¹In vpil mi je na ušesa z glasom velikim govoreč: Bližajte se, ki vam je kaznovati mesto, vsak s svojo morilno pripravo v roki!

¹Then he cried in my ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause those who are in charge of the city to draw near, every man with his destroying weapon in his hand.

²In glej, šest mož pride po poti od zgornjih vrat, ki so obrnjena proti severu, vsak s svojo rušilno pripravo v roki, in eden sredi njih v platnenem oblačilu s pisarsko pripravo ob strani. In vstopijo in se postavijo pri bronastem oltarju.

²Behold, six men came from the way of the upper gate, which lies toward the north, every man with his slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man in their midst clothed in linen, with a writer’s inkhorn by his side. They went in, and stood beside the bronze altar.

³Slava Boga Izraelovega pa se je vzdignila od keruba, nad katerim je bila, proti hišnemu pragu. In zakliče možu v platnenem oblačilu, ki je imel pisarsko pripravo ob strani.

³The glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon it was, to the threshold of the house: and he called to the man clothed in linen, who had the writer’s inkhorn by his side.

⁴In GOSPOD mu veli: Pojdi posredi mesta, posredi Jeruzalema in začrkaj znamenje na čela ljudem, ki zdihujejo in žalujejo nad vsemi gnusobami, ki se v nje godé.

⁴Yahweh said to him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark on the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry over all the abominations that are done in its midst.

⁵Drugim pa reče, da sem slišal: Idite po mestu za njim in pobijajte; oko vaše ne prizanesi in ne usmilite se!

⁵To the others he said in my hearing, Go through the city after him, and strike: don’t let your eye spare, neither have pity;

⁶Pomorite jih do zadnjega starce, mladeniče in device, otročiče in žene, a ne približajte se nikomur, ki ima znamenje na sebi; začnite pa pri mojem svetišču. Začno torej pri starih možeh, ki so bili pred hišo.

⁶kill utterly the old man, the young man and the virgin, and little children and women; but don’t come near any man on whom is the mark: and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the old men that were before the house.

⁷In jim veli: Omadežite hišo in napolnite dvorišča s pomorjenimi; potem pojdite ven! In šli so ven in pobijali po mestu.

⁷He said to them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain. Go forth! They went forth, and struck in the city.

⁸In zgodi se, ko so pobijali, in jaz sem ostal sam, da padem na obličje in zavpijem in rečem: Ah, Gospod Jehova! hočeš li pokončati ves ostanek Izraelov, ko izlivaš srd svoj nad Jeruzalem?

⁸It happened, while they were smiting, and I was left, that I fell on my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord Yahweh! will you destroy all the residue of Israel in your pouring out of your wrath on Jerusalem?

⁹Pa mi reče: Krivda hiše Izraelove in Judove je silno velika, in dežela je polna krvi in v mestu vlada spačevanje pravice; kajti pravijo: GOSPOD je zapustil deželo in GOSPOD ne vidi.

⁹Then he said to me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perversion: for they say, Yahweh has forsaken the land, and Yahweh doesn’t see.

¹⁰Tako tudi jaz: moje oko ne prizanese in ne usmilim se, ampak spravim jim njih ravnanje na glavo.In glej, mož v platnenem oblačilu, ki je imel pisalno pripravo ob strani, prinese sporočilo, rekoč: Storil sem, kakor si mi zapovedal.

¹⁰As for me also, my eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will bring their way on their head.

¹¹In glej, mož v platnenem oblačilu, ki je imel pisalno pripravo ob strani, prinese sporočilo, rekoč: Storil sem, kakor si mi zapovedal.

¹¹Behold, the man clothed in linen, who had the inkhorn by his side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as you have commanded me.