¹Hear ye the word which Jehovah speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:

¹Kuulge sõna, mida Issand teile räägib, Iisraeli sugu!

²thus saith Jehovah, Learn not the way of the nations, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the nations are dismayed at them.

²Nõnda ütleb Issand: Ärge õppige paganate teid ja ärge kartke taeva märke, sest paganad kardavad neid.

³For the customs of the peoples are vanity; for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman with the axe.

³Kuid rahvaste kombed on tühisus: sest puu on raiutud metsast, see on puusepa kätetöö, kirvega tehtud;

⁴They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.

⁴seda ehitakse hõbeda ja kullaga, kinnitatakse naelte ja haamritega, et see ei kõiguks.

⁵They are like a palm-tree, of turned work, and speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither is it in them to do good.

⁵Aga nad jäävad linnupeletiste sarnaseks, kurgipõllul on need, ja nad ei räägi; neid peab kandma, sest nad ei kõnni. Ärge kartke neid, sest nad ei tee kurja, aga nad ei saa teha ka head!

⁶There is none like unto thee, O Jehovah; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.

⁶Ei ole sinu sarnast, Issand! Sina oled suur, ja suur on su nimi vägevuse poolest.

⁷Who should not fear thee, O King of the nations? for to thee doth it appertain; forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their royal estate, there is none like unto thee.

⁷Kes ei peaks sind kartma, rahvaste kuningas? Tõesti, seda sa väärid! Sest kõigi rahvaste tarkade hulgas ja kõigis nende kuningriikides ei ole sinu sarnast.

⁸But they are together brutish and foolish: the instruction of idols! it is but a stock.

⁸Üheskoos on nad rumalad ja narrid. Ebajumalate õpetus: see on puu,

⁹There is silver beaten into plates, which is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the artificer and of the hands of the goldsmith; blue and purple for their clothing; they are all the work of skilful men.

⁹õhukeseks taotud hõbe, toodud Tarsisest, ja Uufase kuld, puusepa ja kullassepa kätetöö. Nende riided on sinised ja purpurpunased, kõik meistrite töö.

¹⁰But Jehovah is the true God; he is the living God, and an everlasting King: at his wrath the earth trembleth, and the nations are not able to abide his indignation.

¹⁰Aga Issand on tõeline Jumal, ta on elav Jumal ja igavene kuningas. Tema vihast väriseb maa ja tema sajatust ei suuda rahvad taluda.

¹¹Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, these shall perish from the earth, and from under the heavens.

¹¹Öelge neile nõnda: Jumalad, kes ei ole teinud taevast ja maad, kaovad maa pealt ja taeva alt.

¹²He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding hath he stretched out the heavens:

¹²Tema on oma rammuga rajanud maa, oma tarkusega loonud maailma ja mõistusega laotanud taeva.

¹³when he uttereth his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries.

¹³Kui tema teeb häält, siis on taevas vete kohin, ja ta kergitab pilved maa äärest; tema teeb vihmale välgud ja toob tuule välja selle aitadest.

¹⁴Every man is become brutish [and is] without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his graven image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

¹⁴Inimesed on kõik rumalad, mõistusest ilma. Kõik kullassepad jäävad häbisse jumalakujude pärast; nende valatud kujud on pettus, sest neis pole vaimu.

¹⁵They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

¹⁵Need on tühised, naeruväärt tööd: oma katsumisajal nad hävivad.

¹⁶The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance: Jehovah of hosts is his name.

¹⁶Nende sarnane ei ole see, kes on Jaakobi rikkuseks, sest tema on kõige Looja ja Iisrael on ta pärisosaks. Vägede Issand on tema nimi.

¹⁷Gather up thy wares out of the land, O thou that abidest in the siege.

¹⁷Korja oma kompsud maast kokku, kitsikuses istuja!

¹⁸For thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this time, and will distress them, that they may feel [it].

¹⁸Sest nõnda ütleb Issand: Vaata, seekord ma lingutan minema maa elanikud ja rõhun neid nõnda, et nad tunnevad.

¹⁹Woe is me because of my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is [my] grief, and I must bear it.

¹⁹Häda mulle mu vigastuse pärast! Mu haav on ravimatu! Mina aga mõtlesin: See on ju ainult nõrkus, mida ma suudan taluda.

²⁰My tent is destroyed, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth from me, and they are not: there is none to spread my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.

²⁰Mu telk on hävitatud ja kõik mu telginöörid katki kistud; mu lapsed on läinud mu juurest ja neid ei ole enam. Ei ole ühtegi, kes jälle püstitaks mu telgi ja seaks üles mu telgiriided.

²¹For the shepherds are become brutish, and have not inquired of Jehovah: therefore they have not prospered, and all their flocks are scattered.

²¹Jah, karjased on läinud arust ära ega otsi enam Issandat: seetõttu tegutsevad nad vääralt ja kõik nende karjad on pillutatud.

²²The voice of tidings, behold, it cometh, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah a desolation, a dwelling-place of jackals.

²²Hääl kostab. Vaata, see tuleb - suur mürin põhjamaalt, tegema Juuda linnu lagedaks, ðaakalite asupaigaks!

²³O Jehovah, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.

²³Ma tean, Issand, et inimese tee ei olene temast enesest, ei ole ränduri käes juhtida oma sammu.

²⁴O Jehovah, correct me, but in measure: not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.

²⁴Karista mind, Issand, aga õiglaselt, mitte oma raevus, et sa mind täiesti ei hävitaks.

²⁵Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have devoured Jacob, yea, they have devoured him and consumed him, and have laid waste his habitation.

²⁵Vala oma vihalõõm paganate peale, kes sind ei tunne, ja suguvõsade peale, kes ei hüüa appi sinu nime. Sest nad on neelanud Jaakobi, jah, on neelanud ta ära ja teinud talle lõpu ning hävitanud ta eluaseme.'