¹Thus says Yahweh: “For three transgressions of Moab, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime;

¹Tako pravi GOSPOD: Zavoljo treh in zavoljo štirih pregreh, ki jih je kriv Moab, ne odvrnem šibe njegove: ker je sežgal kosti kralja edomskega do apna,

²but I will send a fire on Moab, and it will devour the palaces of Kerioth; and Moab will die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet;

²zato pošljem ogenj nad Moaba, in požre palače v Kerjotu; in Moab umrje v hrupu, med bojnim krikom, med bučanjem trobente;

³and I will cut off the judge from their midst, and will kill all its princes with him,” says Yahweh.

³in iztrebim sodnika izmed njega in vse poglavarje njegove umorim ž njim vred, pravi GOSPOD.

⁴Thus says Yahweh: “For three transgressions of Judah, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have rejected Yahweh’s law, and have not kept his statutes, and their lies have led them astray, after which their fathers walked;

⁴Tako pravi GOSPOD: Zavoljo treh in zavoljo štirih pregreh, ki jih je kriv Juda, ne odvrnem šibe njegove: ker so zavrgli zakon GOSPODOV in niso ohranili postav njegovih, njih laži pa, po katerih so živeli njih očetje, so jih zapeljale,

⁵But I will send a fire on Judah, and it will devour the palaces of Jerusalem.”

⁵zato pošljem ogenj nad Judo, in požre palače jeruzalemske.

⁶Thus says Yahweh: “For three transgressions of Israel, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes;

⁶Tako pravi GOSPOD: Zavoljo treh in zavoljo štirih pregreh, ki jih je kriv Izrael, ne odvrnem šibe njegove: ker so prodali pravičnika za denar in potrebnega za par čevljev;

⁷They trample on the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and deny justice to the oppressed; and a man and his father use the same maiden, to profane my holy name;

⁷oni hrepene po tem, da vidijo prah zemlje na glavi ubožca in krivijo pot krotkim, in sin in oče hodita k enemu dekletu, da bi oskrunila ime svetosti moje;

⁸and they lay themselves down beside every altar on clothes taken in pledge; and in the house of their God The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “Elohim.” they drink the wine of those who have been fined.

⁸in na zastavljenih oblačilih leže pri slehernem oltarju in v hiši Boga svojega pijo vino tistih, ki jim je bila prisojena globa.

⁹Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.

⁹In vendar sem pogubil Amorejca izpred njih, ki je bil visok kakor cedra in močan kakor hrast, vendar sem pogubil njegov sad zgoraj in korenine njegove spodaj.

¹⁰Also I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and led you forty years in the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.

¹⁰In jaz sem vas odpeljal iz dežele egiptovske in vas vodil štirideset let v puščavi, da bi posedli deželo Amorejcev.

¹¹I raised up some of your sons for prophets, and some of your young men for Nazirites. Isn’t this true, you children of Israel?” says Yahweh.

¹¹In obudil sem proroke izmed vaših sinov in nazirce iz vaših mladeničev. Ni li prav tako, o sinovi Izraelovi? govori GOSPOD.

¹²“But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink, and commanded the prophets, saying, ‘Don’t prophesy!’

¹²Vi pa ste dajali vina piti nazircem in prorokom ste ukazovali: Ne prorokujte!

¹³Behold, I will crush you in your place, as a cart crushes that is full of grain.

¹³Glejte, jaz vas bom tlačil do tal kakor tlači voz, ki je poln snopja.

¹⁴Flight will perish from the swift; and the strong won’t strengthen his force; neither shall the mighty deliver himself;

¹⁴In izgine beg hitremu in močnega opusti moč njegova, in junak ne otme življenja svojega,

¹⁵neither shall he stand who handles the bow; and he who is swift of foot won’t escape; neither shall he who rides the horse deliver himself;

¹⁵in lokostrelec ne bo mogel stati, in kdor je brzih nog, ne ubeži, in kdor jezdi konja, ne otme življenja svojega,in najpogumnejši med junaki bo nag bežal tisti dan, govori GOSPOD.

¹⁶and he who is courageous among the mighty will flee away naked on that day,” says Yahweh.

¹⁶in najpogumnejši med junaki bo nag bežal tisti dan, govori GOSPOD.