¹The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.

¹Pravični gine, a nihče ne premisli v srcu, in z milostjo obdarovane pobira smrt, a nihče se ne zmeni, da se izpred nesreče pobira pravični.

²He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.

²V pokoj gre pravični; počivajo na ležiščih svojih, katerikoli hodijo v poštenosti svoji.

³But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore.

³Vi pa, približajte se, vražarice otroci, prešeštnika in nečistnice zarod!

⁴Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood.

⁴Zoper koga se razveseljujete? komu se režite in kažete jezik? Ali niste rojeni v grehu, niste li seme lažnivo,

⁵Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?

⁵ki se razvnemate za malike pod slehernim drevesom zelenečim, ki koljete otročiče po dolinah, pod skalnimi razpokami?

⁶Among the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion; they, they are thy lot: even to them hast thou poured a drink offering, thou hast offered a meat offering. Should I receive comfort in these?

⁶Med gladkimi kameni v potoku je tvoj del, nečistnica; oni, oni so delež tvoj; tudi njim si izlivala pitno daritev, darovala jedilno daritev. Ali naj se za to potolažim?

⁷Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.

⁷Na visoki, vzvišeni gori si napravila ležišče svoje; tudi si hodila tja gori opravljat daritev.

⁸Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy remembrance: for thou hast discovered thyself to another than me, and art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee a covenant with them; thou lovedst their bed where thou sawest it.

⁸In za vrati in za podbojem si postavila spomenik svoj. Kajti izneverila si se meni in si šla gori razkrit se, razširila si ležišče svoje in izgovorila sebi plačilo od njih; rada si se družila ž njimi, ozirala se po njih migljaju.

⁹And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thyself even unto hell.

⁹In hodila si h kralju z oljem in mnogo si rabila dišeča mazila, in pošiljala si poslance svoje daleč in se poniževala prav do pekla.

¹⁰Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; yet saidst thou not, There is no hope: thou hast found the life of thine hand; therefore thou wast not grieved.

¹⁰Na svojih mnogih potih si bila trudna, a nisi rekla: Zaman je! Poživila se je moč tvoja, zato nisi opešala.

¹¹And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not?

¹¹In koga si se plašila in bala, da si se lagala in se nisi spominjala mene, ne premislila tega v srcu? Nisem li jaz molčal, in to od nekdaj? in mene se nisi bala.

¹²I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.

¹²Jaz razglasim pravičnost tvojo in dela tvoja, nič ti ne bodo koristila.

¹³When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind shall carry them all away; vanity shall take them: but he that putteth his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain;

¹³Ko boš vpila, naj te rešijo zbrani maliki tvoji! toda nje vse pobere veter, sapa jih odnese. Kdor pa se zateka k meni, dobi deželo v last in podeduje goro svetosti moje.

¹⁴And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.

¹⁴In govorili bodo: Nasipajte, nasipajte, napravite pot, odpravite vsako spotiko s pota ljudstva mojega!

¹⁵For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

¹⁵Zakaj tako pravi Visoki in Vzvišeni, ki prebiva v večnosti in ki mu je ime Sveti: Na višavi in v svetišču prebivam, tudi ž njim, ki je potrtega in ponižanega duha, da oživim duha ponižanih in oživim srce potrtih.

¹⁶For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.

¹⁶Kajti vekomaj se ne bom prepiral in brezkončno se ne srdil, ker bi njih duh onemogel pred obličjem mojim in duše, ki jih sem jaz ustvaril.

¹⁷For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.

¹⁷Zaradi krivične dobičkoželjnosti njegove sem se razsrdil in ga udaril, skril sem se in se srdil; on pa se je tem bolj odvrnil po srca svojega potu.

¹⁸I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.

¹⁸Pota njegova vidim, ali ozdravim ga; in vodil ga bom in dajal tolažbe njemu in žalujočim njegovim.

¹⁹I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him.

¹⁹Ustvarjam sad ustnic: Mir, mir njemu, ki je daleč, in njemu, ki je blizu, pravi GOSPOD; in hočem ga ozdraviti.

²⁰But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.

²⁰Brezbožni pa so kakor morje razdraženo: mirovati ne more in vode njegove izmetavajo blato in nesnago.Ni ga miru, pravi Bog moj, brezbožnim.

²¹There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.

²¹Ni ga miru, pravi Bog moj, brezbožnim.