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Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:
That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!
The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.
По земле беды и тягот, львиц и льва ревущего,152 гадюк и змей-стрелок везут послы свои богатства на спинах ослов, свои сокровища — на горбах верблюжьих тому бесполезному народу,
And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters' vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withal out of the pit.
Она разобьется, словно глиняный сосуд, расколотый так беспощадно, что среди осколков не найдется черепка, чтобы взять из очага углей или зачерпнуть из водоема воды.
For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.
But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.
One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill.
Тысяча побежит от страха перед одним, от страха перед пятью побежите вы все, пока не останетесь, словно флагшток на вершине горы, словно знамя на холме.
And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.
For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee.
Воистину, о народ Сиона, жители Иерусалима, вы не будете больше плакать. Он непременно помилует вас, когда вы воззовете к Нему! Едва лишь услышав, Он ответит вам.
And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers:
Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.
Тогда вы посчитаете скверною своих идолов, покрытых серебром, и свои изваяния, покрытые золотом; вы отбросите их, как нечистое тряпье, и скажете им: «Прочь!»
Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.
Еще Он пошлет вам дождь для зерна, которое вы сажаете в землю, и тогда пища, которую родит земля, будет хороша и обильна. В тот день твой скот будет пастись на широких лугах.
And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill, rivers and streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.
Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
Луна будет сиять, как солнце, а солнечный свет станет в семь раз ярче, словно свет семи полных дней, когда Господь перевяжет язвы Своего народа и исцелит раны, которые Он нанес.
Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire:
And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err.
Дыхание Его, как разливающийся поток, поднимающийся до шеи. Он просеивает народы в решете гибели; Он вкладывает в челюсти народов узду, которая уводит их с пути.
Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel.
Вы будете петь, как в ночь, когда празднуете священный праздник. Ваши сердца будут ликовать, как у идущих под пение свирели на гору Господа, к Скале Израиля.
And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones.
Господь даст людям услышать Свой величественный голос и явит им Свою мышцу, которая обрушится в ударе с лютым гневом и пожирающим огнем, с ливнем, бурей и градом.
And in every place where the grounded staff shall pass, which the LORD shall lay upon him, it shall be with tabrets and harps: and in battles of shaking will he fight with it.
For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
Место для сожжения155 давно готово, приготовлено для ассирийского царя.156 Огненная яма сделана глубокой и широкой, вдоволь в ней и огня, и дров; дыхание Господа зажжет ее, как поток горящей серы.