¹V tistem času, govori GOSPOD, bodem Bog vsem rodovinam Izraelovim in oni mi bodo moje ljudstvo.

¹At that time, says Yahweh, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.

²Tako pravi GOSPOD: Milost je našlo v puščavi ljudstvo njih, ki so ubežali meču, namreč Izrael, ko sem šel, da ga pripeljem v pokoj.

²Thus says Yahweh, The people who were left of the sword found favor in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.

³„Od daleč se mi je prikazal GOSPOD.“ A on veli: Z večno ljubeznijo te ljubim, zato ti stanovitno izkazujem dobrotljivost.

³Yahweh appeared of old to me, saying, Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love: therefore with loving kindness have I drawn you.

⁴Zopet te bom zidal, in bodeš sezidana, o devica Izraelova! Zopet se boš dičila z bobnicami svojimi in hodila z zborom plesočih in se veselečih.

⁴Again will I build you, and you shall be built, O virgin of Israel: again you shall be adorned with your tambourines, and shall go forth in the dances of those who make merry.

⁵Zopet boš sadila vinograde na gorah v Samariji; sadili bodo sadilci in uživali sad.

⁵Again you shall plant vineyards on the mountains of Samaria; the planters shall plant, and shall enjoy its fruit.

⁶Kajti pride dan, ko bodo vpili čuvaji na Efraimskem gorovju: Vstanite in idimo gori na Sion h GOSPODU, Bogu svojemu!

⁶For there shall be a day, that the watchmen on the hills of Ephraim shall cry, Arise, and let us go up to Zion to Yahweh our God.

⁷Kajti tako pravi GOSPOD: Z veseljem prepevajte zaradi Jakoba in ukajte zaradi glave narodov! Oznanjajte, hvalite in govorite: Reši, o GOSPOD, ljudstvo svoje, ostanek Izraelov!

⁷For thus says Yahweh, Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout for the chief of the nations: publish, praise, and say, Yahweh, save your people, the remnant of Israel.

⁸Glej, jaz jih pripeljem iz severne dežele in jih zberem od skrajnih koncev zemlje, med njimi slepega in hromega, nosečo in porodnico skupaj: v velikem zboru se vrnejo sem.

⁸Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the uttermost parts of the earth, along with the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her who travails with child together: a great company shall they return here.

⁹Z jokom pridejo, in milo proseče jih popeljem; storim, da pojdejo poleg potokov vodá po ravnem potu, na katerem se ne spotaknejo; zakaj oče sem Izraelu in Efraim je moj prvorojenec.

⁹They shall come with weeping; and with petitions will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way in which they shall not stumble; for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.

¹⁰Čujte besedo GOSPODOVO, o narodi, in oznanjujte jo po otokih daljnih ter recite: On, ki je razkropil Izraela, ga zbere, in čuval ga bo kakor pastir čredo svojo.

¹⁰Hear the word of Yahweh, you nations, and declare it in the islands afar off; and say, He who scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as shepherd does his flock.

¹¹Kajti GOSPOD je odkupil Jakoba in ga oprostil iz roke močnejšega od njega.

¹¹For Yahweh has ransomed Jacob, and redeemed him from the hand of him who was stronger than he.

¹²In prišli bodo in veselo peli na višavi Sionski, in vreli bodo vkup k dobrotam GOSPODOVIM: k žitu in vinu in olju in k mladi drobnici in govedi; in njih duša bode podobna namočenemu vrtu, in stradali ne bodo nikdar več.

¹²They shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow to the goodness of Yahweh, to the grain, and to the new wine, and to the oil, and to the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.

¹³Tedaj se bo radovala devica s plesom, mladeniči in starci skupaj, ker izpremenim njih žalost v veselje ter jih potolažim in razveselim po njih žalosti.

¹³Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, and the young men and the old together; for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.

¹⁴In poživim dušo duhovnikov z mastjo in ljudstvo moje se nasiti z dobroto mojo, govori GOSPOD.

