1Tako pravi GOSPOD: Kje je matere vaše ločitni list, s katerim sem jo odslovil? ali kdo je izmed upnikov mojih, ki sem mu vas prodal? Glejte, zaradi svojih krivic ste prodani in zaradi vaših prestopkov je odslovljena mati vaša.
1Thus says Yahweh, “Where is the bill of your mother’s divorce, with which I have put her away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities were you sold, and for your transgressions was your mother put away.
2Zakaj ni bilo nikogar, ko sem prišel? ko sem klical, nihče ni odgovoril? Je li mar roka moja prekratka, da bi otela? ali pa ni v meni moči nobene za rešenje? Glej, s karanjem svojim posušam morje, reke izpreminjam v puščavo, da njih ribe gnijejo in mrjo od žeje, zato ker ni vode.
2Why, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it can’t redeem? or have I no power to deliver? Behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stink, because there is no water, and die for thirst.
3Nebesa oblačim v črnino in raševino jim napravljam za odejo.
3I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.”
4Gospod Jehova mi je dal izurjen jezik, da znam o pravem času izreči besedo trudnemu. Zbuja me sleherno jutro, zbuja mi uho, da poslušam kakor učenec.
4The Lord Yahweh has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him who is weary: he wakens morning by morning, he wakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.
5Gospod Jehova mi je odprl uho, in jaz se nisem upiral, ne se umaknil.
5The Lord Yahweh has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away backward.
6Život svoj sem izpostavil njim, ki so me bili, in lice svoje njim, ki so me tezali; obličja svojega nisem skril sramotenju in pljuvanju.
6I gave my back to the strikers, and my cheeks to those who plucked off the hair; I didn’t hide my face from shame and spitting.
7Kajti Gospod Jehova mi pomaga, zato nisem bil osramočen; zatorej sem nastavil obličje svoje kakor pretrd kamen in vem, da ne pridem v sramoto.
7For the Lord Yahweh will help me; therefore I have not been confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be disappointed.
8Blizu je on, ki me opravičuje; kdo se bo prepiral z menoj? Stopiva si nasproti! Kdo hoče poskusiti pravdo zoper mene? naj pride k meni!
8He is near who justifies me; who will bring charges against me? Let us stand up together: who is my adversary? Let him come near to me.
9Glej, Gospod Jehova mi bo pomagal: kdo je, ki bi me obsodil? Glej, vsi skup se postarajo kakor sukno, molj jih pokonča.
9Behold, the Lord Yahweh will help me; who is he who shall condemn me? Behold, all they shall wax old as a garment, the moth shall eat them up.
10Kdo je med vami, ki se boji GOSPODA, ki posluša hlapca njegovega glas? Kdor hodi po temi, komur ni svetlobe, upaj v ime GOSPODOVO in opiraj se na Boga svojega!Glejte, vi vsi, ki vžigate ogenj, z ognjenimi strelami se oborožujete: pojdite v žar ognja svojega in v požare, ki ste jih zapalili. To se vam zgodi od moje roke, v bolesti boste ležali.
10Who is among you who fears Yahweh, who obeys the voice of his servant? He who walks in darkness, and has no light, let him trust in the name of Yahweh, and rely on his God.
11Glejte, vi vsi, ki vžigate ogenj, z ognjenimi strelami se oborožujete: pojdite v žar ognja svojega in v požare, ki ste jih zapalili. To se vam zgodi od moje roke, v bolesti boste ležali.
11Behold, all you who kindle a fire, who adorn yourselves with torches around yourselves; walk in the flame of your fire, and among the brands that you have kindled. You shall have this of my hand; you shall lie down in sorrow.