¹Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:

¹Gorje sinom upornim, pravi GOSPOD, ki delajo naklepe, ali ne iz mene, in narejajo pogodbe, ali ne po duhu mojem, da bi kopičili greh na greh!

²That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!

²ki se napotujejo doli v Egipt, a niso poprašali ust mojih, da se okrepčajo z močjo Faraonovo in si oskrbe zavetje v senci Egipta!

³Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.

³Zato vam bode moč Faraonova v sramoto in zavetje v senci Egipta v nečast.

⁴For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.

⁴Ko bodo v Zoanu knezi Judovi in pridejo poslanci njegovi v Hanes,

⁵They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, nor be an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.

⁵vsi se bodo sramovali ljudstva, ki jim ne more koristiti, ki jim ni v pomoč, ne v korist, temuč v sramoto in zasmeh.

⁶The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.

⁶Prorokovanje o živini na jugu. Skozi deželo stiske in nadloge, odkoder so levinja in lev, gad in ognjena kača leteča, poneso na oslovskih plečih bogastvo svoje in na grbah velblodov zaklade svoje k ljudstvu, ki jim nič ne koristi.

⁷For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still.

⁷Kajti Egipt bo ničevo pomagal in brez uspeha. Zato ga imenujem Rahab, ki mirno sedi.

⁸Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:

⁸Sedaj pojdi, zapiši to na desko vpričo njih in v knjigo začrkaj to, da bode za prihodnji čas, v pričevanje na vekomaj.

⁹That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD:

⁹Zakaj to je uporno ljudstvo, otroci lažnivi, otroci, ki nočejo poslušati postave GOSPODOVE;

¹⁰Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:

¹⁰ki velevajo videčim: Ne vidite! in gledalcem prikazni: Ne prorokujte nam, kar je prav! govorite nam dobrikavo, vidite varljive nam prikazni!

¹¹Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.

¹¹Zapustite pot, krenite s steze, dejte, da se umakne nam izpred obličja Svetnik Izraelov!

¹²Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon:

¹²Zatorej pravi tako Svetnik Izraelov: Ker zametate to besedo, a se zanašate na zatiranje in napačno vedenje ter se opirate nanje,

¹³Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.

¹³zato vam bode tista krivičnost kakor razpoka v zidu, ki že hoče pasti, kakor izpah v visokem zidu, ki se nagloma, mahoma podere.

¹⁴And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters' vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withal out of the pit.

¹⁴In zdrobi ga, kakor se zdrobi posoda lončarjeva, ki jo človek razbije brez usmiljenja, in od katere, ko je razbita, ni najti čepinje, da se ž njo vzame ogenj z ognjišča ali se zajme voda iz luže.

¹⁵For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.

¹⁵Kajti tako pravi Gospod Jehova, Svetnik Izraelov: Če se vrnete in bodete pokojni, boste rešeni, v mirovanju in upanju bode vaša moč. Ali niste hoteli,

¹⁶But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.

¹⁶temuč ste rekli: „Nikakor, kajti sedeč na konjih bomo bežali!“ zato boste bežali; in: „Na brzih živalih bomo jezdili!“ zato vas bodo preganjalci vaši prehiteli.

¹⁷One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill.

¹⁷Tisoč vas bo bežalo pred grožnjo enega, pred grožnjo petih boste bežali vsi, dokler ne ostanete kakor kol na vrhu gore in kakor praporec na griču.

¹⁸And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.

¹⁸In zato bo GOSPOD odlašal storiti vam milost in zato se umakne v višavo, preden se vas usmili; kajti GOSPOD je Bog sodbe. Blagor jim vsem, ki ga čakajo!

¹⁹For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee.

¹⁹Zakaj ljudstvo bo prebivalo na Sionu, v Jeruzalemu; ne boš se nikdar več jokalo, gotovo ti stori milost na glas vpitja tvojega: kakor hitro te začuje, ti odgovori.

²⁰And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers:

²⁰Dal vam bo res Gospod stiske kruh in vodo nadloge; a učitelji tvoji se ne bodo več skrivali, temuč oči tvoje bodo videle učitelje svoje

²¹And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.

²¹in ušesa tvoja bodo slišala, ko krenete na desno ali na levo, besedo zadaj za teboj govorečih: To je tisti pot, hodite po njem!

²²Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.

²²In oskrunili boste prevleko svojih rezanih podob iz srebra in obleko svojih ulitih podob iz zlata; in jih proč vržeš kakor skrunobo: „Poberi se!“ porečeš jim vsem.

²³Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.

²³Tedaj bo dal dežja setvi tvoji, s katero poseješ zemljo, in kruha kot pridelek zemlje, in ta bode obilen in tečen. Črede tvoje se bodo pasle tisti dan po pašniku širokem;

²⁴The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall eat clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan.

²⁴in voli in osliči, ki obdelujejo zemljišče, bodo jedli osoljeno zmes, ki je prevejana z velnico in rešetom.

²⁵And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill, rivers and streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.

²⁵In na vsaki visoki gori in na vsakem griču vzvišenem bodo potoki in reke vodá ob dnevi velikega klanja, ko bodo padali stolpi.

²⁶Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.

²⁶In lune svetloba bode kakor solnca svetloba, solnčna svetloba pa bode sedemkrat močnejša, kakor sedmih dni svetloba, tisti dan, ko GOSPOD obveže poškodbo ljudstva svojega in ozdravi vsekane mu rane.

²⁷Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire:

²⁷Glej, ime GOSPODOVO prihaja iz daljave. Jeza njegova gorí in gost dim se vzdiguje; ustne njegove so polne nevolje in jezik njegov je kakor uničujoč ogenj;

²⁸And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err.

²⁸in dih njegov je kakor poplavljajoč hudournik, ki sega prav do grla, da bi presejal narode na situ ničemurnosti in dejal uzdo, v zmotnjavo vodečo, ljudstvom na čeljusti.

²⁹Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel.

²⁹Vi pa boste peli kakor v noči, ko se posvečuje praznik, in srčno se veselili kakor tisti, ki gredo s piščaljo, da stopijo na goro GOSPODOVO, k Skali Izraelovi.

³⁰And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones.

³⁰In GOSPOD stori, da se začuje glasa njegovega veličastvo, in pokaže ramo svojo iztegnjeno z ljuto togoto in s plamenom požrešnega ognja, s povodnijo in z viharjem in s kameneno točo.

³¹For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten down, which smote with a rod.

³¹Kajti po glasu GOSPODOVEM bo potrt Asirec, ki je bil vajen tepsti s šibo.

³²And in every place where the grounded staff shall pass, which the LORD shall lay upon him, it shall be with tabrets and harps: and in battles of shaking will he fight with it.

³²In vsak udarec določene šibe, ki bo ž njo švigal GOSPOD po njem, se bo godil med glasom bobnov in strun; in mahaje z ramo proti njemu, se bo bojeval ž njim.Zakaj pripravljen je že oddavna pogube kraj [Hebr. Tofet.]; ta je tudi kralju samemu namenjen: globokega in širokega so ga naredili, v grmadi njegovi je ognja in drv obilo; dih GOSPODOV jo zapali kakor s hudournikom žveplenim.

³³For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.

³³Zakaj pripravljen je že oddavna pogube kraj [Hebr. Tofet.]; ta je tudi kralju samemu namenjen: globokega in širokega so ga naredili, v grmadi njegovi je ognja in drv obilo; dih GOSPODOV jo zapali kakor s hudournikom žveplenim.