¹If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove.

¹Če se hočeš povrniti, Izrael, govori GOSPOD, povrni se k meni! In če odpraviš gnusobe svoje izpred mojega obličja in ne boš begal za maliki

²And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.

²in boš prisegal: Kakor živi GOSPOD! v resnici, pošteno in pravično: tedaj se bodo v Njem blagrovali narodi in se ž Njim hvalili.

³For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.

³Kajti tako pravi GOSPOD možem Judovim in Jeruzalemcem: Orjite si novino in ne sejte med trnje!

⁴Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

⁴Obrežite se GOSPODU in odpravite kožico srca svojega, možje Judovi in prebivalci v Jeruzalemu, da ne izide kakor ogenj jeza moja in ne gori tako, da je ne pogasi nihče, zavoljo hudobnosti vaših del.

⁵Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities.

⁵Oznanjujte na Judovem in v Jeruzalemu proglašajte in govorite: Trobite s trobento v deželi! glasno kličite in recite: Zberite se in pojdimo v utrjena mesta!

⁶Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.

⁶Povzdignite zastavo proti Sionu, bežite na varno, na postajajte! zakaj nesrečo hočem pripeljati od severa in stisko veliko.

⁷The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.

⁷Lev izhaja iz goščave svoje, in ubijalec narodov prihaja, gre iz kraja svojega, da pripravi deželo tvojo v pustinjo, da se razdenejo mesta tvoja in ne bo nihče prebival v njih.

⁸For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.

⁸Zatorej se opašite z raševino, jokajte in tulite; kajti ni se obrnila goreča jeza GOSPODOVA od nas.

⁹And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the LORD, that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder.

⁹Zgodi se namreč tisti dan, govori GOSPOD, da upade srce kralju in srce knezom, in od straha ostrme duhovniki in otrpnejo proroki.

¹⁰Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul.

¹⁰Tedaj sem rekel: Oh, Gospod, Jehova! res si kar prekanil to ljudstvo in Jeruzalem, govoreč: Mir vam bode; in meč je zadel prav do duše! –

¹¹At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse,

¹¹V tistem času se poreče temu ljudstvu in Jeruzalemu: Žgoč veter z golih višin v puščavi piše proti ljudstva mojega hčeri, ne da veja in ne da čisti;

¹²Even a full wind from those places shall come unto me: now also will I give sentence against them.

¹²veter močnejši nego za tisto mi pride. Sedaj izrečem tudi jaz sodbe nad njimi.

¹³Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled.

¹³Glej, kakor oblak prihaja in kakor vrtinec so vozovi njegovi, hitrejši od orlov so konji njegovi. Gorje nam! ker smo opustošeni.

¹⁴O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?

¹⁴Operi hudobnosti srce svoje, o Jeruzalem, da se rešiš! Doklej bodo v srcu tvojem prebivale hudobne misli tvoje?

¹⁵For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount Ephraim.

¹⁵Kajti glas oznanja iz Dana in proglaša nesrečo z Efraimovih gorá.

¹⁶Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah.

¹⁶Sporočite tistim narodom, glej, dajte, da se čuje nad Jeruzalemom: Oblegovalci gredo iz daljne dežele in zaganjajo svoj glas zoper mesta Judova;

¹⁷As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the LORD.

¹⁷kakor čuvaji na polju so razpostavljeni proti tebi. Zakaj Jeruzalem se je uprl zoper mene, govori GOSPOD.

¹⁸Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.

¹⁸Pota tvoja in dejanja tvoja so ti napravila tisto; to je nasledek hudobnosti tvoje; res, grenko je, res zbada srce tvoje.

¹⁹My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.

¹⁹Osrčje moje, osrčje moje! Bolečino trpim v globini srca svojega! Razgraja mi srce moje! Molčati ne morem! Kajti trombe glas čuješ, duša moja, ropot vojske;

²⁰Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment.

²⁰podiranje za podiranjem se oznanja. Zakaj opustošena je vsa dežela, naglo so razdejani šatori moji, bliskoma pregrinjala moja.

²¹How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?

²¹Doklej naj gledam zastavo in poslušam trombe glas? –

²²For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

²²Kajti nespametno je ljudstvo moje, mene ne poznajo; sinovi so neumni in brez razsodnosti. Modri so za huda dela, a nerodni storiti kaj dobrega.

²³I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

²³Gledam na zemljo, in glej, pusta je in prazna, in na nebo, a ni luči na njem.

²⁴I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.

²⁴Gledam na gore, in glej, tresejo se in vsi hribi se gibljejo.

²⁵I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.

²⁵Gledam, in glej, ni človeka, tudi vse ptice nebeške so odletele.

²⁶I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger.

²⁶Gledam, in glej, rodovitna zemlja je puščava in vsa mesta na njej so razdejana pred GOSPODOM, pred žarečo jezo njegovo.

²⁷For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.

²⁷Kajti tako pravi GOSPOD: Puščava bode vsa ta dežela, a docela je še ne pokončam.

²⁸For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black; because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it.

²⁸Zavoljo tega bo žalovala dežela in temno bode nebo, ker sem govoril, sklenil to; in ne bode mi žal in ne opustim tega.

²⁹The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell therein.

²⁹Od vrišča konjikov in lokostrelcev beži vse mesto: teko v goščave in lezejo na skale; vsako mesto je zapuščeno, in ni človeka, ki bi prebival v njih.

³⁰And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life.

³⁰Ti pa, opustošena, kaj boš počela? Čeprav se oblačiš v škrlat, čeprav se lepotičiš z dragotino zlato, čeprav si mažeš z lepotico oči: zaman se delaš lepo; ne marajo te ljubitelji, strežejo ti po življenju.Kajti glas čujem kakor porodnice, stisko kakor prvorodnice, glas hčere sionske, ki sopiha, razprostira roke: Ah, gorje mi! ker obnemaguje duša moja od morilcev.

³¹For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers.

³¹Kajti glas čujem kakor porodnice, stisko kakor prvorodnice, glas hčere sionske, ki sopiha, razprostira roke: Ah, gorje mi! ker obnemaguje duša moja od morilcev.