¹Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

¹In prišla mi je beseda GOSPODOVA, rekoč:

²Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.

²Pojdi in kliči Jeruzalemu na ušesa, govoreč: Tako pravi GOSPOD: Spominjam se ti milote mladosti tvoje, ljubezni zaročitve tvoje, ko si hodila za menoj po puščavi, po deželi, kjer ničesar ne sejejo.

³Israel was holiness unto the LORD, and the firstfruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the LORD.

³Svet je bil Izrael GOSPODU, prvenec njegovih pridelkov; vsem, ki so ga hoteli žreti, se je štelo v krivdo: nesreča je prišla nadnje, govori GOSPOD.

⁴Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:

⁴Poslušajte besedo GOSPODOVO, hiša Jakobova in vse rodovine hiše Izraelove!

⁵Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?

⁵Tako pravi GOSPOD: kaj so našli očetje vaši krivice pri meni, da so se ločili od mene in so šli za ničemurnostjo in postali ničemurni?

⁶Neither said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?

⁶In niso rekli: Kje je GOSPOD, ki nas je peljal iz dežele Egiptovske? ki nas je vodil po puščavi, po deželi pusti in jamnati, po deželi suše in smrtne sence, po deželi, koder ne hodi nihče in kjer ne prebiva noben človek.

⁷And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination.

⁷In pripeljal sem vas v deželo njiv, da bi uživali njen sad in dobroto njeno; ko ste pa prišli vanjo, ste oskrunili deželo mojo in dediščino mojo ste napravili v gnusobo.

⁸The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.

⁸Duhovniki niso rekli: Kje je GOSPOD? In oni, ki imajo v rokah postavo, me niso spoznali, in pastirji so odpadli od mene, in proroki so prorokovali v imenu Baalovem in hodili za stvarmi, ki nič ne koristijo.

⁹Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children's children will I plead.

⁹Zato se bom še pravdal z vami, govori GOSPOD; še z otroki vaših otrok se bom pravdal.

¹⁰For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing.

¹⁰Pojdite vendar čez morje na otoke Kitimcev in poglejte, in pošljite v Kedar in pazite dobro, glejte pravim, se li je zgodilo kaj takega?

¹¹Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.

¹¹Ali je kateri narod zamenil bogove, čeprav niso bogovi? Ljudstvo moje pa je zamenilo slavo svojo za to, kar nič ne koristi.

¹²Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD.

¹²Strmite, nebesa, nad tem in strah vas bodi, zgrozite se silno! govori GOSPOD.

¹³For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

¹³Zakaj dvoje zlo je storilo ljudstvo moje: mene, vir živih vodá, so zapustili, da si izkopljejo vodnjake, počene vodnjake, ki ne drže vode.

¹⁴Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled?

¹⁴Je li Izrael hlapec? ali je v hiši rojen suženj? Zakaj je v plen?

¹⁵The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.

¹⁵Zoper njega rjovejo mladi levi, zaganjajo svoj glas in pustošijo deželo njegovo; mesta njegova so požgana, da nihče ne prebiva v njih.

¹⁶Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head.

¹⁶Tudi sinovi iz Nofa in Tahpanesa se ti pasejo po temenu.

¹⁷Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way?

¹⁷Nisi li sebi tega provzročila, ker si zapustila GOSPODA, Boga svojega, ko te je vodil po svojem potu?

¹⁸And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river?

¹⁸In zdaj, kaj si hočeš s potom v Egipt, da piješ vodo iz Sihorja [T. j. Nil.]? in kaj si hočeš s potom v Asirijo, da piješ vodo iz velereke?

¹⁹Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.

¹⁹Kaznuje te hudobnost tvoja in odpadi tvoji te pokoré; spoznaj torej in glej, kako je zlo in bridko, da si zapustila GOSPODA, Boga svojega, in da se me nič ne bojiš, govori Gospod, GOSPOD nad vojskami.

²⁰For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.

