¹ Ja mulle tuli Issanda sõna; ta ütles:

² 'Inimesepoeg, sa elad vastupanija soo hulgas, kellel on silmad nägemiseks, aga nad ei näe, kõrvad kuulmiseks, aga nad ei kuule, sest see on vastupanija sugu.

³ Aga sina, inimesepoeg, valmista enesele teekonnavarustus ja mine teele päevaajal nende nähes; mine nende nähes oma asupaigast teise paika; vahest nad märkavad, kuigi nad on vastupanija sugu!

⁴ Vii välja päeva ajal nende nähes oma asjad, nagu teekonnavarustus; ise aga mine õhtul välja nende nähes, nagu vangiminejad lähevad!

⁵ Murra nende nähes müürist läbi ja vii asjad sealtkaudu välja!

⁶ Tõsta need nende nähes õlale, vii pimedas välja; kata nägu, et sa ei näeks maad, sest ma olen pannud sind endeks Iisraeli soole!'

⁷ Ja ma tegin, nagu mind kästi: ma viisin päeval välja asjad, nagu teekonnavarustuse; õhtul aga murdsin ma oma käega müürist läbi, pimeduses viisin need välja, tõstsin nende nähes õlale.

⁸ Aga hommikul tuli mulle Issanda sõna; ta ütles:

⁹ 'Inimesepoeg, kas pole Iisraeli sugu, see vastupanija sugu, sinult küsinud: 'Mis sa teed?'

¹⁰ Vasta neile: Nõnda ütleb Issand Jumal: See on ennustus Jeruusalemma vürsti ja kogu Iisraeli soo kohta, kes teie keskel on.

¹¹ Ütle: Mina olen teile endeks. Nõnda nagu mina tegin, nõnda tehakse nendega - nad lähevad vangiteekonnale.

¹² Ja vürst, kes on nende keskel, peab pimedas kandami õlale tõstma ja välja minema - müürist murtakse läbi, et asju sealtkaudu välja viia -; ta peab katma oma näo, et ta ei näeks oma silmaga maad.

¹³ Mina laotan oma võrgu tema peale ja ta püütakse mu püünisesse; ma viin ta Paabelisse, kaldealaste maale, aga ta ei saa seda näha ja seal ta sureb.

¹⁴ Ja kõik, kes ümberkaudu on temale abiks, ja kõik ta väesalgad hajutan ma kõigi tuulte poole ja tõmban mõõga nende taga.

¹⁵ Ja nad saavad tunda, et mina olen Issand, kui ma neid olen pillutanud paganate sekka ja puistanud mööda maid.

¹⁶ Aga ma jätan neist pisut inimesi mõõga, nälja ja katku käest alles, et nad jutustaksid paganate seas, kuhu nad tulevad, kõigist oma häbitegudest; ja nad saavad tunda, et mina olen Issand.'

¹⁷ Ja mulle tuli Issanda sõna; ta ütles:

¹⁸ 'Inimesepoeg, söö oma leiba vabisedes ja joo oma vett värisedes ja murega

¹⁹ ning ütle maa rahvale: Nõnda ütleb Issand Jumal Jeruusalemma elanike kohta Iisraeli maal: Nad peavad sööma oma leiba murega ja jooma oma vett suure hirmuga, sellepärast et nende maa laastatakse kõigest, mis seal on, kõigi seal elavate vägivalla pärast.

²⁰ Asustatud linnad muutuvad varemeiks ja maa jääb lagedaks; ja te saate tunda, et mina olen Issand.'

²¹ Ja mulle tuli Issanda sõna; ta ütles:

²² 'Inimesepoeg, mis kõneviis see teil on Iisraeli maal, et te ütlete: 'Aeg venib pikale ja kõik nägemused lähevad tühja'?

²³ Seepärast ütle neile: Nõnda ütleb Issand Jumal: Ma lõpetan selle kõneviisi ja nõnda ei kõnelda enam Iisraelis. Ja ütle neile: Ligidal on aeg ja kõigi nägemuste täitumine.

²⁴ Sest edaspidi ei ole enam ühtegi valenägemust ega kahtlast ennustust Iisraeli soo keskel.

²⁵ Sest mina, Issand, räägin: See sõna, mis ma ütlen, läheb täide ega viibi enam; sest teie päevil, sa vastupanija sugu, ütlen ma sõna ja viin selle täide, ütleb Issand Jumal.'

