¹Häda neile, kes annavad nurjatuid seadusi, ja kirjutajaile, kes kirjutavad vääri otsuseid,

¹Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers who write oppressive decrees;

²et väänata abitute õigust ja kiskuda kohus mu rahva viletsailt, et lesknaised saaksid neile saagiks ja et nad võiksid vaeslapsi paljaks riisuda!

²to deprive the needy from justice, and to rob the poor among my people of their rights, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!

³Aga mida te teete katsumispäeval ja tormis, mis tuleb kaugelt? Kelle juurde te põgenete abi saama? Ja kuhu jätate oma varanduse?

³What will you do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which will come from afar? To whom will you flee for help? Where will you leave your wealth?

⁴Ei ole muud kui põlvitada vangide seltsi või langeda tapetute sekka. Selle kõige juures ei ole ta viha veel ära pöördunud ja ta käsi on alles välja sirutatud.

⁴They will only bow down under the prisoners, and will fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

⁵Häda Assurile, kes on mu viha vits ja kelle käes on mu sajatuse kepp!

⁵Alas Assyrian, the rod of my anger, the staff in whose hand is my indignation!

⁶Tema ma läkitan jumalavallatu rahva vastu ja teda ma käsin oma vihaaluse rahva pärast võtta noosi ja riisuda saaki ja tallata teda nagu tänavapori.

⁶I will send him against a profane nation, and against the people who anger me will I give him a command to take the spoil and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

⁷Aga tema ei kavatse nõnda ja nõnda ei mõtle ta süda, vaid temal on südames hävitada ja hukata rahvaid, ja mitte väheseid,

⁷However he doesn’t mean so, neither does his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off not a few nations.

⁸sest ta ütleb: 'Kas pole mu pealikud kõik kuningad?

⁸For he says, “Aren’t all of my princes kings?

⁹Eks Kalnol käinud käsi nagu Karkemisel, eks Hamatil nagu Arpadil, eks Samaarial nagu Damaskusel?

⁹Isn’t Calno like Carchemish? Isn’t Hamath like Arpad? Isn’t Samaria like Damascus?”

¹⁰Kuna mu käsi ulatus ebajumalate kuningriikideni, kus nikerdatud kujusid oli rohkem kui Jeruusalemmal ja Samaarial,

¹⁰As my hand has found the kingdoms of the idols, whose engraved images exceeded those of Jerusalem and of Samaria;

¹¹eks ma või siis talitada ka Jeruusalemma ja selle kujudega nõnda, nagu ma talitasin Samaaria ja selle ebajumalatega?'

¹¹shall I not, as I have done to Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?

¹²Aga kui Issand on lõpetanud kõik oma töö Siioni mäel ja Jeruusalemmas, siis ta nuhtleb Assuri kuningat ta südame ülbuse vilja ja ta suureliste silmade kõrkuse pärast.

¹²Therefore it will happen that, when the Lord has performed his whole work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the willful proud heart of the king of Assyria, and the insolence of his haughty looks.

¹³Sest too ütleb: 'Ma tegin seda oma käe rammuga ja oma tarkusest, sest ma olen taibukas. Ma nihutasin rahvaste piire, riisusin, mis kuulus neile. Oma vägevuses tõukasin ma valitsejaid troonilt.

¹³For he has said, “By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I have understanding: and I have removed the boundaries of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures. Like a valiant man I have brought down their rulers.

¹⁴Mu käsi leidis rahvaste vara otsekui linnupesa; ja nagu korjatakse mahajäetud mune, nõnda ma korjasin ära kõik maad, ja ei olnud kedagi, kes oleks lehvitanud tiibu või teinud noka lahti ja piiksatanud.'

¹⁴My hand has found the riches of the peoples like a nest, and like one gathers eggs that are abandoned, have I gathered all the earth. There was no one who moved their wing, or that opened their mouth, or chirped.”

¹⁵Kas kiitleb kirves selle ees, kes temaga raiub, või suurustab saag saagija ees? Nagu viibutaks vits oma ülestõstjat, või nagu kergitaks kepp seda, kes ei ole puu.

¹⁵Should an axe brag against him who chops with it? Should a saw exalt itself above him who saws with it? As if a rod should lift those who lift it up, or as if a staff should lift up someone who is not wood.

¹⁶Sellepärast läkitab Jumal, vägede Issand, tema priskete sekka kõhetustõve, ja tema toreduse all lahvatab tuli.

