¹Ovako govori Jahve: "Siđi u palaču kralja judejskoga i objavi ondje ovu riječ.

¹Thus saith Jehovah: Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word,

²Reci: Slušaj riječ Jahvinu, kralju judejski, koji sjediš na prijestolju Davidovu, ti i tvoje sluge i tvoj narod koji ulaze na ova vrata.

²and say, Hear the word of Jehovah, O king of Judah, that sittest upon the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people who enter in through these gates.

³Ovako govori Jahve: 'Činite pravo i pravicu, izbavite potlačene iz ruku tlačitelja! Ne činite krivo strancu, siroti, udovici, ne tlačite ih i ne prolijevajte krvi nedužne na ovome mjestu.

³Thus saith Jehovah: Execute judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor; and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, or the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place.

⁴Jer budete li se istinski vladali po riječi ovoj, na vrata ovog dvora ulazit će kraljevi što sjede na prijestolju Davidovu, voze se na kolima i jašu na konjima - oni, njihove sluge i njihov narod.

⁴For if ye do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in through the gates of this house kings sitting in the place of David upon his throne, riding in chariots and on horses, -- he, and his servants, and his people.

⁵Ako pak ne poslušate ovih riječi, zaklinjem se sobom - riječ je Jahvina - da ću taj dvor pretvoriti u ruševinu!'"

⁵But if ye will not hear these words, I have sworn by myself, saith Jehovah, that this house shall become a waste.

⁶Jer ovako govori Jahve o dvoru kralja judejskoga: "Ti si za me Gilead, vrh libanonski. Ali, uistinu, pretvorit ću te u pustinju, u grad nenastanjen.

⁶For thus saith Jehovah concerning the house of the king of Judah: Thou art a Gilead unto me, the summit of Lebanon: verily I will make thee a wilderness, cities not inhabited.

⁷Spremit ću protiv tebe zatirače, svakoga s oružjem njegovim, nek' posijeku izabrane ti cedrove i u vatru ih pobacaju."

⁷And I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his weapons; and they shall cut down the choice of thy cedars, and cast [them] into the fire.

⁸Mnoštvo će naroda prolaziti mimo taj grad i pitat će jedan drugoga: "Zašto je Jahve tako postupio s ovim velikim gradom?"

⁸And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath Jehovah done thus unto this great city?

⁹Odgovorit će im: "Jer su ostavili Savez Jahve, Boga svoga, klanjali se drugim bogovima i služili im."

⁹And they shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of Jehovah their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.

¹⁰Ne oplakujte mrtvoga, ne jadikujte za njim. Radije plačite za onim koji odlazi, jer se nikad više neće vratiti ni rodne grude vidjeti.

¹⁰Weep not for the dead, neither bemoan him; [but] weep sore for him that goeth away, for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.

¹¹Jer ovako govori Jahve o Šalumu, sinu Jošijinu, kralju judejskomu, koji kraljevaše mjesto oca svoga i morade otići iz ovoga mjesta: "Nikad se više neće vratiti,

¹¹For thus saith Jehovah concerning Shallum the son of Josiah, the king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father, who went forth out of this place: He shall not return thither any more;

¹²nego će umrijeti u mjestu kamo ga izagnaše, a ovu zemlju nikad više neće vidjeti."

¹²for he shall die in the place whither they have led him captive, and shall see this land no more.

¹³Jao onom koji kuću gradi nepravedno i gornje odaje diže bez prava; koji bližnjega tjera na tlaku i plaću mu ne isplaćuje;

¹³Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his upper chambers by injustice; that taketh his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not his earning;

¹⁴koji kaže: "Sagradit ću sebi kuću prostranu i prozračne gornje odaje!" koji probija prozore, oblaže ih cedrovinom crveno obojenom.

¹⁴that saith, I will build me a wide house, and spacious upper chambers; and he cutteth out for himself windows; and it is wainscoted with cedar, and painted with vermilion.

¹⁵Jesi li zato kralj što se cedrom razmećeš? Nije li ti i otac jeo i pio, ali je činio pravo i pravicu i zato mu bješe dobro.

