¹ Opet mi dođe riječ Jahvina:

² "Sine čovječji! Ti boraviš u rodu odmetničkom koji ima oči, a ne vidi, uši ima, a ne čuje, jer su rod odmetnički.

³ Zato, sine čovječji, spremi izgnanički zavežljaj i njima na oči obdan se seli: seli se iz svojega mjesta u drugo, ne bi li uvidjeli da su rod odmetnički.

⁴ Obdan, njima na oči, iznesi zavežljaj, zavežljaj izgnanički, a iziđi obnoć na njihove oči kao što se odlazi u izgnanstvo.

⁵ Njima na oči prokopaj zid i kroza nj izađi.

⁶ I njima na oči vrgni zavežljaj na ramena i po mrkloj noći iziđi. Pokrij lice da ne vidiš zemlju, jer te postavih kao znamenje domu Izraelovu!"

⁷ Učinih kako mi bijaše zapovjeđeno: obdan iznesoh zavežljaj, zavežljaj izgnanički, a obnoć prokopah zid rukama i njima na oči po mrkloj noći vrgoh zavežljaj na ramena.

⁸ Ujutro mi dođe riječ Jahvina:

⁹ "Sine čovječji, zapita li te dom Izraelov, dom odmetnički: 'Što to radiš?'

¹⁰ ti mu reci: 'Ovako govori Jahve Gospod! Ovo je proroštvo knezu jeruzalemskom i svemu domu Izraelovu koji je u Jeruzalemu.'

¹¹ Reci: 'Ja sam vam znamenje! Kako ja uradih, tako će biti njima: svi ćete se morati seliti u izgnanstvo!

¹² Knez njihov morat će vrći zavežljaj na ramena i po mrkloj noći izaći. Prokopat će zid da izađe kroza nj i lice će pokriti rukama da očima ne vidi zemlje.

¹³ Ja ću mu razapeti mrežu, i uhvatit će se u moju zamku, i odvest ću ga u Babilon, u zemlju kaldejsku. Ali je on neće ugledati i ondje će život ostaviti.

¹⁴ A sve one oko njega, pomagače i čete, raspršit ću u sve vjetrove i svoj mač ću trgnuti na njih.

¹⁵ A kad ih raspršim među narode i rasijem po zemljama, znat će da sam ja Jahve.

¹⁶ Ipak, ostavit ću nekolicinu koji će umaći maču, gladi i kugi, da među narodima kamo prispiju pripovijedaju svoje gadosti; neka se zna da sam ja Jahve.'"

¹⁷ I dođe mi riječ Jahvina:

¹⁸ "Sine čovječji, jedi kruha zabrinuto i pij vode sa zebnjom i sa strepnjom!

¹⁹ I reci puku zemlje: 'Ovako govori Jahve Gospod Jeruzalemcima u zemlji Izraelovoj: Zabrinuto će jesti kruha i sa strepnjom piti vode, jer će im zemlja opustjeti i ostat će bez igdje ičega s bezakonja žitelja svojih.

²⁰ I svi gradovi, sada napučeni, bit će poharani, a sva zemlja opustošena. I znat će da sam ja Jahve!'"

²¹ I dođe mi riječ Jahvina:

²² "Sine čovječji, kakve su vam to priče o zemlji Izraelovoj? Govori se: 'Gle, prolaze dani, a od proroštva ništa!'

²³ Zato im reci: Ovako govori Jahve Gospod: 'Dokončat ću te priče i neće se više ponavljati u Izraelu.' Reci im: 'Bliže se već dani i sva će se proroštva moja ispuniti!

²⁴ Jer neće više biti u domu Izraelovu varavih viđenja, ni lažnih proroštava kojima ljude bijahu zavodili.

²⁵ Jer što ja, Jahve Gospod, govorim, to će i biti, i riječ se neće odgoditi! Da! Još za vaših dana, rode odmetnički, riječ ću izgovoriti i izvršiti.' Tako govori Jahve Gospod!"

²⁶ I dođe mi riječ Jahvina:

²⁷ "Sine čovječji! Evo što se govori u domu Izraelovu: 'Viđenje što ga ovaj ugleda za dane je daleke! Prorokuje za daleka vremena!'

²⁸ Zato im reci: Ovako govori Jahve Gospod: 'Nijedna riječ moja neće se više odgoditi! Što rekoh, rečeno je, i sve će se ispuniti!' - riječ je Jahve Gospoda."

¹ Bless Yahweh, my soul. Yahweh, my God, you are very great. You are clothed with honor and majesty.

² He covers himself with light as with a garment. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain.

³ He lays the beams of his rooms in the waters. He makes the clouds his chariot. He walks on the wings of the wind.

⁴ He makes his messengers winds; his servants flames of fire.

⁵ He laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be moved forever.

⁶ You covered it with the deep as with a cloak. The waters stood above the mountains.

⁷ At your rebuke they fled. At the voice of your thunder they hurried away.

⁸ The mountains rose, the valleys sank down, to the place which you had assigned to them.

⁹ You have set a boundary that they may not pass over; that they don't turn again to cover the earth.

¹⁰ He sends forth springs into the valleys. They run among the mountains.

¹¹ They give drink to every animal of the field. The wild donkeys quench their thirst.

¹² The birds of the sky nest by them. They sing among the branches.

¹³ He waters the mountains from his rooms. The earth is filled with the fruit of your works.

¹⁴ He causes the grass to grow for the livestock, and plants for man to cultivate, that he may bring forth food out of the earth:

¹⁵ wine that makes glad the heart of man, oil to make his face to shine, and bread that strengthens man's heart.

¹⁶ Yahweh's trees are well watered, the cedars of Lebanon, which he has planted;

¹⁷ where the birds make their nests. The stork makes its home in the fir trees.

¹⁸ The high mountains are for the wild goats. The rocks are a refuge for the rock badgers.

¹⁹ He appointed the moon for seasons. The sun knows when to set.

²⁰ You make darkness, and it is night, in which all the animals of the forest prowl.

²¹ The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their food from God.

²² The sun rises, and they steal away, and lay down in their dens.

²³ Man goes forth to his work, to his labor until the evening.

²⁴ Yahweh, how many are your works! In wisdom have you made them all. The earth is full of your riches.

²⁵ There is the sea, great and wide, in which are innumerable living things, both small and large animals.

²⁶ There the ships go, and leviathan, whom you formed to play there.

²⁷ These all wait for you, that you may give them their food in due season.

²⁸ You give to them; they gather. You open your hand; they are satisfied with good.

²⁹ You hide your face: they are troubled; you take away their breath: they die, and return to the dust.

³⁰ You send forth your Spirit: they are created. You renew the face of the ground.

³¹ Let the glory of Yahweh endure forever. Let Yahweh rejoice in his works.

³² He looks at the earth, and it trembles. He touches the mountains, and they smoke.

³³ I will sing to Yahweh as long as I live. I will sing praise to my God while I have any being.

³⁴ Let your meditation be sweet to him. I will rejoice in Yahweh.

³⁵ Let sinners be consumed out of the earth. Let the wicked be no more. Bless Yahweh, my soul. Praise Yah!