¹Nõnda ütleb Issand: 'Vaata, ma äratan Paabeli kallale, 'mu vastase südame' elanike kallale hävitava tuule.

¹Thus says Yahweh: Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against those who dwell in Lebkamai, a destroying wind.

²Ja ma läkitan Paabeli kallale võõraid, kes tuulavad teda ja laastavad tema maad, kui nad õnnetusepäeval on igalt poolt tema kallal.

²I will send to Babylon strangers, who shall winnow her; and they shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her around.

³Ammukütt vinnastagu oma amb ammuküti vastu ja selle vastu, kes suurustab oma soomusrüüs. Ärge säästke tema noori mehi, hävitage sootuks kogu ta vägi,

³Against him who bends let the archer bend his bow, and against him who lifts himself up in his coat of mail: and don’t spare her young men; utterly destroy all her army.

⁴et mahalöödud langeksid kaldealaste maal ja läbipistetud tema tänavail.

⁴They shall fall down slain in the land of the Chaldeans, and thrust through in her streets.

⁵Sest Iisrael ja Juuda ei jää oma Jumala, vägede Issanda leskedeks, vaid kaldealaste maa on täis süüd Iisraeli Püha vastu.

⁵For Israel is not forsaken, nor Judah, of his God, of Yahweh of Armies; though their land is full of guilt against the Holy One of Israel.

⁶Põgenege Paabelist ja igaüks päästku oma hing, et teie ei hukkuks tema süü pärast! Sest see on Issanda kättemaksuaeg, kes tasub temale, mis ta on teinud.

⁶Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and save every man his life; don’t be cut off in her iniquity: for it is the time of Yahweh’s vengeance; he will render to her a recompense.

⁷Paabel oli kuldkarikas Issanda käes, mis tegi joobnuks kogu maailma; rahvad jõid tema veini, seetõttu rahvad hullusid.

⁷Babylon has been a golden cup in Yahweh’s hand, who made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunk of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.

⁸Äkitselt langeb Paabel ja purustatakse. Ulguge tema pärast! Võtke palsamit tema haavade jaoks, vahest ta saab terveks!

⁸Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: wail for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.

⁹Me tahtsime Paabelit ravida, aga ta ei paranenud. Jätkem ta maha ja mingem igaüks oma maale, sest kohus tema üle ulatub taevani ja tõuseb pilvedeni.

⁹We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go everyone into his own country; for her judgment reaches to heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies.

¹⁰Issand on toonud esile meie õigused; tulgem ja jutustagem Siionis Issanda, oma Jumala teost.

¹⁰Yahweh has brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of Yahweh our God.

¹¹Teritage nooli, haarake kilbid! Issand on äratanud Meedia kuningate vaimu, sest tema kavatsuseks Paabeli kohta on selle hävitamine. Sest see on Issanda kättemaks, kättemaks tema templi eest.

¹¹Make sharp the arrows; hold firm the shields: Yahweh has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes; because his purpose is against Babylon, to destroy it: for it is the vengeance of Yahweh, the vengeance of his temple.

¹²Tõstke lipp Paabeli müüride vastu, tugevdage valvet, seadke vahimehi, paigutage varitsejaid! Sest nagu Issand on kavatsenud, nõnda tema teebki teoks, mis ta Paabeli elanike kohta on ütelnud.

¹²Set up a standard against the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set the watchmen, prepare the ambushes; for Yahweh has both purposed and done that which he spoke concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.

¹³Sina, kes sa elad suurte vete ääres, varandustest rikas, on tulnud sinu lõpp, küünar, kust sind katki lõigatakse.

¹³You who dwell on many waters, abundant in treasures, your end has come, the measure of your covetousness.

¹⁴Vägede Issand on vandunud iseenesele: tõesti, ma täidan sind inimestega otsekui rohutirtsudega, ja nad tõstavad sinu vastu sõjakisa.

¹⁴Yahweh of Armies has sworn by himself, saying, Surely I will fill you with men, as with the canker worm; and they shall lift up a shout against you.

¹⁵Tema on oma rammuga teinud maa, tarkusega rajanud maailma ja mõistusega laotanud taeva.

¹⁵He has made the earth by his power, he has established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding has he stretched out the heavens:

¹⁶Kui tema teeb häält, siis on taevas vee kohin ja ta tõstab pilved maa äärest; tema teeb vihmale välgud ja toob tuule välja selle aitadest.

¹⁶when he utters his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he makes lightning for the rain, and brings forth the wind out of his treasuries.

