¹In prišla mi je beseda GOSPODOVA, rekoč:

¹The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

²Pojdi in kliči Jeruzalemu na ušesa, govoreč: Tako pravi GOSPOD: Spominjam se ti milote mladosti tvoje, ljubezni zaročitve tvoje, ko si hodila za menoj po puščavi, po deželi, kjer ničesar ne sejejo.

²“Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Thus says Yahweh, “I remember for you the kindness of your youth, the love of your weddings; how you went after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.

³Svet je bil Izrael GOSPODU, prvenec njegovih pridelkov; vsem, ki so ga hoteli žreti, se je štelo v krivdo: nesreča je prišla nadnje, govori GOSPOD.

³Israel was holiness to Yahweh, the first fruits of his increase. All who devour him shall be held guilty. Evil shall come on them,”’ says Yahweh.”

⁴Poslušajte besedo GOSPODOVO, hiša Jakobova in vse rodovine hiše Izraelove!

⁴Hear the word of Yahweh, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel!

⁵Tako pravi GOSPOD: kaj so našli očetje vaši krivice pri meni, da so se ločili od mene in so šli za ničemurnostjo in postali ničemurni?

⁵Thus says Yahweh, “What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they have gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?

⁶In niso rekli: Kje je GOSPOD, ki nas je peljal iz dežele Egiptovske? ki nas je vodil po puščavi, po deželi pusti in jamnati, po deželi suše in smrtne sence, po deželi, koder ne hodi nihče in kjer ne prebiva noben človek.

⁶Neither did they say, ‘Where is Yahweh who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought and of the shadow of death, through a land that none passed through, and where no man lived?’

⁷In pripeljal sem vas v deželo njiv, da bi uživali njen sad in dobroto njeno; ko ste pa prišli vanjo, ste oskrunili deželo mojo in dediščino mojo ste napravili v gnusobo.

⁷I brought you into a plentiful land, to eat its fruit and its goodness; but when you entered, you defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination.

⁸Duhovniki niso rekli: Kje je GOSPOD? In oni, ki imajo v rokah postavo, me niso spoznali, in pastirji so odpadli od mene, in proroki so prorokovali v imenu Baalovem in hodili za stvarmi, ki nič ne koristijo.

⁸The priests didn’t say, ‘Where is Yahweh?’ and those who handle the law didn’t know me. The rulers also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.

⁹Zato se bom še pravdal z vami, govori GOSPOD; še z otroki vaših otrok se bom pravdal.

⁹“Therefore I will yet contend with you,” says Yahweh, “and I will contend with your children’s children.

¹⁰Pojdite vendar čez morje na otoke Kitimcev in poglejte, in pošljite v Kedar in pazite dobro, glejte pravim, se li je zgodilo kaj takega?

¹⁰For pass over to the islands of Kittim, and see; and send to Kedar, and consider diligently; and see if there has been such a thing.

¹¹Ali je kateri narod zamenil bogove, čeprav niso bogovi? Ljudstvo moje pa je zamenilo slavo svojo za to, kar nič ne koristi.

¹¹Has a nation changed its gods, which really are no gods? But my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit.

¹²Strmite, nebesa, nad tem in strah vas bodi, zgrozite se silno! govori GOSPOD.

¹²“Be astonished, you heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid. Be very desolate,” says Yahweh.

¹³Zakaj dvoje zlo je storilo ljudstvo moje: mene, vir živih vodá, so zapustili, da si izkopljejo vodnjake, počene vodnjake, ki ne drže vode.

¹³“For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the spring of living waters, and cut them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

¹⁴Je li Izrael hlapec? ali je v hiši rojen suženj? Zakaj je v plen?

¹⁴Is Israel a servant? Is he a native-born slave? Why has he become a prey?

¹⁵Zoper njega rjovejo mladi levi, zaganjajo svoj glas in pustošijo deželo njegovo; mesta njegova so požgana, da nihče ne prebiva v njih.

¹⁵The young lions have roared at him, and yelled. They have made his land waste. His cities are burned up, without inhabitant.

¹⁶Tudi sinovi iz Nofa in Tahpanesa se ti pasejo po temenu.

¹⁶The children also of Memphis and Tahpanhes have broken the crown of your head.

¹⁷Nisi li sebi tega provzročila, ker si zapustila GOSPODA, Boga svojega, ko te je vodil po svojem potu?

¹⁷“Haven’t you procured this to yourself, in that you have forsaken Yahweh your God The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “Elohim.” , when he led you by the way?

¹⁸In zdaj, kaj si hočeš s potom v Egipt, da piješ vodo iz Sihorja [T. j. Nil.]? in kaj si hočeš s potom v Asirijo, da piješ vodo iz velereke?

¹⁸Now what have you to do in the way to Egypt, to drink the waters of the Shihor? Or what have you to do in the way to Assyria, to drink the waters of the River?

¹⁹Kaznuje te hudobnost tvoja in odpadi tvoji te pokoré; spoznaj torej in glej, kako je zlo in bridko, da si zapustila GOSPODA, Boga svojega, in da se me nič ne bojiš, govori Gospod, GOSPOD nad vojskami.

¹⁹“Your own wickedness shall correct you, and your backsliding shall reprove you. Know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and a bitter, that you have forsaken Yahweh your God, and that my fear is not in you,” says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies.

²⁰Kajti že nekdaj si zlomila jarem svoj, raztrgala vezi svoje in si dejala: Ne maram sužnjevati! Toda na vsakem hribu visokem, pod vsakim zelenim drevesom si se vdajala nečistovanju.

