¹Ja mulle tuli Issanda sõna; ta ütles:

¹The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

²'Mine ja kuuluta Jeruusalemma kuuldes ning ütle: Nõnda ütleb Issand: Ma mäletan su noorpõlve kiindumust, su mõrsjapõlve armastust, kui sa käisid mu järel kõrbes, külvamata maal.

²“Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Thus says Yahweh, “I remember for you the kindness of your youth, the love of your weddings; how you went after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.

³Iisrael oli pühitsetud Issandale, olles tema uudsevili: kõik, kes teda sõid, said süüdlasteks, nende peale tuli õnnetus, ütleb Issand.

³Israel was holiness to Yahweh, the first fruits of his increase. All who devour him shall be held guilty. Evil shall come on them,”’ says Yahweh.”

⁴Kuulge Issanda sõna, Jaakobi sugu ja kõik Iisraeli soo suguvõsad!

⁴Hear the word of Yahweh, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel!

⁵Nõnda ütleb Issand: Missuguse ülekohtu leidsid teie vanemad minus, et nad läksid minust eemale ja käisid tühjuse järel ning said tühjuseks?

⁵Thus says Yahweh, “What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they have gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?

⁶Nad ei küsinud: 'Kus on Issand, kes tõi meid Egiptusemaalt, kes juhtis meid kõrbes, lagedal ja auklikul maal, põuasel ja süngel maal, kus ei käi mitte keegi ja kus ei ela ükski inimene?'

⁶Neither did they say, ‘Where is Yahweh who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought and of the shadow of death, through a land that none passed through, and where no man lived?’

⁷Mina tõin teid viljakale maale sööma selle vilja ja hüvesid; aga jõudnud sinna, te roojastasite mu maa ja tegite mu pärisosa jäleduseks.

⁷I brought you into a plentiful land, to eat its fruit and its goodness; but when you entered, you defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination.

⁸Preestrid ei küsinud: 'Kus on Issand?' Seaduse seletajad ei tundnud mind, karjased astusid üles mu vastu, prohvetid ennustasid Baali nimel ja käisid asjade järel, millest pole abi.

⁸The priests didn’t say, ‘Where is Yahweh?’ and those who handle the law didn’t know me. The rulers also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.

⁹Sellepärast ma veel riidlen teiega, ütleb Issand, ja riidlen ka teie laste lastega.

⁹“Therefore I will yet contend with you,” says Yahweh, “and I will contend with your children’s children.

¹⁰Sest käige läbi kittide saared ja vaadake, läkitage Keedarisse, pange hästi tähele ja vaadake: kas seal on sündinud sellesarnast?

¹⁰For pass over to the islands of Kittim, and see; and send to Kedar, and consider diligently; and see if there has been such a thing.

¹¹Kas on ükski rahvas vahetanud oma jumalaid, kuigi need ei olegi jumalad? Aga minu rahvas on vahetanud oma Aulise selle vastu, millest pole abi.

¹¹Has a nation changed its gods, which really are no gods? But my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit.

¹²Hämmastu sellest, taevas, vabise väga, ütleb Issand.

¹²“Be astonished, you heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid. Be very desolate,” says Yahweh.

¹³Sest mu rahvas on teinud kahekordse süüteo: minu, elava vee allika, jätsid nad maha, et raiuda enestele kaevusid, pragulisi kaevusid, mis ei pea vett.

¹³“For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the spring of living waters, and cut them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

¹⁴Kas Iisrael on sulane? Või on ta pärisori? Miks ta sai riisutavaks?

¹⁴Is Israel a servant? Is he a native-born slave? Why has he become a prey?

¹⁵Tema vastu möirgasid noored lõvid, andsid kuulda oma häält; nad tegid ta maa kõledaks, ta linnad on varemeis, elaniketa.

¹⁵The young lions have roared at him, and yelled. They have made his land waste. His cities are burned up, without inhabitant.

¹⁶Ka Noofi pojad ja tahpaneeslased on su pealae paljaks püganud.

¹⁶The children also of Memphis and Tahpanhes have broken the crown of your head.

¹⁷Eks sa ise ole seda enesele teinud, hüljates Issanda, oma Jumala, siis kui ta saatis sind teekonnal?

¹⁷“Haven’t you procured this to yourself, in that you have forsaken Yahweh your God The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “Elohim.” , when he led you by the way?

¹⁸Miks on sul nüüd vaja minna Egiptusesse jooma Siihori vett? Ja miks on sul vaja minna Assurisse jooma Frati vett?

¹⁸Now what have you to do in the way to Egypt, to drink the waters of the Shihor? Or what have you to do in the way to Assyria, to drink the waters of the River?

¹⁹Sind karistab su oma kurjus ja noomivad su taganemised. Mõista ja näe, et see on halb ja kibe, kui sa jätad maha Issanda, oma Jumala, kui sul pole kartust minu ees, ütleb Issand, vägede Issand.

¹⁹“Your own wickedness shall correct you, and your backsliding shall reprove you. Know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and a bitter, that you have forsaken Yahweh your God, and that my fear is not in you,” says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies.

²⁰Sest ammusest ajast oled sa murdnud oma ikke, rebinud katki oma köidikud ja öelnud: 'Mina ei taha teenida!' Jah, igale kõrgemale künkale ja iga halja puu alla laskusid sa truudust murdma.

²⁰“For of old time I have broken your yoke, and burst your bonds; and you said, ‘I will not serve;’ for on every high hill and under every green tree you bowed yourself, playing the prostitute.

