¹Thus said Jehovah, `Go, and thou hast got a potter`s earthen vessel, and of the elders of the people, and of the elders of the priests,

¹Nõnda ütleb Issand: 'Mine ja osta potissepa tehtud savikruus, võta kaasa rahva vanemaid ja preestrite vanemaid

²and thou hast gone forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, that [is] at the opening of the gate of the pottery, and hast proclaimed there the words that I speak unto thee,

²ja mine välja Ben-Hinnomi orgu, mis on Potikillu värava ees, hüüa seal need sõnad, mis ma sulle räägin,

³and hast said, Hear a word of Jehovah, ye kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem, Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: `Lo, I am bringing in evil on this place, at which the ears of every one who is hearing it do tingle,

³ja ütle: Kuulge Issanda sõna, Juuda kuningad ja Jeruusalemma elanikud! Nõnda ütleb vägede Issand, Iisraeli Jumal: Vaata, ma lasen tulla sellele paigale niisuguse õnnetuse, et igaühel, kes sellest kuuleb, hakkavad kõrvad kumisema,

⁴because that they have forsaken Me, and make known this place, and make perfume in it to other gods, that they knew not, they and their fathers, and the kings of Judah, and they have filled this place [with] innocent blood,

⁴sellepärast et nad hülgasid minu ja muutsid tundmatuseni selle paiga ning suitsutasid seal teistele jumalatele, keda ei tundnud nemad ise ega nende vanemad ja Juuda kuningad, ja täitsid selle paiga süütute verega

⁵and have built the high places of Baal to burn their sons with fire, burnt-offerings to Baal, that I commanded not, nor spake of, nor did it come up on My heart.

⁵ning ehitasid ohvrikünkaid Baalile, et põletada tules oma lapsi Baalile põletusohvriks, mida mina ei ole käskinud ega millest ma ei ole rääkinud ja mis mulle ei ole meeldegi tulnud.

⁶`Therefore, lo, days are coming — an affirmation of Jehovah — and this place is not called any more, Tophet, and Valley of the son of Hinnom, but, Valley of slaughter.

⁶Seepärast, vaata, päevad tulevad, ütleb Issand, kui seda paika enam ei nimetata Põletuspaigaks ega Ben-Hinnomi oruks, vaid Tapaoruks.

⁷And I have made void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place, and have caused them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of those seeking their life, and I have given their carcase for food to the fowl of the heavens, and to the beast of the earth,

⁷Ja ma tühistan siin paigas Juuda ja Jeruusalemma nõu ning lasen neid langeda mõõga läbi nende vaenlaste ees, ja nende käe läbi, kes ihkavad võtta neilt elu; ja ma annan nende laibad roaks taeva lindudele ja maa loomadele.

⁸and I have made this city for a desolation, and for a hissing, every passer by it is astonished, and doth hiss for all its plagues.

⁸Ja ma teen selle linna jubeduseks ja pilkealuseks. Igaüks, kes sellest mööda läheb, kohkub ja vilistab kõigi selle nuhtluste pärast.

⁹And I have caused them to eat the flesh of their sons, and the flesh of their daughters, and each the flesh of his friend they do eat, in the siege and in the straitness with which straiten them do their enemies, and those seeking their life.

⁹Ja ma panen nad sööma oma poegade ja tütarde liha, ja nad söövad üksteise liha piiramise ajal ja kitsikuses, millega nende vaenlased ja need, kes püüavad nende elu, neid kimbutavad.

¹⁰`And thou hast broken the bottle before the eyes of the men who are going with thee,

¹⁰Siis purusta kruus nende meeste nähes, kes koos sinuga on tulnud,

¹¹and hast said unto them: Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, Thus do I break this people and this city, as one breaketh the potter`s vessel, that is not able to be repaired again, and in Tophet they bury — without place to bury;

¹¹ja ütle neile: Nõnda ütleb vägede Issand: Nõndasamuti purustan ma selle rahva ja selle linna, otsekui purustatakse potissepa astja, mida ei saa enam parandada; ja Põletuspaika maetaksegi, sest muud matmispaika ei ole.

¹²so I do to this place — an affirmation of Jehovah — and to its inhabitants, so as to make this city as Tophet;

¹²Nõnda talitan ma selle paigaga, ütleb Issand, ja selle elanikega, et teha seda linna Põletuspaiga sarnaseks.

¹³and the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, have been — as the place of Tophet — defiled, even all the houses on whose roofs they have made perfume to all the host of the heavens, so as to pour out oblations to other gods.`

¹³Jeruusalemma kojad ja Juuda kuningate kojad saavad Põletuspaiga taoliselt rüvetatuiks, kõik kojad, mille katustel on suitsutatud kõigile taevavägedele ja on valatud joogiohvreid teistele jumalatele.'

¹⁴And Jeremiah cometh in from Tophet, whither Jehovah had sent him to prophesy, and he standeth in the court of the house of Jehovah, and he saith unto all the people:

¹⁴Kui Jeremija tuli Põletuspaigast, kuhu Issand oli ta läkitanud prohvetlikult kuulutama, siis ta seisis Issanda koja õues ning ütles kogu rahvale:

¹⁵`Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: Lo, I am bringing in unto this city, and on all its cities, all the evil that I have spoken against it, for they have hardened their neck — not to hear My words!`

¹⁵'Nõnda ütleb vägede Issand, Iisraeli Jumal: Vaata, ma toon sellele linnale ja kõigile ta linnadele õnnetuse, mille ma temale olen tõotanud, sest nad on teinud oma kaela kangeks, et mitte kuulda minu sõnu.'