²⁰Kajti že nekdaj si zlomila jarem svoj, raztrgala vezi svoje in si dejala: Ne maram sužnjevati! Toda na vsakem hribu visokem, pod vsakim zelenim drevesom si se vdajala nečistovanju.

²¹Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?

²¹In vendar sem te bil jaz zasadil plemenito trto od pristne sadike; in kako si se mi izpremenila v spačene ročice tuje trte!

²²For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.

²²Res, ako bi se oprala s sodo in bi si vzela premnogo mila, ostane umazana krivica tvoja pred menoj, govori Gospod Jehova.

²³How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;

²³Kako smeš govoriti: Nisem se oskrunila, za Baali nisem hodila? Glej pot svoj po dolini, spoznaj, kaj si storila, kamela hitra, ki križem teka po svojih potih!

²⁴A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.

²⁴Divja oslica, vajena puščave, ki v poželenju duše svoje hlasta po sapi! Kdo bi oviral priložnost njeno? Vsi, ki je iščejo, se ne utrudijo, v mesecih njenih jo najdejo.

²⁵Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.

²⁵Varuj nogo svojo, da se ne izbosi, in grlo svoje, da se ne užeja! Ali praviš: Zaman je! nikakor, kajti tujce ljubim in hočem za njimi tekati.

²⁶As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets.

²⁶Kakor je v sramoto tatu, ko ga zgrabijo, tako je v sramoto prišla hiša Izraelova, oni, njih kralji in knezi, njih duhovniki in proroki,

²⁷Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.

²⁷ki pravijo lesu: Oče si moj, in kamenu: Ti si me rodil. Kajti obrnili so proti meni tilnik, ne pa obličja; ob času nesreče svoje pa govore: Vstani in reši nas!

²⁸But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.

²⁸Kje neki so bogovi tvoji, ki si jih naredil sebi? Vstanejo naj, če te morejo rešiti ob času nesreče tvoje! Kajti kolikor mest, toliko bogov imaš, Juda.

²⁹Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the LORD.

²⁹Zakaj se prepirate z menoj? Saj ste se mi vsi izneverili, govori GOSPOD.

³⁰In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

³⁰Zastonj sem tepel sinove vaše, nauka niso sprejeli; vaš meč je pokončal proroke vaše kakor lev morilec.

³¹O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee?

³¹O rod, kakršen ste, pazite na besedo GOSPODOVO! ali sem bil puščava Izraelu, ali dežela črne teme? Zakaj govori ljudstvo moje: Gospodarji smo sami sebi, ne pridemo več k tebi!

³²Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.

³²Ali pozabi devica lepotičje svoje in nevesta svoj pas? Ljudstvo moje pa je pozabilo mene dni brez števila.

³³Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy ways.

³³Kako lepo napravljaš pot svojo, da iščeš ljubezni! Zato si se tudi navadila hudobnosti na potih svojih.

³⁴Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.

³⁴Celo na robu oblačil tvojih je kri duš nedolžnih ubožcev, ki jih nisi zalotila pri vlomu, ampak vsled vse tiste zlobe svoje si jih morila.

³⁵Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.

³⁵Vendar praviš: Nedolžna sem; gotovo se je obrnila jeza njegova od mene. Glej, jaz pojdem v sodbo s teboj zato, ker praviš: Nisem grešila.

³⁶Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.

³⁶Kaj toliko tekaš, da premeniš pot svojo? Tudi zavoljo Egipta se ti bode sramovati, kakor si bila osramočena zavoljo Asirije;tudi od tega pojdeš, položivši roke na glavo svojo. Zakaj GOSPOD zameta nje, na katere se zanašaš, in ne pojde ti po sreči ž njimi.

³⁷Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thine hands upon thine head: for the LORD hath rejected thy confidences, and thou shalt not prosper in them.

³⁷tudi od tega pojdeš, položivši roke na glavo svojo. Zakaj GOSPOD zameta nje, na katere se zanašaš, in ne pojde ti po sreči ž njimi.