¹Thus saith the LORD unto me, Go and get thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water.

¹Tako mi je velel GOSPOD: Pojdi in si kupi prten pas in opaši ž njim ledja svoja, ali v vodo ga ne deni.

²So I got a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put it on my loins.

²Torej sem po besedi GOSPODOVI kupil pas in si opasal ž njim ledja.

³And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying,

³Nato mi je prišla beseda GOSPODOVA v drugič, govoreč:

⁴Take the girdle that thou hast got, which is upon thy loins, and arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock.

⁴Vzemi tisti pas, ki si ga kupil, ki so ž njim opasana ledja tvoja, in vstani, odidi k Evfratu in ga skrij tam v skalnato luknjo.

⁵So I went, and hid it by Euphrates, as the LORD commanded me.

⁵Tedaj sem odšel in ga skril pri Evfratu, kakor mi je bil zapovedal GOSPOD.

⁶And it came to pass after many days, that the LORD said unto me, Arise, go to Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence, which I commanded thee to hide there.

⁶Ko pa je minilo mnogo dni, mi reče GOSPOD: Vstani, oditi k Evfratu in vzemi zopet odondod tisti pas, ki sem ti bil zapovedal, da ga skrij ondi.

⁷Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it: and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing.

⁷Šel sem torej k Evfratu, izkopal in vzel pas s tistega kraja, kjer sem ga bil skril: ali glej! pas je bil pokvarjen, ni bil za nobeno rabo.

⁸Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

⁸Tedaj mi je prišla beseda GOSPODOVA:

⁹Thus saith the LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.

⁹Tako pravi GOSPOD: Prav tako hočem pokvariti prevzetnost Judovo in veliko prevzetnost jeruzalemsko.

¹⁰This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing.

¹⁰To ljudstvo hudobno, ki se brani poslušati besede moje, ki ravna po trmi svojega srca in hodi za drugimi bogovi, da bi jih častilo in se jim klanjalo, bode podobno temu pasu, ki ni za nobeno rabo.

¹¹For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, saith the LORD; that they might be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear.

¹¹Kajti kakor se pas oklene ledij moževih, tako sem storil, da se oklepaj mene vsa hiša Izraelova in vsa hiša Judova, govori GOSPOD, da bodo meni v ljudstvo in za ime in za hvalo in za lepoto; ali niso poslušali.

¹²Therefore thou shalt speak unto them this word; Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and they shall say unto thee, Do we not certainly know that every bottle shall be filled with wine?

¹²Zato jim porečeš besedo to: Tako pravi GOSPOD, Bog Izraelov: Vsak meh se napolni z vinom. Ko ti pa poreko: Ali res ne vemo, da se vsak meh napolni z vinom?

¹³Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit upon David's throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.

¹³tedaj jim reci: Tako pravi GOSPOD: Glejte, jaz napolnim s pijanostjo vse prebivalce te dežele, i kralje, ki sede za Davida na prestolu njegovem, i duhovnike in proroke in vse prebivalce v Jeruzalemu.

¹⁴And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith the LORD: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them.

¹⁴In storim, da trčijo drug ob drugega, očetje in sinovi se spopadejo med seboj, govori GOSPOD; ne prizanesem, ne bode mi jih žal, ne usmilim se, da bi jih ne pogubil.

¹⁵Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD hath spoken.

¹⁵Poslušajte in z ušesi sprejmite, ne povzdigujte se! zakaj GOSPOD je govoril.

¹⁶Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.

¹⁶Dajajte slavo GOSPODU, svojemu Bogu, preden naredi temo in preden se vam noge opotaknejo ob mračne gore, in ko boste pričakovali luči, vam jo naredi v senco smrti in izpremeni v gosto temo.

¹⁷But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD's flock is carried away captive.

¹⁷Če pa ne boste poslušali tega, bo na skrivnem plakala duša moja zavoljo prevzetnosti vaše in oči moje bodo hudo jokale in iz njih tekle solze, ker se bo v sužnost peljala čreda GOSPODOVA.

¹⁸Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory.

¹⁸Reci kralju in kraljici: Ponižno sédita na tla, kajti doli pojde prvaštvo vaju obeh, venec slave vajine.

¹⁹The cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall open them: Judah shall be carried away captive all of it, it shall be wholly carried away captive.

¹⁹Mesta na Jugu so zaprta, in nikogar ni, da bi jih odprl; Juda je ves odpeljan v sužnost, docela je odpeljan.

²⁰Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock?

²⁰Povzdignite oči in poglejte jih, ki gredo od severa! Kje je tista čreda, ki ti je bila izročena, čreda slave tvoje?

²¹What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taught them to be captains, and as chief over thee: shall not sorrows take thee, as a woman in travail?

²¹Kaj porečeš, ko postavi prijatelje tvoje nad teboj za glavo, ker si jih sama navadila zoper sebe? Ali te ne bodo zgrabile bolečine kakor ženo porodnico?

²²And if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore come these things upon me? For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered, and thy heels made bare.

²²Če pa rečeš v srcu svojem: Zakaj me je to zadelo? Zavoljo množine krivice tvoje so se odgrnila krila tvoja, po sili so bili oskrunjeni podplati tvoji.

²³Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.

²³More li črnec izpremeniti svojo polt? ali pard lise svoje? potem bi tudi vi mogli dobro delati, kos te se navadili hudega.

²⁴Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.

²⁴Zato jih raztrosim kakor pleve, ki lete ob vetru v puščavi.

²⁵This is thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith the LORD; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.

²⁵To je usoda tvoja, delež, ki sem ti ga odmeril, govori GOSPOD, ker si pozabila mene in stavila upanje v laž.

²⁶Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy shame may appear.

²⁶Zato ti tudi jaz potegnem rob tvoj čez obraz, da se bo videla sramota tvoja.Prešeštva tvoja in rezgeti tvoji, pregrešno nečistovanje tvoje na hribih, na polju: videl sem gnusobe tvoje. Gorje ti, Jeruzalem! Ti se nočeš očistiti – koliko časa še?

²⁷I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, and thine abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when shall it once be?

²⁷Prešeštva tvoja in rezgeti tvoji, pregrešno nečistovanje tvoje na hribih, na polju: videl sem gnusobe tvoje. Gorje ti, Jeruzalem! Ti se nočeš očistiti – koliko časa še?