¹Ve dem, der på Lejet udtænker Uret og Udåd, og sætter det i Værk, når det dages, da det står i deres Magt.

¹Wo [to] those devising iniquity, And working evil on their beds, In the light of the morning they do it, For their hand is — to God.

²De attrår Marker og raner dem, Huse og tager dem, undertrykker Mand og Hus, Ejendom og Ejer.

²And they have desired fields, And they have taken violently, And houses, and they have taken away, And have oppressed a man and his house, Even a man and his inheritance.

³Derfor, så siger HERREN: Se, jeg optænker Ulykke mod denne Slægt, fra hvilken l ikke skal kunne fri eders Hals eller gå med oprejst Hoved; thi en ond Tid er det.

³Therefore, thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am devising against this family evil, From which ye do not remove your necks, Nor walk loftily, for a time of evil it [is].

⁴På denne Dag skal der bruges et Mundheld om jer og klages: "Sket som talt! Vi er helt lagt øde; mit Folk får sin Lod skiftet ud, ingen giver den tilbage; vor Mark skiftes ud til dem, som fører os bort."

⁴In that day doth [one] take up for you a simile, And he hath wailed a wailing of wo, He hath said, We have been utterly spoiled, The portion of my people He doth change, How doth He move toward me! To the backslider our fields He apportioneth.

⁵Derfor har du ingen til at udspænde Snoren over en Lod i HERRENs Forsamling.

⁵Therefore, thou hast no caster of a line by lot In the assembly of Jehovah.

⁶"Præk ikke!" så præker de, "man præker ikke om sligt; får hans Smæden ej Ende?" Hvad siger du, Jakobs Hus?

⁶Ye do not prophesy — they do prophesy, They do not prophesy to these, It doth not remove shame.

⁷"Er HERREN da hastig til Vrede, handler han så? Er hans Ord ej milde mod den, som vandrer ret?"

⁷Doth the house of Jacob say, `Hath the Spirit of Jehovah been shortened? Are these His doings?` Do not My words benefit the people that is walking uprightly?

⁸Men I er fjendske imod, på Nakken af mit Folk; Kappen over Kjortelen river l af dem, som vandrer trygt og afskyr Strid.

⁸And yesterday My people for an enemy doth raise himself up, From the outer garment the honourable ornament ye strip off, From the confident passers by, Ye who are turning back from war.

⁹Mit Folks Kvinder driver l ud af det Hjem, de holdt af, I tager for evigt min Ære fra deres Børn:

⁹The women of My people ye cast out from its delightful house, From its sucklings ye take away My honour to the age.

¹⁰"Op, ryk ud! Thi her kan I ikke bo for den Urenheds Skyld, som volder svar Fordærv."

¹⁰Rise and go, for this [is] not the rest, Because of uncleanness it doth corrupt, And corruption is powerful.

¹¹I Fald der kom en Mand med Tomhed og Svig og Løgn: "Jeg vil præke for dig om Vin og Drik!" det var en Præker for dette Folk.

¹¹If one is going [with] the wind, And [with] falsehood hath lied: `I prophesy to thee of wine, and of strong drink,` He hath been the prophet of this people!

¹²Jeg vil samle dig, hele Jakob, opsanke Israels Rest, få dem sammen som Får i Fold, som en Hjord i Græsgangens Midte; af Mennesker bliver der en Summen.

¹²I do surely gather thee, O Jacob, all of thee, I surely bring together the remnant of Israel, Together I do set it as the flock of Bozrah, As a drove in the midst of its pasture, It maketh a noise because of man.

¹³En Vejbryder går foran dem; de bryder gennem Porten og går ud. Foran dem skrider deres Konge og HERREN i Spidsen for dem.

¹³Gone up hath the breaker before them, They have broken through, Yea, they pass through the gate, Yea, they go out through it, And pass on doth their king before them, And Jehovah at their head!