¹Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in justice.

¹Evo po pravdi kralj kraljuje, po pravici vladaju knezovi:

²A man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the storm, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a large rock in a weary land.

²svaki je kao zavjetrina, utočište od nevremena, kao u sušnoj zemlji potoci, kao sjena u žednoj pustari.

³The eyes of those who see will not be dim, and the ears of those who hear will listen.

³Oči vidovitih neće više biti slijepe, uši onih što čuju slušat će pozorno;

⁴The heart of the rash will understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers will be ready to speak plainly.

⁴srce nerazumnih shvaćat će mudrost, mucavci će govorit' okretno i razgovijetno;

⁵The fool will no longer be called noble, nor the scoundrel be highly respected.

⁵pokvarenjaka neće više zvati plemenitim, varalicu neće više držat' odličnikom.

⁶For the fool will speak folly, and his heart will work iniquity, to practice profanity, and to utter error against Yahweh, To make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

⁶Jer, pokvarenjak govori ludosti i srce mu bezakonje snuje, da počini zlodjela, da o Jahvi oholo govori; da gladnoga ostavi prazna želuca, da žednome napitak uskrati.

⁷The ways of the scoundrel are evil. He devises wicked devices to destroy the humble with lying words, even when the needy speaks right.

⁷U varalice pakosno je oružje; on spletke samo kuje, da lažima upropasti uboge, pa i kad nevoljnik pravo dokazuje.

⁸But the noble devises noble things; and he will continue in noble things.

⁸U plemenita nakane su plemenite i plemenito on djeluje.

⁹Rise up, you women who are at ease! Hear my voice! You careless daughters, give ear to my speech!

⁹Ustajte, žene nehajne, slušajte moj glas; kćeri lakoumne, čujte mi besjedu.

¹⁰For days beyond a year you will be troubled, you careless women; for the vintage shall fail. The harvest won’t come.

¹⁰Za godinu i nekoliko dana drhtat ćete, lakoumnice, jer jematve neće biti, plodovi se neće brati.

¹¹Tremble, you women who are at ease! Be troubled, you careless ones! Strip yourselves, make yourselves naked, and put sackcloth on your waist.

¹¹Dršćite, nehajnice, strepite, lakoumnice, svucite se, obnažite, oko bedara kostrijet opašite!

¹²Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.

¹²Bijte se u prsa zbog ljupkih polja, plodnih vinograda;

¹³Thorns and briars will come up on my people’s land; yes, on all the houses of joy in the joyous city.

¹³zbog njiva naroda mojega što rađaju trnjem i dračem; zbog svih kuća veselih, grada razigranog.

¹⁴For the palace will be forsaken. The populous city will be deserted. The hill and the watchtower will be for dens forever, a delight for wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks;

¹⁴Jer, napuštena bit će palača, opustjet će bučni grad; Ofel i kula postat će brlog dovijeka - bit će radost divljim magarcima, paša stadima,

¹⁵Until the Spirit is poured on us from on high, and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, and the fruitful field is considered a forest.

¹⁵dok se na nas ne izlije duh iz visina. Tad će pustinja postat' voćnjak, a voćnjak se u šumu pretvorit'.

¹⁶Then justice will dwell in the wilderness; and righteousness will remain in the fruitful field.

¹⁶U pustinji će se nastaniti pravo, i pravda će prebivati u voćnjaku.

¹⁷The work of righteousness will be peace; and the effect of righteousness, quietness and confidence forever.

¹⁷Mir će biti djelo pravde, a plod pravednosti - trajan pokoj i uzdanje.

¹⁸My people will live in a peaceful habitation, in safe dwellings, and in quiet resting places.

¹⁸Narod će moj prebivati u nastambama pouzdanim, u bezbrižnim počivalištima.

¹⁹Though hail flattens the forest, and the city is leveled completely.

¹⁹A šuma će biti oborena, grad će biti snižen.

²⁰Blessed are you who sow beside all waters, who send out the feet of the ox and the donkey.

²⁰Blago vama: sijat ćete kraj svih voda, puštajući vola i magarca da slobodno idu!