| א כִּי הִנֵּה הָאָדוֹן יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת, מֵסִיר מִירוּשָׁלִַם וּמִיהוּדָה, מַשְׁעֵן, וּמַשְׁעֵנָה: כֹּל, מִשְׁעַן-לֶחֶם, וְכֹל, מִשְׁעַן-מָיִם. | 1 For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah stay and staff, every stay of bread, and every stay of water; |
| ב גִּבּוֹר, וְאִישׁ מִלְחָמָה; שׁוֹפֵט וְנָבִיא, וְקֹסֵם וְזָקֵן. | 2 The mighty man, and the man of war; the judge, and the prophet, and the diviner, and the elder; |
| ג שַׂר-חֲמִשִּׁים, וּנְשׂוּא פָנִים; וְיוֹעֵץ וַחֲכַם חֲרָשִׁים, וּנְבוֹן לָחַשׁ. | 3 The captain of fifty, and the man of rank, and the counsellor, and the cunning charmer, and the skilful enchanter. |
| ד וְנָתַתִּי נְעָרִים, שָׂרֵיהֶם; וְתַעֲלוּלִים, יִמְשְׁלוּ-בָם. | 4 And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them. |
| ה וְנִגַּשׂ הָעָם, אִישׁ בְּאִישׁ וְאִישׁ בְּרֵעֵהוּ; יִרְהֲבוּ, הַנַּעַר בַּזָּקֵן, וְהַנִּקְלֶה, בַּנִּכְבָּד. | 5 And the people shall oppress one another, every man his fellow, and every man his neighbour; the child shall behave insolently against the aged, and the base against the honourable, |
| ו כִּי-יִתְפֹּשׂ אִישׁ בְּאָחִיו, בֵּית אָבִיו, שִׂמְלָה לְכָה, קָצִין תִּהְיֶה-לָּנוּ; וְהַמַּכְשֵׁלָה הַזֹּאת, תַּחַת יָדֶךָ. | 6 For a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father: 'Thou hast a mantle, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand.' |
| ז יִשָּׂא בַיּוֹם הַהוּא לֵאמֹר, לֹא-אֶהְיֶה חֹבֵשׁ, וּבְבֵיתִי, אֵין לֶחֶם וְאֵין שִׂמְלָה; לֹא תְשִׂימֻנִי, קְצִין עָם. | 7 In that day shall he swear, saying: 'I will not be a healer; for in my house is neither bread nor a mantle; ye shall not make me ruler of a people.' |
| ח כִּי כָשְׁלָה יְרוּשָׁלִַם, וִיהוּדָה נָפָל: כִּי-לְשׁוֹנָם וּמַעַלְלֵיהֶם אֶל-יְהוָה, לַמְרוֹת עֵנֵי כְבוֹדוֹ. | 8 For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen; because their tongue and their doings are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of His glory. |
| ט הַכָּרַת פְּנֵיהֶם עָנְתָה בָּם, וְחַטָּאתָם כִּסְדֹם הִגִּידוּ לֹא כִחֵדוּ; אוֹי לְנַפְשָׁם, כִּי-גָמְלוּ לָהֶם רָעָה. | 9 The show of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have wrought evil unto themselves. |
| י אִמְרוּ צַדִּיק, כִּי-טוֹב: כִּי-פְרִי מַעַלְלֵיהֶם, יֹאכֵלוּ. | 10 Say ye of the righteous, that it shall be well with him; for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. |
| יא אוֹי, לְרָשָׁע רָע: כִּי-גְמוּל יָדָיו, יֵעָשֶׂה לּוֹ. | 11 Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him; for the work of his hands shall be done to him. |
| יב עַמִּי נֹגְשָׂיו מְעוֹלֵל, וְנָשִׁים מָשְׁלוּ בוֹ; עַמִּי מְאַשְּׁרֶיךָ מַתְעִים, וְדֶרֶךְ אֹרְחֹתֶיךָ בִּלֵּעוּ. {פ} | 12 As for My people, a babe is their master, and women rule over them. O My people, they that lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths. {P} |
