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Now it came to pass after many days that the Lord said to me, “Arise, go to the Euphrates, and take from there the sash which I commanded you to hide there.”
Then I went to the Euphrates and dug, and I took the [f]sash from the place where I had hidden it; and there was the sash, ruined. It was profitable for nothing.
This evil people, who refuse to hear My words, who follow[g] the dictates of their hearts, and walk after other gods to serve them and worship them, shall be just like this sash which is profitable for nothing.
Этот скверный народ, который отказывается слушать Мои слова, упрямо поступает по своей воле и следует за чужими богами, чтобы служить им и поклоняться, будет как этот пояс, никуда не годен!
For as the sash clings to the waist of a man, so I have caused the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah to cling to Me,’ says the Lord, ‘that they may become My people, for renown, for praise, and for glory; but they would not hear.’
Ведь как близок к телу пояс, так Я приблизил к Себе весь дом Израиля и весь дом Иуды, — возвещает Господь, — чтобы они были Моим народом Моей славой и хвалой. Но они не послушались Меня.
“Therefore you shall speak to them this word: ‘Thus says the Lord God of Israel: “Every bottle shall be filled with wine.” ’ “And they will say to you, ‘Do we not certainly know that every bottle will be filled with wine?’
— Скажи им такое слово: Так говорит Господь, Бог Израиля: «Любой винный кувшин наполняют вином». Если они скажут тебе: «Разве мы сами не знаем, что любой винный кувшин наполняют вином?» —
“Then you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land — even the kings who sit on David’s throne, the priests, the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem — with drunkenness!
то ответь им: «Так говорит Господь: Всех жителей этой страны, и царей, что сидят на престоле Давида, и священников, и пророков, и всех жителей Иерусалима Я наполню вином допьяна.
And I will dash them [h]one against another, even the fathers and the sons together,” says the Lord. “I will not pity nor spare nor have mercy, but will destroy them.” ’ ”
Give glory to the Lord your God Before He causes darkness, And before your feet stumble On the dark mountains, And while you are looking for light, He turns it into the shadow of death And makes it dense darkness.
Прославьте Господа, вашего Бога, пока Он не навел тьму, пока ваши ноги не спотыкаются в сумеречных горах. Вы будете искать свет, а Он обратит его во мрак, превратит в кромешную тьму.
But if you will not hear it, My soul will weep in secret for your pride; My eyes will weep bitterly And run down with tears, Because the Lord’s flock has been taken captive.
Но если вы не послушаете этого, то я буду украдкой плакать, оплакивать вашу гордость. Мои глаза изойдут слезами: потому что в плен будет угнано стадо Господне.
The cities of the South shall be shut up, And no one shall open them; Judah shall be carried away captive, all of it; It shall be wholly carried away captive.
What will you say when He punishes you? For you have taught them To be chieftains, to be head over you. Will not pangs seize you, Like a woman in [i]labor?
And if you say in your heart, “Why have these things come upon me?” For the greatness of your iniquity Your skirts have been uncovered, Your heels [j]made bare.
I have seen your adulteries And your lustful neighings, The lewdness of your harlotry, Your abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! Will you still not be made clean?”
Я видел твои мерзости, твои измены и похоть, твой бесстыдный блуд на холмах и на полях. Горе тебе, Иерусалим! Сколько еще пройдет времени, прежде чем ты очистишься?