¹Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?

¹Pravičen ostaneš, o GOSPOD, ko bi se hotel prepirati s teboj; vendar si drznem govoriti o pravdi s teboj: Zakaj je uspešna pot brezbožnih? zakaj žive v blaginji, katerikoli delajo nezvesto?

²Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins.

²Sadil si jih, in so se tudi ukoreninili; rasto, pa tudi dajó sad. V njih ustih si blizu, a daleč od njih ledic.

³But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.

³Ali ti, o GOSPOD, me poznaš, vidiš v me in izkušaš srce moje, kakšno je do tebe. Zvleci jih kakor ovce v klanje in pripravi jih za dan moritve!

⁴How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end.

⁴Doklej naj žaluje dežela in vene rastlina po vsem polju? Od hudobnosti prebivalcev njenih peša živina in ptiči, ker govore: Ne vidi našega konca.

⁵If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?

⁵Ko si tekel s pešci in so te utrudili, kako torej bi se poskušal s konji? In ako se počutiš varnega v deželi miru, kaj boš počel ob veličju Jordanovem?

⁶For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a multitude after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee.

⁶Zakaj tudi bratje tvoji in očeta tvojega družina, tudi oni ravnajo nezvesto proti tebi, tudi oni vpijejo glasno za teboj. Ne veruj jim, čeprav te ogovarjajo prijazno.

⁷I have forsaken mine house, I have left mine heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.

⁷Zapustil sem hišo svojo, zavrgel dediščino svojo; izdal sem njo, ki jo je ljubila duša moja, v roko sovražnikov njenih.

⁸Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it.

⁸Dediščina moja mi je postala kakor lev v gozdu: zoper mene je zagnala svoj glas, zato jo sovražim.

⁹Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the birds round about are against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, come to devour.

⁹Je li mi dediščina moja kakor pisana ropna ptica, da so roparice kroginkrog zoper njo? Pojdite, zberite vse zveri v gozdu, storite, da pridejo požirat!

¹⁰Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.

¹⁰Mnogi pastirji so pokončali moj vinograd, poteptali delež moj, naredili so zaželjeni delež moj v prepusto puščavo.

¹¹They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourneth unto me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart.

¹¹Naredili so jo v pustinjo, žaluje po meni, opustošena. Vsa dežela je opustošena, ker ni nikogar, da bi premislil v srcu.

¹²The spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of the LORD shall devour from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace.

¹²Na vse gole griče po puščavi so prišli razdejalci; kajti meč GOSPODOV pokončava od kraja do kraja zemlje: miru ne bo imelo nobeno meso.

¹³They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put themselves to pain, but shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the LORD.

¹³Posejali so pšenico, in želi trnje; upehali so se, a nič prida niso opravili. Tako boste osramočeni pri pridelkih svojih zavoljo goreče jeze GOSPODOVE.

¹⁴Thus saith the LORD against all mine evil neighbours, that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit; Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, and pluck out the house of Judah from among them.

¹⁴Tako pravi GOSPOD o vseh hudobnih sosedih mojih, ki se dotikajo dediščine, katero sem v last dal ljudstvu svojemu Izraelu: Glej, jaz jih izpulim iz njih dežele in družino Judovo izpulim izmed njih.

¹⁵And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them out I will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land.

¹⁵In zgodi se, ko jih izpulim, da se jih zopet usmilim in vsakega izmed njih pripeljem nazaj v njegovo dediščino in vsakega v deželo njegovo.

¹⁶And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, The LORD liveth; as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built in the midst of my people.

¹⁶Zgodi se tudi, če se bodo pridno učili poti ljudstva mojega, da bi prisegali pri mojem imenu: Kakor resnično GOSPOD živi! kakor so moje ljudstvo učili prisegati pri Baalu: tedaj se ustanové sredi mojega ljudstva.Ako pa ne bodo poslušali, tedaj izpulim tisti narod, izpulim ga in pokončam, govori GOSPOD.

¹⁷But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith the LORD.

¹⁷Ako pa ne bodo poslušali, tedaj izpulim tisti narod, izpulim ga in pokončam, govori GOSPOD.