¹The burden of Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz hath seen:

¹Ennustus Paabeli kohta, Jesaja, Aamotsi poja poolt nähtud:

²`On a high mountain lift ye up an ensign, Raise the voice to them, wave the hand, And they go in to the openings of nobles.

²Tõstke lipp lagedale mäele, hüüdke neile valjusti, viibake käega, et nad läheksid sisse suurte isandate väravaist!

³I have given charge to My sanctified ones, Also I have called My mighty ones for Mine anger, Those rejoicing at Mine excellency.`

³Ma olen andnud käsu oma pühitsetuile, olen juba oma vihale appi kutsunud sangarid, kes võivad suurustada minu suurusest.

⁴A voice of a multitude in the mountains, A likeness of a numerous people, A voice of noise from the kingdoms of nations who are gathered, Jehovah of Hosts inspecting a host of battle!

⁴Kuule! Mägedes on mürin, rahvahulkade kõmin. Kuule! Kuningriikide, kogunenud paganate lärm. Vägede Issand vaatab üle sõjaväge.

⁵They are coming in from a land afar off, From the end of the heavens, Jehovah and the instruments of His indignation, To destroy all the land.

⁵Nad tulevad kaugelt maalt, taevarannalt, Issand ja tema sajatuse relvad, hävitama kogu maad.

⁶Howl ye, for near [is] the day of Jehovah, As destruction from the Mighty it cometh.

⁶Ulguge, sest Issanda päev on ligidal, see tuleb kui hävitus Kõigeväeliselt!

⁷Therefore, all hands do fail, And every heart of man doth melt.

⁷Seepärast lõtvuvad kõik käed ja kõik inimsüdamed löövad araks.

⁸And they have been troubled, Pains and pangs they take, As a travailing woman they are pained, A man at his friend they marvel, The appearance of flames — their faces!

⁸Nad kohkuvad. Vaevused ja valud haaravad neid, nad vaevlevad otsekui sünnitaja. Üks vaatab teisele jahmunult otsa, nende palged on tulipunased.

⁹Lo, the day of Jehovah doth come, Fierce, with wrath, and heat of anger, To make the land become a desolation, Yea, its sinning ones He destroyeth from it.

⁹Vaata, Issanda päev tuleb hirmsana, raevu ja tulise vihaga, et tühjendada maa ja hävitada sealt patused.

¹⁰For the stars of the heavens, and their constellations, Cause not their light to shine, Darkened hath been the sun in its going out, And the moon causeth not its light to come forth.

¹⁰Sest taevatähed, nende hulgas Vardatähed, ei kiirga enam valgust, päike on tõustes pime ja kuu ei anna oma valget.

¹¹And I have appointed on the world evil, And on the wicked their iniquity, And have caused to cease the excellency of the proud, And the excellency of the terrible I make low.

¹¹Mina tasun ilmamaale ta kurjuse ja õelatele nende süü, mina lõpetan ülbete kõrkuse ja alandan võimutsejate upsakuse.

¹²I make man more rare than fine gold, And a common man than pure gold of Ophir.

¹²Mina teen inimesed kallimaks puhtast kullast, inimlapse kallimaks Oofiri kullast.

¹³Therefore the heavens I cause to tremble, And the earth doth shake from its place, In the wrath of Jehovah of Hosts, And in a day of the heat of his anger.

¹³Seepärast ma panen taevad vankuma ja maa vappub paigast vägede Issanda raevus tema tulise viha päeval.

¹⁴And it hath been, as a roe driven away, And as a flock that hath no gatherer, Each unto his people — they turn, And each unto his land — they flee.

¹⁴Ja otsekui peletatud gasell või kari, keda keegi ei aja kokku, pöördub igaüks oma rahva juurde ja põgeneb igaüks oma maale.

¹⁵Every one who is found is thrust through, And every one who is added falleth by sword.

¹⁵Kõik, keda leitakse, torgatakse läbi, ja iga põgenik langeb mõõga ees.

¹⁶And their sucklings are dashed to pieces before their eyes, Spoiled are their houses, and their wives lain with.

¹⁶Nende lapsed rebitakse tükkideks nende eneste nähes, nende kojad rüüstatakse, nende naised teotatakse.

¹⁷Lo, I am stirring up against them the Medes, Who silver esteem not, And gold — they delight not in it.

¹⁷Vaata, ma kihutan nende vastu meedlased, kes ei hooli hõbedast ega himusta kulda.

¹⁸And bows dash young men to pieces, And the fruit of the womb they pity not, On sons their eye hath no pity.

¹⁸Nende ammud purustavad poisse, neil ei ole halastust ihuvilja vastu, laste pärast nende silm ei kurvasta.

¹⁹And Babylon, the beauty of kingdoms, The glory, the excellency of the Chaldeans, Hath been as overthrown by God, With Sodom and with Gomorrah.

¹⁹Ja Paabel, kuningriikide ehe, kaldealaste kõrk toredus, saab Soodoma ja Gomorra sarnaseks, mis Jumal segi paiskas.

²⁰She doth not sit for ever, Nor continueth unto many generations, Nor doth Arab pitch tent there, And shepherds lie not down there.

²⁰Seda ei asustata enam iialgi ega elata seal põlvest põlve; ei löö sinna araablane telki üles ega puhka seal karjased karja.

²¹And Ziim have lain down there, And full have been their houses of howlings, And dwelt there have daughters of an ostrich, And goats do skip there.

²¹Vaid seal lebavad kurjad vaimud ja nende kojad on täis öökulle; seal asuvad jaanalinnud ja karglevad sikujalgsed paharetid.

²²And Aiim have responded in his forsaken habitations, And dragons in palaces of delight, And near to come [is] her time, And her days are not drawn out!

²²Ta tornides uluvad kurjad vaimud ja lusthooneis ðaakalid. Tema aeg on liginemas ja tema päevi ei pikendata.