¹ Sed iam en la tempo estonta la monto de la domo de la Eternulo staros kiel cxefo inter la montoj, kaj gxi estos pli alta ol cxiuj altajxoj; kaj fluos al gxi popoloj.

² Kaj iros multaj nacioj, kaj diros:Venu, ni iru supren sur la monton de la Eternulo kaj en la domon de Dio de Jakob, por ke Li instruu nin pri Siaj vojoj kaj ke ni iru laux Lia irejo; cxar el Cion eliros la instruo, kaj la vorto de la Eternulo el Jerusalem.

³ Kaj Li jugxos inter multe da popoloj, kaj Li decidos pri potencaj nacioj en landoj malproksimaj; kaj ili forgxos el siaj glavoj plugilojn kaj el siaj lancoj rikoltilojn; ne levos nacio glavon kontraux nacion, kaj oni ne plu lernos militon.

⁴ Sed cxiu sidos sub sia vinberujo kaj sub sia figarbo, kaj neniu timigos; cxar la busxo de la Eternulo Cebaot tion diris.

⁵ CXiuj popoloj iros cxiu en la nomo de sia dio, sed ni irados en la nomo de la Eternulo, nia dio, cxiam kaj eterne.

⁶ En tiu tago, diras la Eternulo, Mi kolektos la lamulojn, kunvenigos la dispelitojn, kaj tiujn, kiujn Mi suferigis.

⁷ Kaj la lamulojn Mi faros restantaro, kaj la suferintojn potenca nacio, kaj la Eternulo regxos super ili sur la monto Cion de nun kaj eterne.

⁸ Kaj vi, ho turo de la grego, fortikajxo de la filino de Cion, al vi venos, revenos la antauxa regxado, la regno de la filino de Jerusalem.

⁹ Kial vi nun ploras tiel lauxte? CXu vi ne havas regxon? cxu pereis viaj konsilistoj, ke vin atakis doloroj kiel naskantinon?

¹⁰ Suferu, kaj havu dolorojn, ho filino de Cion, kiel naskantino; cxar nun vi eliros el la urbo kaj logxos sur la kampo kaj venos gxis Babel; tie vi estos savata; tie la Eternulo liberigos vin el la mano de viaj malamikoj.

¹¹ Nun kolektigxis kontraux vi multe da nacioj, kiuj diras:GXi malsanktigxu, kun gxuo ni rigardu Cionon!

¹² Sed ili ne scias la pensojn de la Eternulo, ili ne komprenas Lian intencon, ke Li kolektis ilin kiel garbojn en la drasxejon.

¹³ Levigxu kaj drasxu, ho filino de Cion, cxar vian kornon Mi faros fera, viajn hufojn Mi faros kupraj, kaj vi dispremos multe da popoloj, vi konsekros al la Eternulo ilian akiritajxon, kaj ilian havajxon al la Sinjoro de la tuta tero.

² The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, How are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!

³ Even the jackals draw out the breast, they nurse their young ones: The daughter of my people has become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.

⁴ The tongue of the nursing child clings to the roof of his mouth for thirst: The young children ask bread, and no man breaks it to them.

⁵ Those who did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: Those who were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.

⁶ For the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the sin of Sodom, That was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands were laid on her.

⁷ Her nobles were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk; They were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was as of sapphire.

⁸ Their appearance is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: Their skin clings to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.

⁹ Those who are killed with the sword are better than those who are killed with hunger; For these pine away, stricken through, for want of the fruits of the field.

¹⁰ The hands of the pitiful women have boiled their own children; They were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.

¹¹ Yahweh has accomplished his wrath, he has poured out his fierce anger; He has kindled a fire in Zion, which has devoured its foundations.

¹² The kings of the earth didn't believe, neither all the inhabitants of the world, That the adversary and the enemy would enter into the gates of Jerusalem.

¹³ [It is] because of the sins of her prophets, [and] the iniquities of her priests, That have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her.

¹⁴ They wander as blind men in the streets, they are polluted with blood, So that men can't touch their garments.

¹⁵ Depart! they cried to them, Unclean! depart, depart, don't touch! When they fled away and wandered, men said among the nations, They shall no more live [here].

¹⁶ The anger of Yahweh has scattered them; he will no more regard them: They didn't respect the persons of the priests, they didn't favor the elders.

¹⁷ Our eyes do yet fail [in looking] for our vain help: In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.

¹⁸ They hunt our steps, so that we can't go in our streets: Our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.

¹⁹ Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the sky: They chased us on the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.

²⁰ The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of Yahweh, was taken in their pits; Of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the nations.

²¹ Rejoice and be glad, daughter of Edom, that dwell in the land of Uz: The cup shall pass through to you also; you shall be drunken, and shall make yourself naked.

²² The punishment of your iniquity is accomplished, daughter of Zion; he will no more carry you away into captivity: He will visit your iniquity, daughter of Edom; he will uncover your sins.