¹Behold, Yahweh makes the earth empty, makes it waste, turns it upside down, and scatters its inhabitants.

¹Glej, GOSPOD izprazni deželo in jo pokonča; in preobrnivši ji lice, razkropi prebivalce njene.

²It will be as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the creditor, so with the debtor; as with the taker of interest, so with the giver of interest.

²In godilo se bo kakor ljudstvu tako duhovniku, kakor hlapcu tako gospodarju njegovemu, kakor dekli tako gospodinji njeni, kakor kupcu tako prodajalcu, kakor posojevalcu tako njemu, ki naposodo jemlje, kakor dolžniku tako upniku njegovemu.

³The earth will be utterly emptied and utterly laid waste; for Yahweh has spoken this word.

³Docela bo izpraznjena dežela in vsa oplenjena, kajti GOSPOD je govoril to besedo.

⁴The earth mourns and fades away. The world languishes and fades away. The lofty people of the earth languish.

⁴Žaluje, vene dežela; medli in hira naseljeni svet; medlé prvaki ljudstva v deželi.

⁵The earth also is polluted under its inhabitants, because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, and broken the everlasting covenant.

⁵Tudi zemlja je oskrunjena pod prebivalci svojimi, ker so prestopali zakone, preobračali postavne naredbe, prelomili večno zavezo.

⁶Therefore the curse has devoured the earth, and those who dwell therein are found guilty. Therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.

⁶Zato je prokletstvo požrlo zemljo, in pokoriti se morajo, ki prebivajo na njej; zato so pogoreli prebivalci zemlje, in malo ljudi je ostalo.

⁷The new wine mourns. The vine languishes. All the merry-hearted sigh.

⁷Žaluje trgatev, hira trta, zdihujejo vsi, ki so bili veselega srca.

⁸The mirth of tambourines ceases. The sound of those who rejoice ends. The joy of the harp ceases.

⁸Konec je veselju bobnov, minil je radujočih se šum, konec je radosti strun.

⁹They will not drink wine with a song. Strong drink will be bitter to those who drink it.

⁹S petjem ne bodo več pili vina, grenela bo opojna pijača njim, ki jo pijo.

¹⁰The confused city is broken down. Every house is shut up, that no man may come in.

¹⁰Razdrto je mesto zmešnjave; zaprta je sleherna hiša, ni več nobenega vhoda.

¹¹There is a crying in the streets because of the wine. All joy is darkened. The mirth of the land is gone.

¹¹Jadikovanje zaradi vina je po ulicah; zatonilo je vse veselje, izginila je radost zemlje.

¹²The city is left in desolation, and the gate is struck with destruction.

¹²Po mestu je ostalo le razdejanje, in v razvaline so razbita vrata.

¹³For it will be so in the midst of the earth among the peoples, as the shaking of an olive tree, as the gleanings when the vintage is done.

¹³Kajti tako se bo godilo sredi zemlje, med ljudstvi, kakor ko se otresajo oljke, kakor ob paberkovanju, ko je trgatev končana.

¹⁴These shall lift up their voice. They will shout for the majesty of Yahweh. They cry aloud from the sea.

¹⁴Ti ohranjenci bodo zagnali svoj glas, veselo bodo peli. Zaradi veličasti GOSPODOVE se močno oglašajo tam od morja:

¹⁵Therefore glorify Yahweh in the east, even the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel, in the islands of the sea!

¹⁵Zato poveličujte GOSPODA v jutrovih krajih, ime GOSPODA, Boga Izraelovega, na otokih morskih!

¹⁶From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs. Glory to the righteous! But I said, “I pine away! I pine away! woe is me!” The treacherous have dealt treacherously. Yes, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously.

¹⁶Od zadnjega kraja zemlje čujemo petje: Slava pravičnemu! – A jaz pravim: Hiram, hiram, gorje mi! Nezvestniki ravnajo nezvesto in krivičen rop ropajo roparji!

¹⁷Fear, the pit, and the snare, are on you who inhabitant the earth.

¹⁷Groza in jama in zadrga ti prete, o prebivalec zemlje!

¹⁸It will happen that he who flees from the noise of the fear will fall into the pit; and he who comes up out of the midst of the pit will be taken in the snare; for the windows on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble.

¹⁸In zgodi se, da kdor zbeži, ker začuje grozo, pade v jamo; in kdor prileze iz jame, se ujame v zadrgo. Kajti zatvornice se odpro na višavi, in stresnejo se podslombe zemlje.

¹⁹The earth is utterly broken. The earth is torn apart. The earth is shaken violently.

¹⁹Zemlja se vsepovsod podere, zemlja vsa se razpoči, zemlja se bo hudo majala;

²⁰The earth will stagger like a drunken man, and will sway back and forth like a hammock. Its disobedience will be heavy on it, and it will fall and not rise again.

²⁰zemlja bo omahovala kakor pijanec, zibala se bo kakor viseča rogoznica; in hudo jo bo težila pregreha njena, in padla bo, da več ne vstane.

²¹It shall happen in that day that Yahweh will punish the army of the high ones on high, and the kings of the earth on the earth.

²¹In zgodi se tisti dan, da bo GOSPOD kaznoval vojsko višave na višavi in pozemeljske kralje na zemlji.

²²They shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison; and after many days shall they be visited.

²²In zbrani bodo, kakor zbirajo ujetnike v zaporu, in bodo vklenjeni in čez mnogo dni bodo obiskani.Tedaj se zastre mesec s sramom in solnce se bo sramovalo, zakaj GOSPOD nad vojskami bo kraljeval na gori Sionu in v Jeruzalemu, in pred starejšinami njegovimi bode slava.

²³Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for Yahweh of Armies will reign on Mount Zion, and in Jerusalem; and before his elders will be glory.

²³Tedaj se zastre mesec s sramom in solnce se bo sramovalo, zakaj GOSPOD nad vojskami bo kraljeval na gori Sionu in v Jeruzalemu, in pred starejšinami njegovimi bode slava.