¹⁴I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, says Yahweh.

¹⁵Tako pravi GOSPOD: Glas se sliši v Rami, žalovanje in prebridek jok. Rahel se plače po svojih otrocih, brani se tolažbe za otroke svoje, ker jih ni več.

¹⁵Thus says Yahweh: A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping, Rachel weeping for her children; she refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no more.

¹⁶Tako pravi GOSPOD: Zdržuj glas svoj joka in solzá svoje oči, kajti plačilo je delu tvojemu, govori GOSPOD, ker se povrnejo iz dežele sovražnikove.

¹⁶Thus says Yahweh: Refrain your voice from weeping, and your eyes from tears; for your work shall be rewarded, says Yahweh; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.

¹⁷In upanje je za tvojo prihodnost, govori GOSPOD, in otroci tvoji se povrnejo v pokrajino svojo.

¹⁷There is hope for your latter end, says Yahweh; and your children shall come again to their own border.

¹⁸Slišal sem, slišal Efraima, da toži: Strahoval si me, da sem bil strahovan kakor ižesu neprivajeno tele; izpreobrni me, da se izpreobrnem, zakaj ti si GOSPOD, Bog moj.

¹⁸I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus, You have chastised me, and I was chastised, as an untrained calf: turn me, and I shall be turned; for you are Yahweh my God.

¹⁹Kajti ko bodem izpreobrnjen, se bom kesal, in ko pridem k spoznanju, se bom tolkel po stegnih. Sram me je in z rdečico sem oblit, ker nosim sramoto mladosti svoje.

¹⁹Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I struck on my thigh: I was ashamed, yes, even confounded, because I bore the reproach of my youth.

²⁰Ali mi je drag sin Efraim? ali otrok dražesten? Kajti kadarkoli govorim zoper njega, se ga vendar milo spominjam še. Zatorej polje osrčje moje zaradi njega; gotovo se ga usmilim, govori GOSPOD.

²⁰Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a darling child? for as often as I speak against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my heart yearns for him; I will surely have mercy on him, says Yahweh.

²¹Postavi si spomenike ob potu, naredi si kažipote, obrni srce svoje na cesto, na pot, po kateri si hodila! Povrni se, o devica Izraelova, povrni se k tem mestom svojim!

²¹Set up road signs, make guideposts; set your heart toward the highway, even the way by which you went: turn again, virgin of Israel, turn again to these your cities.

²²Kako dolgo se boš še obračala semtertja, o hči odpadnica? Kajti GOSPOD je ustvaril kaj novega na zemlji: Žena bo obdajala moža.

²²How long will you go here and there, you backsliding daughter? for Yahweh has created a new thing in the earth: a woman shall encompass a man.

²³Tako pravi GOSPOD nad vojskami, Bog Izraelov: Še bodo govorili to besedo v deželi Judovi in v mestih njegovih, ko nazaj pripeljem njih ujetnike: Blagoslóvi te GOSPOD, o prebivališče pravičnosti, gora svetosti!

²³Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, Yet again shall they use this speech in the land of Judah and in its cities, when I shall bring again their captivity: Yahweh bless you, habitation of righteousness, mountain of holiness.

²⁴In Juda in vsa mesta njegova bodo stanovala v njej skupaj, kmetovalci in kateri hodijo s čredami.

²⁴Judah and all its cities shall dwell therein together, the farmers, and those who go about with flocks.

²⁵Zakaj obilo napojim od žeje opešano dušo in vsako dušo, ki medleva, nasitim. –

²⁵For I have satiated the weary soul, and every sorrowful soul have I replenished.

²⁶Ob tem sem se prebudil in pogledal, in spanje moje mi je bilo sladko.

²⁶On this I awakened, and saw; and my sleep was sweet to me.

²⁷Glej, dnevi pridejo, govori GOSPOD, ko posejem hišo Izraelovo in hišo Judovo s semenom človeškim in s semenom živinskim.

²⁷Behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of animal.

