¹Teško gizdavu vijencu pijanica Efrajimovih, uvelu cvijetu blistava mu nakita - onima što uvrh plodnog dola leže vinom opijeni!

¹Woe to the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of his glorious adornment, which is on the head of the fat valley of them that are overcome with wine.

²Evo, od Gospoda jaki i moćni, kao pljusak s tučom, kao vihor razorni, prolom oblaka i povodanj, i svom ih snagom na zemlju baca.

²Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, as a storm of hail [and] a destroying tempest; as a storm of mighty waters overflowing, shall he cast down to the earth with might.

³Bit će izgažen nogama gizdav vijenac pijanica Efrajimovih

³The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim shall be trodden under feet;

⁴i uveo cvijet blistava mu nakita uvrh plodnih dolina; bit će kao rana smokva prije ljeta: čim je tko spazi, odmah je ubere.

⁴and the fading flower of his glorious adornment which is on the head of the fat valley shall be like an early fig before the summer: as soon as he that seeth it perceiveth it, scarcely is it in his hand, he swalloweth it down.

⁵U onaj dan Jahve nad Vojskama postat će kruna slave i sjajan vijenac Ostatku svoga naroda -

⁵In that day will Jehovah of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the remnant of his people;

⁶duh pravde onome koji sjedi na stolici sudačkoj i srčanost onome koji odbija napad na vrata.

⁶and for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate.

⁷Oni posrću od vina, teturaju od žestoka pića: svećenici i proroci od žestoka pića posrću; omami ih vino; teturaju od žestoka pića, posrću u viđenjima, ljuljaju se sudeći.

⁷But these also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are they gone astray. The priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink; they are overpowered by wine, they are gone astray through strong drink; they have erred in vision, they have stumbled [in] judgment.

⁸Svi su stolovi puni gnusnih bljuvotina, nigdje čista mjesta nema!

⁸For all tables are full of filthy vomit, so that there is no [more] place.

⁹"Koga on to uči mudrosti, koga on upućuje u objavu? Zar djecu odviknutu od mlijeka odbijenu od prsiju?

⁹Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand the report? Them that are weaned from the milk, withdrawn from the breasts?

¹⁰Sav la-sav, sav la-sav, kav la-kav, kav la-kav, zeer šam, zeer šam."

¹⁰For [it is] precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, there a little. ...

¹¹Da, mucavim usnama i na stranom jeziku govorit će se ovom narodu.

¹¹For with stammering lips and a strange tongue will he speak to this people;

¹²On im reče: "Evo počinka, dajte umornom da otpočine! Evo odmora!" Ali ne htjedoše poslušati.

¹²to whom he said, This is the rest: cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing. But they would not hear.

¹³Zato će im Jahve ovako govoriti: "Sav la-sav, sav la-sav, kav la-kav, kav la-kav, zeer šam, zeer šam", da hodeći padnu nauznak, da se razbiju, zapletu i uhvate.

¹³And the word of Jehovah was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, there a little: that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

¹⁴Stoga čujte riječ Jahvinu, vi podsmjevači, vi što vladate narodom ovim koji je u Jeruzalemu.

¹⁴Therefore hear the word of Jehovah, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.

¹⁵Vi velite: "Sklopismo savez sa smrću i s Podzemljem učinismo sporazum. Kad prođe bič razorni, ne, neće nas dohvatiti, jer od laži načinismo sebi sklonište i od obmane skrovište."

¹⁵For ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol have we made an agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us; for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves.

¹⁶Stog ovako govori Jahve Gospod: "Evo, postavljam na Sion kamen odabrani, dragocjen kamen ugaoni, temeljac. Onaj koji u nj vjeruje neće propasti.

¹⁶Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I lay for foundation in Zion a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner-stone, a sure foundation: he that trusteth shall not make haste.

¹⁷I uzet ću pravo za mjeru, a pravdu za tezulju." I tuča će vam zastrti sklonište od laži, a voda otplaviti skrovište;

¹⁷And I will appoint judgment for a line, and righteousness for a plummet; and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding-place.

¹⁸propast će savez vaš sa smrću, vaš sporazum s Podzemljem održat' se neće. Kada bič razorni prođe, satrt će vas;

¹⁸And your covenant with death shall be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, ye shall be trodden down by it.

¹⁹kad god prođe, dohvatit će vas; prolazit će svako jutro, danju i noću. Samo će vas strah uputit u objavu.

¹⁹As it passeth through it shall take you; for morning by morning shall it pass through, by day and by night; and it shall be terror only to understand the report.

²⁰Prekratka će bit' postelja da se čovjek pruži, preuzak pokrivač da se umota.

²⁰For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow when he would wrap himself in it.

²¹Da, kao na gori Perasimu, Jahve će ustati, kao u Dolini gibeonskoj, on će se razjariti, da izvrši djelo svoje, djelo čudnovato, da ispuni naum svoj, naum tajnoviti.

²¹For Jehovah will rise up as on mount Perazim, he will be moved with anger as in the valley of Gibeon; that he may do his work, his strange work, and perform his act, his unwonted act.

²²Podsmijevanja se okanite, da vas jače okovi ne stegnu; jer čuh da je od Gospoda, Jahve nad Vojskama, zemlji ovoj dosuđeno uništenje.

²²Now therefore be ye not scorners, lest your bonds be made strong; for I have heard from the Lord Jehovah of hosts a consumption, and [one] determined, upon the whole land.

²³Poslušajte i čujte glas moj, prisluhnite pomno moju besjedu.

²³Give ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.

²⁴Ore li orač svakog dana, brazdi, brana njivu svoju?

²⁴Doth the ploughman plough all day to sow? Is he [all day] opening and breaking the clods of his land?

²⁵A kad joj poravna površinu, ne sije li grahor, ne sipa li kumin? Pšenicu gdje treba, proso i ječam, i napokon raž po rubovima?

²⁵Doth he not, when he hath levelled the face thereof, cast abroad dill, and scatter cummin, and set the wheat in rows, and the barley in an appointed place, and the rye in its border?

²⁶Bog ga njegov upućuje, on ga uči djelu pravom.

²⁶His God doth instruct him in [his] judgment, he doth teach him.

²⁷Ne mlati se grahor cijepom, nećeš točkom po kuminu, već se grahor štapom mlati, a kumin se prutom lupa.

²⁷For the dill is not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart-wheel turned about upon the cummin; but dill is beaten out with a staff, and cummin with a rod.

²⁸A da li se žito tare? Ne, nećeš ga dovijeka mlatiti: po njem ćeš pognat kolski točak i konje, ali ga zdrobiti nećeš.

²⁸Bread [corn] is crushed, because he will not ever be threshing it; and if he drove the wheels of his cart and his horses [over it], he would not crush it.

²⁹I to dolazi od Jahve nad Vojskama, savjetom divnog, mudrošću velikog.

²⁹This also cometh forth from Jehovah of hosts; he is wonderful in counsel, great in wisdom.