1And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment?
1In rekel sem: Čujte, prosim, glave Jakobove in knezi hiše Izraelove! Ni li vam dolžnost, da znate pravico?
2Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
2ki sovražite dobro in ljubite hudo, trgate kožo ljudem in meso ž njih kosti;
3Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.
3ki žrete ljudstva mojega meso in jim derete kožo in lomite kosti ter jih pripravljate kakor v lonec in kakor meso, ki se deva v kotel.
4Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings.
4Tedaj bodo klicali h GOSPODU, pa jim ne odgovori; in skrije jim obličje svoje tisti čas primerno temu, kakor so hudobno delali.
5Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him.
5Tako pravi GOSPOD o prorokih, ki zapeljavajo ljudstvo moje, ki kličejo, dokler imajo kaj gristi z zobmi: Mir! njemu pa, kdor jim ničesar ne da v usta, napovedujejo vojsko:
6Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them.
6Zato vam pride noč, da ne boste imeli prikazni, in tema, da ne boste prorokovali; in solnce zatone prorokom ter dan jim otemni.
7Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.
7In sramovali se bodo vidci in osramočeni bodo vedeži, in vsi si zakrijejo ustnice, ker ni odgovora Božjega.
8But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.
8Jaz pa sem napolnjen z močjo po duhu GOSPODOVEM in s sodbo in hrabrostjo, da bi oznanjal Jakobu pregreho njegovo in Izraelu njegov greh.
9Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.
9Čujte to, pravim, glave hiše Jakobove in knezi hiše Izraelove, ki studite pravo sodbo in zvijate vse, kar je ravno,
10They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
10ki zidate Sion s krvjo in Jeruzalem s krivico!
11The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us.
11Mestne glave sodijo za darila in duhovniki v njem uče za plačilo in proroki v njem vedežujejo za denar; vendar se opirajo na GOSPODA in govore: Mar ni Gospod med nami? nesreča ne pride nad nas nobena!Zato se bo zavoljo vas oral Sion kakor njiva in Jeruzalem postane groblja in gora hiše božje z gozdom obrastel grič.
12Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.
12Zato se bo zavoljo vas oral Sion kakor njiva in Jeruzalem postane groblja in gora hiše božje z gozdom obrastel grič.