¹V tistem času, govori GOSPOD, bodo izgrebli kosti kraljev Judovih in kosti njegovih knezov in kosti duhovnikov in kosti prorokov ter kosti prebivajočih v Jeruzalemu iz njih grobov,

¹At that time, says Yahweh, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves;

²in jih bodo razmetali pod solnce in mesec in pod vso vojsko nebeško, ki so jih ljubili in so jim služili in za katerimi so hodili in katere so iskali in se jim klanjali; ne bodo se zbirale in ne bodo se pokopavale, za gnoj bodo na licu zemlje.

²and they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the army of the sky, which they have loved, and which they have served, and after which they have walked, and which they have sought, and which they have worshiped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried, they shall be for dung on the surface of the earth.

³In smrt bo rajši volil nego življenje ves ostanek, tisti, ki bodo preostali iz te rodovine hudobne, preostali v vseh krajih, kamor jih zapodim, govori GOSPOD.

³Death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue that remain of this evil family, that remain in all the places where I have driven them, says Yahweh of Armies.

⁴Še jim porečeš: Tako pravi GOSPOD: Ali kdo, kadar pade, rad ne vstane? ali kadar kdo zajde, ne mara se povrniti?

⁴Moreover you shall tell them, Thus says Yahweh: Shall men fall, and not rise up again? Shall one turn away, and not return?

⁵Zakaj se je torej odvrnilo to ljudstvo jeruzalemsko z neprenehljivim odpadanjem? Trdno se drže zvijače, nočejo se povrniti!

⁵Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.

⁶Pazil sem in poslušal: govoré, kar ni prav; nihče se ne kesa hudobnosti svoje, da bi rekel: Kaj sem storil? Vsakdo izmed njih se je obrnil v teku svojem kakor konj, ki strmoglavo hiti v boj.

⁶I listened and heard, but they didn’t speak aright: no man repents him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? everyone turns to his course, as a horse that rushes headlong in the battle.

⁷Tudi čaplja pod nebom pozna svoje gotove čase, in grlica in žerjav in lastovka se drže časa svojega prihoda; ljudstvo moje pa ne pozna pravice GOSPODOVE.

⁷Yes, the stork in the sky knows her appointed times; and the turtledove and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my people don’t know Yahweh’s law.

⁸Kako govorite: Modri smo in postava GOSPODOVA je pri nas? Glejte, res je lažnivo pisalo pismoukov iz nje napravilo laž.

⁸How do you say, We are wise, and the law of Yahweh is with us? But, behold, the false pen of the scribes has worked falsely.

⁹Modri bodo osramočeni, oplašeni in ujeti; glej, besedo GOSPODOVO so zavrgli, in kakšna modrost bi bila v njih?

⁹The wise men are disappointed, they are dismayed and taken: behold, they have rejected the word of Yahweh; and what kind of wisdom is in them?

¹⁰Zato izročim njih žene drugim, njih polja njim, ki jih bodo posedli. Kajti od najmanjšega do največjega so vsi vdani dobičku, od proroka do duhovnika, kolikor jih je, se pečajo s prevaro,

¹⁰Therefore will I give their wives to others, and their fields to those who shall possess them: for everyone from the least even to the greatest is given to covetousness; from the prophet even to the priest every one deals falsely.

¹¹in hčeri ljudstva mojega zdravijo rano prav lahkomiselno, govoreč: Mir, mir! dasi ni miru.

¹¹They have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

¹²Ali jih je bilo sram, ko so delali gnusobo? Ne, sram jih ni nikakor in zardeti ne znajo. Zato padejo med padajočimi; tisti čas, ko jih obiščem, se zgrudijo, pravi GOSPOD.

¹²Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among those who fall; in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, says Yahweh.

¹³Čisto jih iztrebim, govori GOSPOD; nobenega grozdja ne bo na trti in nobene smokve na smokvi in listje odpade, in karkoli sem jim dal, jim premine.

¹³I will utterly consume them, says Yahweh: no grapes shall be on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them.

¹⁴„Čemu posedamo? Zberimo se in idimo v trdna mesta, da poginemo tam! kajti GOSPOD, Bog naš, nas je določil v pogubo in nam dal piti sok trobelični, ker smo grešili zoper GOSPODA.

¹⁴Why do we sit still? Assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the fortified cities, and let us be silent there; for Yahweh our God has put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against Yahweh.

¹⁵Čakali smo miru, toda nič ni prišlo dobrega, časa ozdravljenja, a glej, le strah!“

¹⁵We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and behold, dismay!

¹⁶Od Dana sem se čuje prhanje konj njegovih; od glasu rezgetanja krepkih konj njegovih se trese vsa dežela; kajti gredo, da požro deželo in kar jo napolnjuje, mesto in nje, ki prebivajo v njem.

¹⁶The snorting of his horses is heard from Dan: at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones the whole land trembles; for they have come, and have devoured the land and all that is in it; the city and those who dwell therein.

¹⁷Kajti jaz, glejte, pošljem med vas kače, modrase, zoper katere ne pomaga nobeno rotenje, da vas zgrizejo, govori GOSPOD.

¹⁷For, behold, I will send serpents, adders, among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you, says Yahweh.

¹⁸O da bi se mogel poživiti v žalosti! V meni hira srce moje.

¹⁸Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow! My heart is faint within me.

¹⁹Glej, vpitje hčere ljudstva mojega se glasi močno iz daljne dežele: „Ali ni GOSPODA na Sionu? ni li Kralja njegovega v njem?“ Zakaj so me razdražili z rezanimi podobami svojimi, z ničemurnostmi inozemcev?

¹⁹Behold, the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people from a land that is very far off: isn’t Yahweh in Zion? Isn’t her King in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their engraved images, and with foreign vanities?

²⁰„Minila je žetev, konec je poletju, in mi nismo rešeni!“

²⁰The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.

²¹Zavoljo pobitosti hčere ljudstva mojega sem pobit; črno hodim oblečen, groza me je objela.Ali ni nič balzama v Gileadu? ali ni nobenega zdravnika tam? Zakaj torej ni ozdravela hči ljudstva mojega?

²¹For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt: I mourn; dismay has taken hold on me.

²²Ali ni nič balzama v Gileadu? ali ni nobenega zdravnika tam? Zakaj torej ni ozdravela hči ljudstva mojega?

²²Is there no balm in Gilead? is there no physician there? why then isn’t the health of the daughter of my people recovered?