¹Beda tým, ktorí idú dolu do Egypta o pomoc a spoliehajú sa na kone a nadejú sa na vozy, pretože ich je mnoho, a na jazdcov, pretože sú veľmi mocní, a nehľadia na Svätého Izraelovho a nehľadajú Hospodina.

¹Wo [to] those going down to Egypt for help, And on horses lean, And trust on chariots, because many, And on horsemen, because very strong, And have not looked on the Holy One of Israel, And Jehovah have not sought.

²Ale aj on je mudry a uvedie zlé a neodstráni ani neodvolá svojich slov, ale povstane proti domu zlostníkov a proti pomoci tých, ktorí páchajú neprávosť.

²And He also [is] wise, and bringeth in evil, And His words He hath not turned aside, And He hath risen against a house of evil doers, And against the help of workers of iniquity.

³A Egypťania sú ľudia a nie silný Bôh, ich kone sú telo a nie duch. A preto len čo vystrie Hospodin svoju ruku, klesne pomocník, a padne ten, ktorému pomáhal, a tak spolu, všetci zahynú.

³And the Egyptians [are men], and not God, And their horses [are] flesh, and not spirit, And Jehovah stretcheth out His hand, And stumbled hath the helper, And fallen hath the helped one, And together all of them are consumed.

⁴Lebo takto mi riekol Hospodin: Ako keď vrčí lev alebo ľvíča nad svojou korisťou, hoci sa svolá proti nemu hromada pastierov, že sa nezľakne ich hlasu ani sa nekrčí strachom pred ich lomozom, tak sostúpi Hospodin Zástupov, aby vojoval na vrchu Sione a na jeho pahrbe.

⁴For thus said Jehovah unto me: `As growl doth the lion and the young lion over his prey, Called against whom is a multitude of shepherds, From their voice he is not affrighted, And from their noise he is not humbled; So come down doth Jehovah of Hosts To war on mount Zion, and on her height.

⁵Jako keď poletujú vtáci sem a ta brániac svoje mláďatá, tak bude Hospodin Zástupov chrániť Jeruzalem, aj ochráni a vytrhne, šetriac obíde a vyslobodí.

⁵As birds flying, so doth Jehovah of Hosts Cover over Jerusalem, covering and delivering, Passing over, and causing to escape.`

⁶Navráťte sa k tomu, od ktorého tak hlboko zabŕdli synovia Izraelovi!

⁶Turn back to Him from whom sons of Israel Have deepened apostacy.

⁷Lebo toho dňa zavrhnú každý svoje strieborné modly a svoje zlaté modly, ktorých vám narobily vaše ruky, aby ste hrešili.

⁷For in that day despise doth each His idols of silver, and his idols of gold, That your hands made to you — a sin.

⁸A Assúr padne od meča, no, nie od meča muža, a meč ho zožerie, no, nie meč človeka, a bude utekať pred mečom, a jeho mládenci budú musieť dávať plat.

⁸And fallen hath Asshur by sword, not of the high, Yea, a sword — not of the low, doth consume him, And he hath fled for himself from the face of a sword, And his young men become tributary.

⁹A tak zajde jeho skala od strachu, a jeho kniežatá sa budú desiť prápora, hovorí Hospodin, ktorý má vatru na Sione a má pec v Jeruzaleme.

⁹And [to] his rock from fear he passeth on, And affrighted by the ensign have been his princes — an affirmation of Jehovah, Who hath a light in Zion, And who hath a furnace in Jerusalem!