo o tebi ob zidovih in med hišnimi vrati in drug pravi drugemu, brat bratu: Pojdiva vendar in poslušajva, kakšna je beseda, ki prihaja od GOSPODA.

³¹And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.

³¹In hodijo k tebi, kakor ko se ljudstvo shaja, in sedé pred teboj kakor ljudstvo moje in poslušajo besede tvoje, pa ne delajo po njih; kajti ljubeznivo govore s svojimi usti, njih srce se pa žene za njih dobičkom.

³²And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not.

³²In glej, ti si jim kakor pesem o ljubezni, kakor če kdo zna lepo peti in sladko gosti: poslušajo besede tvoje, a ne delajo po njih.In kadar pride to (glej, že prihaja!), tedaj spoznajo, da je bil prorok med njimi.

³³And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come,) then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them.

³³In kadar pride to (glej, že prihaja!), tedaj spoznajo, da je bil prorok med njimi.