¹Gorje jim, ki izmišljajo krivičnost in pripravljajo hudobnost na ležiščih svojih! Ko zasveti jutro, jo izvršujejo, ker je v moči njih roke.

¹Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil on their beds! When the morning is light, they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand.

²Želja jih je po njivah, pa jih ugrabijo, in po hišah, pa jih vzemo, in silo delajo možu in hiši njegovi, človeku in dediščini njegovi.

²They covet fields, and seize them; and houses, and take them away: and they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.

³Zatorej pravi tako GOSPOD: Glej, namerjam nesrečo zoper to rodovino, ki ji ne odtegnete svojih vratov in pod katero ne boste več ošabno hodili, ker čas je hud.

³Therefore thus says Yahweh: “Behold, I am planning against these people a disaster, from which you will not remove your necks, neither will you walk haughtily; for it is an evil time.

⁴Tisti dan začno zabavljico o vas in zapojo žalostinko: „Zgodilo se je!“ bodo pravili, „docela smo opustošeni. Delež ljudstva mojega zamenja lastnika; kako ga odjemlje meni! Odpadniku razdeljuje naše njive.“

⁴In that day they will take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, saying, ‘We are utterly ruined! My people’s possession is divided up. Indeed he takes it from me and assigns our fields to traitors!’”

⁵Zato ne boš imel nikogar, ki bi zate vrgel mersko vrvico ob žrebanju v zboru GOSPODOVEM.

⁶„Ne oznanjajte!“ oznanjajo lažiproroki. Ako se ne oznanja onim, ne mine sramota.

⁶“Don’t prophesy!” They prophesy. “Don’t prophesy about these things. Disgrace won’t overtake us.”

⁷Se li bo reklo, hiša Jakobova, da je nagle jeze GOSPOD? So li takšna dejanja njegova? Niso li besede moje prijazne njemu, ki živi pošteno?

⁷Shall it be said, O house of Jacob: “Is the Spirit of Yahweh angry? Are these his doings? Don’t my words do good to him who walks blamelessly?”

⁸Še ondan se je uprlo ljudstvo moje kakor sovražnik: iznad suknje jemljete plašč njim, ki gredo brezskrbno mimo, ki so nasprotni vojski.

⁸But lately my people have risen up as an enemy. You strip the robe and clothing from those who pass by without a care, returning from battle.

⁹Žene ljudstva mojega podite iz hiš njih veselja, njih otročičem kradete moj kras za vselej.

⁹You drive the women of my people out from their pleasant houses; from their young children you take away my blessing forever.

¹⁰Vstanite in pojdite! ker ta dežela ni vam počivališče zavoljo nečednosti, ki uničuje, in to s strašno pogubo.

¹⁰Arise, and depart! For this is not your resting place, because of uncleanness that destroys, even with a grievous destruction.

¹¹Ko bi bil človek, ki se žene za vetrom in sleparsko laže: „Prorokoval ti bom o vinu in močni pijači“, ta bi bil prorok temu ljudstvu!

¹¹If a man walking in a spirit of falsehood lies: “I will prophesy to you of wine and of strong drink”; he would be the prophet of this people.

¹²Gotovo te zberem, o Jakob, tebe vsega; gotovo skupim ostanek Izraelov; skupaj jih denem kakor ovce v Bozri, kakor čredo na njenem pašniku, da bode velik hrup od množice ljudi.Prodiralec pojde gori pred njimi; proderejo in pojdejo skozi vrata in bodo skozi nje hodili ven; in njih kralj pojde pred njimi in GOSPOD na njih čelu.

¹²I will surely assemble, Jacob, all of you; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as a flock in the midst of their pasture; they will swarm with people.

¹³Prodiralec pojde gori pred njimi; proderejo in pojdejo skozi vrata in bodo skozi nje hodili ven; in njih kralj pojde pred njimi in GOSPOD na njih čelu.

¹³He who breaks open the way goes up before them. They break through the gate, and go out. And their king passes on before them, with Yahweh at their head.