¹Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;

¹Gorje okrvavljenemu mestu, vse polno je laži in silovitosti, ne neha ropati.

²The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots.

²Biči pokajo in kolesa škripljejo, konji dirjajo in vozovi drdrajo!

³The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcases; and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble upon their corpses:

³Konjiki pridirjavajo in meči se svetijo in sulice blesketajo! množica je pobitih in grmada mrtvih in trupel brez konca; čez njih trupla padajo!

⁴Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.

⁴zavoljo mnogega nečistovanja preljubke nečistnice, izvedenke v čaranju, ki prodaja narode s svojim nečistovanjem in rodove s svojim čarovništvom.

⁵Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts; and I will discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame.

⁵Glej, jaz sem zoper tebe, govori GOSPOD nad vojskami, in ti odgrnem rob suknje tvoje na obličje ter pokažem narodom nagoto tvojo in kraljestvom sramoto tvojo.

⁶And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock.

⁶In vržem nate blato in te storim ničvredno in te postavim na ogled.

⁷And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?

⁷In vsak, kdor te bo videl, pobeži od tebe in poreče: Ninive so opustošene! Kdo jih bo pomiloval? Odkod naj ti poiščem tolažnikov?

⁸Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea?

⁸Si mar boljši nego mesto Noamon, ki je stalo pri rekah in imelo vode okoli sebe? Morje mu je bilo branišče, zidovi so štrleli iz morja.

⁹Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.

⁹Etiopija in Egipt sta bila njegova moč, in to brez konca; Put in Libija sta mu pomagala.

¹⁰Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.

¹⁰Tudi ono je bilo odpeljano, je šlo v ujetništvo; tudi njegove otročiče so razbijali po voglih vseh ulic, in za njegove plemenitnike so metali kocko, in vsi njegovi velikaši so bili vkovani v verige.

¹¹Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt seek strength because of the enemy.

¹¹Tudi ti boš upijanjeno, se boš moralo skriti; tudi ti boš iskalo zavetišča pred sovražnikom.

¹²All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with the firstripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater.

¹²Vse tvoje trdnjave so kakor smokve z zgodnjimi sadovi: če se potresejo, padejo v usta njemu, kdor jih hoče jesti.

¹³Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire shall devour thy bars.

¹³Glej, tvoje ljudstvo je kakor žene sredi tebe; sovražnikom tvojim so vrata dežele tvoje široko odprta, ogenj je požrl zapahe tvoje.

¹⁴Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln.

¹⁴Zajmi si vode za čas oblege; popravi utrdbe svoje! Dróbi glino, tlači ilovico, utrdi opekarnico!

¹⁵There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts.

¹⁵Tam te požre ogenj, te pokonča meč, požre te kakor glodalec, namnóži se, kakor glodalec, namnóži se kakor kobilice!

¹⁶Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and fleeth away.

¹⁶Napravil si več trgovcev, nego je zvezd na nebu; glodalec se spusti na plen, potem odleti.

¹⁷Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.

¹⁷Tvoji izbranci so kakor kobilice in tvoji vojaški poveljniki kakor roji kobilic, ki sedé na plotovih, kadar je mraz; ko pa vzide solnce, odlete, in nihče ne ve, kje so.

¹⁸Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell in the dust: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth them.

¹⁸Zaspali so pastirji tvoji, o kralj asirski, tvoji mogočneži počivajo; ljudstvo tvoje je razkropljeno po gorah in nikogar ni, ki bi ga zbral.Ni ga hladila potrtju tvojemu, rana tvoja je smrtna! Vsi, ki slišijo tvojo zgodbo, ploskajo z rokami nad teboj; kajti na koga se ni razlivala tvoja hudobnost neprestano?

¹⁹There is no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: all that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?

¹⁹Ni ga hladila potrtju tvojemu, rana tvoja je smrtna! Vsi, ki slišijo tvojo zgodbo, ploskajo z rokami nad teboj; kajti na koga se ni razlivala tvoja hudobnost neprestano?