¹Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:

¹A tak teraz počuj, Jakobe, môj služobníku, a Izraelu, ktorého som si vyvolil!

²Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.

²Takto hovorí Hospodin, ktorý ťa učinil a ktorý ťa utvoril od života matky a pomáha ti: Neboj sa, môj služobníku, Jakobe a Ješurún, ktorého som si vyvolil,

³For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:

³lebo vylejem vody na žíznivé a potoky na sušinu; vylejem svojho Ducha na tvoje semä a svoje požehnanie na tvojich potomkov,

⁴And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses.

⁴a budú rásť na spôsob trávy, jako vrbina pri potokoch vody.

⁵One shall say, I am the LORD's; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel.

⁵Tento povie: Ja som Hospodinov, a tamten bude vzývať meno Boha Jakobovho, a iný sa zapíše svojou rukou Hospodinovi a pridá si meno Izrael.

⁶Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.

⁶Takto hovorí Hospodin, Kráľ Izraelov, a jeho vykupiteľ, Hospodin Zástupov: Ja som prvý a ja som i posledný, a krome mňa niet Boha

⁷And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them.

⁷A kto jako ja ohlasuje - a nech to oznámi a nech mi to predloží - od toho času, ako som položil ľud veku? Alebo to, čo ide, alebo to, čo prijde, nech im oznámia!

⁸Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.

⁸Nestrachujte sa ani sa nechvejte! Či som ti neohlasoval od dávna a neoznámil? A vy ste mojimi svedkami. Či je azda nejaký Bôh krome mňa? Ani niet skaly; neviem o nijakej.

⁹They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.

⁹Tí, ktorí formujú rytiny, sú márnosťou všetci, koľko ich je; ich najmilejšie modly nič neprospejú, a oni sami sú si svedkami toho: nevidia ani nevedia ničoho, aby sa hanbili.

¹⁰Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing?

¹⁰Kto tedy bude formovať boha alebo liať rytinu, aby nič neprospela?!

¹¹Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together.

¹¹Hľa, všetci, ktorí sa družia k nemu, sa budú hanbiť a takí remeselníci nad iných ľudí. Nech sa shromaždia všetci, koľko ich je, nech sa postavia; nech sa strachujú, nech sa hanbia všetci dovedna!

¹²The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.

¹²Kuje železo na sekeru a pracujúc pri uhlí formuje ju kladivami; robí ju ramenom svojej sily, pri čom je i hladný, až nieto sily; nepije vody a ustáva.

¹³The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house.

¹³Kreše kusy dreva; ťahá šnúru; označuje to tužkou; robí to rezákmi a značí to kružidlom; spraví to jako čo by podobu muža, jako ozdobu človeka, aby to sedelo doma.

¹⁴He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it.

¹⁴Ide si zoťať cedry; vezme hrab a dub a vyberie si pevné medzi stromami lesa; zasadí jasen, a dážď pôsobí vzrast.

¹⁵Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof, and warm himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread; yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto.

¹⁵A je človekovi na palivo, a vezmúc z toho zohreje sa, i prikladá a pečie chlieb i spraví si boha a klania sa, urobí z toho rytinu a kľaká pred ňou.

¹⁶He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire:

¹⁶Polovicu toho spáli na ohni, pri druhej polovici jie mäso, pečie pečeňu a nasýti sa, i zohreje sa a povie: Hej, zohrial som sa, cítim vatru!

¹⁷And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image: he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou art my god.

¹⁷A z jeho ostatku spraví boha, svoju rytinu, kľaká pred ňou a klania sa a modlí sa jej a hovorí: Vytrhni ma, lebo ty si môj boh!

¹⁸They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.

¹⁸Nevedia ani nechápu, lebo zaslepil ich oči, aby nevideli, ich srdcia, aby nerozumeli.

¹⁹And none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?

¹⁹A neuváži vo svojom srdci, a niet u neho známosti ani rozumu, aby povedal: Polovicu toho som spálil na ohni, ba aj som napiekol chleba pri jeho uhlí, upiekol som mäso a jedol som, či tedy mám spraviť z jeho zbytku ohavnosť, či mám kľakať a klaňať sa klátu dreva?!

²⁰He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?

²⁰Pasie sa na popole; oklamané srdce ho odklonilo, a nevytrhne svojej duše ani nepovie: Či nie je to klam v mojej pravici?

²¹Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for thou art my servant: I have formed thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me.

²¹Pamätaj na to, Jakobe, a Izraelu, lebo ty si môj služobník! Utvoril som ťa; ty si môj služobník. Ó, Izraelu; nebudeš u mňa zabudnutý!

²²I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.

²²Zahladím tvoje prestúpenia ako hustý oblak a jako mrákavu tvoje hriechy. Navráť sa ku mne, lebo som ťa vykúpil!

²³Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.

²³Plesajte, nebesia, lebo to učinil Hospodin! Pokrikujte radostne, spodiny zeme! Jasajte s plesotom, vrchy, hora i všetky stromy, ktoré sú v nej, lebo Hospodin vykúpil Jakoba a v Izraelovi sa nádherne oslávil!

²⁴Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;

²⁴Takto hovorí Hospodin, tvoj vykupiteľ, a ten, ktorý ťa utvoril od života matky: Ja Hospodin činím všetko: sám rozprestieram nebesia, rozťahujem zem zo svojej vlastnej moci;

²⁵That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;

²⁵marím znamenia márnotlachov a z veštcov robím bláznov; zavraciam múdrych zpät a ich vedu obraciam na bláznovstvo;

²⁶That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed places thereof:

²⁶staviam pevne slovo svojho služobníka, aby stálo, a radu svojich poslov vykonávam, ja, ktorý hovorím o Jeruzaleme: Bude obydlený! a o mestách Júdových: Budú vystavené! A jeho spustošeniny znova vybudujem;

²⁷That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:

²⁷ktorý hovorím hlbine: Vyschni! A obe tvoje rieky vysuším,

²⁸That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.

²⁸ktorý hovorím o Cýrovi - Môj pastier. A vykoná všetko, čo sa mi bude ľúbiť, a povie o Jeruzaleme: Nech sa vystaví! a o chráme: Nech sa založí!