¹Mina seisan oma vahipostil, asun linnusel ja vaatan, et näha, mida ta mulle räägib ja mida ta mulle vastab mu etteheite peale.

¹I will stand at my watch, and set myself on the ramparts, and will look out to see what he will say to me, and what I will answer concerning my complaint.

²Ja Issand vastas mulle ning ütles: Kirjuta üles nägemus ja tähenda selgesti lauakeste peale, et see, kes seda loeb, võiks lugeda soravalt.

²Yahweh answered me, “Write the vision, and make it plain on tablets, that he who runs may read it.

³Sest nägemus ootab küll oma aega, aga ta ruttab lõpu poole ega peta. Kui ta viibib, siis oota teda, sest ta tuleb kindlasti ega kõhkle.

³For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hurries toward the end, and won’t prove false. Though it takes time, wait for it; because it will surely come. It won’t delay.

⁴Vaata, kes on isemeelne, selle hing ei ole siiras ta sees; aga õige elab oma usust.

⁴Behold, his soul is puffed up. It is not upright in him, but the righteous will live by his faith.

⁵Ning veel enam: vein on petlik - ei jõua sihile hoopleja mees, kes avab oma kurgu nagu haua ja on täitmatu otsekui surm, kes korjab enesele kõik paganad ja kogub enese juurde kõik rahvad.

⁵Yes, moreover, wine is treacherous. A haughty man who doesn’t stay at home, who enlarges his desire as Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. , and he is like death, and can’t be satisfied, but gathers to himself all nations, and heaps to himself all peoples.

⁶Eks nad kõik tee tema kohta pilkelaule ja osatavaid mõistukõnesid ning ütle: Häda sellele, kes kuhjab kokku, mis ei ole tema oma - kui kauaks? - ja koormab ennast võlaga.

⁶Won’t all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, ‘Woe to him who increases that which is not his, and who enriches himself by extortion! How long?’

⁷Kas viimaks su võlausaldajad ei tõuse äkitselt ja su vintsutajad ei ärka? Jah, ja sina jääd neile saagiks!

⁷Won’t your debtors rise up suddenly, and wake up those who make you tremble, and you will be their victim?

⁸Sest sa oled riisunud paljusid rahvaid, nüüd riisuvad kõik rahvad sind inimeste vere ja kõige vägivalla pärast, mis sa oled teinud maale ja linnale ning kõigile selle asukaile.

⁸Because you have plundered many nations, all the remnant of the peoples will plunder you, because of men’s blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all who dwell in it.

⁹Häda sellele, kes ahnitseb oma kojale ülekohtust kasu, et paigutada oma pesa kõrgele ja päästa ennast kurja käest.

⁹Woe to him who gets an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil!

¹⁰Sa oled oma kavatsustega häbistanud oma koja, oled hävitanud paljusid rahvaid ja oled teinud pattu oma hinge vastu.

¹⁰You have devised shame to your house, by cutting off many peoples, and have sinned against your soul.

¹¹Sest kivi müüris kisendab ja sarikapuu vastab temale.

¹¹For the stone will cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the woodwork will answer it.

¹²Häda sellele, kes ehitab verega linna ja rajab ülekohtuga linnust!

¹²Woe to him who builds a town with blood, and establishes a city by iniquity!

¹³Vaata, eks seegi ole vägede Issandalt, et rahvaste vaev saab tuleroaks ja rahvahõimud väsitavad endid ilmaaegu?

¹³Behold, isn’t it of Yahweh of Armies that the peoples labor for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity?

¹⁴Sest maa saab täis Issanda au tundmist - otsekui veed katavad merepõhja.

¹⁴For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of Yahweh, as the waters cover the sea.

¹⁵Häda sellele, kes joodab ligimest, pannes joogi hulka oma viha, et jooja joobnuks jääks ja jootja saaks vaadata tema alastiolekut.

¹⁵“Woe to him who gives his neighbor drink, pouring your inflaming wine until they are drunk, so that you may gaze at their naked bodies!

¹⁶Au asemel sa küllastud häbist: joo sinagi ja näita oma eesnahka! Issanda parema käe karikas jõuab ringiga sinuni, ja su au kaetakse häbiga.

¹⁶You are filled with shame, and not glory. You will also drink, and be exposed! The cup of Yahweh’s right hand will come around to you, and disgrace will cover your glory.

¹⁷Sest Liibanonile tehtud vägivald katab sind ja loomade hävitus teeb sulle hirmu inimeste vere, samuti maale, linnale ja kõigile selle asukaile tehtud vägivalla pärast.

¹⁷For the violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you, and the destruction of the animals, which made them afraid; because of men’s blood, and for the violence done to the land, to every city and to those who dwell in them.

¹⁸Mis kasu on nikerdatud kujust, mille meister nikerdab, valatud kujust ja valeõpetajast, et meister kuju peale loodab, valmistades keeletuid ebajumalaid?

¹⁸“What value does the engraved image have, that its maker has engraved it; the molten image, even the teacher of lies, that he who fashions its form trusts in it, to make mute idols?

¹⁹Häda sellele, kes ütleb puule: 'Ärka!' või liikumatule kivile: 'Liigu!' Ons see õpetaja? Vaata, see on kulla ja hõbedaga kaetud, ometi pole vaimu tema sees.

¹⁹Woe to him who says to the wood, ‘Awake!’ or to the mute stone, ‘Arise!’ Shall this teach? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in its midst.

²⁰Aga Issand on oma pühas templis, tema palge ees vaikigu kogu maa!'

²⁰But Yahweh is in his holy temple. Let all the earth be silent before him!”