¹Gorje ti, pokončevalec, ki sam nisi bil pokončan, in tebi, nezvestnik, zoper katerega niso delali nezvesto! Brž ko dovršiš pokončevanje, bodo tebe pokončali, brž ko nehaš ravnati nezvesto, se bo delalo nezvesto proti tebi. –

¹Woe to you who destroy, but you weren’t destroyed; and who betray, but nobody betrayed you! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed; and when you have made an end of betrayal, you will be betrayed.

²O GOSPOD, stóri nam milost! tebe čakamo: bodi svojim rama sleherno jutro in rešenje naše ob času stiske! –

²Yahweh, be gracious to us. We have waited for you. Be our strength every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.

³Od donečega glasu tvojega beže ljudstva, če se ti vzdigneš, razkrope se narodi.

³At the noise of the thunder, the peoples have fled. When you lift yourself up, the nations are scattered.

⁴In pobere se vaš plen, kakor pobira kobilica; kakor skače kobilica, bodo skakali nanj.

⁴Your spoil will be gathered as the caterpillar gathers. Men will leap on it as locusts leap.

⁵Vzvišen je GOSPOD, kajti prebiva na višavi; napolnil je Sion s sodbo in pravičnostjo.

⁵Yahweh is exalted, for he dwells on high. He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.

⁶In vernost [Ali: stanovitnost.] bode v tvojih časih, obilost rešenja, modrosti in znanja; strah GOSPODOV bo zaklad Izraelov.

⁶There will be stability in your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of Yahweh is your treasure.

⁷Glej, njih junaki vpijejo zunaj, poslanci miru jokajo bridko.

⁷Behold, their valiant ones cry outside; the ambassadors of peace weep bitterly.

⁸Ceste so zapuščene, popotnik več ne hodi. Prelomil je zavezo, zaničeval je mesta, zmenil se ni za človeka.

⁸The highways are desolate. The traveling man ceases. The covenant is broken. He has despised the cities. He doesn’t respect man.

⁹Žaluje, hira dežela; Libanon se sramuje in vene; Saron je kakor puščava in Basan in Karmel stresata perje svoje.

⁹The land mourns and languishes. Lebanon is confounded and withers away. Sharon is like a desert, and Bashan and Carmel are stripped bare.

¹⁰Sedaj vstanem, reče GOSPOD, sedaj se vzdignem, sedaj bom povišan.

¹⁰“Now I will arise,” says Yahweh; “Now I will lift myself up. Now I will be exalted.

¹¹Spočenjate suho travo, rodili boste strnišče; dih vaš je ogenj, ki vas pokonča.

¹¹You will conceive chaff. You will bring forth stubble. Your breath is a fire that will devour you.

¹²In ljudstva bodo kakor žgano apno in kakor trnje porezano, ki se žge v ognju.

¹²The peoples will be like the burning of lime, like thorns that are cut down and burned in the fire.

¹³Čujte, ki ste daljni, kaj sem storil, in kateri ste bližnji, spoznajte mogočnost mojo!

¹³Hear, you who are far off, what I have done; and, you who are near, acknowledge my might.”

¹⁴Preplašeni so grešniki na Sionu, trepet se je polastil hinavcev: Kdo izmed nas more bivati s požrešnim ognjem? kdo izmed nas more bivati z večno žerjavico?

¹⁴The sinners in Zion are afraid. Trembling has seized the godless ones. Who among us can live with the devouring fire? Who among us can live with everlasting burning?

¹⁵Kdor hodi pravično in govori pošteno, kdor zaničuje dobiček po zvijači, kdor stresa roke svoje, da ne prejme podkupila, kdor si maši uho, da ne sliši naklepov o prelitju krvi, in zatiska oči, da ne vidi zlega:

¹⁵He who walks righteously, and speaks blamelessly; He who despises the gain of oppressions, who gestures with his hands, refusing to take a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of blood, and shuts his eyes from looking at evil—

¹⁶ta bo prebival v krajih previsokih, skalni branik bode grad njegov, kruh njegov se mu bo dajal, vode mu ne bodo usehnile. –

¹⁶he will dwell on high. His place of defense will be the fortress of rocks. His bread will be supplied. His waters will be sure.

¹⁷Kralja v lepoti njegovi bodo videle tvoje oči, gledale bodo deželo daleč razprostranjeno.

¹⁷Your eyes will see the king in his beauty. They will see a distant land.

¹⁸Srce tvoje bo preudarjalo strahoto: Kje je cenilec davkov? kje pretehtovalec? kje stolpov nadzornik?

¹⁸Your heart will meditate on the terror. Where is he who counted? Where is he who weighed? Where is he who counted the towers?

¹⁹Ljudstva drznega ne boš videl, ljudstva s preglobokim govorom, da bi ga umel, tuje govorice, ki je ni razumeti.

¹⁹You will no longer see the fierce people, a people of a deep speech that you can’t comprehend, with a strange language that you can’t understand.

²⁰Poglej Sion, mesto slavnostnih zborov naših! Oči tvoje bodo videle Jeruzalem, mirno prebivališče, šator, ki se ne bo prenašal več, ki se mu nikoli noben klin ne izruje in nobena vrv nikdar ne potrga –

²⁰Look at Zion, the city of our appointed festivals. Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a quiet habitation, a tent that won’t be removed. Its stakes will never be plucked up, nor will any of its cords be broken.

²¹marveč tam bode GOSPOD z nami, Veličastni, – kraj širokih rek in potokov, kamor ne pride ladja z vesli in velik brod ne bo plul skozi.

²¹But there Yahweh will be with us in majesty, a place of broad rivers and streams, in which no galley with oars will go, neither will any gallant ship pass by there.

²²Zakaj GOSPOD je naš sodnik, GOSPOD postavodajec naš, GOSPOD kralj naš, on nas bo rešil.

²²For Yahweh is our judge. Yahweh is our lawgiver. Yahweh is our king. He will save us.

²³Rahlo visé vrvi tvoje, ne drže postavljenega jadrnika, ne morejo razpeti jader. Tedaj se razdeli plen velikega ropa, še hromi bodo grabili plen.In noben prebivalec ne poreče: Bolan sem! Ljudstvu, ki v njem prebiva, bo odpuščena krivica.

²³Your rigging is untied. They couldn’t strengthen the foot of their mast. They couldn’t spread the sail. Then the prey of a great spoil was divided. The lame took the prey.

²⁴In noben prebivalec ne poreče: Bolan sem! Ljudstvu, ki v njem prebiva, bo odpuščena krivica.

²⁴The inhabitant won’t say, “I am sick.” The people who dwell therein will be forgiven their iniquity.