¹Rahvad, astuge ligi kuulma, ja rahvahõimud, pange tähele! Kuulgu maa ja need, kes seda täidavad, maailm ja kõik, kes seal võrsuvad!

¹Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye peoples: let the earth hear, and all its fulness; the world, and all that cometh forth of it.

²Sest Issandal on raev kõigi rahvaste ja viha kõigi nende väehulkade vastu: ta on pannud need vande alla, ta on andnud need tapetavaiks.

²For the wrath of Jehovah is against all the nations, and [his] fury against all their armies: he hath devoted them to destruction, he hath delivered them to the slaughter.

³Kes neist maha lüüakse, visatakse ära, nende laipadest tõuseb lehk, nende verest nõretavad mäed.

³And their slain shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up from their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.

⁴Kõik taevaväed kaovad, taevad keerduvad kokku otsekui rullraamat: kogu nende vägi variseb, nagu variseb viinapuust leht või viigipuust kuivanud mari.

⁴And all the host of the heavens shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll; and all their host shall fade away, as a leaf fadeth from off the vine, and as the withered [fruit] from the fig-tree.

⁵Sest mu mõõk on joobunud taevas, vaata, see langeb alla Edomi peale, minu poolt neetud rahva peale kohtumõistmiseks.

⁵For my sword is bathed in the heavens; behold, it shall come down upon Edom, and upon the people of my ban, to judgment.

⁶Issanda mõõk on verine, tilgub rasvast, tallede ja sikkude verest, jäärade neerurasvast, sest Issandal on ohver Bosras ja palju tapmist Edomimaal.

⁶The sword of Jehovah is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams; for Jehovah hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Edom.

⁷Metshärjadki langevad koos nendega, härjavärsid koos sõnnidega: nende maa joobub verest ja muld muutub rasvast rammusaks.

⁷And the buffaloes shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.

⁸Sest see on Issanda kättemaksupäev, tasumisaasta riiu eest Siioniga.

⁸For it is the day of Jehovah's vengeance, the year of recompenses for the controversy of Zion.

⁹Edomi jõed muutuvad tõrvaks, muld väävliks, ja ta maa on otsekui põlev tõrv.

⁹And the torrents thereof shall be turned into pitch, and its dust into brimstone; yea, the land thereof shall become burning pitch:

¹⁰See ei kustu ööl ega päeval, igavesti tõuseb selle suits. See jääb laastatuks põlvest põlve, iialgi ei käi keegi sealtkaudu.

¹⁰it shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.

¹¹Puguhani ja siil pärivad selle, öökull ja kaaren elutsevad seal; selle üle veetakse tühjuse mõõdunöör ja paljasoleku lood.

¹¹And the pelican and the bittern shall possess it, and the great owl and the raven shall dwell in it. And he shall stretch out upon it the line of waste, and the plummets of emptiness.

¹²Seal ei ole enam ülikuid, et kedagi kuningaks kuulutada, ja kõik ta vürstid saavad otsa.

¹²Of her nobles who should proclaim the kingdom, none are there; and all her princes shall be nought.

¹³Tema paleedes kasvavad kibuvitsad, linnustes nõgesed ja ohakad; see saab ðaakalite asukohaks ja jaanalindude pesitsuspaigaks.

¹³And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in her fortresses; and it shall be a dwelling-place of wild dogs, a court for ostriches.

¹⁴Kurjad vaimud kohtuvad seal sortsidega ja sikujalgne paharet hüüab seltsilist. Tõesti, seal viibib tont ja leiab enesele puhkepaiga.

¹⁴And there shall the beasts of the desert meet with the jackals, and the wild goat shall cry to his fellow; the lilith also shall settle there, and find for herself a place of rest.

¹⁵Seal pesitseb süstmadu, muneb, haub pojad välja, ja kogub oma varju alla. Tõesti, sinna kogunevad raisakotkad, igaüks oma paarilisega.

¹⁵There shall the arrow-snake make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow; there also shall the vultures be gathered one with another.

¹⁶Uurige Issanda raamatust ja lugege: ükski neist ei ole puudu, ükski neist ei ole teist kaotanud, sest tema on oma suu kaudu andnud käsu ja tema Vaim on need kogunud.

¹⁶Search ye in the book of Jehovah and read: not one of these shall fail, one shall not have to seek for the other; for my mouth, it hath commanded, and his Spirit, it hath gathered them.

¹⁷Tema on neile liisku heitnud, tema käsi on selle neile mõõdunööriga jaotanud: nad pärivad selle igaveseks, nad elavad seal põlvest põlve.

¹⁷For he himself hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them with the line: they shall possess it for ever; from generation to generation shall they dwell therein.