1Häda neile, kes lähevad Egiptusesse abi saama ja otsivad tuge hobustest ning loodavad sõjavankrite peale, sellepärast et neid on palju, ja ratsanike peale, sellepärast et nende hulk on väga suur, aga ei vaata Iisraeli Püha poole ega küsi nõu Issandalt!
1Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, and rely on horses, and trust in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are very strong, but they don’t look to the Holy One of Israel, and they don’t seek Yahweh!
2Kuid temagi on tark ja laseb tulla õnnetuse ega võta tagasi oma sõnu, vaid tõuseb kurjategijate soo vastu ja nende abi vastu, kes teevad nurjatust.
2Yet he also is wise, and will bring disaster, and will not call back his words, but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of those who work iniquity.
3Sest egiptlased on inimesed, aga mitte Jumal, ja nende hobused on liha, aga mitte vaim. Kui Issand sirutab käe, siis komistab aitaja ja langeb aidatav ja nad kõik hukkuvad üheskoos.
3Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When Yahweh stretches out his hand, both he who helps shall stumble, and he who is helped shall fall, and they all shall be consumed together.
4Sest Issand on mulle öelnud nõnda: Otsekui lõvi või noor lõvi, kes uriseb oma saagi kallal ja kelle vastu on kokku kutsutud karjaste jõuk, ei kohku nende hüüdeist ega lömita nende kisa pärast, nõnda astub alla vägede Issand sõdima Siioni mäel ja künkal.
4For thus says Yahweh to me, “As the lion and the young lion growling over his prey, if a multitude of shepherds is called together against him, will not be dismayed at their voice, nor abase himself for their noise, so Yahweh of Armies will come down to fight on Mount Zion and on its heights.
5Nagu linnud laotavad oma tiivad laiali, nõnda kaitseb vägede Issand Jeruusalemma, kaitseb ja päästab, säästab ja vabastab.
5As birds hovering, so Yahweh of Armies will protect Jerusalem. He will protect and deliver it. He will pass over and preserve it.”
6Pöörduge tagasi tema juurde, kellest te olete taganenud nii kaugele, Iisraeli lapsed!
6Return to him from whom you have deeply revolted, children of Israel.
7Sest sel päeval viskab igaüks ära oma hõbedased ja kuldsed ebajumalad, mis teie käed on teinud teile patuks.
7For in that day everyone shall cast away his idols of silver and his idols of gold—sin which your own hands have made for you.
8Ja Assur langeb, aga mitte mehe mõõga läbi, mitte inimese mõõk ei hävita teda. Ta peab põgenema mõõga eest ja ta noored mehed saavad orjadeks.
8“The Assyrian will fall by the sword, not of man; and the sword, not of mankind, shall devour him. He will flee from the sword, and his young men will become subject to forced labor.
9Tema kalju hääbub hirmu pärast ja ta vürstid ehmuvad võitluslipu ees, ütleb Issand, kellel on tuli Siionis ja põletusahi Jeruusalemmas.
9His rock will pass away by reason of terror, and his princes will be afraid of the banner,” says Yahweh, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.