| יג נִצָּב לָרִיב, יְהוָה; וְעֹמֵד, לָדִין עַמִּים. | 13 The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the peoples. |
| יד יְהוָה בְּמִשְׁפָּט יָבוֹא, עִם-זִקְנֵי עַמּוֹ וְשָׂרָיו; וְאַתֶּם בִּעַרְתֶּם הַכֶּרֶם, גְּזֵלַת הֶעָנִי בְּבָתֵּיכֶם. | 14 The LORD will enter into judgment with the elders of His people, and the princes thereof: 'It is ye that have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses; |
| טו מלכם מַה-לָּכֶם תְּדַכְּאוּ עַמִּי, וּפְנֵי עֲנִיִּים תִּטְחָנוּ: נְאֻם-אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה, צְבָאוֹת. {ס} | 15 What mean ye that ye crush My people, and grind the face of the poor?' saith the Lord, the GOD of hosts. {S} |
| טז וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה, יַעַן כִּי גָבְהוּ בְּנוֹת צִיּוֹן, וַתֵּלַכְנָה נטוות נְטוּיוֹת גָּרוֹן, וּמְשַׂקְּרוֹת עֵינָיִם; הָלוֹךְ וְטָפֹף תֵּלַכְנָה, וּבְרַגְלֵיהֶם תְּעַכַּסְנָה. | 16 Moreover the LORD said: Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched-forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet; |
| יז וְשִׂפַּח אֲדֹנָי, קָדְקֹד בְּנוֹת צִיּוֹן; וַיהוָה, פָּתְהֵן יְעָרֶה. {ס} | 17 Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will lay bare their secret parts. {S} |
| יח בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא יָסִיר אֲדֹנָי, אֵת תִּפְאֶרֶת הָעֲכָסִים וְהַשְּׁבִיסִים--וְהַשַּׂהֲרֹנִים. | 18 In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their anklets, and the fillets, and the crescents; |
| יט הַנְּטִפוֹת וְהַשֵּׁירוֹת, וְהָרְעָלוֹת. | 19 the pendants, and the bracelets, and the veils; |
| כ הַפְּאֵרִים וְהַצְּעָדוֹת וְהַקִּשֻּׁרִים, וּבָתֵּי הַנֶּפֶשׁ וְהַלְּחָשִׁים. | 20 the headtires, and the armlets, and the sashes, and the corselets, and the amulets; |
| כא הַטַּבָּעוֹת, וְנִזְמֵי הָאָף. | 21 the rings, and the nose-jewels; |
| כב הַמַּחֲלָצוֹת, וְהַמַּעֲטָפוֹת, וְהַמִּטְפָּחוֹת, וְהָחֲרִיטִים. | 22 the aprons, and the mantelets, and the cloaks, and the girdles; |
| כג וְהַגִּלְיֹנִים, וְהַסְּדִינִים, וְהַצְּנִיפוֹת, וְהָרְדִידִים. | 23 and the gauze robes, and the fine linen, and the turbans, and the mantles. |
| כד וְהָיָה תַחַת בֹּשֶׂם מַק יִהְיֶה, וְתַחַת חֲגוֹרָה נִקְפָּה וְתַחַת מַעֲשֶׂה מִקְשֶׁה קָרְחָה, וְתַחַת פְּתִיגִיל, מַחֲגֹרֶת שָׂק: כִּי-תַחַת, יֹפִי. | 24 And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet spices there shall be rottenness; and instead of a girdle rags; and instead of curled hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; branding instead of beauty. |
| כה מְתַיִךְ, בַּחֶרֶב יִפֹּלוּ; וּגְבוּרָתֵךְ, בַּמִּלְחָמָה. | 25 Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war. |
| כו וְאָנוּ וְאָבְלוּ, פְּתָחֶיהָ; וְנִקָּתָה, לָאָרֶץ תֵּשֵׁב. | 26 And her gates shall lament and mourn; and utterly bereft she shall sit upon the ground. |