¹Ko pa je to vse bilo opravljeno, pristopijo k meni poglavarji, govoreč: Ljudstvo Izraelovo in duhovniki in leviti se niso ločili od ljudstev dežele, delajoč po njih gnusobah, Kanaancev in Hetejcev, Ferizejcev, Jebusejcev, Amoncev, Moabcev, Egipčanov in Amorejcev.

¹And at the completion of these things, drawn nigh unto me have the heads, saying, `The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not been separated from the peoples of the lands, as to their abominations, even the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite, the Ammonite, the Moabite, the Egyptian, and the Amorite,

²Zakaj jemali so njih hčere zase in za svoje sinove in so se, sveto seme, zmešali z ljudmi teh dežel, in roka poglavarjev in načelnikov je bila prva v tej nezvestobi.

²for they have taken of their daughters to them, and to their sons, and the holy seed have mingled themselves among the peoples of the lands, and the hand of the heads and of the seconds have been first in this trespass.`

³Ko sem to zaslišal, sem si raztrgal suknjo in plašč ter si pulil lase iz glave in brado in sedel potrt.

³And at my hearing this word, I have rent my garment and my upper robe, and pluck out of the hair of my head, and of my beard, and sit astonished,

⁴Tedaj se zbero k meni vsi, ki so trepetali ob besedah Boga Izraelovega zaradi nezvestobe tistih, ki so prišli iz ujetništva. Jaz pa sem sedel potrt do večerne daritve.

⁴and unto me are gathered every one trembling at the words of the God of Israel, because of the trespass of the removal, and I am sitting astonished till the present of the evening.

⁵In ob večerni daritvi vstanem od svojega ponižanja z raztrgano suknjo in raztrganim plaščem, in padem na kolena in razprostrem roke proti GOSPODU, Bogu svojemu,

⁵And at the present of the evening I have risen from mine affliction, and at my rending my garment and my upper robe, then I bow down on my knees, and spread out my hands unto Jehovah my God,

⁶in rečem: O Bog moj, sramujem se in bojim se povzdigniti obličje k tebi, moj Bog; zakaj krivice naše so nam zrasle nad glavo in krivda naša je dospela do neba!

⁶and say, `O my God, I have been ashamed, and have blushed to lift up, O my God, my face unto Thee, for our iniquities have increased over the head, and our guilt hath become great unto the heavens.

⁷Od očetov naših časa smo v veliki krivdi do tega dne, in zaradi krivic svojih smo bili izročeni mi, kralji naši in duhovniki naši rokam kraljev dežel, meču, ujetništvu, plenjenju in očitni sramoti, kakor je danes.

⁷`From the days of our fathers we [are] in great guilt unto this day, and in our iniquities we have been given — we, our kings, our priests — into the hand of the kings of the lands, with sword, with captivity, and with spoiling, and with shame of face, as [at] this day.

⁸In sedaj nam je za kratek trenutek izkazal milost GOSPOD, naš Bog, da nam je pustil ostanek rešencev in dal, da smemo zabiti šatorov klin na svetem kraju njegovem, da bi nam Bog naš razsvetlil oči ter nas malo poživil v sužnosti naši.

⁸`And now, as a small moment hath grace been from Jehovah our God, to leave to us an escape, and to give to us a nail in His holy place, by our God`s enlightening our eyes, and by giving us a little quickening in our servitude;

⁹Zakaj sužnji smo; vendar pa nas ni zapustil Bog naš v sužnosti naši, ampak nam je naklonil milost pred kralji Perzije, da bi nam pripravili oživitev, da postavimo hišo Božjo in popravimo razvaline njene, ter da bi nam dali zid v Judi in v Jeruzalemu.

⁹for servants we [are], and in our servitude our God hath not forsaken us, and stretcheth out unto us kindness before the kings of Persia, to give to us a quickening to lift up the house of our God, and to cause its wastes to cease, and to give to us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.

¹⁰In sedaj, Bog naš, kaj hočemo reči po vsem tem? Kajti zapustili smo tvoje zapovedi,

¹⁰`And now, what do we say, O our God, after this? for we have forsaken Thy commands,

¹¹ki si jih zapovedal po hlapcih svojih, prorokih, rekši: Zemlja, v katero greste, da jo posedete, je nečista dežela vsled nečistosti poganskih ljudstev v deželi, vsled njih gnusob, s katerimi so jo napolnili od konca do kraja po svojem oskrunjevanju.

¹¹that Thou hast commanded by the hands of thy servants the prophets, saying, The land into which ye are going to possess it, [is] a land of impurity, by the impurity of the people of the lands, by their abominations with which they have filled it — from mouth unto mouth — by their uncleanness;

¹²Sedaj torej ne dajajte hčer svojih njih sinovom, tudi ne jemljite njih hčer sinovom svojim, niti ne iščite njih miru in blaginje vekomaj, da bodete mogočni in boste uživali dobrino dežele ter jo zapustili v dediščino otrokom svojim vekomaj.

¹²and now, your daughters ye do not give to their sons, and their daughters ye do not take to your sons, and ye do not seek their peace, and their good — unto the age, so that ye are strong, and have eaten the good of the land, and given possession to your sons unto the age.

¹³Po vsem tem pa, kar je prišlo nad nas za huda dela naša in za našo krivdo veliko (ker si ti, Bog naš, nas kaznoval manj, nego zaslužijo krivice naše, in si nam dal toliko rešencev tukaj),

¹³`And after all that hath come upon us for our evil works, and for our great guilt (for Thou, O our God, hast kept back of the rod from our iniquities, and hast given to us an escape like this),

¹⁴bomo li zopet prelamljali zapovedi tvoje in svaštvo sklepali z ljudstvi, ki počenjajo te gnusobe? Bi se li ne srdil nad nami, dokler nas ne bo konec, da ne ostane nikogar in se nihče ne reši?O GOSPOD, Bog Izraelov, ti si pravičen; kajti preostali smo kot rešenci, kakor se danes vidi. Glej, pred teboj smo v krivdi svoji, kajti nihče ne more stati pred teboj zaradi tega.

¹⁴do we turn back to break Thy commands, and to join ourselves in marriage with the people of these abominations? art not Thou angry against us — even to consumption — till there is no remnant and escaped part?

¹⁵O GOSPOD, Bog Izraelov, ti si pravičen; kajti preostali smo kot rešenci, kakor se danes vidi. Glej, pred teboj smo v krivdi svoji, kajti nihče ne more stati pred teboj zaradi tega.

¹⁵`O Jehovah, God of Israel, righteous [art] Thou, for we have been left an escape, as [it is] this day; lo, we [are] before Thee in our guilt, for there is none to stand before Thee concerning this.`