¹Thi se, HERREN, Hærskarers HERRE, fratager Jerusalem og Juda støtte og Stav, hver Støtte af Brød og hver støtte af vand:

¹For, lo, the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, Is turning aside from Jerusalem, And from Judah, stay and staff, Every stay of bread, and every stay of water.

²Helt og Krigsmand, Dommer og Profet, Spåmand og Ældste,

²Hero and man of war, judge and prophet, And diviner and elder,

³Halvhundredfører og Stormand, Rådsherre og, Håndværksmester og den, der er kyndig i Trolddom.

³Head of fifty, and accepted of faces, And counsellor, and the wise of artificers, And the intelligent of charmers.

⁴Jeg giver dem Drenge til Øverster, Drengekådhed skal herske over dem.

⁴And I have made youths their heads, And sucklings rule over them.

⁵I Folket undertrykker den ene den anden, hver sin Næste; Dreng sætter sig op imod Olding, Usling mod Hædersmand.

⁵And the people hath exacted — man upon man, Even a man on his neighbour, Enlarge themselves do the youths against the aged, And the lightly esteemed against the honoured.

⁶Når da en Mand tager fat på en anden i hans Fædrenehus og siger: "Du har en Kappe, du skal være vor Hersker, under dig skal dette faldefærdige Rige stå!"

⁶When one layeth hold on his brother, [Of] the house of his father, [by] the garment, `Come, a ruler thou art to us, And this ruin [is] under thy hand.`

⁷så svarer han på hin Dag: "Jeg vil ikke være Sårlæge! Jeg har hverken Brød eller Klæder i Huset, gør ikke mig til Folkets Overhoved!"

⁷He lifteth up, in that day, saying: `I am not a binder up, And in my house is neither bread nor garment, Ye do not make me a ruler of the people.`

⁸Thi Jerusalem snubler, og Juda falder, fordi de med Tunge og Gerning er mod HERREN i Trods mod hans Herligheds Øjne.

⁸For stumbled hath Jerusalem, and Judah hath fallen, For their tongue and their doings [are] against Jehovah, To provoke the eyes of His glory.

⁹Deres Ansigtsudtryk vidner imod dem; de kundgør deres Synd som Sodoma, dølger intet. Ve deres Sjæl, de styrted sig selv i Våde.

⁹The appearance of their faces witnessed against them, And their sin, as Sodom, they declared, They have not hidden! Wo to their soul, For they have done to themselves evil.

¹⁰Salige de retfærdige, dem går det godt, deres Gerningers frugt skal de nyde;

¹⁰Say ye to the righteous, that [it is] good, Because the fruit of their doings they eat.

¹¹ve den gudløse, ham går det ilde; han får, som hans Hænder har gjort.

¹¹Wo to the wicked — evil, Because the deed of his hand is done to him.

¹²Mit, Folk har en Dreng ved Styret, og over det hersker Kvinder. Dine Ledere, mit Folk, leder, vild, gør Vejen, du, vandrer, vildsom.

¹²My people — its exactors [are] sucklings, And women have ruled over it. My people — thy eulogists are causing to err, And the way of thy paths swallowed up.

¹³Til Rettergang er HERREN trådt frem, han tår og vil dømme sit Folk.

¹³Jehovah hath stood up to plead, And He is standing to judge the peoples.

¹⁴HERREN møder til Doms med de Ældste i sit Folk og dets Fyrster: "Det er jer, som gnaved Vingården af, I har Rov fra den arme til Huse.

¹⁴Jehovah into judgment doth enter With elders of His people, and its heads: `And ye, ye have consumed the vineyard, Plunder of the poor [is] in your houses.

¹⁵Hvor kan I træde på mit Folk og male de arme sønder?" så lyder det fra Herren, Hærskarers HERRE.

¹⁵What — to you? ye bruise My people, And the faces of the poor ye grind.` An affirmation of the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, And Jehovah saith:

¹⁶HERREN siger: Eftersom Zions Døtre bryster sig og går med knejsende Nakke og kælne Blikke, går med trippende Gang og med raslende Ankelkæder -

¹⁶`Because that daughters of Zion have been haughty, And they walk stretching out the neck, And deceiving [with] the eyes, Walking and mincing they go, And with their feet they make a tinkling,

¹⁷gør Herren issen skaldet på Zions Døtre og blotter deres Tindingers Lokker.

¹⁷The Lord also hath scabbed The crown of the head of daughters of Zion, And Jehovah their simplicity exposeth.

¹⁸På hin Dag afriver Herren al deres Pynt: Ankelringe, Pandebånd, Halvmåner,

¹⁸In that day doth the Lord turn aside The beauty of the tinkling ornaments, And of the embroidered works, And of the round tires like moons,

¹⁹Perler, Armbånd, Flor,

¹⁹Of the drops, and the bracelets, and the mufflers,

²⁰Hovedsmykker, Ankelkæder, Bælter, Lugtedåser, Trylleringe,

²⁰Of the bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, And of the bands, And of the perfume boxes, and the amulets,

²¹Fingerringe,Næseringe,

²¹Of the seals, and of the nose-rings,

²²Festklæder, Underdragter, Sjaler, Tasker,

²²Of the costly apparel, and of the mantles, And of the coverings, and of the purses,

²³Spejle, Lin, Hovedbånd og Slør.

²³Of the mirrors, and of the linen garments, And of the hoods, and of the vails,

²⁴For Vellugt kommer der Stank, i Stedet for Bælte Reb, for Fletninger skaldet Isse, for Stadsklæder Sæk om Hofte, for Skønhedsmærke Brændemærke.

²⁴And it hath been, instead of spice is muck, And instead of a girdle, a rope, And instead of curled work, baldness, And instead of a stomacher a girdle of sackcloth.

²⁵Dine Mænd skal falde for Sværd, dit unge Mandskab i Strid.

²⁵For instead of glory, thy men by sword do fall, And thy might in battle.

²⁶Hendes Porte skal sukke og klage og hun sidde ensom på Jorden.

²⁶And lamented and mourned have her openings, Yea, she hath been emptied, on the earth she sitteth!