1On öeldud: Vaata, kui mees saadab ära oma naise ja see läheb tema juurest minema ning saab teisele mehele: kas esimene tohib teda jälle tagasi võtta? Kas pole nõnda, et maa saaks sellest roojaseks? Sina oled teinud hooratööd paljude armatsejatega ja tahad pöörduda tagasi minu juurde, ütleb Issand.
1“They say, ‘If a man puts away his wife, and she goes from him, and become another man’s, will he return to her again?’ Wouldn’t that land be greatly polluted? But you have played the prostitute with many lovers; yet return again to me,” says Yahweh.
2Tõsta oma silmad üles küngaste poole ja vaata: kus ei ole sind magatatud? Neid oodates istusid sa teede ääres otsekui araablane kõrbes ning roojastasid maad oma hooruse ja pahategudega.
2“Lift up your eyes to the bare heights, and see! Where have you not been lain with? You have sat for them by the ways, as an Arabian in the wilderness. You have polluted the land with your prostitution and with your wickedness.
3Seepärast ei tulnud varast vihmasadu ja ka hiline vihm jäi tulemata: sul on hooranaise laup, aga sa ei häbene.
3Therefore the showers have been withheld, and there has been no latter rain; yet you have a prostitute’s forehead, you refused to be ashamed.
4Nüüd hüüad sa mind: 'Oh, mu isa! Mu noorpõlvesõber!
4Will you not from this time cry to me, ‘My Father, you are the guide of my youth?’
5Kas sa pead igavesti viha ja oled sellepärast alati valvel?' Vaata, nõnda sa räägid, ise aga teed usinasti kurja.'
5“‘Will he retain his anger forever? Will he keep it to the end?’ Behold, you have spoken and have done evil things, and have had your way.”
6Ja Issand ütles mulle kuningas Joosija päevil: 'Kas sa oled näinud, mida on teinud see taganeja Iisrael? Ta on käinud igal kõrgel mäel ja iga halja puu all ning on teinud seal hooratööd.
6Moreover, Yahweh said to me in the days of Josiah the king, “Have you seen that which backsliding Israel has done? She has gone up on every high mountain and under every green tree, and there has played the prostitute.
7Ja ma ütlesin talle, kui ta oli teinud seda kõike: 'Pöördu tagasi minu juurde!' Aga ta ei pöördunud. Ja seda nägi tema truuduseta õde Juuda.
7I said after she had done all these things, ‘She will return to me;’ but she didn’t return; and her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
8Ja ta nägi, et ma saatsin ära taganeja Iisraeli ja andsin temale lahutuskirja, sellepärast et ta oli abielu rikkunud. Ometi ei kartnud tema truuduseta õde Juuda, vaid läks ka ise tegema hooratööd.
8I saw, when, for this very cause that backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a bill of divorce, yet treacherous Judah, her sister, didn’t fear; but she also went and played the prostitute.
9Ja oma kergemeelse hooratööga rüvetas ta maa ning rikkus abielu kiviga ja puuga.
9It happened through the lightness of her prostitution, that the land was polluted, and she committed adultery with stones and with stocks.
10Sellest hoolimata ei ole tema truuduseta õde Juuda pöördunud minu poole kõigest südamest, vaid on seda teinud teesklemisi, ütleb Issand.'
10Yet for all this her treacherous sister, Judah, has not returned to me with her whole heart, but only in pretense,” says Yahweh.
11Ja Issand ütles mulle: 'Taganenud Iisrael on osutunud süütumaks kui truuduseta Juuda.
11Yahweh said to me, “Backsliding Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.
12Mine ja hüüa neid sõnu põhja poole ja ütle: Pöördu, taganeja Iisrael, ütleb Issand, siis ma ei vaata teie peale enam süngel pilgul, sest mina olen armuline, ütleb Issand, mina ei pea viha mitte igavesti.
12Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, ‘Return, you backsliding Israel,’ says Yahweh; ‘I will not look in anger on you; for I am merciful,’ says Yahweh. ‘I will not keep anger forever.
13Aga tunne oma süüd, et sa oled üles astunud Issanda, oma Jumala vastu ja oled iga halja puu all ajanud oma põlved laiali võõrastele. Minu häält ei ole te mitte kuulnud, ütleb Issand.
