¹In veli mi: Sin človečji, postavi se pokonci, in govoril bom s teboj.

¹He said to me, Son of man, stand on your feet, and I will speak with you.

²In ko me je ogovoril, pride duh v mene in me postavi pokonci; in čul sem glas, ki mi je govoril.

²The Spirit entered into me when he spoke to me, and set me on my feet; and I heard him who spoke to me.

³In mi reče: Sin človečji, jaz te pošiljam k sinovom Izraelovim, k narodom upornežem, ki so se uprli meni; oni in njih očetje so odpadli od mene prav do tega dne.

³He said to me, Son of man, I send you to the children of Israel, to a nation of rebels who have rebelled against me. They and their fathers have transgressed against me even to this very day.

⁴In ti sinovi so brezsramnega obličja in trdega srca; k njim te pošiljam, in reci jim: „Tako pravi Gospod Jehova!“

⁴The children are impudent and stiff-hearted: I am sending you to them; and you shall tell them, Thus says the Lord The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.” Yahweh.

⁵Oni pa, najsi poslušajo ali ne poslušajo (kajti uporna so družina), vendar bodo vedeli, da je bil prorok med njimi.

⁵They, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for they are a rebellious house), yet shall know that there has been a prophet among them.

⁶Ti pa, sin človečji, ne boj se jih in ne prestraši se njih besed, čeprav so res koprive in trnje okoli tebe in prebivaš med škorpijoni. Ne boj se njih besed in ne ustraši se njih obličja, kajti uporna so družina.

⁶You, son of man, don’t be afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns are with you, and you do dwell among scorpions: don’t be afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.

⁷In govóri jim besede moje, najsi poslušajo ali ne, kajti uporneži so.

⁷You shall speak my words to them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear; for they are most rebellious.

⁸Ali ti, sin človečji, poslušaj, kar ti govorim; ne bodi uporen kakor tista uporna družina: odpri usta in jej, kar ti dam!

⁸But you, son of man, hear what I tell you; don’t be rebellious like that rebellious house: open your mouth, and eat that which I give you.

⁹In videl sem, in glej: roka iztegnjena proti meni, in glej, v njej je zvitek knjige.In razgane jo pred menoj, in bila je popisana spredaj in zadaj, in bilo je pisano v njej žalovanje in zdihovanje in gorje.

⁹When I looked, behold, a hand was put forth to me; and, behold, a scroll of a book was therein;

¹⁰In razgane jo pred menoj, in bila je popisana spredaj in zadaj, in bilo je pisano v njej žalovanje in zdihovanje in gorje.

¹⁰He spread it before me: and it was written within and without; and there were written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.