¹Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.

¹Čujte besedo GOSPODOVO, sinovi Izraelovi! Kajti GOSPOD ima pravdo s prebivalci dežele, ker ni resnice in ni usmiljenja in ni spoznanja Božjega v deželi.

²By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

²Kletje je tu samo in laž in umor in tatvina in prešeštvovanje; nasilstvo počenjajo in kri za kri prelivajo.

³Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.

³Zato žaluje dežela in medli vse, kar prebiva v njej, i zverine na polju i ptice pod nebom, in tudi ribe v morju ginejo.

⁴Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.

⁴Samo da jih nihče ne dolži in nihče ne kara! Kajti z ljudstvom tvojim je kakor ž njimi, ki se prepirajo z duhovnikom.

⁵Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother.

⁵In padeš po dnevi in tudi prorok pade s teboj po noči; in uničim mater tvojo.

⁶My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.

⁶Uničuje se ljudstvo moje, ker nima spoznanja; ker si ti zavrgel spoznanje, te tudi jaz zavržem, da mi ne bodeš duhovnik; ker si pozabil svojega Boga postavo, pozabim tudi jaz otroke tvoje.

⁷As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame.

⁷Kolikor bolj so se množili, tem bolj so grešili zoper mene: njih slavo izpremenim v sramoto.

⁸They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.

⁸Ljudstva mojega daritve za greh uživajo in hlepé po njega krivici.

⁹And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.

⁹In bode kakor ljudstvo tako duhovnik; in kaznoval jih bom za njih poti in jim poplačam njih dejanja.

¹⁰For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the LORD.

¹⁰In jedli bodo, pa se ne nasitijo, nečistovali bodo, pa se ne pomnože, ker so zapustili GOSPODA, da ne bi ga imeli v čislih.

¹¹Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.

¹¹Nečistost in vino in mošt jemljejo pamet.

¹²My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.

¹²Ljudstvo moje vprašuje za svet svoj les, in palica njegova naj mu napoveduje; kajti duh nečistosti ga je zapeljal, in nečistujejo, ko so opustili Boga svojega.

¹³They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery.

¹³Po vrhovih gorá darujejo in po hribih žgo kadilo, pod hrastom in topolom in terebinto, ker je prijetna njih senca; zato nečistujejo hčere vaše in snahe vaše prešeštvujejo.

¹⁴I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall.

¹⁴Ne morem kaznovati hčeri vaših, da nečistujejo, ne snah vaših, da prešeštvujejo, ker vi sami hodite v stran z nečistnicami in darujete skup z ljubodejkami; in ljudstvo, ki je brez razuma, se pogubi.

¹⁵Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor swear, The LORD liveth.

¹⁵Ako nečistuješ ti, Izrael, vsaj Juda naj ne greši! In ne hodite v Gilgal ter ne potujte gori v Betaven, tudi ne prisegajte: Res kakor GOSPOD živi!

¹⁶For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.

¹⁶Kajti Izrael se je upiral kakor neukročena junica; sedaj jih bo GOSPOD pasel kakor jagnje na široki planjavi.

¹⁷Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.

¹⁷Efraim se je združil z maliki – pústi ga!

¹⁸Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers with shame do love, Give ye.

¹⁸Njih pijača se je izpridila; vedno in vedno nečistujejo; strastno ljubijo sramoto zaščitniki njegovi.Zajel jih je veter s perutmi svojimi, in osramočeni bodo zavoljo daritev svojih.

¹⁹The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.

¹⁹Zajel jih je veter s perutmi svojimi, in osramočeni bodo zavoljo daritev svojih.