¹O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Bethhaccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction.

¹Bežite na varno, otroci Benjaminovi, izsredi Jeruzalema in v Tekoi trobite na trombo in proti Bet-keremu vzdignite znamenje; kajti nesreča grozi od severa in velika stiska.

²I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman.

²Hčer sionsko, lepo in nežno, izničim.

³The shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall pitch their tents against her round about; they shall feed every one in his place.

³K njej bodo hodili pastirji s čredami svojimi; šatore bodo stavili proti njej kroginkrog, vsak popase svoj prostor.

⁴Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day goeth away, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.

⁴„Na vojsko se pripravljajte proti njej! Vstanite in idimo gori že opoldne!... Gorje nam! ker dan je minil, ker nagnile so se sence večerne!

⁵Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces.

⁵Vstanite in idimo gori še po noči in pokončajmo njene palače!“

⁶For thus hath the LORD of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.

⁶Kajti tako je velel GOSPOD vojnih krdel: Sekajte les in napravite nasip zoper Jeruzalem! Prav to mesto je treba obiskati; kolikršno je, zgolj zatiranje je v njem.

⁷As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually is grief and wounds.

⁷Kakor voda teče iz vodnjaka, tako teče iz njega hudobija; silovitost in pustošenje se čuje v njem; pred obličjem mojim je vedno bridkost in uboj.

⁸Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited.

⁸Daj se posvariti, o Jeruzalem, da se ne odtrga duša moja od tebe, da te ne naredim pustega, za deželo brez prebivalcev!

⁹Thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall throughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine: turn back thine hand as a grapegatherer into the baskets.

⁹Tako pravi GOSPOD nad vojskami: Paberkovali bodo kakor po trtah ostanke Izraelove. Izteguj zopet roko kakor trgač po rozgah! –

¹⁰To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.

¹⁰Komu naj govorim in pričujem, da bi slišali? Glej, neobrezano je njih uho in ne morejo biti pozorni; glej, beseda GOSPODOVA jim je v zasmehovanje, ne vesele se je.

¹¹Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days.

¹¹Zato sem poln srda GOSPODOVEGA, utrujen sem od zadržavanja. Izlij ga nad otroke po ulicah in nad druščino mladeničev; kajti tudi mož z ženo bosta zadeta, starček in prileten mož;

¹²And their houses shall be turned unto others, with their fields and wives together: for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD.

¹²in njih hiše preidejo v last drugim z njivami in ženami vred. Kajti iztegnem roko svojo nad prebivalce tiste dežele, govori GOSPOD.

¹³For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.

¹³Zakaj od največjega do najmanjšega izmed njih so vsi vdani dobičku; in od proroka do duhovnika, kar jih je, delajo krivično.

¹⁴They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

¹⁴In hčeri ljudstva mojega zdravijo rano prav lahkomiselno, govoreč: Mir, mir! dasi ni miru.

¹⁵Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.

¹⁵Ali jih je bilo sram, ko so delali gnusobo? Ne, sram jih ni nikakor in zardeti ne znajo. Zato padejo med padajočimi; zgrudijo se tisti čas, ko jih obiščem, pravi GOSPOD.

¹⁶Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.

¹⁶Tako pravi GOSPOD: Stopite na pota in glejte ter poprašujte po starih stezah, katera je pot dobrega, in hodite po njej, in najdete pokoj dušam svojim. Ali pravijo: Nočemo hoditi po njej.

¹⁷Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.

¹⁷In postavil sem čuvaje nad vas, veleče: Pazite na glas trobente! A rekli so: Nočemo paziti.

¹⁸Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them.

¹⁸Zato poslušajte, o narodi, in spoznaj, občina, kaj se godi med njimi!

¹⁹Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.

¹⁹Poslušaj, o zemlja! Glej, jaz pripeljem nesrečo nad to ljudstvo, njih misli sad; kajti niso pazili na besede moje in postavo mojo so zavrgli.

²⁰To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.

²⁰Čemu mi kadilo, ki prihaja iz Sabe, in dišeči trst predragi iz daljne dežele? Žgalne daritve vaše niso prijetne in žrtve vaše mi niso ljube.

²¹Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will lay stumblingblocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall upon them; the neighbour and his friend shall perish.

²¹Zato je rekel GOSPOD tako: Glej, jaz naredim temu ljudstvu spotike, ob katere se bodo hkratu spotikali očetje in sinovi, sosed in prijatelj njegov, in poginejo.

²²Thus saith the LORD, Behold, a people cometh from the north country, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the earth.

²²Tako pravi GOSPOD: Glej, ljudstvo prihaja iz severne dežele in narod velik se vzdiguje od krajev zemlje!

²³They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion.

²³Za lok in sulico prijemljejo, krvoločni so in brez usmiljenja; glas njih šumi kakor morje in na konjih jezdijo; vsakdo je pripravljen zoper tebe, hči sionska, kakor mož na vojsko.

²⁴We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.

²⁴Slišali smo glas o njem, omahnile so nam roke, groza nas je obšla, bolečina kakor porodnico.

²⁵Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side.

²⁵Ne hodi na polje in na potu ne postajaj, kajti meč ima sovražnik, strah je kroginkrog!

²⁶O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.

²⁶O hči ljudstva mojega, opaši se z raševino, valjaj se po pepelu, kakor po edinorojencu žaluj, jokaj prebridko! kajti nagloma pride razdejalec zoper nas.

²⁷I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.

²⁷Postavil sem te za izkuševalca in za trdnjavo med svojim ljudstvom, da spoznavaš in preiskuješ njih pot.

²⁸They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.

²⁸Vsi so trdovratni uporniki, pohajajo z obrekovanjem; jekleni so in železni, popačeno ravnajo vsi.

²⁹The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.

²⁹Žari se meh, ogenj pokončava svinec; zaman tope in tope: zakaj hudobni se nočejo izločiti.Srebro zavrženo jih bodo imenovali, kajti GOSPOD jih je zavrgel.

³⁰Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the LORD hath rejected them.

³⁰Srebro zavrženo jih bodo imenovali, kajti GOSPOD jih je zavrgel.