¹Now shalt thou gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us; they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.

¹Aga sina, Petlemm Efrata, olgugi väike Juuda tuhandete seas, sinust tuleb mulle see, kes saab valitsejaks Iisraelis ja kes põlvneb muistseist päevist, igiaegadest.

²But thou, Beth-lehem Ephrathah, which art little to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee shall one come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting.

²Seepärast jäetakse nad saatuse hooleks ajani, mil sünnitaja on sünnitanud; siis pöördub ta vendade jääk tagasi Iisraeli laste juurde.

³Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she who travaileth hath brought forth: then the residue of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.

³Ja tema seisab ning hoiab karja Issanda jõus, Issanda, oma Jumala nime ülevuses. Ja nemad jäävad elama, sest tema on suur ilmamaa ääreni.

⁴And he shall stand, and shall feed [his flock] in the strength of Jehovah, in the majesty of the name of Jehovah his God: and they shall abide; for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.

⁴Ja see tähendab rahu. Kui Assur tuleb meie maale ja kui ta astub meie paleedesse, siis seame tema vastu seitse karjast ja kaheksa vürsti.

⁵And this [man] shall be [our] peace. When the Assyrian shall come into our land, and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men.

⁵Nemad karjatavad mõõgaga Assuri maad ja halja teraga Nimrodi maad; tema päästab meid Assuri käest, kui see tuleb meie maale ja tungib meie piiridesse.

⁶And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: and he shall deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our border.

⁶Siis on Jaakobi jääk paljude rahvaste keskel otsekui kaste Issandalt, nagu vihmapiisad rohu peal, mis ei oota inimest ega looda inimlaste peale.

⁷And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many peoples as dew from Jehovah, as showers upon the grass, that tarry not for man, nor wait for the sons of men.

⁷Siis on Jaakobi jääk paganate seas, paljude rahvaste keskel, otsekui lõvi metsloomade seas, otsekui noor lõvi lambakarja keskel, kes sinna tungides tallab ja murrab, ilma et oleks päästjat.

⁸And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep; who, if he go through, treadeth down and teareth in pieces, and there is none to deliver.

⁸Olgu su käsi tõstetud su vaenlaste vastu ja kõik su vihamehed hävitatagu!

⁹Let thy hand be lifted up above thine adversaries, and let all thine enemies be cut off.

⁹Ja sel päeval, ütleb Issand, hävitan ma sinult hobused ja teen lõpu su sõjavankritele.

¹⁰And it shall come to pass in that day, saith Jehovah, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and will destroy thy chariots:

¹⁰Ma hävitan su maa linnad ja kisun maha kõik su kindlused.

¹¹and I will cut off the cities of thy land, and will throw down all thy strongholds.

¹¹Ma hävitan sinu nõidused ja sulle ei jää enam lausujaid.

¹²And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thy hand; and thou shalt have no [more] soothsayers:

¹²Ma hävitan sinu nikerdatud kujud ja ebaususambad ja sa ei saa enam kummardada oma kätetööd.

¹³and I will cut off thy graven images and thy pillars out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thy hands;

¹³Ma kisun sinult su viljakustulbad ja hävitan su linnad.

¹⁴and I will pluck up thine Asherim out of the midst of thee; and I will destroy thy cities.

¹⁴Vihas ja raevus tasun ma kätte paganaile, kes pole võtnud mind kuulda.

¹⁵And I will execute vengeance in anger and wrath upon the nations which hearkened not.