¹Paluge Issandalt vihma kevadvihmade ajal! Issand teeb kõuepilved ja annab neile vihmavalingud, igaühele rohtu väljal.

¹Ask of Yahweh rain in the spring time, Yahweh who makes storm clouds, and he gives rain showers to everyone for the plants in the field.

²Sest teeravid räägivad nurjatust, ennustajad näevad valet ja jutustavad tühiseid unenägusid, trööstivad asjata. Seepärast inimesed ekslevad nagu lambad ja vaevlevad, sest karjast ei ole.

²For the teraphim have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie; and they have told false dreams. They comfort in vain. Therefore they go their way like sheep. They are oppressed, because there is no shepherd.

³Mu viha on süttinud põlema karjaste vastu ja ma karistan juhte, sest vägede Issand tuleb katsuma oma karja, Juuda sugu, ja teeb nad oma toreda sõjaratsu sarnaseks.

³My anger is kindled against the shepherds, and I will punish the male goats; For Yahweh of Armies has visited his flock, the house of Judah, and will make them as his majestic horse in the battle.

⁴Neist enestest tuleb nurgakivi, neist enestest telgivai, neist enestest sõjaamb, neist enestest kõik võimukandjad.

⁴From him will come forth the cornerstone, from him the nail, from him the battle bow, from him every ruler together.

⁵Üheskoos on nad kangelaste sarnased, kes sõjas tallavad tänavate pori; nad võitlevad, sest Issand on nendega, ja ratsanikud hobuste seljas jäävad häbisse.

⁵They shall be as mighty men, treading down muddy streets in the battle; and they shall fight, because Yahweh is with them; and the riders on horses will be confounded.

⁶Ma teen vägevaks Juuda soo ja päästan Joosepi soo; ma toon nad tagasi, sest ma halastan nende peale ja nad on jälle, nagu ei olekski nad olnud ära tõugatud. Sest mina, Issand, olen nende Jumal ja ma vastan neile.

⁶“I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them back; for I have mercy on them; and they will be as though I had not cast them off: for I am Yahweh their God, and I will hear them.

⁷Ja Efraim on siis nagu kangelane ning nende süda rõõmustab otsekui veinist. Nende lapsed näevad seda ja rõõmustavad, nende südamed hõiskavad Issandas.

⁷Ephraim will be like a mighty man, and their heart will rejoice as through wine; yes, their children will see it, and rejoice. Their heart will be glad in Yahweh.

⁸Ma vilistan neid ja kogun neid, sest ma lunastan nad; ja neid on siis niisama palju, nagu neid oli.

⁸I will signal for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them; and they will increase as they have increased.

⁹Ma külvasin nad rahvaste sekka, aga nad meenutavad mind kaugetes maades; nad jäävad elama koos lastega ja tulevad tagasi.

⁹I will sow them among the peoples; and they will remember me in far countries; and they will live with their children, and will return.

¹⁰Ma toon nad tagasi Egiptusemaalt ja kogun neid Assurist; ma viin nad Gileadimaale ja Liibanonile, ikkagi ei leidu neile küllalt ruumi.

¹⁰I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon; and there won’t be room enough for them.

¹¹Ja nad lähevad läbi kitsikuse mere ja ma löön merelaineid ja kõik Niiluse sügavikud kuivavad, Assuri kõrkus tõugatakse maha ja Egiptuse valitsuskepp peab taanduma.

¹¹He will pass through the sea of affliction, and will strike the waves in the sea, and all the depths of the Nile will dry up; and the pride of Assyria will be brought down, and the scepter of Egypt will depart.

¹²Ma teen nad vägevaks Issandas ja nad kõnnivad tema nimes, ütleb Issand.

¹²I will strengthen them in Yahweh; and they will walk up and down in his name,” says Yahweh.