¹Če se hočeš povrniti, Izrael, govori GOSPOD, povrni se k meni! In če odpraviš gnusobe svoje izpred mojega obličja in ne boš begal za maliki

¹“If you will return, Israel,” says Yahweh, “if you will return to me, and if you will put away your abominations out of my sight; then you shall not be removed;

²in boš prisegal: Kakor živi GOSPOD! v resnici, pošteno in pravično: tedaj se bodo v Njem blagrovali narodi in se ž Njim hvalili.

²and you shall swear, ‘As Yahweh lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in righteousness. The nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.”

³Kajti tako pravi GOSPOD možem Judovim in Jeruzalemcem: Orjite si novino in ne sejte med trnje!

³For thus says Yahweh to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, “Break up your fallow ground, and don’t sow among thorns.

⁴Obrežite se GOSPODU in odpravite kožico srca svojega, možje Judovi in prebivalci v Jeruzalemu, da ne izide kakor ogenj jeza moja in ne gori tako, da je ne pogasi nihče, zavoljo hudobnosti vaših del.

⁴Circumcise yourselves to Yahweh, and take away the foreskins of your heart, you men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem; lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn so that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

⁵Oznanjujte na Judovem in v Jeruzalemu proglašajte in govorite: Trobite s trobento v deželi! glasno kličite in recite: Zberite se in pojdimo v utrjena mesta!

⁵Declare in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, ‘Blow the trumpet in the land!’ Cry aloud and say, ‘Assemble yourselves! Let us go into the fortified cities!’

⁶Povzdignite zastavo proti Sionu, bežite na varno, na postajajte! zakaj nesrečo hočem pripeljati od severa in stisko veliko.

⁶Set up a standard toward Zion. Flee for safety! Don’t wait; for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.”

⁷Lev izhaja iz goščave svoje, in ubijalec narodov prihaja, gre iz kraja svojega, da pripravi deželo tvojo v pustinjo, da se razdenejo mesta tvoja in ne bo nihče prebival v njih.

⁷A lion is gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations; he is on his way, he is gone forth from his place, to make your land desolate, that your cities be laid waste, without inhabitant.

⁸Zatorej se opašite z raševino, jokajte in tulite; kajti ni se obrnila goreča jeza GOSPODOVA od nas.

⁸For this clothe yourself with sackcloth, lament and wail; for the fierce anger of Yahweh hasn’t turned back from us.

⁹Zgodi se namreč tisti dan, govori GOSPOD, da upade srce kralju in srce knezom, in od straha ostrme duhovniki in otrpnejo proroki.

⁹“It shall happen at that day,” says Yahweh, “that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder.”

¹⁰Tedaj sem rekel: Oh, Gospod, Jehova! res si kar prekanil to ljudstvo in Jeruzalem, govoreč: Mir vam bode; in meč je zadel prav do duše! –

¹⁰Then I said, “Ah, Lord Yahweh! Surely you have greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, ‘You shall have peace;’ whereas the sword reaches to the heart.”

¹¹V tistem času se poreče temu ljudstvu in Jeruzalemu: Žgoč veter z golih višin v puščavi piše proti ljudstva mojega hčeri, ne da veja in ne da čisti;

¹¹At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, “A hot wind from the bare heights in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to winnow, nor to cleanse;

¹²veter močnejši nego za tisto mi pride. Sedaj izrečem tudi jaz sodbe nad njimi.

¹²a full wind from these shall come for me. Now I will also utter judgments against them.”

¹³Glej, kakor oblak prihaja in kakor vrtinec so vozovi njegovi, hitrejši od orlov so konji njegovi. Gorje nam! ker smo opustošeni.

¹³Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as the whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us! For we are ruined.

¹⁴Operi hudobnosti srce svoje, o Jeruzalem, da se rešiš! Doklej bodo v srcu tvojem prebivale hudobne misli tvoje?

¹⁴Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, that you may be saved. How long shall your evil thoughts lodge within you?

¹⁵Kajti glas oznanja iz Dana in proglaša nesrečo z Efraimovih gorá.

¹⁵For a voice declares from Dan, and publishes evil from the hills of Ephraim:

¹⁶Sporočite tistim narodom, glej, dajte, da se čuje nad Jeruzalemom: Oblegovalci gredo iz daljne dežele in zaganjajo svoj glas zoper mesta Judova;

¹⁶“Tell the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, ‘Watchers come from a far country, and raise their voice against the cities of Judah.