¹⁷Inimesed on kõik rumalad, mõistusest ilma. Iga kullassepp jääb häbisse jumalakuju pärast, sest tema valatud kujud on pettus ja neis pole vaimu.

¹⁷Every man has become brutish without knowledge. Every goldsmith is disappointed by his image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

¹⁸Need on tühised, naeruväärt töö: oma katsumisajal nad hukkuvad.

¹⁸They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

¹⁹Nende sarnane ei ole see, kes on Jaakobi osa, sest tema on kõige looja ja ta pärisosa kepp. Vägede Issand on tema nimi.

¹⁹The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the former of all things; and is the tribe of his inheritance: Yahweh of Armies is his name.

²⁰Sina, Paabel, olid mulle vasaraks, relvaks, sinuga purustasin ma rahvaid ja sinuga hävitasin ma kuningriike.

²⁰You are my battle axe and weapons of war: and with you will I break in pieces the nations; and with you will I destroy kingdoms;

²¹Sinuga purustasin ma hobuse ja ratsaniku, sinuga purustasin ma vankri ja sõitja.

²¹and with you will I break in pieces the horse and his rider;

²²Sinuga purustasin ma mehe ja naise, sinuga purustasin ma vana ja noore, sinuga purustasin ma noormehe ja neitsi.

²²and with you will I break in pieces the chariot and him who rides therein; and with you will I break in pieces man and woman; and with you will I break in pieces the old man and the youth; and with you will I break in pieces the young man and the virgin;

²³Sinuga purustasin ma karjase ja karja, sinuga purustasin ma põllumehe ja härjapaari, sinuga purustasin ma maavanemad ja asevalitsejad.

²³and with you will I break in pieces the shepherd and his flock; and with you will I break in pieces the farmer and his yoke; and with you will I break in pieces governors and deputies.

²⁴Aga nüüd tasun ma Paabelile ja kõigile Kaldea elanikele teie nähes kõik nende kurja, mis nad tegid Siionile, ütleb Issand.

²⁴I will render to Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, says Yahweh.

²⁵Vaata, ma olen su vastu, sa hävitusemägi, ütleb Issand, kes hävitasid kogu maa. Ma sirutan oma käe su vastu ja veeretan sind kaljudelt alla ning teen sind põlenud mäeks.

²⁵Behold, I am against you, destroying mountain, says Yahweh, which destroys all the earth; and I will stretch out my hand on you, and roll you down from the rocks, and will make you a burnt mountain.

²⁶Ja sinust ei võeta nurgakivi ega kivi alusmüüri jaoks, vaid sa jääd igavesti hävitatuks, ütleb Issand.

²⁶They shall not take of you a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but you shall be desolate for ever, says Yahweh.

²⁷Tõstke maal lipp, puhuge sarve rahvaste seas, pühitsege rahvad tema vastu, kutsuge tema vastu Ararati, Minni ja Askenase kuningriigid, pange tema vastu värbamispealik, tooge üles hobuseid otsekui karuseid rohutirtsuvastseid!

²⁷Set up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz: appoint a marshal against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough canker worm.

²⁸Pühitsege ta vastu rahvad, Meedia kuningad, nende maavanemad ja kõik asevalitsejad ning kogu nende valitsusealune maa!

²⁸Prepare against her the nations, the kings of the Medes, its governors, and all its deputies, and all the land of their dominion.

²⁹Siis väriseb maa ja viskleb valudes, sest täituvad kavatsused, mis Issandal on Paabeli vastu, et teha Paabeli maa lagedaks, kus ükski ei ela.

²⁹The land trembles and is in pain; for the purposes of Yahweh against Babylon do stand, to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.

³⁰Paabeli kangelased lakkavad sõdimast, nad istuvad kindlustes, nende jõud hääbub, nad muutuvad naisteks; tema hooned põletatakse, tema riivid murtakse.

³⁰The mighty men of Babylon have forborne to fight, they remain in their strongholds; their might has failed; they are become as women: her dwelling places are set on fire; her bars are broken.

³¹Jooksja jookseb jooksjale ja sõnumiviija sõnumiviijale vastu, kuulutama Paabeli kuningale, et tema linn on igast küljest vallutatud,

³¹One runner will run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to show the king of Babylon that his city is taken on every quarter:

³²et koolmed on võetud, pilliroopaadid tules põletatud ja sõjamehed kabuhirmus.

³²and the passages are seized, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are frightened.

³³Sest nõnda ütleb vägede Issand, Iisraeli Jumal: Paabeli tütar on nagu rehepaik selle kõvakstampimise ajal: veel pisut, siis tuleb temale lõikusaeg.

