¹At that time, an affirmation of Jehovah, They bring the bones of the kings of Judah, And the bones of its princes, And the bones of the priests, And the bones of the prophets, And the bones of inhabitants of Jerusalem, Out of their graves,

¹Sel ajal, ütleb Issand, võetakse Juuda kuningate luud ja tema vürstide luud, preestrite luud ja prohvetite luud ja Jeruusalemma elanike luud nende haudadest välja

²And have spread them to sun, and to moon, And to all the host of the heavens, that they have loved, And that they have served, And that they have walked after, And that they have sought, And to which they have bowed themselves, They are not gathered, nor buried, They are for dung on the face of the ground.

²ja laotatakse päikese ja kuu ja kogu taevaväe ette, mida nad armastasid ja mida nad teenisid, mille järel nad käisid ja mille poole nad pöördusid ja mida nad kummardasid; neid ei korjata enam kokku ega maeta, need jäävad maa peale sõnnikuks.

³And chosen is death rather than life By all the remnant who are left of this evil family, In all the remaining places, whither I have driven them, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts.

³Ja surm on elust eelistatum kogu sellele jäägile, kes sellest halvast suguvõsast järele jääb kõigis paigus, kuhu ma pillutan nende jäägi, ütleb vägede Issand.

⁴And thou hast said unto them: Thus said Jehovah, Do they fall, and not rise? Doth he turn back, and not return?

⁴Ja ütle neile: Nõnda ütleb Issand: Eks langenu taha üles tõusta? Eks eksinu taha pöörduda tagasi?

⁵Wherefore hath this people of Jerusalem Turned back — a perpetual backsliding? They have kept hold on deceit, They have refused to turn back.

⁵Mispärast jääb see rahvas, Jeruusalemm, igavesti eksinuks? Nad hoiavad pettusest kinni, nad tõrguvad pöördumast.

⁶I have given attention, yea, I hearken, They do not speak right, No man hath repented of his wickedness, Saying, What have I done? Every one hath turned to his courses, As a horse is rushing into battle.

⁶Ma olen tähele pannud ja kuulnud: nad ei räägi õigust. Keegi neist ei kahetse oma kurjust, et ta mõtleks: 'Mis ma olen teinud!' Igaüks jookseb kiiresti oma teed nagu kihutav hobune lahingus.

⁷Even a stork in the heavens hath known her seasons, And turtle, and swallow, and crane, Have watched the time of their coming, And — My people have not known the judgment of Jehovah.

⁷Isegi toonekurg taeva all teab oma seatud aega, turteltuvi, pääsuke ja rästas peavad kinni oma tulemisajast, aga minu rahvas ei tunne Issanda Seadust.

⁸How do ye say, We [are] wise, And the law of Jehovah [is] with us? Surely, lo, falsely it hath wrought, The false pen of scribes.

⁸Kuidas te võite öelda: 'Me oleme targad ja meil on Issanda Seadus'? Tõesti, vaata, kirjatundjate valesulg on teinud selle valeks.

⁹Ashamed have been the wise, They have been affrighted, and are captured, Lo, against a word of Jehovah they kicked, And the wisdom of what — have they?

⁹Targad jäävad häbisse, nad ehmuvad ja nad tabatakse. Vaata, nad on põlanud Issanda sõna - mis tarkust võib neil olla?

¹⁰Therefore, I give their wives to others, Their fields to dispossessors, For from the least even unto the greatest, Every one is gaining dishonest gain, From prophet even unto priest, every one is dealing falsely.

¹⁰Sellepärast ma annan nende naised teistele, nende põllud vallutajaile. Sest kõik, niihästi väikesed kui suured, ahnitsevad kasu; kõik, niihästi prohvetid kui preestrid, petavad.

¹¹And they heal the breach of the daughter of my people slightly, Saying, Peace, peace! and there is no peace.

¹¹Ja mu rahva, mu tütre vigastust ravivad nad pinnapealselt, öeldes: 'Rahu, rahu!', kuigi rahu ei ole.

¹²They were ashamed when they did abomination! Yea, they are not at all ashamed, And blushing they have not known, Therefore, they do fall among falling ones, In the time of their inspection they stumble, said Jehovah.

¹²Kas nad häbenevad, et nad on teinud jäledust? Ei, nad ei häbene sugugi ega tunne piinlikkust. Seepärast nad langevad langejate hulgas, oma karistusajal nad komistavad, ütleb Issand.

¹³I utterly consume them, an affirmation of Jehovah, There are no grapes in the vine, Yea, there are no figs in the fig-tree, And the leaf hath faded, And the strength they have passeth from them.

¹³Ma nopin nad ära sootuks, ütleb Issand. Ei jää viinamarju viinapuule ega viigimarju viigipuule ja lehed närtsivad. Ja mis ma neile olen andnud, läheb neist mööda.

¹⁴Wherefore are we sitting still? Be gathered, and we go in to the fenced cities, And we are silent there, For Jehovah our God hath made us silent, Yea, He causeth us to drink water of gall, For we have sinned against Jehovah.

¹⁴'Miks me siin istume? Kogunegem ja mingem kindlustatud linnadesse ning vaikigem seal, sest Issand, meie Jumal, teeb meid vaikseks ja joodab mürgiveega, sest me oleme pattu teinud Issanda vastu.'

¹⁵Looking for peace — and there is no good, For a time of healing, and lo, terror.

¹⁵Oodatakse rahu, aga head ei ole, paranemisaega, aga vaata, on kohkumus.

¹⁶From Dan hath been heard the snorting of his horses, From the voice of the neighings of his mighty ones, Trembled hath all the land, And they come in and consume the land and its fulness, The city and the inhabitants in it.

¹⁶Daanist kuuldakse tema hobuste nooskamist, tema täkkude hirnumisest väriseb kogu maa. Nad tulevad ja söövad maa koos kõigega, linna ja selle elanikud.

¹⁷For, lo, I am sending among you serpents, Vipers that have no charmer, And they have bitten you, an affirmation of Jehovah.

¹⁷Sest vaata, ma läkitan teie sekka madusid, mürkmadusid, kellesse ei mõju lausumine, ja need salvavad teid, ütleb Issand.

¹⁸My refreshing for me [is] sorrow, For me my heart [is] sick.

¹⁸Mu mure murrab mind, mu süda on haige!

¹⁹Lo, the voice of a cry of the daughter of my people from a land afar off, Is Jehovah not in Zion? is her king not in her? Wherefore have they provoked Me with their graven images, With the vanities of a foreigner?

¹⁹Vaata, mu tütre, mu rahva appihüüd kaugelt maalt: 'Kas Issand ei ole Siionis või ei ole seal selle kuningas?' Miks nad mind on ärritanud oma nikerdatud kujudega, võõraste ebajumalatega?

²⁰Harvest hath passed, summer hath ended, And we — we have not been saved.

²⁰'Lõikus on lõppenud, suvi on möödas, aga meid ei ole päästetud!'

²¹For a breach of the daughter of my people have I been broken, I have been black, astonishment hath seized me.

²¹Oma rahva, mu tütre vigastuse pärast olen ma murdunud; ma olen kurb, mind on haaranud hirm.

²²Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? For wherefore hath not the health of the daughter of my people gone up?

²²Kas Gileadis ei ole palsamit või ei ole seal ravijat? Miks ei ole mu tütar, mu rahvas, siis terveks saanud?

²³Kes annaks, et mu peas oleks vett ja mu silmad oleksid pisarate allikad? Siis ma nutaksin päevad ja ööd oma tütre, oma rahva mahalöödute pärast.