¹Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!

¹Beda tým, ktorí idú dolu do Egypta o pomoc a spoliehajú sa na kone a nadejú sa na vozy, pretože ich je mnoho, a na jazdcov, pretože sú veľmi mocní, a nehľadia na Svätého Izraelovho a nehľadajú Hospodina.

²Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.

²Ale aj on je mudry a uvedie zlé a neodstráni ani neodvolá svojich slov, ale povstane proti domu zlostníkov a proti pomoci tých, ktorí páchajú neprávosť.

³Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together.

³A Egypťania sú ľudia a nie silný Bôh, ich kone sú telo a nie duch. A preto len čo vystrie Hospodin svoju ruku, klesne pomocník, a padne ten, ktorému pomáhal, a tak spolu, všetci zahynú.

⁴For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.

⁴Lebo takto mi riekol Hospodin: Ako keď vrčí lev alebo ľvíča nad svojou korisťou, hoci sa svolá proti nemu hromada pastierov, že sa nezľakne ich hlasu ani sa nekrčí strachom pred ich lomozom, tak sostúpi Hospodin Zástupov, aby vojoval na vrchu Sione a na jeho pahrbe.

⁵As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it.

⁵Jako keď poletujú vtáci sem a ta brániac svoje mláďatá, tak bude Hospodin Zástupov chrániť Jeruzalem, aj ochráni a vytrhne, šetriac obíde a vyslobodí.

⁶Turn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted.

⁶Navráťte sa k tomu, od ktorého tak hlboko zabŕdli synovia Izraelovi!

⁷For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin.

⁷Lebo toho dňa zavrhnú každý svoje strieborné modly a svoje zlaté modly, ktorých vám narobily vaše ruky, aby ste hrešili.

⁸Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited.

⁸A Assúr padne od meča, no, nie od meča muža, a meč ho zožerie, no, nie meč človeka, a bude utekať pred mečom, a jeho mládenci budú musieť dávať plat.

⁹And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.

⁹A tak zajde jeho skala od strachu, a jeho kniežatá sa budú desiť prápora, hovorí Hospodin, ktorý má vatru na Sione a má pec v Jeruzaleme.