³³For thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time when it is trodden; yet a little while, and the time of harvest shall come for her.

³⁴'Nebukadnetsar, Paabeli kuningas, on mind neelanud, kimbutanud, kõrvale pannud nagu tühja astja; ta on mind neelanud nagu lohe, on täitnud oma kõhu minu maiuspaladega, ta on mind ära ajanud.

³⁴Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon has devoured me, he has crushed me, he has made me an empty vessel, he has, like a monster, swallowed me up, he has filled his maw with my delicacies; he has cast me out.

³⁵Vägivald, mida olen kannatanud, ja mu kokkuvarisemine tulgu Paabeli peale!' ütleb Siioni elanik. 'Ja mu veri Kaldea elanike peale!' ütleb Jeruusalemm.

³⁵The violence done to me and to my flesh be on Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and, My blood be on the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say.

³⁶Seepärast ütleb Issand nõnda: Vaata, mina ajan sinu riiuasja ja tasun, mis sul on tasuda; mina lasen taheneda tema mere ja kuivatan tema allika.

³⁶Therefore thus says Yahweh: Behold, I will plead your cause, and take vengeance for you; and I will dry up her sea, and make her fountain dry.

³⁷Paabel muutub kivihunnikuks, ðaakalite asupaigaks, jubeduseks ja parastamise põhjuseks, kus ükski ei ela.

³⁷Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling place for jackals, an astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant.

³⁸Nad möirgavad küll üheskoos nagu lõvid ja urisevad nagu lõvikutsikad.

³⁸They shall roar together like young lions; they shall growl as lions’ cubs.

³⁹Kui nad on elevil, siis ma teen neile joomingu ja lasen nad purju jääda, et nad hõiskaksid ja uinuksid igavesse unne ega ärkaks, ütleb Issand.

³⁹When they are heated, I will make their feast, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, says Yahweh.

⁴⁰Mina viin nad tappa nagu talled, nagu jäärad koos sikkudega.

⁴⁰I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with male goats.

⁴¹Kuidas küll vallutatakse Seesak, ja võetakse see, kes on kuulus kogu maal. Kuidas küll Paabel saab jubeduseks rahvaste seas!

⁴¹How is Sheshach taken! and the praise of the whole earth seized! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!

⁴²Meri tõuseb üle Paabeli, ta kaetakse selle kohisevate lainetega.

⁴²The sea has come up on Babylon; she is covered with the multitude of its waves.

⁴³Tema linnad muutuvad õudseks, maa põuaseks ja lagedaks, maaks, kus ükski ei ela ja millest inimlaps läbi ei lähe.

⁴³Her cities are become a desolation, a dry land, and a desert, a land in which no man dwells, neither does any son of man pass thereby.

⁴⁴Ma karistan Beeli Paabelis ja kisun ta suust, mis ta on neelanud; rahvad ei voola enam tema juurde, Paabeli müürgi variseb maha.

⁴⁴I will execute judgment on Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he has swallowed up; and the nations shall not flow any more to him: yes, the wall of Babylon shall fall.

⁴⁵Minge ära selle keskelt, minu rahvas, ja päästke igaüks oma elu Issanda tulise viha eest!

⁴⁵My people, go away from the midst of her, and save yourselves every man from the fierce anger of Yahweh.

⁴⁶Ärgu ainult teie süda mingu araks ja ärge kartke kuulujutte, mis maal kostavad, kui ühel aastal tuleb üks kuulujutt ja järgmisel aastal teine, kui maal on vägivald ja valitseja on valitseja vastu!

⁴⁶Don’t let your heart faint, neither fear for the news that shall be heard in the land; for news shall come one year, and after that in another year shall come news, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.

⁴⁷Sest vaata, päevad tulevad, mil ma karistan Paabeli nikerdatud kujusid; ja kogu tema maa jääb häbisse ning kõik langevad surnult maha sel maal.

⁴⁷Therefore behold, the days come, that I will execute judgment on the engraved images of Babylon; and her whole land shall be confounded; and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.

⁴⁸Siis rõõmustavad Paabeli pärast taevas ja maa ja kõik, mis neis on, kui põhja poolt tulevad tema kallale hävitajad, ütleb Issand.

⁴⁸Then the heavens and the earth, and all that is therein, shall sing for joy over Babylon; for the destroyers shall come to her from the north, says Yahweh.

⁴⁹Paabelgi langeb Iisraeli mahalöödute pärast, nagu Paabeli pärast langesid mahalöödud kogu maal.