²⁶ Ja mulle tuli Issanda sõna; ta ütles:

²⁷ 'Inimesepoeg, vaata, Iisraeli sugu ütleb: 'Nägemus, mida see näeb, täitub ehk hulga aja pärast, ja ta kuulutab prohvetlikult kaugetest aegadest.'

²⁸ Seepärast ütle neile: Nõnda ütleb Issand Jumal: Ei viibi enam ükski mu sõna. sõna, mis ma ütlen, läheb täide, ütleb Issand Jumal.'

¹ I will sing of the loving kindness of Yahweh forever. With my mouth, I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.

² I indeed declare, "Love stands firm forever. You established the heavens. Your faithfulness is in them."

³ "I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David, my servant,

⁴ 'I will establish your seed forever, and build up your throne to all generations.'" Selah.

⁵ The heavens will praise your wonders, Yahweh; your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.

⁶ For who in the skies can be compared to Yahweh? Who among the sons of the heavenly beings is like Yahweh,

⁷ a very awesome God in the council of the holy ones, to be feared above all those who are around him?

⁸ Yahweh, God of Armies, who is a mighty one, like you? Yah, your faithfulness is around you.

⁹ You rule the pride of the sea. When its waves rise up, you calm them.

¹⁰ You have broken Rahab in pieces, like one of the slain. You have scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.

¹¹ The heavens are yours. The earth also is yours; the world and its fullness. You have founded them.

¹² The north and the south, you have created them. Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name.

¹³ You have a mighty arm. Your hand is strong, and your right hand is exalted.

¹⁴ Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loving kindness and truth go before your face.

¹⁵ Blessed are the people who learn to acclaim you. They walk in the light of your presence, Yahweh.

¹⁶ In your name they rejoice all day. In your righteousness, they are exalted.

¹⁷ For you are the glory of their strength. In your favor, our horn will be exalted.

¹⁸ For our shield belongs to Yahweh; our king to the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁹ Then you spoke in vision to your saints, and said, "I have bestowed strength on the warrior. I have exalted a young man from the people.

²⁰ I have found David, my servant. I have anointed him with my holy oil,

²¹ with whom my hand shall be established. My arm will also strengthen him.

²² No enemy will tax him. No wicked man will oppress him.

²³ I will beat down his adversaries before him, and strike those who hate him.

²⁴ But my faithfulness and my loving kindness will be with him. In my name, his horn will be exalted.

²⁵ I will set his hand also on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers.

²⁶ He will call to me, 'You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation!'

²⁷ I will also appoint him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

²⁸ I will keep my loving kindness for him forevermore. My covenant will stand firm with him.

²⁹ I will also make his seed endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

³⁰ If his children forsake my law, and don't walk in my ordinances;

³¹ if they break my statutes, and don't keep my commandments;

³² then I will punish their sin with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.

³³ But I will not completely take my loving kindness from him, nor allow my faithfulness to fail.

³⁴ I will not break my covenant, nor alter what my lips have uttered.

³⁵ Once have I sworn by my holiness, I will not lie to David.

³⁶ His seed will endure forever, his throne like the sun before me.

³⁷ It will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky." Selah.

³⁸ But you have rejected and spurned. You have been angry with your anointed.

³⁹ You have renounced the covenant of your servant. You have defiled his crown in the dust.

⁴⁰ You have broken down all his hedges. You have brought his strongholds to ruin.

⁴¹ All who pass by the way rob him. He has become a reproach to his neighbors.

⁴² You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries. You have made all of his enemies rejoice.

⁴³ Yes, you turn back the edge of his sword, and haven't supported him in battle.

⁴⁴ You have ended his splendor, and thrown his throne down to the ground.

⁴⁵ You have shortened the days of his youth. You have covered him with shame. Selah.

⁴⁶ How long, Yahweh? Will you hide yourself forever? Will your wrath burn like fire?

⁴⁷ Remember how short my time is! For what vanity have you created all the children of men!

⁴⁸ What man is he who shall live and not see death, who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.

⁴⁹ Lord, where are your former loving kindnesses, which you swore to David in your faithfulness?

⁵⁰ Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the mighty peoples,

⁵¹ With which your enemies have mocked, Yahweh, with which they have mocked the footsteps of your anointed one.

⁵² Blessed be Yahweh forevermore. Amen, and Amen. BOOK IV A Prayer by Moses, the man of God.