1Nõnda ütleb Issand: Kus on teie ema lahutuskiri, millega ma tema olen ära saatnud? Või kellele oma võlausaldajaist ma olen teid müünud? Vaata, te olete müüdud oma süütegude pärast, ja teie üleastumiste pärast on teie ema ära saadetud.
1Thus says Yahweh, “Where is the bill of your mother’s divorce, with which I have put her away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities were you sold, and for your transgressions was your mother put away.
2Miks ei olnud kedagi, kui ma tulin, ei vastanud keegi, kui ma hüüdsin? Ons mu käsi liiga lühike lunastamiseks või ei ole mul jõudu päästmiseks? Vaata, oma sõitlusega ma kuivatan mere, teen jõed kõrbeks, vee puudusel hakkavad kalad haisema ja nad surevad janusse.
2Why, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it can’t redeem? or have I no power to deliver? Behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stink, because there is no water, and die for thirst.
3Ma riietan taevad pimedusega ja annan neile kotiriide katteks.
3I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.”
4Issand Jumal on mulle andnud õpetatud keele, et ma oskaksin vastata väsinule, virgutada teda sõnaga. Ta äratab igal hommikul, ta äratab mu kõrva, et ma kuuleksin õpilaste kombel.
4The Lord Yahweh has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him who is weary: he wakens morning by morning, he wakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.
5Issand Jumal avas mu kõrva ja ma ei ole vastu pannud, ma ei ole taganenud.
5The Lord Yahweh has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away backward.
6Ma andsin oma selja peksjaile ja põsed neile, kes katkusid karvu, ma ei peitnud oma palet teotuse ja sülje eest.
6I gave my back to the strikers, and my cheeks to those who plucked off the hair; I didn’t hide my face from shame and spitting.
7Issand Jumal aitab mind: seepärast ma ei jäänud häbisse, seepärast ma muutsin oma näo otsekui ränikiviks, sest ma teadsin, et ma ei jää häbisse,
7For the Lord Yahweh will help me; therefore I have not been confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be disappointed.
8et mu õigusemõistja on ligidal. Kes tahab minuga riielda? Astugem üheskoos ette! Kes on mu vastane? Tulgu ta mu juurde!
8He is near who justifies me; who will bring charges against me? Let us stand up together: who is my adversary? Let him come near to me.
9Vaata, Issand Jumal aitab mind! Kes võib mind süüdi mõista? Vaata, nad kõik kuluvad nagu rüü, koi sööb nad.
9Behold, the Lord Yahweh will help me; who is he who shall condemn me? Behold, all they shall wax old as a garment, the moth shall eat them up.
10Kes teist kardab Issandat, see kuulgu tema sulase häält; kes käib pimeduses ja kel puudub valgusekuma, see lootku Issanda nime peale ja toetugu oma Jumalale.
10Who is among you who fears Yahweh, who obeys the voice of his servant? He who walks in darkness, and has no light, let him trust in the name of Yahweh, and rely on his God.
11Aga vaata, teie kõik, kes läidate tule, süütate tuliseid nooli, minge oma tule leekidesse ja tuliste noolte keskele, mis te olete süüdanud. Minu käest tuleb see teile, et peate lamama piinades.
11Behold, all you who kindle a fire, who adorn yourselves with torches around yourselves; walk in the flame of your fire, and among the brands that you have kindled. You shall have this of my hand; you shall lie down in sorrow.