⁴⁹As Babylon has caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the land.

⁵⁰Teie, mõõga eest pääsenud, minge, ärge jääge seisma! Mõelge kaugel Issandale ja teile meenugu Jeruusalemm!

⁵⁰You who have escaped the sword, go, don’t stand still; remember Yahweh from afar, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.

⁵¹'Me häbeneme, kui kuuleme laimu; häbi katab meie palet, kui muulased tulevad Issanda koja pühaduste kallale.'

⁵¹We are confounded, because we have heard reproach; confusion has covered our faces: for strangers have come into the sanctuaries of Yahweh’s house.

⁵²Seepärast, vaata, päevad tulevad, ütleb Issand, mil ma karistan tema nikerdatud kujusid ja kogu ta maal oigavad haavatud.

⁵²Therefore behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will execute judgment on her engraved images; and through all her land the wounded shall groan.

⁵³Kuigi Paabel peaks tõusma taevani ja kuigi ta kindlustaks oma võimsa kõrgendiku, kummatigi tulevad minult tema kallale hävitajad, ütleb Issand.

⁵³Though Babylon should mount up to the sky, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall destroyers come to her, says Yahweh.

⁵⁴Kuula! Hädakisa Paabelist ja suurest hävingust kaldealaste maal!

⁵⁴The sound of a cry from Babylon, and of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!

⁵⁵Sest Issand hävitab Paabeli ja lõpetab sealt suure lärmi, kuigi ta lained kohisevad nagu suured veed ja kostab ta hüüete kära.

⁵⁵For Yahweh lays Babylon waste, and destroys out of her the great voice; and their waves roar like many waters; the noise of their voice is uttered:

⁵⁶Sest tema kallale, Paabeli kallale, tuleb hävitaja ja tema kangelased võetakse vangi, nende ammud murtakse katki; sest kättemaksu Jumal, Issand, maksab kindlasti kätte.

⁵⁶for the destroyer has come on her, even on Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, their bows are broken in pieces; for Yahweh is a God of recompenses, he will surely requite.

⁵⁷Ja ma teen joobnuks tema vürstid ja targad, maavanemad, asevalitsejad ja kangelased, et nad uinuksid igavesse unne ega ärkaks enam, ütleb kuningas, kelle nimi on vägede Issand.

⁵⁷I will make drunk her princes and her wise men, her governors and her deputies, and her mighty men; and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake up, says the King, whose name is Yahweh of Armies.

⁵⁸Nõnda ütleb vägede Issand: Laiad Paabeli müürid kistakse maani maha, ja tema kõrged väravad põletatakse tules. Rahvad vaevavad endid ilmaaegu ja rahvahõimud väsitavad endid tule tarvis.'

⁵⁸Thus says Yahweh of Armies: The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly overthrown, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the peoples shall labor for vanity, and the nations for the fire; and they shall be weary.

⁵⁹Ülesanne, mille prohvet Jeremija andis Serajale, Mahseja poja Neerija pojale, kui see läks koos Juuda kuninga Sidkijaga Paabelisse selle valitsemise neljandal aastal; Seraja oli majutuspealik.

⁵⁹The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah to Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. Now Seraiah was chief quartermaster.

⁶⁰Jeremija oli kirjutanud ühte raamatusse kogu selle õnnetuse, mis Paabelile oli tulemas, kõik need sõnad, mis Paabeli kohta on kirjutatud.

⁶⁰Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come on Babylon, even all these words that are written concerning Babylon.

⁶¹Ja Jeremija ütles Serajale: 'Kui sa jõuad Paabelisse, siis vaata, et sa loed kõik need sõnad

⁶¹Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When you come to Babylon, then see that you read all these words,

⁶²ja ütled: Issand, sina oled rääkinud selle paiga kohta, et sa hävitad selle, nõnda et siin ei ela ükski, ei inimene ega loom, vaid et see jääb igavesti laastatuks!

⁶²and say, Yahweh, you have spoken concerning this place, to cut it off, that none shall dwell therein, neither man nor animal, but that it shall be desolate forever.

⁶³Ja kui sa selle raamatu oled lõpuni lugenud, siis seo selle külge kivi ja viska see keset Frati jõge

⁶³It shall be, when you have made an end of reading this book, that you shall bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of the Euphrates:

⁶⁴ning ütle: Nõnda vajub Paabel ega tõuse enam õnnetuse pärast, mille ma temale toon: nad peavad väsima!' Siiani on Jeremija sõnad.

⁶⁴and you shall say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise again because of the evil that I will bring on her; and they shall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.