¹⁵Shalt thou reign, because thou viest with the cedar? Did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice? Then it was well with him.

¹⁶Branio je pravo siromaha i jadnika, i zato mu bješe dobro. Zar ne znači to mene poznavati? - riječ je Jahvina.

¹⁶He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Was not this to know me? saith Jehovah.

¹⁷Ali tvoje oči i srce idu samo za dobitkom, da krv nevinu prolijevaš, da nasilje činiš i krivdu.

¹⁷But thine eyes and thy heart are only on thine extortion, and on the blood of the innocent, to shed it, and on oppression and on violence, to do it.

¹⁸Zato ovako govori Jahve o Jojakimu, sinu Jošijinu, kralju judejskom: "Za njim neće naricati: 'Jao, brate moj! Jao, sestro moja!' Za njim neće naricati: 'Jao, gospodaru! Jao, veličanstvo!'

¹⁸Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, the king of Judah: They shall not lament for him, Ah, my brother! or, Ah, sister! They shall not lament for him, Ah, lord! or Ah, his glory!

¹⁹Pokopat će ga k'o magarca, izvući ga i baciti izvan vrata Jeruzalema."

¹⁹He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, dragged along and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.

²⁰"Popni se na Libanon i viči, po Bašanu nek' se ori glas, s Abarima buči, jer svi su tvoji prijatelji slomljeni!

²⁰Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and give forth thy voice in Bashan, and cry from [the heights of] Abarim: for all thy lovers are destroyed.

²¹Lijepo sam te svjetovao u danima mirnim, al' ti mi reče: 'Neću slušati!' Tako se vladaš od mladosti: ne slušaš glasa mojega.

²¹I spoke unto thee in thy prosperity; [but] thou saidst, I will not hear. This hath been thy way from thy youth, that thou hearkenedst not unto my voice.

²²Sve će tvoje pastire vjetar popasti, a ljubavnici će tvoji u izgnanstvo. Tada ćeš se stidjet' i sramiti zbog sve pakosti svoje.

²²The wind shall feed on all thy shepherds, and thy lovers shall go into captivity; surely, then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness.

²³Ti što prebivaš na Libanonu, ti što se gnijezdiš po cedrovima, kako li ćeš stenjati kad bolovi te spopadnu, trudovi porodilje.

²³Thou inhabitress of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how pitiful shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, pain as of a woman in travail!

²⁴Života mi moga - riječ je Jahvina - kad bi Konija, sin Jojakimov, kralj judejski, bio pečatnjak na mojoj desnici, ja bih ga strgao s prsta.

²⁴[As] I live, saith Jehovah, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, the king of Judah, were a signet upon my right hand, yet will I pluck thee thence;

²⁵Dat ću te u ruke onima koji ti rade o glavi, u ruke onima pred kojima dršćeš, u ruke Nabukodonozora, kralja babilonskog, i u ruke Kaldejaca.

²⁵and I will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life, and into the hand of them before whom thou art afraid, even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans.

²⁶I bacit ću tebe i majku koja te rodila u drugu zemlju gdje se niste rodili; tamo ćete umrijeti.

²⁶And I will cast thee out, and thy mother that bare thee, into another country, where ye were not born; and there shall ye die.

²⁷Ali u zemlju u koju čeznu da se vrate neće se vratiti!"

²⁷And into the land whereunto they lift up their souls to return, thither shall they not return.

²⁸TÓa zar je taj čovjek Konija sud prezren, razbijen? Il' posuda što nikom se ne sviđa? Zašto bjehu protjerani on i potomstvo, prognani u zemlju koja im je posve neznana?

²⁸Is this man Coniah a despised broken vase? a vessel wherein is no delight? Wherefore are they thrown out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not?

²⁹Zemljo, zemljo, zemljo, poslušaj riječ Jahvinu.

²⁹O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of Jehovah!

³⁰Ovako govori Jahve: "Upišite za ovoga čovjeka: 'Bez djece. Život mu se nije posrećio. Nitko od potomstva njegova neće sjesti na prijesto Davidov ni vladati Judejom.'"

³⁰Thus saith Jehovah: Write this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days; for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.