¹⁶Therefore the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, will send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory a burning will be kindled like the burning of fire.

¹⁷Iisraeli valgus muutub tuleks ja tema Püha leegiks, mis ühel päeval põletab ja neelab ta ohakad ja kibuvitsad.

¹⁷The light of Israel will be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame; and it will burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day.

¹⁸Ja ta lõpetab tema metsa ja viljapuuaia toreduse koos ihu ja hingega. See on otsekui põdeja kidunemine.

¹⁸He will consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body. It will be as when a standard bearer faints.

¹⁹Vähe jääb siis üle ta metsapuudest: poisike võib need kirja panna.

¹⁹The remnant of the trees of his forest shall be few, so that a child could write their number.

²⁰Ja sel päeval sünnib, et Iisraeli jääk ja Jaakobi soo pääsenu ei toetu enam oma peksjale, vaid toetub ustavalt Issandale, Iisraeli Pühale.

²⁰It will come to pass in that day that the remnant of Israel, and those who have escaped from the house of Jacob will no more again lean on him who struck them, but shall lean on Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.

²¹Jääk pöördub, Jaakobi jääk, vägeva Jumala poole.

²¹A remnant will return, even the remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God.

²²Sest kuigi su rahvast, Iisrael, oleks otsekui mereliiva, pöördub sellest ainult jääk. Hävitus on otsustatud, õiglus ujutab üle.

²²For though your people, Israel, are like the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will return. A destruction is determined, overflowing with righteousness.

²³Sest hävituse ja otsuse teeb Jumal, vägede Issand, teoks kogu maal.

²³For the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, will make a full end, and that determined, in the midst of all the earth.

²⁴Seepärast ütleb Jumal, vägede Issand, nõnda: Mu rahvas, kes sa elad Siionis, ära karda Assurit, kui ta peksab vitsaga ja Egiptuse kombel tõstab su kohale oma kepi!

²⁴Therefore the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, says “My people who dwell in Zion, don’t be afraid of the Assyrian, though he strike you with the rod, and lift up his staff against you, as Egypt did.

²⁵Sest veel pisut-pisut, siis on mu sajatusel lõpp ja mu viha pöördub neid hävitama.

²⁵For yet a very little while, and the indignation against you will be accomplished, and my anger will be directed to his destruction.”

²⁶Siis keerutab vägede Issand ta kohal piitsa otsekui Midjani löömisel Oorebi kaljul, ja oma kepi, mis kord oli mere kohal, tõstab ta üles nagu tol korral Egiptuses.

²⁶Yahweh of Armies will stir up a scourge against him, as in the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb. His rod will be over the sea, and he will lift it up like he did against Egypt.

²⁷Ja sel päeval sünnib, et tema koorem võetakse su õlgadelt ja tema ike su kaela pealt. Ta tuleb üles Samaariast,

²⁷It will happen in that day, that his burden will depart from off your shoulder, and his yoke from off your neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing oil.

²⁸tungib Ajjatisse, läbib Migroni, Mikmassi ta jätab oma varustuse.

²⁸He has come to Aiath. He has passed through Migron. At Michmash he stores his baggage.

²⁹Nad läbivad kuru: 'Gebas on meie öömaja!' Raama väriseb, Sauli Gibea põgeneb.

²⁹They have gone over the pass. They have taken up their lodging at Geba. Ramah trembles. Gibeah of Saul has fled.

³⁰Hüüa kilavalt, Gallimi tütar! Kuulata, Laisa! Vasta, Anatot!

³⁰Cry aloud with your voice, daughter of Gallim! Listen, Laishah! You poor Anathoth!

³¹Madmena põgeneb, Geebimi elanikud poevad peitu.

³¹Madmenah is a fugitive. The inhabitants of Gebim flee for safety.

³²Juba täna peatub ta Noobis, viibutab kätt Siioni tütre mäe, Jeruusalemma künka poole.

³²This very day he will halt at Nob. He shakes his hand at the mountain of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.

³³Vaata, Jumal, vägede Issand, laasib oksad vägeval jõul. Kõrgeks kasvanud raiutakse maha: kõrged peavad saama madalaks!

³³Behold, the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, will lop the boughs with terror. The tall will be cut down, and the lofty will be brought low.

³⁴Metsarägastik laastatakse raudkirvega ja Liibanon langeb vägeva läbi.

³⁴He will cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon will fall by the Mighty One.