²¹Mina olen sind istutanud heaks viinapuuks täiesti puhtast seemnest; kuidas sa küll oled muutunud mulle võõraks kärbunud viinapuuks?

²¹Yet I had planted you a noble vine, wholly a right seed. How then have you turned into the degenerate branches of a foreign vine to me?

²²Kuigi sa ennast peseksid leelisega ja võtaksid palju seepi, jääb su süü minu ees mustuselaiguks, ütleb Issand Jumal.

²²For though you wash yourself with lye, and use much soap, yet your iniquity is marked before me,” says the Lord Yahweh.

²³Kuidas sa võid öelda: 'Mina ei ole ennast roojastanud, mina ei ole käinud baalide järel!'? Vaata oma teekonda orus, mõista, mis sa oled teinud, sa indlev kaamelimära, kes jooksed oma teedel sinna ja tänna,

²³“How can you say, ‘I am not defiled. I have not gone after the Baals’? See your way in the valley. Know what you have done. You are a swift dromedary traversing her ways;

²⁴metsemaeesel kõrbes, kes kangest innast ahmib tuult. Kes saaks keelata tema kiima? Ühelgi, kes teda otsib, ei ole vaja ennast väsitada: ta leiab tema ta innaajal.

²⁴a wild donkey used to the wilderness, that snuffs up the wind in her desire. When she is in heat, who can turn her away? All those who seek her will not weary themselves. In her month, they will find her.

²⁵Hoia oma jalga paljaks jäämast ja oma kurku janu eest! Aga sina ütled: 'Asjata! Ei, sest ma armastan võõraid ja käin nende järel.'

²⁵“Withhold your foot from being unshod, and your throat from thirst. But you said, ‘It is in vain. No, for I have loved strangers, and I will go after them.’

²⁶Otsekui varas jääb häbisse, kui ta tabatakse, nõnda jääb häbisse Iisraeli sugu: nemad, nende kuningad, vürstid, preestrid ja prohvetid,

²⁶As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets;

²⁷need, kes ütlevad puule: 'Sina oled mu isa', ja kivile: 'Sina oled mu sünnitanud', sest nad on pööranud mu poole kukla, aga mitte näo. Ent oma hädaajal nad ütlevad: 'Tõuse ja päästa meid!'

²⁷who tell wood, ‘You are my father;’ and a stone, ‘You have brought me out:’ for they have turned their back to me, and not their face; but in the time of their trouble they will say, ‘Arise, and save us.’

²⁸Aga kus on su jumalad, keda sa enesele valmistasid? Tõusku nemad, kui nad su hädaajal suudavad sind päästa! Sest nõnda palju kui sul on linnu, on sul jumalaid, Juuda.

²⁸“But where are your gods that you have made for yourselves? Let them arise, if they can save you in the time of your trouble: for according to the number of your cities are your gods, Judah.

²⁹Mispärast riidlete minuga? Teie kõik olete astunud üles mu vastu, ütleb Issand.

²⁹“Why will you contend with me? You all have transgressed against me,” says Yahweh.

³⁰Ilmaaegu olen ma löönud teie lapsi, nad ei ole võtnud õpetust. Teie oma mõõk on õginud teie prohvetid, otsekui murdja lõvi.

³⁰“I have struck your children in vain. They received no correction. Your own sword has devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

³¹Oh teie sugupõlve! Nähke Issanda sõna: kas olen mina olnud Iisraelile kõrbeks või pilkase pimeduse maaks? Mispärast ütleb mu rahvas: 'Me oleme vabad käima sinna-tänna, me ei tule enam sinu juurde!'?

³¹Generation, consider the word of Yahweh. Have I been a wilderness to Israel? Or a land of thick darkness? Why do my people say, ‘We have broken loose. We will come to you no more?’

³²Kas neitsi unustab oma ehte, pruut oma paelad? Aga minu rahvas on unustanud minu loendamatuil päevil.

³²“Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet my people have forgotten me for days without number.

³³Kui hästi sa oskad otsida armastust! Seepärast sa oledki harjunud kurjaga oma kommetes.

³³How well you prepare your way to seek love! Therefore you have taught even the wicked women your ways.

³⁴Su kuuepalistustelt leitakse ka vaeste süütute verd, kuigi sa ei ole tabanud neid sissemurdmiselt.

³⁴Also the blood of the souls of the innocent poor is found in your skirts. You did not find them breaking in; but it is because of all these things.

³⁵Aga kõige selle juures ütled sa ometi: 'Ma olen süütu, ta viha pöördub tõesti mu pealt.' Vaata, ma lähen sinuga kohtusse, sellepärast et sa ütled: 'Ma pole pattu teinud!'

³⁵“Yet you said, ‘I am innocent. Surely his anger has turned away from me.’ “Behold, I will judge you, because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’

³⁶Miks jooksed sa nii kerglaselt kord siia, kord sinna? Ka Egiptuse pärast pead sa häbenema, nagu sa häbenesid Assuri pärast.

³⁶Why do you go about so much to change your way? You will be ashamed of Egypt also, as you were ashamed of Assyria.

³⁷Ka siit tuleb sul ära minna käed pea peal, sest Issand põlgab neid, kelle peale sa loodad, ja sul ei õnnestu ennast päästa.

³⁷From there also you shall go forth, with your hands on your head; for Yahweh has rejected those in whom you trust, and you shall not prosper with them.