¹⁷kakor čuvaji na polju so razpostavljeni proti tebi. Zakaj Jeruzalem se je uprl zoper mene, govori GOSPOD.

¹⁷As keepers of a field, they are against her all around, because she has been rebellious against me,’” says Yahweh.

¹⁸Pota tvoja in dejanja tvoja so ti napravila tisto; to je nasledek hudobnosti tvoje; res, grenko je, res zbada srce tvoje.

¹⁸“Your way and your doings have brought these things to you. This is your wickedness; for it is bitter, for it reaches to your heart.”

¹⁹Osrčje moje, osrčje moje! Bolečino trpim v globini srca svojega! Razgraja mi srce moje! Molčati ne morem! Kajti trombe glas čuješ, duša moja, ropot vojske;

¹⁹My anguish, my anguish! I am pained at my very heart; my heart is disquieted in me; I can’t hold my peace; because you have heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.

²⁰podiranje za podiranjem se oznanja. Zakaj opustošena je vsa dežela, naglo so razdejani šatori moji, bliskoma pregrinjala moja.

²⁰Destruction on destruction is cried; for the whole land is laid waste: suddenly are my tents destroyed, and my curtains in a moment.

²¹Doklej naj gledam zastavo in poslušam trombe glas? –

²¹How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?

²²Kajti nespametno je ljudstvo moje, mene ne poznajo; sinovi so neumni in brez razsodnosti. Modri so za huda dela, a nerodni storiti kaj dobrega.

²²“For my people are foolish, they don’t know me. They are foolish children, and they have no understanding. They are skillful in doing evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.”

²³Gledam na zemljo, in glej, pusta je in prazna, in na nebo, a ni luči na njem.

²³I saw the earth, and, behold, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

²⁴Gledam na gore, in glej, tresejo se in vsi hribi se gibljejo.

²⁴I saw the mountains, and behold, they trembled, and all the hills moved back and forth.

²⁵Gledam, in glej, ni človeka, tudi vse ptice nebeške so odletele.

²⁵I saw, and behold, there was no man, and all the birds of the sky had fled.

²⁶Gledam, in glej, rodovitna zemlja je puščava in vsa mesta na njej so razdejana pred GOSPODOM, pred žarečo jezo njegovo.

²⁶I saw, and behold, the fruitful field was a wilderness, and all its cities were broken down at the presence of Yahweh, before his fierce anger.

²⁷Kajti tako pravi GOSPOD: Puščava bode vsa ta dežela, a docela je še ne pokončam.

²⁷For thus says Yahweh, “The whole land shall be a desolation; yet will I not make a full end.

²⁸Zavoljo tega bo žalovala dežela in temno bode nebo, ker sem govoril, sklenil to; in ne bode mi žal in ne opustim tega.

²⁸For this the earth will mourn, and the heavens above be black; because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and I have not repented, neither will I turn back from it.”

²⁹Od vrišča konjikov in lokostrelcev beži vse mesto: teko v goščave in lezejo na skale; vsako mesto je zapuščeno, in ni človeka, ki bi prebival v njih.

²⁹Every city flees for the noise of the horsemen and archers; they go into the thickets, and climb up on the rocks: every city is forsaken, and not a man dwells therein.

³⁰Ti pa, opustošena, kaj boš počela? Čeprav se oblačiš v škrlat, čeprav se lepotičiš z dragotino zlato, čeprav si mažeš z lepotico oči: zaman se delaš lepo; ne marajo te ljubitelji, strežejo ti po življenju.Kajti glas čujem kakor porodnice, stisko kakor prvorodnice, glas hčere sionske, ki sopiha, razprostira roke: Ah, gorje mi! ker obnemaguje duša moja od morilcev.

³⁰You, when you are made desolate, what will you do? Though you clothe yourself with scarlet, though you deck you with ornaments of gold, though you enlarge your eyes with paint, in vain do you make yourself beautiful; your lovers despise you, they seek your life.

³¹Kajti glas čujem kakor porodnice, stisko kakor prvorodnice, glas hčere sionske, ki sopiha, razprostira roke: Ah, gorje mi! ker obnemaguje duša moja od morilcev.

³¹For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, the anguish as of her who brings forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, who gasps for breath, who spreads her hands, saying, “Woe is me now! For my soul faints before the murderers.”