¹Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:

¹Poslušajte to besedo, ki jo vam govori GOSPOD, o hiša Izraelova!

²Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.

²Tako pravi GOSPOD: Ne učite se pota poganskih narodov in ne plašite se znamenj nebeških, ker se jih plašijo tisti narodi.

³For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.

³Kajti postave ljudstev so ničemurnost; zakaj samo les je, ki ga kdo poseka v gozdu, delo roke in sekire umetnikove.

⁴They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.

⁴Naredi ga lepega s srebrom in zlatom; pritrdijo ga z žeblji in kladivi, da se ne zvrne.

⁵They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.

⁵Kakor ostrugani stebri so maliki, še govore ne; nositi jih je treba, ker ne morejo hoditi. Ne bojte se jih, ker ne morejo storiti hudega, tudi dobro delati ni v njih moči.

⁶Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.

⁶Prav nihče ni tebi enak, o Jehova; ti si velik in veliko je ime tvoje v moči.

⁷Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.

⁷Kdo bi se te ne bal, o Kralj narodov! ker tebi se spodobi. Zakaj med vsemi modrimi pri narodih in v vseh njih kraljestvih ni nobeden tebi enak,

⁸But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.

⁸temuč vsi skupaj so nespametni in trapasti. Pouk malikov je njim enak: les.

⁹Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men.

⁹Srebrne ploščice vozijo iz Tarsisa in zlato iz Ufaza, delo umetnikov iz rok topilčevih; višnjevo in rdeče jim napravljajo oblačilo, delo umetnikov so vsi.

¹⁰But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.

¹⁰GOSPOD pa je Bog v resnici, živi Bog in kralj večni; od jeze njegove se trese zemlja, in narodi ne morejo prenašati nevolje njegove.

¹¹Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.

¹¹Tako jim recite: Bogovi, ki niso ustvarili nebes in zemlje, izginejo iznad zemlje in izpod neba.

¹²He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.

¹²On je naredil zemljo s krepostjo svojo, ustanovil vesoljni svet z modrostjo svojo in z razumnostjo svojo je razpel nebesa.

¹³When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.

¹³Ko se on oglaša, nastane šum voda na nebu; on vzdiguje sopare od krajev zemlje, bliske dela za dež in pripeljava veter iz zakladnic svojih.

¹⁴Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

¹⁴Nespameten je postal vsak človek, je brez spoznanja; vsak zlatar se osramočuje z mališko podobo; kajti lažniva je ulita podoba njegova in sape ni v nobeni med njimi.

¹⁵They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

¹⁵Ničemurnost so, smeha vredno delo; ob času njih obiskovanja poginejo.

¹⁶The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts is his name.

¹⁶Njim ni podoben on, ki je Jakobov delež; kajti on je upodobil vse, in Izrael je rod posesti njegove: GOSPOD nad vojskami je ime njegovo.

¹⁷Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress.

¹⁷Poberi iz dežele blago svoje ti, ki sediš v oblegi!

¹⁸For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this once, and will distress them, that they may find it so.

¹⁸Kajti tako pravi GOSPOD: Glej, jaz bom s pračo ven pometal prebivalce te dežele in jih stiskal, da bodo čutili. –

¹⁹Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous; but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it.

¹⁹Gorje mi zavoljo nadloge moje! Skeleča je rana moja. Toda pravim: Res, to je trpljenje moje, moram ga pretrpeti.

²⁰My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth of me, and they are not: there is none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.

²⁰Šator moj je razdejan in vse vrvi moje pretrgane; otroci moji so šli od mene in ni jih več; nihče ne razpenja več šatora mojega in nanj ne razveša mojih preprog.

²¹For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.

²¹Kajti pastirji so postali nespametni in se niso posvetovali z GOSPODOM: zato niso imeli sreče, in vsa njih čreda se je razkropila. –

²²Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons.

²²Čuj, kaj se sliši: glej, on prihaja, in velik hrup iz severne dežele, da se naredi iz mest Judovih puščava, prebivališče šakalov. –

²³O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.

²³Vem, o GOSPOD, da ni človeku v oblasti pot njegova, ne v moči moža, kako naj hodi in ravna stopinje svoje.

²⁴O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.

²⁴Kaznuj me, GOSPOD, ali zmerno, ne v jezi svoji, da me ne uničiš.Razlij srd svoj nad narode, ki te ne spoznavajo, in nad rodove, ki ne kličejo tvojega imena; kajti pojedli so Jakoba in ga požrli ter ga pokončali in opustošili prebivališče njegovo.

²⁵Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate.

²⁵Razlij srd svoj nad narode, ki te ne spoznavajo, in nad rodove, ki ne kličejo tvojega imena; kajti pojedli so Jakoba in ga požrli ter ga pokončali in opustošili prebivališče njegovo.