1Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations.
1Toda ne ostane v temi dežela, ki je sedaj v stiski. V prejšnjem času je v zaničevanje spravil deželo Zebulonovo in deželo Neftalijevo, a v poslednjem jo pripravi v čast, ono na poti k morju, onkraj Jordana, Galilejo poganov.
2The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
2Ljudstvo, ki je hodilo po temi, je videlo svetlobo veliko; in kateri so bivali v deželi smrtne sence, jim je zasijala luč.
3Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.
3Pomnožil si narod, povečal si mu veselje: veselé se pred teboj kakor v veselju ob žetvi in enako njim, ki se radujejo, ko plen delé.
4For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.
4Zakaj ti si zlomil bremena njegovega jarem in šibo za njegova pleča, palico zatiralca njegovega, kakor ob dnevi Madiana.
5For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire.
5Kajti vsako obuvalo tistih, ki obuti stopajo v bojnem hrupu, in vsaka okrvavljena obleka se sežge, bode za jed ognju.
6For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
6Zakaj dete nam je rojeno, sin nam je dan, in vladarstvo pride na ramo njegovo, in ime njegovo se bo imenovalo: Čudoviti, Svetovalec, Mogočni Bog, Oče večnosti, Knez miru.
7Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.
7Pomnoževanju njegovega vladarstva in miru ne bode konca na prestolu Davidovem in nad kraljestvom njegovim, da ga utrdi in podpre s pravico in pravičnostjo od tega časa do vekomaj. Gorečnost GOSPODA nad vojskami stori to.
8The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel.
8Besedo je poslal Gospod zoper Jakoba in je zadela Izraela.
9And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart,
9In vse ljudstvo jo bo spoznalo, Efraim in prebivalci v Samariji, ki govore s ponosnim in prevzetnim srcem:
10The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.
10Opeka je razpadla, ali zidali bomo iz rezanega kamena, posekane so divje smokve, ali nadomestimo jih s cedrami.
11Therefore the LORD shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together;
11A GOSPOD povzdigne zoper njega nasprotnike Rezinove in razdraži sovražnike njegove:
12The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
12Sirce od vzhoda in Filistejce od zahoda, da požro Izraela na vsa usta. Pri vsem tem se ne odvrne jeza Njegova, a še je roka Njegova iztegnjena.
13For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the LORD of hosts.
13A to ljudstvo se ni obrnilo k njemu, ki ga tepe, in niso iskali GOSPODA nad vojskami.
14Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.
14Zato bo GOSPOD odsekal Izraelu glavo in rep, vejevje palmovo in bičje na en dan.
15The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.
15Starček in imenitnik je glava, prorok pa, ki uči krivo, je rep.
16For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.
16Kajti voditelji tega ljudstva so zapeljivci in ti, katere vodijo, so pogubljeni.
17Therefore the LORD shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
17Zato se mladeničev njegovih ne bo radoval Gospod in ne bo se usmilil sirot in vdov njegovih; zakaj vsi vkup so hinavci in hudobneži in vsaka usta govore budalost. Pri vsem tem se ne odvrne jeza Njegova, a še je roka Njegova iztegnjena.
18For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke.
18Kajti krivičnost se je vnela kakor ogenj, pokončava trnje in grmovje, požiga gosto drevje v gozdu, vije se navzgor v debelih oblakih dima.
19Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts is the land darkened, and the people shall be as the fuel of the fire: no man shall spare his brother.
19Od srda GOSPODA nad vojskami je zemlja požgana, tudi ljudstvo je kakor paša ognju; nihče ne prizanaša bratu svojemu.
20And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm:
20Požirajo na desno, pa vendar so lačni, in jedo na levo, pa vendar niso siti. Vsak jé svoje rame meso:Manase Efraima in Efraim Manaseja, in oba skupaj sta zoper Judo. Pri vsem tem se ne odvrne jeza Njegova, a še je roka Njegova iztegnjena.
21Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh: and they together shall be against Judah. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
21Manase Efraima in Efraim Manaseja, in oba skupaj sta zoper Judo. Pri vsem tem se ne odvrne jeza Njegova, a še je roka Njegova iztegnjena.