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

¹A stalo sa slovo Hospodinovo ku mne povediac:

²Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman:

²Synu človeka, hovor synom svojho ľudu a povieš im: Keby som uviedol meč na zem, a ľud zeme by vzali niektorého muža zpomedzi seba a ustanovili by si ho za strážcu,

³If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;

³a keby uvidel meč, že prichádza na zem, a zatrúbil by na trúbu a napomenul by ľud,

⁴Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.

⁴a keby počul niekto zvuk trúby a nedal by sa napomenúť, a meč by prišiel a vzal by ho, jeho krv bude na jeho hlavu:

⁵He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul.

⁵počul zvuk trúby, ale sa nedal napomenúť, jeho krv bude na ňom, kým vtedy, keby sa bol dal napomenúť, bol by zachránil svoju dušu.

⁶But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.

⁶A zase strážca, keby uvidel meč, že prichádza, a nezatrúbil by na trúbu, a ľud by nebol napomenutý, a meč by prišiel a vzal by niektorú dušu z nich, taký človek je vzatý pre svoju neprávosť, ale jeho krv budem vyhľadávať z ruky strážcu.

⁷So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.

⁷A ty, synu človeka, dal som ťa za strážcu domu Izraelovmu, aby si počujúc slovo z mojich úst napomenul ich odo mňa.

⁸When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

⁸Keby som povedal bezbožnému: Bezbožníku, istotne zomrieš, a nehovoril by si napomínajúc bezbožníka odvrátiť ho od jeho cesty, on, bezbožník, zomrie pre svoju neprávosť, ale jeho krv budem vyhľadávať z tvojej ruky.

⁹Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.

⁹Ale ty, keď napomenieš bezbožníka odvrátiť ho od jeho cesty, aby sa odvrátil od nej a keď sa neodvráti od svojej cesty, on zomrie pre svoju neprávosť, ale ty vytrhneš svoju dušu zo záhuby.

¹⁰Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live?

¹⁰A tak ty, synu človeka, povedz domu Izraelovmu: Takto hovoríte: Pretože sú naše prestúpenia a naše hriechy na nás, a my v nich hynieme, jako by sme teda žili?

¹¹Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

¹¹Povedz im: Ako že ja žijem, hovorí Pán Hospodin, že nemám záľuby v smrti bezbožníka, ale v tom, aby sa odvrátil bezbožník od svojej cesty a žil. Odvráťte, odvráťte sa od svojich zlých ciest! Lebo prečo máte zomrieť, dome Izraelov?!

¹²Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth.

¹²A ty, synu človeka, povedz synom svojho ľudu: Spravedlivosť spravedlivého? Nevytrhne ho v deň jeho prestúpenia, ako ani bezbožník neklesne vo svojej bezbožnosti v deň, v ktorý by sa odvrátil od svojej bezbožnosti, ani spravedlivý nebude môcť v nej žiť v deň, v ktorý by zhrešil.

¹³When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it.

¹³Keď poviem spravedlivému: Istotne bude žiť; ale on nadejúc sa na svoju spravedlivosť páchal by neprávosť, nespomenú sa niktoré jeho skutky spravedlivosti, ale pre svoju neprávosť, ktorú spáchal, pre tú zomrie.

¹⁴Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;

¹⁴A zase keď poviem bezbožníkovi: Istotne zomrieš; ale keby sa odvrátil od svojho hriechu a činil by súd a spravedlivosť:

¹⁵If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.

¹⁵keď navráti bezbožník záloh; to, čo vzal násilne, nahradí a bude chodiť v ustanoveniach života nerobiac neprávosti, istotne bude žiť, nezomrie.

¹⁶None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.

¹⁶Nespomenú sa mu niktoré jeho hriechy, ktorými hrešil; činí súd a spravedlivosť, istotne bude žiť.

¹⁷Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.

¹⁷A jednako hovoria synovia tvojho ľudu: Nie je správnou cesta Pánova; ale je to ich cesta, ktorá nie je správna.

¹⁸When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby.

¹⁸Keď sa odvráti spravedlivý od svojej spravedlivosti a pácha neprávosť, zomrie za to.

¹⁹But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.

¹⁹A zase, keď sa odvráti bezbožník od svojej bezbožnosti a činí súd a spravedlivosť, ten bude žiť pre tie veci.

²⁰Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways.

²⁰A predsa hovoríte: Nie je správnou cesta Pánova. Každého vás budem súdiť podľa jeho ciest, dome Izraelov!-

²¹And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten.

²¹A stalo sa dvanásteho roku, desiateho mesiaca, piateho dňa toho mesiaca, od nášho prestehovania, že prišiel ku mne ubehlík z Jeruzalema a vravel: Mesto je zbité.

²²Now the hand of the LORD was upon me in the evening, afore he that was escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb.

²²A ruka Hospodinova bola prišla na mňa večer, prv ako bol prišiel ubehlík, a otvoril moje ústa, až prišiel ku mne ráno, a tak sa otvorily moje ústa, a nebol som už viacej nemý.

²³Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

²³A stalo sa slovo Hospodinovo ku mne povediac:

²⁴Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance.

²⁴Synu človeka, obyvatelia tých spustošenín na zemi Izraelovej hovoria, že vraj Abrahám bol sám jediný a dostal zem do državia; ale nás je mnoho, nám je daná zem do državia.

²⁵Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land?

²⁵Preto im povedz: Takto hovorí Pán Hospodin: S krvou jedávate a svoje oči pozdvihujete k svojim ukydaným bohom a vylievate krv a mali by ste dostať zem do državia?

²⁶Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbour's wife: and shall ye possess the land?

²⁶Stojíte na svojom meči, páchate ohavnosť, a každý poškvrňujete ženu svojho blížneho a mali by ste dostať zem do državia?

²⁷Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely they that are in the wastes shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that be in the forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.

²⁷Takto im povieš: Takto hovorí Pán Hospodin: Ako že ja žijem, tí, ktorí sú v tých spustošeninách, padnú od meča, a kto je na šírom poli, toho dám divej zveri, aby ho zožrala, a tí, ktorí sú na hradoch a v jaskyniach, pomrú morom.

²⁸For I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of her strength shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, that none shall pass through.

²⁸A obrátim zem na pustinu a na púšť; a tak prestane pýcha jej sily, a spustnú vrchy Izraelove, takže nebude nikoho, kto by išiel cez ne.

²⁹Then shall they know that I am the LORD, when I have laid the land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed.

²⁹A zvedia, že ja som Hospodin, keď obrátim zem na pustinu a na púšť pre všetky ich ohavnosti, ktoré páchali.

³⁰Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are talking against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the LORD.

³⁰A ty, synu človeka, synovia tvojho ľudu sú to, ktorí sa shovárajú o tebe pri stenách a vo dveriach domov, a hovoria jeden druhému, každý svojmu bratovi: Nože poďte a počujte, jaké je to slovo, ktoré vyšlo od Hospodina!

³¹And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.

³¹A prichádzajú k tebe, jako prichádzava ľud, a sedia pred tebou jako môj ľud a počúvajú tvoje slová, ale ich nečinia; lebo svojimi ústami konajú ľúbezné veci, ale ich srdce ide za ich mrzkým ziskom.

³²And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not.

³²A hľa, si im ako ľúbezná pieseň speváka krásneho hlasu a hrajúceho výborne, a tiež počuť počúvajú tvoje slová, ale ich nečinia.

³³And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come,) then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them.

³³No, keď to prijde, hľa, už aj ide, vtedy zvedia, že bol prorok medzi nimi.