¹And I say, `Hear, I pray you, heads of Jacob, And ye judges of the house of Israel, Is it not for you to know the judgment?

¹Ja mina ütlesin: Kuulge ometi, Jaakobi peamehed ja Iisraeli soo juhid! Kas teil ei olegi tarvis teada, mis on õige,

²Ye who are hating good, and loving evil, Taking violently their skin from off them, And their flesh from off their bones,

²teil, kes te vihkate head ja armastate kurja, kes te rebite neil naha pealt ja liha kontidelt,

³And who have eaten the flesh of My people, And their skin from off them have stript, And their bones they have broken, And they have spread [them] out as in a pot, And as flesh in the midst of a caldron.

³kes te sööte mu rahva liha ja nülite neilt naha, murrate nende luud ja tükeldate neid nagu liha keedupotti või katlasse panekuks?

⁴Then do they cry unto Jehovah, And He doth not answer them, And hideth His face from them at that time, As they have made evil their doings.

⁴Küllap nad kord kisendavad Issanda poole, kuid tema ei vasta neile, vaid peidab sel ajal oma palge nende eest, sellepärast, et nad on teinud kurje tegusid.

⁵Thus said Jehovah concerning the prophets Who are causing My people to err, Who are biting with their teeth, And have cried `Peace,` And he who doth not give unto their mouth, They have sanctified against him war.

⁵Nõnda ütleb Issand nende prohvetite kohta, kes eksitavad mu rahvast, kes hüüavad: 'Rahu!', kui neil on hammaste vahel midagi närida, aga kuulutavad sõja sellele, kes ei pane neile midagi suhu.

⁶Therefore a night ye have without vision, And darkness ye have without divination, And gone in hath the sun on the prophets, And black over them hath been the day.

⁶Sellepärast tuleb teile nägemusteta öö ja ennustusteta pimedus. Päike loojub nende prohvetite kohal ja päev muutub neile pimedaks.

⁷And ashamed have been the seers, And confounded have been the diviners, And covered their lip have all of them, For their is no answer, O God.

⁷Siis jäävad nägijad häbisse ja ennustajad tunnevad piinlikkust; nad kõik katavad kinni oma habeme, sest Jumala vastust ei ole.

⁸And yet I have been full of power by the Spirit of Jehovah, And of judgment, and of might, To declare to Jacob his transgression, And to Israel his sin.

⁸Aga mina olen täis jõudu, Issanda Vaimu, täis õigust ja vägevust, et kuulutada Jaakobile ta üleastumist ja Iisraelile ta pattu.

⁹Hear this, I pray you, heads of the house of Jacob, And ye judges of the house of Israel, Who are making judgment abominable, And all uprightness do pervert.

⁹Kuulge ometi seda, Jaakobi soo peamehed ja Iisraeli soo juhid, kes te põlgate õigust ja väänate kõveraks kõik, mis on sirge,

¹⁰Building up Zion with blood, And Jerusalem with iniquity.

¹⁰kes te ehitate Siionit verega ja Jeruusalemma ülekohtuga!

¹¹Her heads for a bribe do judge, And her priests for hire do teach, And her prophets for silver divine, And on Jehovah they lean, saying, `Is not Jehovah in our midst? Evil doth not come in upon us.`

¹¹Tema peamehed mõistavad kohut meelehea eest, tema preestrid õpetavad tasu eest ja tema prohvetid ennustavad raha eest. Ometi toetuvad nad Issandale, öeldes: 'Eks ole Issand meie keskel? Ei meile tule õnnetust!'

¹²Therefore, for your sake, Zion is ploughed a field, and Jerusalem is heaps, And the mount of the house [is] for high places of a forest!

¹²Teie pärast küntakse siis Siion põlluks, Jeruusalemm saab kivivaremeks ja templimägi võsastunud künkaks.