¹'Sina jääd õiglaseks, Issand, kuigi ma riidlen sinuga. Tõesti, ma tahaksin sinuga rääkida õigusemõistmisest. Miks läheb korda õelate tee? Miks kõik petised elavad rahus?

¹You are righteous, Yahweh, when I contend with you; yet I would reason the cause with you: why does the way of the wicked prosper? why are all they at ease who deal very treacherously?

²Sina istutad neid, nad juurduvad, nad kasvavad, kannavad isegi vilja. Nende suus oled sa ligidal, aga nende neerudest kaugel.

²You have planted them, yes, they have taken root; they grow, yes, they bring forth fruit: you are near in their mouth, and far from their heart.

³Kuid sina, Issand, tunned mind, näed mind ja katsud läbi mu südame, missugune see on sinu ees. Lahuta nad nagu tapalambad ja pühenda veristuspäevaks!

³But you, Yahweh, know me; you see me, and try my heart toward you: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.

⁴Kui kaua peab maa leinama ja kõigi väljade rohi kuivama? Nende kurjuse pärast, kes seal elavad, hukkuvad loomad ja linnud, sest nad ütlevad: 'Tema ei näe meie lõppu.''

⁴How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of the whole country wither? for the wickedness of those who dwell therein, the animals are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our latter end.

⁵'Kui sa väsid jalameestega koos joostes, kuidas sa võiksid siis võistelda hobustega? Rahulikul maal võid sa olla julge, aga mida sa teeksid Jordani padrikus?

⁵If you have run with the footmen, and they have wearied you, then how can you contend with horses? and though in a land of peace you are secure, yet how will you do in the pride of the Jordan?

⁶Sest isegi su vennad ja su isa pere, needki petavad sind, needki karjuvad täiest kõrist sulle järele. Ära usu neid, isegi kui nad sinuga lahkesti räägivad!'

⁶For even your brothers, and the house of your father, even they have dealt treacherously with you; even they have cried aloud after you: don’t believe them, though they speak beautiful words to you.

⁷'Ma olen maha jätnud oma koja, hüljanud oma pärisosa, olen andnud, mis oli mu hingele armas, oma vaenlaste kätte.

⁷I have forsaken my house, I have cast off my heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.

⁸Mu pärisosa oli mulle kui lõvi metsas: ta möirgas mu peale, seepärast ma vihkan teda.

⁸My heritage has become to me as a lion in the forest: she has uttered her voice against me; therefore I have hated her.

⁹Mu pärisosa oli mulle kirjuks linnuks, mida röövlinnud piiravad. Minge, koguge kõik metsloomad, tooge nad sööma!

⁹Is my heritage to me as a speckled bird of prey? are the birds of prey against her all around? Go, assemble all the animals of the field, bring them to devour.

¹⁰Hulk karjaseid on hävitanud mu viinamäe, on tallanud mu põlluosa, nad on teinud mu armsa põllu lagedaks kõrbeks.

¹⁰Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.

¹¹Lagedaks on see tehtud, lagedana leinab see mu ees. Kogu maa on laastatud, aga ei ole ühtegi, kes võtaks seda südamesse.

¹¹They have made it a desolation; it mourns to me, being desolate; the whole land is made desolate, because no man lays it to heart.

¹²Kõigi kõrbe tühermaade peale tulid hävitajad - sest Issanda mõõk neelab maa äärest ääreni - rahu pole kellelgi.

¹²Destroyers have come on all the bare heights in the wilderness; for the sword of Yahweh devours from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh has peace.

¹³Nad külvasid nisu, aga lõikasid kibuvitsu, nad väsitasid endid asjata; häbenege oma saaki Issanda vihalõõma pärast!'

¹³They have sown wheat, and have reaped thorns; they have put themselves to pain, and profit nothing: and you shall be ashamed of your fruits, because of the fierce anger of Yahweh.

¹⁴Nõnda ütleb Issand kõigi mu kurjade naabrite kohta, kes puudutavad pärisosa, mille ma oma rahvale Iisraelile olen andnud pärida: 'Vaata, ma kitkun nad ära nende maalt ja kitkun Juuda soo välja nende keskelt.

¹⁴Thus says Yahweh against all my evil neighbors, who touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit: behold, I will pluck them up from off their land, and will pluck up the house of Judah from among them.

¹⁵Aga pärast seda, kui ma olen nad kitkunud, halastan ma jälle nende peale ja toon nad tagasi, igaühe ta pärisosale ja igaühe ta maale.

¹⁵It shall happen, after that I have plucked them up, I will return and have compassion on them; and I will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land.

¹⁶Ja kui nad tõesti õpivad ära mu rahva kombed ja hakkavad vanduma minu nime juures: Nii tõesti kui Issand elab!, nõnda nagu nad õpetasid mu rahvast vanduma Baali juures, siis nad võivad edasi elada mu rahva keskel.

¹⁶It shall happen, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, As Yahweh lives; even as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built up in the midst of my people.

¹⁷Aga kui nad ei kuule, siis ma kitkun selle rahva sootuks ära ja saadan hukatusse, ütleb Issand.'

¹⁷But if they will not hear, then will I pluck up that nation, plucking up and destroying it, says Yahweh.