¹And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

¹A stalo sa slovo Hospodinovo ku mne povediac:

²Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;

²Synu človeka, zahádaj hádanku a povedz domu Izraelovmu podobenstvo

³And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; A great eagle with great wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar:

³a povieš: Takto hovorí Pán Hospodin: Veľký orol velikých krýdel s dlhými brkami, plný strakatého peria, priletel na Libanon a vzal jemný vrchol cedry;

⁴He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants.

⁴odlomil čo bolo najvýbornejšie jeho mládnikov a zaniesol to do kupeckej zeme, složil to v meste obchodníkov.

⁵He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow tree.

⁵Potom vzal zo semena zeme a dal ho do osevného poľa, kde bralo vlahu nad mnohými vodami; učinil ho sťa vrbinu.

⁶And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.

⁶A tak rástol a bol z neho rozvetvený vinič bujný nízkej postavy, ktorý obracal svoje vetvi k nemu, k orlovi, a jeho korene boly pod ním. A stal sa viničom a vyhnal konáre a vypustil listnaté výhonky.

⁷There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend her roots toward him, and shot forth her branches toward him, that he might water it by the furrows of her plantation.

⁷Ale bol iný orol veľký velikých krýdel a mnohého peria. A hľa, ten istý vinič ovinul svoje korene o neho a svoje vetvi vypustil po ňom, aby ho zvlažoval zo záhonov jeho sadu.

⁸It was planted in a good soil by great waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine.

⁸Zasadený bol na dobrom poli a pri mnohých vodách, aby vyhnal haluzi a niesol ovocie, aby bol krásnym viničom.

⁹Say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof.

⁹Povedz: Takto hovorí Pán Hospodin: Či sa podarí? Či azda nevytrhá jeho koreňov a neoseká jeho ovocia, a neuschne? Všetky zelené letorasty, vyrastlé z neho, uschnú, a nebude treba veľkého ramena ani mnohého ľudu zdvihnúť ho od jeho koreňov.

¹⁰Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in the furrows where it grew.

¹⁰Tedy hľa, hoci je zasadený, či sa aj podarí? Či azda hneď, ako sa ho dotkne východný vietor, neuschne? Na záhonoch, na ktorých rástol, uschne!

¹¹Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

¹¹A stalo sa slovo Hospodinovo ku mne povediac:

¹²Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and hath taken the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him to Babylon;

¹²Nože povedz tomu spurnému domu: Či neviete, čo to znamená? Povedz: Hľa, prišiel babylonský kráľ do Jeruzalema a vzal jeho kráľa i jeho kniežatá a zaviedol ich k sebe do Babylona.

¹³And hath taken of the king's seed, and made a covenant with him, and hath taken an oath of him: he hath also taken the mighty of the land:

¹³A vzal z kráľovského semena a učinil s ním smluvu, zaviazal ho prísahou a pobral mocných zeme.

¹⁴That the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping of his covenant it might stand.

¹⁴aby to bolo nízke kráľovstvo, aby sa nepozdvihovalo, aby zachovávalo jeho smluvu, aby tak stálo.

¹⁵But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered?

¹⁵Ale sa mu sprotivil pošlúc svojich poslov do Egypta, aby mu dal kone a mnoho ľudu. Či sa mu podarí? Či ujde pomste ten, kto robí také veci? Zrušil smluvu a mal by uniknúť?

¹⁶As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely in the place where the king dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he brake, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die.

¹⁶Ako že ja žijem, hovorí Pán Hospodin, že na mieste kráľa, ktorý ho učinil kráľom, ktorého prísahou pohŕdol a ktorého smluvu zrušil, u neho zomrie, v Babylone.

¹⁷Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company make for him in the war, by casting up mounts, and building forts, to cut off many persons:

¹⁷Ani nebude s veľkým vojskom a s mnohým zástupom konať s ním faraon v boji, keď nasypú val a vystavia hradbu vyplieniť mnohé duše.

¹⁸Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all these things, he shall not escape.

¹⁸Pohŕdol prísahou zrušiac smluvu a hľa, dal svoju ruku a vykonal všetko to; neunikne!

¹⁹Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, even it will I recompense upon his own head.

¹⁹Preto takto hovorí Pán Hospodin: Ako že ja žijem, tak isté je, že dám svoju prísahu, ktorou pohŕdol, a svoju smluvu, ktorú zrušil, na jeho hlavu.

²⁰And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him there for his trespass that he hath trespassed against me.

²⁰A rozostriem na neho svoju sieť, a bude lapený do môjho vleku, a dovediem ho do Babylona a budem sa tam s ním súdiť pre jeho vierolomnosť, ktorej sa dopustil proti mne.

²¹And all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by the sword, and they that remain shall be scattered toward all winds: and ye shall know that I the LORD have spoken it.

²¹A všetci jeho uprchlíci vo všetkých jeho hejnách popadajú mečom, a tí, ktorí pozostanú, budú rozptýlení vo všetky vetry, a zviete, že ja Hospodin som hovoril.

²²Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon an high mountain and eminent:

²²Takto hovorí Pán Hospodin: Ale potom ja vezmem z jemného vrchola tej vysokej cedry a dám do zeme; odlomím útly prútik z najvýbornejšieho jeho mládnikov a zasadím ja na vysokom vrchu a vyvýšenom.

²³In the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it: and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all fowl of every wing; in the shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell.

²³Na vrchu výšiny Izraelovej ho zasadím, a vyženie haluzi a ponesie ovocie a bude slávnou cedrou, a budú bývať pod ním všelijakí vtáci všelijakých krýdel; v tôni jeho vetiev budú bývať.

²⁴And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I the LORD have spoken and have done it.

²⁴A tak zvedia všetky stromy poľa, že ja Hospodin som ponížil vysoký strom a vyvýšil som nízky strom; vysušil som zelený strom a spôsobil som to, aby rozkvitol suchý strom. Ja Hospodin som hovoril aj učiním.