¹Ja mina ütlesin: Kuulge ometi, Jaakobi peamehed ja Iisraeli soo juhid! Kas teil ei olegi tarvis teada, mis on õige,

¹I said, “Please listen, you heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel: Isn’t it for you to know justice?

²teil, kes te vihkate head ja armastate kurja, kes te rebite neil naha pealt ja liha kontidelt,

²You who hate the good, and love the evil; who tear off their skin, and their flesh from off their bones;

³kes te sööte mu rahva liha ja nülite neilt naha, murrate nende luud ja tükeldate neid nagu liha keedupotti või katlasse panekuks?

³who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them, and break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.

⁴Küllap nad kord kisendavad Issanda poole, kuid tema ei vasta neile, vaid peidab sel ajal oma palge nende eest, sellepärast, et nad on teinud kurje tegusid.

⁴Then they will cry to Yahweh, but he will not answer them. Yes, he will hide his face from them at that time, because they made their deeds evil.”

⁵Nõnda ütleb Issand nende prohvetite kohta, kes eksitavad mu rahvast, kes hüüavad: 'Rahu!', kui neil on hammaste vahel midagi närida, aga kuulutavad sõja sellele, kes ei pane neile midagi suhu.

⁵Thus says Yahweh concerning the prophets who lead my people astray; for those who feed their teeth, they proclaim, “Peace!” and whoever doesn’t provide for their mouths, they prepare war against him:

⁶Sellepärast tuleb teile nägemusteta öö ja ennustusteta pimedus. Päike loojub nende prohvetite kohal ja päev muutub neile pimedaks.

⁶“Therefore night is over you, with no vision, and it is dark to you, that you may not divine; and the sun will go down on the prophets, and the day will be black over them.

⁷Siis jäävad nägijad häbisse ja ennustajad tunnevad piinlikkust; nad kõik katavad kinni oma habeme, sest Jumala vastust ei ole.

⁷The seers shall be disappointed, and the diviners confounded. Yes, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer from God The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “Elohim.” .”

⁸Aga mina olen täis jõudu, Issanda Vaimu, täis õigust ja vägevust, et kuulutada Jaakobile ta üleastumist ja Iisraelile ta pattu.

⁸But as for me, I am full of power by the Spirit of Yahweh, and of judgment, and of might, to declare to Jacob his disobedience, and to Israel his sin.

⁹Kuulge ometi seda, Jaakobi soo peamehed ja Iisraeli soo juhid, kes te põlgate õigust ja väänate kõveraks kõik, mis on sirge,

⁹Please listen to this, you heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor justice, and pervert all equity.

¹⁰kes te ehitate Siionit verega ja Jeruusalemma ülekohtuga!

¹⁰They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.

¹¹Tema peamehed mõistavad kohut meelehea eest, tema preestrid õpetavad tasu eest ja tema prohvetid ennustavad raha eest. Ometi toetuvad nad Issandale, öeldes: 'Eks ole Issand meie keskel? Ei meile tule õnnetust!'

¹¹Her leaders judge for bribes, and her priests teach for a price, and her prophets of it tell fortunes for money: yet they lean on Yahweh, and say, “Isn’t Yahweh in the midst of us? No disaster will come on us.”

¹²Teie pärast küntakse siis Siion põlluks, Jeruusalemm saab kivivaremeks ja templimägi võsastunud künkaks.

¹²Therefore Zion for your sake will be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem will become heaps of rubble, and the mountain of the temple like the high places of a forest.