1Kes annaks mulle kõrbes teekäijate öömaja? Siis ma jätaksin oma rahva ja läheksin ära nende juurest, sest nad kõik on abielurikkujate ja äraandjate jõuk.
1Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a spring of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
2Nad pingutavad oma keelt nagu valede ambu, ei, mitte tõe pärast pole nad võimsad. Nad lähevad kurjusest kurjusse, aga mind nad ei tunne, ütleb Issand.
2Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
3Igaüks hoidugu oma ligimese eest ja ärgu lootku ühelegi oma vendadest! Sest iga vend kavaldab üle venda ja iga ligimene kannab teise peale keelt.
3They bend their tongue, as their bow, for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they don’t know me, says Yahweh.
4Igaüks petab oma ligimest ja tõtt ei räägita; nad on harjutanud oma keele valetama, patustama, nad on võimetud pöörduma.
4Take heed everyone of his neighbor, and don’t trust in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go about with slanders.
5Surve surve peale, pettus pettuse peale, nad tõrguvad mind tundmast, ütleb Issand.
5They will deceive everyone his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves to commit iniquity.
6Seepärast ütleb vägede Issand nõnda: Vaata, ma sulatan ja proovin neid, sest mida muud saaksin ma teha oma rahva, mu tütre heaks?
6Your habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, says Yahweh.
7Tappev nool on nende keel, mis räägib valet: suuga räägitakse oma ligimesele rahust, südames aga varitsetakse teda.
7Therefore thus says Yahweh of Armies, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how should I deal with the daughter of my people?
8Kas ma selle kõige pärast ei peaks neid karistama? ütleb Issand. Või ei peaks mu hing kätte tasuma rahvale nagu too?
8Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceit: one speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he lays wait for him.
9Mägede pärast tõstan ma nuttu ja kaebust, ka kõrbe karjamaade pärast nutulaulu; sest need on nõnda hävinud, et ükski seal ei käi ja karja häält pole kuulda. Niihästi taeva linnud kui loomad on põgenenud ja ära läinud.
9Shall I not visit them for these things? says Yahweh; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
10Ma teen Jeruusalemma kivivaremeks, ðaakalite asupaigaks; ja Juuda linnad ma teen lagedaks, et ükski ei saa seal elada.
10For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the pastures of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none passes through; neither can men hear the voice of the livestock; both the birds of the sky and the animals are fled, they are gone.
11Kes on tark mees ja mõistab seda ning kuulutab, mida Issanda suu on temale rääkinud: miks maa hukkub ja hävib kõrbe sarnaseks, kus ükski ei käi?
11I will make Jerusalem heaps, a dwelling place of jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.
12Ja Issand ütles: Sellepärast et nad hülgasid mu Seaduse, mille ma neile andsin, ega kuulanud mu häält ega käinud selle järgi,
12Who is the wise man, that may understand this? Who is he to whom the mouth of Yahweh has spoken, that he may declare it? Why is the land perished and burned up like a wilderness, so that none passes through?
13vaid käisid oma südame paadumuses ja järgnesid baalidele, nagu nende vanemad olid neid õpetanud,
13Yahweh says, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein,
14seepärast ütleb vägede Issand, Iisraeli Jumal nõnda: Vaata, ma söödan neid, seda rahvast, koirohuga ja joodan neid mürgiveega.
14but have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart, and after the Baals, which their fathers taught them;
15Ja ma pillutan nad rahvaste sekka, keda nemad ega nende vanemad ei ole tundnud, ja ma läkitan neile järele mõõga, kuni ma olen nad hävitanud.
15therefore thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.
16Nõnda ütleb vägede Issand: Saage aru ja kutsuge nutunaisi, et nad tuleksid; läkitage sõna tarkadele naistele, et nad tuleksid,
16I will scatter them also among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known; and I will send the sword after them, until I have consumed them.
17ruttaksid ja alustaksid meie kohta kaebelugu, et meie silmist voolaks pisaraid ja meie laugudelt tilguks vett.
17Thus says Yahweh of Armies, Consider, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for the skillful women, that they may come:
18Sest Siionist kostab kaebehääl: 'Kuidas küll oleme hävitatud! Me oleme jäänud suurde häbisse, et pidime lahkuma maalt, et meie kodud lõhuti.'
18and let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.
19Kuulge siis, naised, Issanda sõna, ja teie kõrv võtku vastu kõne tema suust; õpetage oma tütreile kaebelugu ja üksteisele nutulaulu!
19For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we ruined! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because they have cast down our dwellings.
20Sest surm on tulnud sisse meie akendest, on tulnud meie paleedesse, ta niidab tänavailt lapsi, turgudelt noorukeid.
20Yet hear the word of Yahweh, you women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth; and teach your daughters wailing, and everyone her neighbor lamentation.
21Räägi: Nõnda ütleb Issand: Inimeste laibad langevad väljale nagu sõnnik, nagu loog niitja järel, mida keegi ei korista.
21For death has come up into our windows, it is entered into our palaces; to cut off the children from outside, and the young men from the streets.
22Nõnda ütleb Issand: Ärgu kiidelgu tark oma tarkusest, ärgu kiidelgu vägev oma vägevusest, ärgu kiidelgu rikas oma rikkusest,
22Speak, Thus says Yahweh, The dead bodies of men shall fall as dung on the open field, and as the handful after the harvester; and none shall gather them.
23vaid kes kiitleb, kiidelgu sellest, et ta on arukas ja tunneb mind, et mina olen Issand, kes teeb head, õigust ja õiglust maal. Sest seesugused asjad on mu meele järgi, ütleb Issand.
23Thus says Yahweh, Don’t let the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, don’t let the rich man glory in his riches;
24Vaata, päevad tulevad, ütleb Issand, mil ma nuhtlen kõiki ümberlõigatuid, kellel siiski on eesnahk:
24but let him who glories glory in this, that he has understanding, and knows me, that I am Yahweh who exercises loving kindness, justice, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, says Yahweh.
25Egiptust, Juudat, Edomit, ammonlasi, Moabit ja kõiki neid pöetudoimulisi, kes elavad kõrbes; sest kõik paganad on ümber lõikamata ja kogu Iisraeli sugu on ümberlõikamata südamega.
25Behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will punish all those who are circumcised in uncircumcision:
26Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that have the corners of their hair cut off, who dwell in the wilderness; for all the nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart.