¹Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:

¹Sedaj pa poslušaj, Jakob, hlapec moj, in Izrael, ki sem ga izvolil.

²Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.

²Tako pravi GOSPOD, ki te je ustvaril in upodobil iz materinega telesa, ki ti pomaga: Ne boj se, hlapec maj Jakob, in Ješurun [T. j. poštenjak, pravičnik (ime Izraelu).], ki sem te izvolil.

³For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:

³Kajti vode razlijem čez žejno in potoke na suho; duha svojega razlijem na seme tvoje in blagoslov svoj na potomce tvoje.

⁴And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses.

⁴In razcveto se kakor med travo, kakor vrbe poleg vodotokov.

⁵One shall say, I am the LORD's; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel.

⁵Ta poreče: GOSPODOV sem! in oni proglasi ime Jakobovo za svoje; oni pa se zapiše z roko svojo GOSPODU, in častno ime mu bode Izrael.

⁶Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.

⁶Tako pravi GOSPOD, kralj Izraelov in odrešenik njegov, GOSPOD nad vojskami: Jaz sem prvi in jaz poslednji, in razen mene ni Boga.

⁷And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them.

⁷In kdo kakor jaz more oznanjati – naj torej oznani in mi po vrsti ražloži! – odkar sem ustanovil starodavno ljudstvo? Naj torej oznanijo, kar bode in kar se zgodi!

⁸Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.

⁸Ne plašite se in ne bojte se! Nisem li tega oddavnaj ti dal slišati in ti naznanil? in vi ste priče moje. Ali je Bog razen mene? Gotovo ni nobene Skale, ne poznam nobene.

⁹They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.

⁹Kateri izrezujejo podobe, so vsi ničemurneži, in njih ljubčki ne morejo koristiti; in kateri so malikom priče, ne vidijo ničesar in ne spoznavajo, da bi jih bilo sram.

¹⁰Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing?

¹⁰Kdo je kdaj upodobil boga in ulil podobo, da ne bi bil hotel nobene koristi?

¹¹Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together.

¹¹Glej, vsi, ki se družijo z malikom, bodo osramočeni, in podobarji so goli ljudje. Zbero naj se vsi in skup se postavijo: preplašeni, osramočeni bodo vsi skupaj.

¹²The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.

¹²Kovač napravlja sekiro in dela z žerjavico in s kladivi upodablja malika in ga obdelava s krepko roko svojo; strada tudi, da mu peša moč, ne pije vode, da onemore.

¹³The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house.

¹³Lesorezec potegne ravnalo, očrta s črtalom, izgladi s stružcem in nariše s šestilom, in ga naredi kakor podobo moža, kakor človeško lepoto, da prebiva v hiši.

¹⁴He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it.

¹⁴Poseka si cedro ali vzame graden ali hrast in si izbira med drevjem v gozdu; in ko je vsadil jesen in ga je dež vzredil,

¹⁵Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof, and warm himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread; yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto.

¹⁵tedaj je človeku v sežig, ker vzame od njega, da se ogreje, in zakuri ž njim, da speče kruh; naredi tudi iz njega boga in se mu klanja; napravi iz njega podobo in pada prednjo na tla.

¹⁶He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire:

¹⁶Polovico ga je požgal v ognju, pri polovici njegovi jé meso, peče pečenko in se siti; tudi greje se in pravi: Aha! ogrel sem se, čutim ogenj.

¹⁷And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image: he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou art my god.

¹⁷Iz ostanka njegovega naredi boga, podobo svojega malika, pada na tla pred njim ter se klanja in ga prosi, govoreč: Reši me, kajti bog mogočni si moj!

¹⁸They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.

¹⁸Ne spoznajo in ne razvidijo; zakaj zalepil jim je oči, da ne vidijo, in srca, da ne umejo.

¹⁹And none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?

¹⁹In nihče ne pomisli v srcu in nima spoznanja in razsodnosti, da bi rekel: Polovico njega sem požgal v ognju in tudi pri žerjavici njegovi sem pekel kruh, pekel meso in sem jedel; in kar je ostalo od njega, naj napravim v stvar ostudno? pred lesenim hlodom naj padam na tla?

²⁰He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?

²⁰S pepelom se pase, srce prevarano ga zapeljuje, da ne more rešiti duše svoje, niti ne reče: Ni li prevara v desnici moji?

²¹Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for thou art my servant: I have formed thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me.

²¹Spominjaj se tega, o Jakob, in Izrael, ker si hlapec moj. Upodobil sem te, hlapec si moj, Izrael, ne pozabim te.

²²I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.

²²Izbrisal sem kakor gost oblak prestopke tvoje in kakor meglo grehe tvoje. Vrni se k meni, kajti odkupil sem te.

²³Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.

²³Pojte, nebesa, zakaj GOSPOD je storil to! Ukajte, zemlje globočine, pojoč bobnite, gore, gozd in sleherno drevo v njem, zakaj GOSPOD je odkupil Jakoba in v Izraelu se oslavlja!

²⁴Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;

²⁴Tako pravi GOSPOD, odkupitelj tvoj in obrazovatelj tvoj iz materinega telesa: Jaz, GOSPOD, sem, ki delam vse: nebesa sem razpel sam, zemljo sem raztegnil – kdo je bil z menoj?

²⁵That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;

²⁵Jaz sem, ki uničujem znamenja lažnikov in iz vedeževalcev narejam neumneže, ki zavračam modre in abotno delam njih znanje;

²⁶That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed places thereof:

²⁶ki potrjujem hlapca svojega besedo in dovršujem poslancev njegovih sv?t, ki govorim o Jeruzalemu: Imel bo prebivalce! in o mestih Judovih: Zidala se bodo, in podrtine njegove postavim pokonci!

²⁷That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:

²⁷ki velim globočini: Posúši se, in reke tvoje posušim!ki velim Ciru: Pastir moj je, in dopolni vso voljo mojo, ko ukaže za Jeruzalem: Bodi sezidan! in za tempelj: Ustanovi se!

²⁸That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.

²⁸ki velim Ciru: Pastir moj je, in dopolni vso voljo mojo, ko ukaže za Jeruzalem: Bodi sezidan! in za tempelj: Ustanovi se!