1Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!
1Gorje njim, ki gredo doli v Egipt po pomoč in se opirajo na konje, ki zaupajo vozém, ker jih je mnogo, in konjikom, ker je njih število veliko, a ne ozirajo se v Svetnika Izraelovega in ne iščejo GOSPODA!
2Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.
2Ali tudi On je moder, in pošlje nesrečo in ne dopusti, da bi se premeknile besede njegove, ampak vzpne se nad hišo hudodelnikov in nad pomoč njih, ki delajo krivico.
3Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together.
3Egipčan pa je človek in ne Bog mogočni, in njih konji so meso, ne pa duh; in ko iztegne GOSPOD roko svojo, se zgrudi pomočnik in podpiranec pade, in skupaj poginejo ti vsi.
4For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.
4Kajti tako mi pravi GOSPOD: Kakor lev in levič rjoveta pri plenu svojem, ko se skliče zoper nju množica pastirjev, in se ne ustrašita njih glasu in se ne vdasta zaradi njih ropotanja: tako pride doli GOSPOD nad vojskami vojskovat se na gori Sionski in na višavi njeni.
5As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it.
5Kakor ptiči mahljajo s perutmi, tako bo GOSPOD nad vojskami branil Jeruzalem, branil ga bo in otel, prizanesel mu in ga oprostil.
6Turn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted.
6Povrnite se k njemu, od katerega ste tako daleč zašli, sinovi Izraelovi!
7For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin.
7Kajti tisti dan zavržejo vsak svoje malike srebrne in zlate malike svoje, ki so vam jih vaše roke naredile v greh.
8Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited.
8Tedaj pade Asirec pod mečem, pa ne moževim, in ugonobi ga meč, pa ne človeški; in bežal bo v strahu pred mečem, in mladeniči njegovi bodo sužnji.In skala njegova izgine od groze in knezi njegovi bodo potrti spričo prapora, govori GOSPOD, ki ima svoj ogenj na Sionu in svojo peč v Jeruzalemu.
9And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.
9In skala njegova izgine od groze in knezi njegovi bodo potrti spričo prapora, govori GOSPOD, ki ima svoj ogenj na Sionu in svojo peč v Jeruzalemu.