²⁸In kakor sem čul nad njimi, da bi roval in razdiral, rušil, končaval in tepel, tako bom čul nad njimi, da zidam in sadim, govori GOSPOD.

²⁸It shall happen that, like as I have watched over them to pluck up and to break down and to overthrow and to destroy and to afflict, so will I watch over them to build and to plant, says Yahweh.

²⁹V tistih dneh ne poreko več: Očetje so jedli kislo grozdje in otrokom so zato zobje skominasti;

²⁹In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.

³⁰temuč vsak umre zavoljo svoje krivice: vsakemu človeku, ki bo jedel kislo grozdje, bodo zobje skominasti.

³⁰But everyone shall die for his own iniquity: every man who eats the sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge.

³¹Glej, dnevi pridejo, govori GOSPOD, ko sklenem s hišo Izraelovo in s hišo Judovo novo zavezo;

³¹Behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:

³²ne po zavezi, ki sem jo sklenil ž njih očeti v dan, ko sem prijel njih roko, da jih izpeljem iz dežele Egiptovske, katero mojo zavezo so sami prelomili, dasi sem jaz jim bil soprog, govori GOSPOD.

³²not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they broke, although I was a husband to them, says Yahweh.

³³Kajti to je zaveza, ki jo sklenem s hišo Izraelovo po tistih dnevih, govori GOSPOD: postavo svojo dam v njih osrčje in v srce jim jo zapišem, in bodem jim Bog in oni mi bodo ljudstvo.

³³But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says Yahweh: I will put my law in their inward parts, and in their heart will I write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people:

³⁴In ne bodo več učili vsak svojega prijatelja in vsak svojega brata, govoreč: Spoznajte GOSPODA! zakaj kolikor jih bode, me bodo spoznali vsi, od najmanjšega do največjega, govori GOSPOD. Kajti odpustim njih krivico in ne bom se več spominjal njih grehov.

³⁴and they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know Yahweh; for they shall all know me, from their least to their greatest, says Yahweh: for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin will I remember no more.

³⁵Tako pravi GOSPOD, ki daje solnce za luč po dnevi, mesec in zvezde po njih postavah za luč po noči, ki razburkava morje, da šumé valovi njegovi, GOSPOD nad vojskami je njegovo ime:

³⁵Thus says Yahweh, who gives the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, who stirs up the sea, so that its waves roar; Yahweh of Armies is his name:

³⁶Če se odpravijo te postave izpred mojega obličja, govori GOSPOD, neha tudi seme Izraelovo biti narod pred mojim obličjem vse dni.

³⁶If these ordinances depart from before me, says Yahweh, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me forever.

³⁷Tako pravi GOSPOD: Če se bodo mogla meriti nebesa gori in preiskati podstave zemlje doli, zavržem tudi jaz vse seme Izraelovo zavoljo vsega, kar so storili, govori GOSPOD.

³⁷Thus says Yahweh: If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, then will I also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, says Yahweh.

³⁸Glej, dnevi pridejo, govori GOSPOD, ko se zgradi to mesto GOSPODU od stolpa Hananelovega do Vogelnih vrat.

³⁸Behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that the city shall be built to Yahweh from the tower of Hananel to the gate of the corner.

³⁹In merska vrvica pojde še dalje proti hribu Garebu in krene proti Goahu.In vsa dolina mrličev in pepela in vse njive do potoka Kidrona, do vogla Konjskih vrat proti jutru, ves ta prostor bode svet GOSPODU; ne pokonča se, ne poruši nikdar več.

³⁹The measuring line shall go out further straight onward to the hill Gareb, and shall turn about to Goah.

⁴⁰In vsa dolina mrličev in pepela in vse njive do potoka Kidrona, do vogla Konjskih vrat proti jutru, ves ta prostor bode svet GOSPODU; ne pokonča se, ne poruši nikdar več.

⁴⁰The whole valley of the dead bodies and of the ashes, and all the fields to the brook Kidron, to the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy to Yahweh; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more forever.