1And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment? 2Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones; 3Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron. 4Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings.
5¶ Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him. 6Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them.3.6 that…: vision: Heb. from a vision3.6 that…: divine: Heb. from divining 7Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.3.7 lips: Heb. upper lip
8¶ But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin. 9Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity. 10They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.3.10 blood: Heb. bloods 11The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us.3.11 and say: Heb. saying 12Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.
Bíbá àwọn olórí àti àwọn wòlíì wí
1Nígbà náà, ni mo wí pé,
“Ẹ gbọ́, ẹ̀yin olórí Jakọbu,
ẹ̀yin alákòóso ilé Israẹli.
Ǹjẹ́ ẹ̀yin kò ha ni í gba òdodo bí.
2Ẹ̀yin tí ó kórìíra ìre, tí ẹ sì fẹ́ràn ibi;
Ẹ̀yin tí ẹ fa awọ ẹran-ara àwọn ènìyàn mi ya kúrò lára wọn
àti ẹran-ara wọn kúrò ní egungun wọn;
3Àwọn tí ó jẹ ẹran-ara àwọn ènìyàn mi,
wọn sì bọ́ awọ ara wọn kúrò lára wọn.
Wọ́n sì fọ́ egungun wọn sí wẹ́wẹ́;
Wọn sì gé e sí wẹ́wẹ́ bí ẹran inú ìkòkò,
bí ẹran inú agbada?”
4Nígbà náà ni wọn yóò kígbe sí Olúwa,
Ṣùgbọ́n òun kì yóò dá wọn lóhùn.
Ní àkókò náà ni òun yóò fi ojú rẹ̀ pamọ́ kúrò lọ́dọ̀ wọn,
nítorí ibi tí wọ́n ti ṣe.
5Báyìí ni Olúwa wí:
“Ní ti àwọn Wòlíì
tí ń ṣi àwọn ènìyàn mi lọ́nà,
tí ẹnìkan bá fún wọn ní oúnjẹ,
wọn yóò kéde àlàáfíà;
Ṣùgbọ́n tí kò bá fi nǹkan sí wọn ní ẹnu,
wọn yóò múra ogun sí i.
6Nítorí náà òru yóò wá sórí yín,
tí ẹ̀yin kì yóò sì rí ìran kankan,
òkùnkùn yóò sì kùn fún yín,
tí ẹ̀yin kì yóò sì lè sọtẹ́lẹ̀
Oòrùn yóò sì wọ lórí àwọn wòlíì
ọjọ́ yóò sì ṣókùnkùn lórí wọn.
7Ojú yóò sì ti àwọn Wòlíì
àwọn alásọtẹ́lẹ̀ pẹ̀lú yóò sì gba ìtìjú.
Gbogbo wọn ni yóò bo ojú wọn,
nítorí kò sí ìdáhùn láti ọ̀dọ̀ Ọlọ́run.”
8Ṣùgbọ́n ní tèmi,
èmi kún fún agbára pẹ̀lú ẹ̀mí Olúwa,
láti sọ ìré-òfin-kọjá Jakọbu fún un,
àti láti sọ ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ Israẹli fún un.
9Gbọ́ ẹ̀yin olórí ilé Jakọbu,
àti ẹ̀yin alákòóso ilé Israẹli,
tí ó kórìíra òdodo
tí ó sì yí òtítọ́ padà;
10Tí ó kọ́ Sioni pẹ̀lú ìtàjẹ̀ sílẹ̀,
àti Jerusalẹmu pẹ̀lú ìwà búburú.
11Àwọn olórí rẹ̀ ń ṣe ìdájọ́ nítorí àbẹ̀tẹ́lẹ̀,
àwọn àlùfáà rẹ̀ sì ń kọ́ni nítorí owó ọ̀yà
àwọn wòlíì rẹ̀ pẹ̀lú sì ń sọtẹ́lẹ̀ nítorí owó.
Síbẹ̀, wọn gbẹ́kẹ̀lé Olúwa, wọ́n sì wí pé,
“Nítòótọ́, Olúwa wà pẹ̀lú wa!
Ibi kan kì yóò bá wa.”
12Nítorí náà, nítorí tiyín,
ni a ó ṣe ro Sioni bí oko,
Jerusalẹmu yóò sì di ebè
àti òkè tẹmpili bí i ibi gíga igbó.
