¹Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.

¹In rekel mi je GOSPOD: Ko bi stopila Mojzes in Samuel predme, bi srce moje nikakor ne bilo nagnjeno temu ljudstvu: spodi jih izpred mene, in naj odidejo.

²And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the LORD; Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the captivity, to the captivity.

²In če ti poreko: Kam hočemo iti? reci jim: Tako pravi GOSPOD: Kdor na smrt, na smrt, in kdor na meč, na meč, in kdor na lakoto, na lakoto, in kdor na sužnjost, na sužnjost.

³And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy.

³Postavim namreč nadnje štiri reči, govori GOSPOD: meč, da pobija, in pse, da trgajo, in ptice nebeške in zveri zemeljske, da požirajo in pokončavajo.

⁴And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.

⁴In izdam jih v pestitev vsem kraljestvom zemlje; zaradi Manaseja, sina Ezekijevega, kralja Judovega, zavoljo tistega, kar je zakrivil v Jeruzalemu.

⁵For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who shall bemoan thee? or who shall go aside to ask how thou doest?

⁵Kajti kdo bi imel usmiljenje s teboj, o Jeruzalem? ali kdo bi te miloval? ali kdo bi pristopil, poprašat o sreči tvoji?

⁶Thou hast forsaken me, saith the LORD, thou art gone backward: therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am weary with repenting.

⁶Ti si me zapustil, govori GOSPOD, nazaj si krenil; zato iztezam roko svojo zoper tebe, da te pogubim, utrujen sem od milovanja.

⁷And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave them of children, I will destroy my people since they return not from their ways.

⁷Zato jih bom vejal z vejalnico iz vrat te dežele ven; osirotil, pogubil bom ljudstvo svoje, ker se niso povrnili s potov svojih.

⁸Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors upon the city.

⁸Več mi bode vdov njegovih kakor morskega peska; pripeljem jim zoper matere mladega moštva razdejalca opoldne, storim, da jih nagloma objame strah in groza.

⁹She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day: she hath been ashamed and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith the LORD.

⁹Hira ona, ki jih je rodila sedmero, izdiha dušo svojo; zaide solnce njeno, ko bode še dan, rdečica jo oblije in sram jo bode; in njih ostanek izpostavim meču vpričo njih sovražnikov, govori GOSPOD.

¹⁰Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me.

¹⁰„Gorje mi, mati moja, ker si rodila mene, ki mi napoveduje pravdo in prepir vsa ta dežela; nisem jim posojal in posojali mi niso, a vsakdo me preklinja.“

¹¹The LORD said, Verily it shall be well with thy remnant; verily I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.

¹¹GOSPOD pravi: Resnično, okrepčam te za dobro, resnično storim, da te bo sovražnik milo prosil ob času nesreče in ob času stiske.

¹²Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel?

¹²More li kdo železo zlomiti, železo severno in bron? –

¹³Thy substance and thy treasures will I give to the spoil without price, and that for all thy sins, even in all thy borders.

¹³Premoženje tvoje in zaklade tvoje bom dal v plenjenje brez cene, in to zavoljo vseh grehov tvojih, in po vseh mejah tvojih.

¹⁴And I will make thee to pass with thine enemies into a land which thou knowest not: for a fire is kindled in mine anger, which shall burn upon you.

¹⁴In storim, da jih preneso sovražniki tvoji v deželo, ki je ne poznaš; zakaj ogenj se je vnel v jezi moji, ki bo plamtel zoper vas.

¹⁵O LORD, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke.

¹⁵O GOSPOD, ti veš vse; spomni se me in obišči me in maščuj me nad preganjalci mojimi! Ko si jim potrpežljiv, ne iztrebi me: spoznaj, da nosim sramoto zaradi tebe.

¹⁶Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.

¹⁶Ko so prišle besede tvoje, sem jih sprejel, in bila mi je beseda tvoja v veselje in radost srca mojega, kajti kličem se po imenu tvojem, o GOSPOD, Bog vojnih krdel.

¹⁷I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.

¹⁷Nisem sedel v družbi šaljivcev in se radoval; zavoljo roke tvoje sem sedel samoten, ker si me napolnil z nevoljo.

¹⁸Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters that fail?

¹⁸Zakaj je bolečina moja večna in rana moja smrtna? noče se zaceliti. Mi li boš res podoben prevarljivemu studencu, nestanovitnim vodam?

¹⁹Therefore thus saith the LORD, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them.

¹⁹Zato pravi tako GOSPOD: Ako se preobrneš, te pripeljem nazaj, da bi stal pred menoj; in ako ločiš drago stvar od malovredne, bodeš kakor usta moja: obrniti se morajo oni k tebi, ne pa se ti obrniti k njim.

²⁰And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the LORD.

²⁰In napravim te temu ljudstvu za bronast zid pretrden, in borili se bodo zoper tebe, a ne zmorejo te, zakaj jaz sem s teboj, da ti pomagam in te rešujem, govori GOSPOD.In otmem te iz roke hudobnih in rešim te iz pesti silovitnežev.

²¹And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible.

²¹In otmem te iz roke hudobnih in rešim te iz pesti silovitnežev.