13Only acknowledge your iniquity, that you have transgressed against Yahweh your God, and have scattered your ways to the strangers under every green tree, and you have not obeyed my voice,’ says Yahweh.”
14Pöörduge ümber, taganenud lapsed, ütleb Issand, sest mina olen võtnud teid oma valdusesse; ja mina võtan teid: igast linnast ühe ja igast suguvõsast kaks ning viin teid Siionisse!
14“Return, backsliding children,” says Yahweh; “for I am a husband to you. I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion.
15Ja ma annan teile karjaseid oma südame järgi, ja need karjatavad teid targasti ja taibukalt.
15I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
16Ja kui neil päevil saab teid sellel maal palju ja te olete viljakad, ütleb Issand, siis ei räägita enam Issanda seaduselaekast ega ole see meeleski, sellele ei mõelda, sellest ei tunta puudust ja seda ei valmistatagi enam.
16It shall come to pass, when you are multiplied and increased in the land, in those days,” says Yahweh, “they shall say no more, ‘The ark of the covenant of Yahweh!’ neither shall it come to mind; neither shall they remember it; neither shall they miss it; neither shall it be made any more.
17Sel ajal nimetatakse Jeruusalemma 'Issanda aujärjeks' ja kõik rahvad kogunevad sinna, Issanda nime juurde Jeruusalemma; ja nad ei käi enam oma kurja südame kanguse järgi.
17At that time they shall call Jerusalem ‘The throne of Yahweh;’ and all the nations shall be gathered to it, to the name of Yahweh, to Jerusalem. Neither shall they walk any more after the stubbornness of their evil heart.
18Neil päevil läheb Juuda sugu Iisraeli soo juurde ja nad tulevad üheskoos põhjamaalt maale, mille mina olen andnud pärisosaks teie vanemaile.
18In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I gave for an inheritance to your fathers.
19Ja ma mõtlesin: Küll tahaksin sind panna laste sekka ja anda sulle meeldiva maa, toredaist toredaima pärisosa rahvaste keskel. Ja ma mõtlesin: Sina hüüaksid mind isaks ega taganeks mu järelt.
19“But I said, ‘How I would put you among the children, and give you a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the armies of the nations!’ and I said, ‘You shall call me “My Father,” and shall not turn away from following me.’
20Aga otsekui naine on truuduseta oma eluseltsilise vastu, nõnda olete teie, Iisraeli sugu, olnud truuduseta minu vastu, ütleb Issand.
20“Surely as a wife treacherously departs from her husband, so you have dealt treacherously with me, house of Israel,” says Yahweh.
21Küngastel kuuldub häält, Iisraeli laste haledat nuttu, sellepärast et nad on käinud vääral teel, on unustanud Issanda, oma Jumala.
21A voice is heard on the bare heights, the weeping and the petitions of the children of Israel; because they have perverted their way, they have forgotten Yahweh their God.
22Pöörduge tagasi, taganenud lapsed, ma teen teid terveks teie taganemisest! 'Vaata, me tuleme sinu juurde, sest sina oled Issand, meie Jumal.
22Return, you backsliding children, I will heal your backsliding. “Behold, we have come to you; for you are Yahweh our God.
23Tõesti, petlik on see, mis kuuldub küngastelt, lärm mägedel. Tõesti, Issandas, meie Jumalas on Iisraeli pääste.
23Truly in vain is help from the hills, the tumult on the mountains. Truly the salvation of Israel is in Yahweh our God.
24'Häbi' on söönud meie vanemate töövilja, meie noorpõlvest alates: nende lambad ja veised, nende pojad ja tütred.
24But the shameful thing has devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
25Lamagem siis oma häbis ja katku meid meie teotus, sest me oleme pattu teinud Issanda, oma Jumala vastu, meie ja meie vanemad oma noorpõlvest tänapäevani ega ole võtnud kuulda Issanda, oma Jumala häält.'
25Let us lie down in our shame, and let our confusion cover us; for we have sinned against Yahweh our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day. We have not obeyed the voice of Yahweh our God.”