¹The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.

¹Prorokovanje o morski puščavi. Kakor besné silni viharji na Jugu, tako pride poguba iz puščave, iz grozovite dežele.

²A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.

²Prikazen trda se mi poroča: „Nezvestnik ravna nezvesto in pokončevalec pokončuje. Idi gori, Elam! oblezite ga, o Medi! Vsemu zdihovanju pred njim storim konec.“

³Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.

³Vsled tega so ledja moja polna bolečine, muke me popadajo kakor muke porodnice; krč me vije, da ne slišim, prestrašen sem, da ne vidim.

⁴My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.

⁴Srce mi divje polje, groza me plaši; mrak, ki sem ga želel, mi je napravil trepetanje.

⁵Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield.

⁵Pripravljajo mizo, postavljajo stražo, jedo, pijejo... „Vstanite, o knezi, mažite ščit!“ –

⁶For thus hath the LORD said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.

⁶Kajti tako mi je velel Gospod: Pojdi, postavi pazuna; kar bo videl, naj naznani!

⁷And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed:

⁷In videl je vozove, dvojne jahače, jezdece na oslih in jezdece na velblodih. In poslušal je napeto, z največjo pozornostjo,

⁸And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:

⁸in je zavpil kakor lev: Gospod, na stražnem stolpu vedno stojim po dnevi in pazeč postajam cele noči;

⁹And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.

⁹in glej, v tem prihaja truma mož, dvojni jahači... In je izpregovoril, rekoč: „Padel je, padel Babilon, in vse izdolbene podobe bogov njegovih je treščil ob tla!“

¹⁰O my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have heard of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you.

¹⁰O mlatev moja in žito gumna mojega! Kar sem slišal od GOSPODA nad vojskami, Boga Izraelovega, sem vam oznanil.

¹¹The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?

¹¹Prorokovanje o Dumi. K meni kličejo iz Seira: Čuvaj, mine li skoraj noč? Čuvaj, mine li skoraj noč?

¹²The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come.

¹²Čuvaj pravi: Pride jutro, pa tudi noč. Če hočete vpraševati, vprašajte; vrnite se, pridite!

¹³The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim.

¹³Prokovanje o Arabiji. Po gozdih v Arabiji boste prenočevale, o potujoče čete Dedancev!

¹⁴The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled.

¹⁴Prinesite žejnemu naproti vode! Prebivalci Temske pokrajine naj postrežejo s kruhom ubežniku!

¹⁵For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.

¹⁵Kajti beže zaradi mečev, pred potegnjenim mečem in pred napetim lokom in pred nadlogami vojne.

¹⁶For thus hath the LORD said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:

¹⁶Zakaj tako mi je dejal Gospod: V enem letu, kakor so leta najemnikova, propade vsa slava kedarska.In preostalo število lokostrelcev junakov in sinov kedarskih bode neznatno; kajti Jehova, Bog Izraelov, je govoril to.

¹⁷And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel hath spoken it.

¹⁷In preostalo število lokostrelcev junakov in sinov kedarskih bode neznatno; kajti Jehova, Bog Izraelov, je govoril to.