1Gorje njim, ki gredo doli v Egipt po pomoč in se opirajo na konje, ki zaupajo vozém, ker jih je mnogo, in konjikom, ker je njih število veliko, a ne ozirajo se v Svetnika Izraelovega in ne iščejo GOSPODA!
1Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, and rely on horses, and trust in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are very strong, but they don’t look to the Holy One of Israel, and they don’t seek Yahweh!
2Ali tudi On je moder, in pošlje nesrečo in ne dopusti, da bi se premeknile besede njegove, ampak vzpne se nad hišo hudodelnikov in nad pomoč njih, ki delajo krivico.
2Yet he also is wise, and will bring disaster, and will not call back his words, but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of those who work iniquity.
3Egipčan pa je človek in ne Bog mogočni, in njih konji so meso, ne pa duh; in ko iztegne GOSPOD roko svojo, se zgrudi pomočnik in podpiranec pade, in skupaj poginejo ti vsi.
3Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When Yahweh stretches out his hand, both he who helps shall stumble, and he who is helped shall fall, and they all shall be consumed together.
4Kajti tako mi pravi GOSPOD: Kakor lev in levič rjoveta pri plenu svojem, ko se skliče zoper nju množica pastirjev, in se ne ustrašita njih glasu in se ne vdasta zaradi njih ropotanja: tako pride doli GOSPOD nad vojskami vojskovat se na gori Sionski in na višavi njeni.
4For thus says Yahweh to me, “As the lion and the young lion growling over his prey, if a multitude of shepherds is called together against him, will not be dismayed at their voice, nor abase himself for their noise, so Yahweh of Armies will come down to fight on Mount Zion and on its heights.
5Kakor ptiči mahljajo s perutmi, tako bo GOSPOD nad vojskami branil Jeruzalem, branil ga bo in otel, prizanesel mu in ga oprostil.
5As birds hovering, so Yahweh of Armies will protect Jerusalem. He will protect and deliver it. He will pass over and preserve it.”
6Povrnite se k njemu, od katerega ste tako daleč zašli, sinovi Izraelovi!
6Return to him from whom you have deeply revolted, children of Israel.
7Kajti tisti dan zavržejo vsak svoje malike srebrne in zlate malike svoje, ki so vam jih vaše roke naredile v greh.
7For in that day everyone shall cast away his idols of silver and his idols of gold—sin which your own hands have made for you.
8Tedaj pade Asirec pod mečem, pa ne moževim, in ugonobi ga meč, pa ne človeški; in bežal bo v strahu pred mečem, in mladeniči njegovi bodo sužnji.In skala njegova izgine od groze in knezi njegovi bodo potrti spričo prapora, govori GOSPOD, ki ima svoj ogenj na Sionu in svojo peč v Jeruzalemu.
8“The Assyrian will fall by the sword, not of man; and the sword, not of mankind, shall devour him. He will flee from the sword, and his young men will become subject to forced labor.
9In skala njegova izgine od groze in knezi njegovi bodo potrti spričo prapora, govori GOSPOD, ki ima svoj ogenj na Sionu in svojo peč v Jeruzalemu.
9His rock will pass away by reason of terror, and his princes will be afraid of the banner,” says Yahweh, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.