¹Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD.

¹Prepevaj, nerodovitna, ki nisi rodila; vdaj se radosti in glasno vpij, ki nisi trpela porodnih bolečin! zakaj več sinov bo imela zapuščena nego omožena, pravi GOSPOD.

²Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;

²Razširi prostor šatora svojega in pregrinjala stanov tvojih naj raztegnejo, ne brani! Podaljšaj vrvi svoje in kole svoje pritrdi!

³For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.

³Kajti na desno in na levo prodereš in seme tvoje podeduje narode in opustošena mesta napolni z ljudmi.

⁴Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.

⁴Ne boj se, ker ne boš osramočena, in ne bodi oblita z nečastjo, ker ne prideš v sramoto; temuč sramoto mladosti svoje pozabiš in vdovstva svojega nečasti se ne boš več spominjala.

⁵For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.

⁵Kajti soprog tvoj je on, ki te je ustvaril, GOSPOD nad vojskami je ime njegovo; in odrešenik tvoj je Svetnik Izraelov; Bog vse zemlje se bo imenoval.

⁶For the LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God.

⁶Zakaj kakor ženo zapuščeno, žalostno v srcu te pokliče GOSPOD, kakor ženo mladosti, ko je zavržena, pravi Bog tvoj.

⁷For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.

⁷Za kratek trenotek sem te bil zapustil, ali zberem te z usmiljenjem velikim;

⁸In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer.

⁸v nekolikem srdu sem bil za trenotek skril obličje svoje pred teboj, ali v večni milosti se te usmilim, govori GOSPOD, odrešenik tvoj.

⁹For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.

⁹Kajti kakor vode Noetove mi je to: kakor sem prisegel, da ne pridejo več vode Noetove na zemljo, tako sem prisegel, da se ne razsrdim zoper tebe in te ne pokaram.

¹⁰For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.

¹⁰Kajti gore se bodo pač umeknile in hribi se genili, a milost moja se ne umakne od tebe in miru mojega zaveza se ne gane, govori GOSPOD, milostnik tvoj.

¹¹O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.

¹¹O ubožica, ki te preganjajo nevihte, ki nimaš tolažbe! glej, jaz položim kamene tvoje v svinčeni sijajnik in v podstavo ti denem safire;

¹²And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.

¹²in iz rubina naredim line tvoje in vrata tvoja iz ognjencev in vso mejo tvojo iz milovidnih kamenov.

¹³And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children.

¹³In vsi otroci tvoji bodo učenci GOSPODOVI in obilen mir bode otrokom tvojim.

¹⁴In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee.

¹⁴Po pravičnosti boš utrjena. Daleč se umakni bridkosti, ker se ti ni ničesar bati, in strahu, ker se ti ne bo bližal.

¹⁵Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake.

¹⁵Glej, čeprav se zbirajo zoper tebe, to ni od mene; kdor se zbira zoper tebe, pade ob tebi.

¹⁶Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.

¹⁶Glej, jaz sem ustvaril kovača, ki piha v goreče oglje in nareja orodje za delo svoje; enako sem jaz ustvaril morilca, da pokončuje.Nobeno orodje, narejeno zoper tebe, ne bo imelo uspeha, in sleherni jezik, ki se postavi zoper tebe na sodbo, obsodiš. To je dediščina hlapcev GOSPODOVIH in njih pravičnost, ki prihaja od mene, govori GOSPOD.

¹⁷No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.

¹⁷Nobeno orodje, narejeno zoper tebe, ne bo imelo uspeha, in sleherni jezik, ki se postavi zoper tebe na sodbo, obsodiš. To je dediščina hlapcev GOSPODOVIH in njih pravičnost, ki prihaja od mene, govori GOSPOD.