²⁰“For of old time I have broken your yoke, and burst your bonds; and you said, ‘I will not serve;’ for on every high hill and under every green tree you bowed yourself, playing the prostitute.

²¹In vendar sem te bil jaz zasadil plemenito trto od pristne sadike; in kako si se mi izpremenila v spačene ročice tuje trte!

²¹Yet I had planted you a noble vine, wholly a right seed. How then have you turned into the degenerate branches of a foreign vine to me?

²²Res, ako bi se oprala s sodo in bi si vzela premnogo mila, ostane umazana krivica tvoja pred menoj, govori Gospod Jehova.

²²For though you wash yourself with lye, and use much soap, yet your iniquity is marked before me,” says the Lord Yahweh.

²³Kako smeš govoriti: Nisem se oskrunila, za Baali nisem hodila? Glej pot svoj po dolini, spoznaj, kaj si storila, kamela hitra, ki križem teka po svojih potih!

²³“How can you say, ‘I am not defiled. I have not gone after the Baals’? See your way in the valley. Know what you have done. You are a swift dromedary traversing her ways;

²⁴Divja oslica, vajena puščave, ki v poželenju duše svoje hlasta po sapi! Kdo bi oviral priložnost njeno? Vsi, ki je iščejo, se ne utrudijo, v mesecih njenih jo najdejo.

²⁴a wild donkey used to the wilderness, that snuffs up the wind in her desire. When she is in heat, who can turn her away? All those who seek her will not weary themselves. In her month, they will find her.

²⁵Varuj nogo svojo, da se ne izbosi, in grlo svoje, da se ne užeja! Ali praviš: Zaman je! nikakor, kajti tujce ljubim in hočem za njimi tekati.

²⁵“Withhold your foot from being unshod, and your throat from thirst. But you said, ‘It is in vain. No, for I have loved strangers, and I will go after them.’

²⁶Kakor je v sramoto tatu, ko ga zgrabijo, tako je v sramoto prišla hiša Izraelova, oni, njih kralji in knezi, njih duhovniki in proroki,

²⁶As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets;

²⁷ki pravijo lesu: Oče si moj, in kamenu: Ti si me rodil. Kajti obrnili so proti meni tilnik, ne pa obličja; ob času nesreče svoje pa govore: Vstani in reši nas!

²⁷who tell wood, ‘You are my father;’ and a stone, ‘You have brought me out:’ for they have turned their back to me, and not their face; but in the time of their trouble they will say, ‘Arise, and save us.’

²⁸Kje neki so bogovi tvoji, ki si jih naredil sebi? Vstanejo naj, če te morejo rešiti ob času nesreče tvoje! Kajti kolikor mest, toliko bogov imaš, Juda.

²⁸“But where are your gods that you have made for yourselves? Let them arise, if they can save you in the time of your trouble: for according to the number of your cities are your gods, Judah.

²⁹Zakaj se prepirate z menoj? Saj ste se mi vsi izneverili, govori GOSPOD.

²⁹“Why will you contend with me? You all have transgressed against me,” says Yahweh.

³⁰Zastonj sem tepel sinove vaše, nauka niso sprejeli; vaš meč je pokončal proroke vaše kakor lev morilec.

³⁰“I have struck your children in vain. They received no correction. Your own sword has devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

³¹O rod, kakršen ste, pazite na besedo GOSPODOVO! ali sem bil puščava Izraelu, ali dežela črne teme? Zakaj govori ljudstvo moje: Gospodarji smo sami sebi, ne pridemo več k tebi!

³¹Generation, consider the word of Yahweh. Have I been a wilderness to Israel? Or a land of thick darkness? Why do my people say, ‘We have broken loose. We will come to you no more?’

³²Ali pozabi devica lepotičje svoje in nevesta svoj pas? Ljudstvo moje pa je pozabilo mene dni brez števila.

³²“Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet my people have forgotten me for days without number.

³³Kako lepo napravljaš pot svojo, da iščeš ljubezni! Zato si se tudi navadila hudobnosti na potih svojih.

³³How well you prepare your way to seek love! Therefore you have taught even the wicked women your ways.

³⁴Celo na robu oblačil tvojih je kri duš nedolžnih ubožcev, ki jih nisi zalotila pri vlomu, ampak vsled vse tiste zlobe svoje si jih morila.

³⁴Also the blood of the souls of the innocent poor is found in your skirts. You did not find them breaking in; but it is because of all these things.

³⁵Vendar praviš: Nedolžna sem; gotovo se je obrnila jeza njegova od mene. Glej, jaz pojdem v sodbo s teboj zato, ker praviš: Nisem grešila.

³⁵“Yet you said, ‘I am innocent. Surely his anger has turned away from me.’ “Behold, I will judge you, because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’

³⁶Kaj toliko tekaš, da premeniš pot svojo? Tudi zavoljo Egipta se ti bode sramovati, kakor si bila osramočena zavoljo Asirije;tudi od tega pojdeš, položivši roke na glavo svojo. Zakaj GOSPOD zameta nje, na katere se zanašaš, in ne pojde ti po sreči ž njimi.

³⁶Why do you go about so much to change your way? You will be ashamed of Egypt also, as you were ashamed of Assyria.

³⁷tudi od tega pojdeš, položivši roke na glavo svojo. Zakaj GOSPOD zameta nje, na katere se zanašaš, in ne pojde ti po sreči ž njimi.

³⁷From there also you shall go forth, with your hands on your head; for Yahweh has rejected those in whom you trust, and you shall not prosper with them.