¹Ovako mi govori Jahve: "Idi i kupi sebi lanen pojas i opaši bokove. Ali ga u vodu ne umači."

¹Thus said Jehovah unto me: Go and buy thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins; but dip it not in water.

²I kupih pojas po riječi Jahvinoj i opasah bokove.

²And I bought a girdle according to the word of Jehovah, and put it upon my loins.

³I dođe mi drugi put riječ Jahvina:

³And the word of Jehovah came unto me the second time, saying,

⁴"Uzmi pojas što si ga kupio i njime se opasao, digni se, idi do rijeke Eufrata i sakrij ga ondje u pukotinu pećine."

⁴Take the girdle that thou hast bought, which is upon thy loins, and arise, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock.

⁵I odoh i sakrih ga kraj Eufrata, kako mi Jahve zapovjedi. Poslije mnogo dana reče mi Jahve:

⁵So I went and hid it by the Euphrates, as Jehovah had commanded me.

⁶"Ustaj, idi na Eufrat pa izvuci odande pojas za koji ti zapovjedih da ga ondje sakriješ."

⁶And it came to pass at the end of many days, that Jehovah said unto me, Arise, go to the Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence which I commanded thee to hide there.

⁷Odoh na Eufrat, izvukoh i uzeh pojas s mjesta gdje ga bijah sakrio, i gle: pojas istrunuo, ne bijaše više nizašto.

⁷And I went to the Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it; and behold, the girdle was spoiled, it was good for nothing.

⁸Tada mi dođe riječ Jahvina:

⁸And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

⁹"Ovako govori Jahve: Tako ću uništiti silnu oholost Judeje i Jeruzalema.

⁹Thus saith Jehovah: After this manner will I spoil the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.

¹⁰Narod taj opaki koji ne sluša mojih riječi, nego slijedi okorjelo srce svoje i trči za drugim bogovima da im služi i da im se klanja, postat će kao tvoj pojas koji nije više nizašto.

¹⁰This evil people, who refuse to hear my words, who walk in the stubbornness of their heart, and go after other gods, to serve them and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle which is good for nothing.

¹¹Jer kao što pojas prianja uz bedra čovjekova, tako sam htio da sav dom Izraelov i sav dom Judin prianja uza me - riječ je Jahvina - da budu moj narod, moj dobar glas, moj ponos, moja slava i čast. Ali nisu poslušali!"

¹¹For as a girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, saith Jehovah; that they might be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear.

¹²Reci tom narodu: "Svaki se vrč puni vinom." A oni će ti prigovoriti: "Zar možda ne znamo da se svaki vrč puni vinom?"

¹²And thou shalt speak unto them this word: Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Every skin shall be filled with wine. And they will say unto thee, Do we not very well know that every skin shall be filled with wine?

¹³Reci im tada: "Ovako govori Jahve: evo, napunit ću pijanošću sve stanovnike ove zemlje, kraljeve što sjede na prijestolju Davidovu, i svećenike, i proroke, i sve Jeruzalemce.

¹³And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, and the kings that sit for David upon his throne, and the priests and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.

¹⁴I porazbijat ću ih jednog o drugoga, očeve zajedno sa sinovima - riječ je Jahvina. Uništit ću ih bez samilosti, bez milosrđa i bez smilovanja."

¹⁴And I will dash them one against another, both the fathers and the sons together, saith Jehovah; I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy so as not to destroy them.

¹⁵Poslušajte, dobro čujte, okanite se oholosti: Jahve sad govori!

¹⁵Hear ye, and give ear, be not lifted up; for Jehovah hath spoken.

¹⁶Dajte slavu Jahvi, Bogu svojemu, prije nego što se smrkne, prije nego što se noge vaše spotaknu po planinama mračnim. Vi se nadate svjetlosti, a on će je u mrak pretvoriti, prometnuti u crnu tamu!

¹⁶Give glory to Jehovah your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the mountains of twilight; and ye shall look for light, but he will turn it into the shadow of death, and make [it] gross darkness.

¹⁷Ako ovo ne poslušate, potajno će mi duša plakati zbog oholosti vaše, suze će roniti, oko će mi suze prolijevati, jer Jahvino stado u izgnanstvo odlazi.

¹⁷And if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for [your] pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because Jehovah's flock is gone into captivity.

¹⁸Reci kralju i kraljici-majci: "Sjednite duboko dolje, jer vijenac slave pade s vaših glava.

¹⁸Say unto the king and to the queen: Humble yourselves, sit down low; for from your heads shall come down the crown of your magnificence.

¹⁹Gradovi Negeba zatvoreni su, i nikoga nema da ih otvori. Sva je Judeja izgnana, sasvim izgnana!"

¹⁹The cities of the south are shut up, and there is none to open [them]; all Judah is carried away captive: it is wholly carried away captive.

²⁰Podigni oči, Jeruzaleme, i pogledaj one što nadiru sa Sjevera. Gdje je stado tebi povjereno, slavne ovce tvoje?

²⁰Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north. Where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock?

²¹Što ćeš reći kada ti se nametnu kao gospodari tvoji oni koje si sam naučio da te kao ljubavnici vode. Neće li te bolovi spopasti kao porodilju?

²¹What wilt thou say when he shall visit thee, since thou thyself hast trained them to be princes in chief over thee? Shall not sorrows take thee, as a woman in travail?

²²Možda ćeš se tad upitati: "Zašto me to snašlo?" Zbog mnoštva bezakonja tvojih otkriše ti skute, nasilje nad tobom učiniše.

²²And if thou say in thy heart, Wherefore come these things upon me? For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts uncovered, [and] thy heels have suffered violence.

²³Može li Etiopljanin promijeniti kožu svoju? Ili leopard krzno svoje? "A vi, možete li činiti dobro, navikli da zlo činite?

²³Can an Ethiopian change his skin, or a leopard his spots? [Then] may ye also do good, who are accustomed to do evil.

²⁴Zato ću vas raspršiti k'o pljevu koju raznosi pustinjski vjetar.

²⁴And I will scatter them as stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.

²⁵To je sudba tvoja i dio tebi odmjeren - riječ je Jahvina - jer si mene zaboravio i u laž se uzdao.

²⁵This shall be thy lot, thy measured portion from me, saith Jehovah; because thou hast forgotten me, and confided in falsehood.

²⁶Sam ću ti halju do lica podići da se tvoja golotinja vidi.

²⁶Therefore will I also turn thy skirts over thy face, and thy shame shall be seen.

²⁷Sve preljube tvoje, tvoje vriskanje i bestidno tvoje bludničenje, na humcima, u poljima, vidio sam tvoje grozote. Jao tebi, Jeruzaleme! Još se ne očisti i dokle će to još trajati ...?"

²⁷Thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy fornication, on the hills, in the fields, -- thine abominations, have I seen. Woe unto thee, Jerusalem! Wilt thou not be made clean? after how long a time yet?