¹ Kako potamne zlato, promeni se čisto zlato? Kamenje je od svetinje razmetnuto po uglovima svih ulica.

² Dragi sinovi sionski, cenjeni kao najčistije zlato, kako se cene zemljani sudovi, kao delo ruku lončarevih!

³ I zveri ističu sise svoje i doje mlad svoju, a kći naroda mog posta nemilostiva kao noj u pustinji.

⁴ Jezik detetu koje sisa prionu za grlo od žeđi; deca ištu hleba, a nema nikoga da im lomi.

⁵ Koji jeđahu poslastice, ginu na ulicama; koji odrastoše u skerletu, valjaju se po bunjištu.

⁶ I kar koji dopade kćeri naroda mog veći je od propasti koja dopade Sodomu, koji se zatre u času i ruke se ne zabaviše oko njega.

⁷ Nazireji njeni behu čistiji od snega, belji od mleka; telo im beše crvenije od dragog kamenja, glatki kao safir.

⁸ A sada im je lice crnje od uglja, ne poznaju se na ulicama; koža im se prilepila za kosti, osušila se kao drvo.

⁹ Bolje bi onima koji su pobijeni mačem nego onima koji mru od gladi, koji izdišu ubijeni od nestašice roda zemaljskog.

¹⁰ Svojim rukama žene žalostive kuvaše decu svoju, ona im biše hrana u pogibli kćeri naroda mog.

¹¹ Navrši Gospod gnev svoj, izli žestoki gnev svoj, i raspali oganj na Sionu, koji mu proždre temelje.

¹² Ne bi verovali carevi zemaljski i svi stanovnici po vasiljenoj da će neprijatelj i protivnik ući na vrata jerusalimska.

¹³ Ali bi za grehe proroka njegovih i za bezakonja sveštenika njegovih, koji prolivahu krv pravedničku usred njega.

¹⁴ Lutahu kao slepci po ulicama, kaljahu se krvlju, koje ne mogahu da se ne dotiču haljinama svojim.

¹⁵ Odstupite, nečisti, viču im, odstupite, odstupite, ne dodevajte se ničega. I odlaze i skitaju se; i među narodima se govori: Neće se više staniti.

¹⁶ Gnev Gospodnji raseja ih, neće više pogledati na njih; ne poštuju sveštenika, nisu žalostivi na starce.

¹⁷ Većnam oči iščileše izgledajući pomoćzaludnu; čekasmo narod koji ne može izbaviti.

¹⁸ Vrebaju nam korake, da ne možemo hoditi po ulicama svojim, približi se kraj naš, navršiše se dani naši, dođe kraj naš.

¹⁹ Koji nas goniše, behu lakši od orlova nebeskih, po gorama nas goniše, u pustinji nam zasedaše.

²⁰ Disanje nozdrva naših, pomazanik Gospodnji, za kog govorasmo da ćemo živeti pod senom njegovim među narodima, uhvati se u jame njihove.

²¹ Raduj se i veseli se, kćeri edomska, koja živiš u zemlji Uzu! Doći će do tebe čaša, opićeš se, i otkrićeš se.

²² Svrši se kar za bezakonje tvoje, kćeri sionska; neće te više voditi u ropstvo; pohodiće tvoje bezakonje, kćeri edomska, otkriće grehe tvoje.

¹ In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month, the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

² "Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all Egypt.

³ Speak and say, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster that lies in the midst of his rivers, that has said, 'My river is my own, and I have made it for myself.'

⁴ I will put hooks in your jaws, and I will make the fish of your rivers stick to your scales; and I will bring you up out of the midst of your rivers, with all the fish of your rivers which stick to your scales.

⁵ I'll cast you forth into the wilderness, you and all the fish of your rivers. You'll fall on the open field. You won't be brought together, nor gathered. I have given you for food to the animals of the earth and to the birds of the sky.

⁶ All the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am Yahweh, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.

⁷ When they took hold of you by your hand, you broke, and tore all their shoulders; and when they leaned on you, you broke, and paralyzed all of their thighs."

⁸ Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Behold, I will bring a sword on you, and will cut off man and animal from you.

⁹ The land of Egypt shall be a desolation and a waste; and they shall know that I am Yahweh. Because he has said, 'The river is mine, and I have made it;'

¹⁰ therefore, behold, I am against you, and against your rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt an utter waste and desolation, from the tower of Seveneh even to the border of Ethiopia.

¹¹ No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of animal shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.

¹² I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the midst of the countries that are desolate; and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be a desolation forty years; and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries."

¹³ For thus says the Lord Yahweh: "At the end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians from the peoples where they were scattered;

¹⁴ and I will bring back the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their birth; and they shall be there a base kingdom.

¹⁵ It shall be the base of the kingdoms; neither shall it any more lift itself up above the nations: and I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations.

¹⁶ It shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, bringing iniquity to memory, when they turn to look after them: and they shall know that I am the Lord Yahweh."'"

¹⁷ It came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in the first [month], in the first [day] of the month, the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

¹⁸ Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyre: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was worn; yet had he no wages, nor his army, from Tyre, for the service that he had served against it.

¹⁹ Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and he shall carry off her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army.

²⁰ I have given him the land of Egypt as his recompense for which he served, because they worked for me, says the Lord Yahweh.

²¹ In that day will I cause a horn to bud forth to the house of Israel, and I will give you the opening of the mouth in the midst of them; and they shall know that I am Yahweh.