¹Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?

¹Ty, ó, Hospodine, zostaneš spravedlivý, keď sa budem s tebou pravotiť, avšak o tvojich súdoch budem hovoriť s tebou. Prečo sa darí cesta bezbožných? Prečo žijú bezpečne a v pokoji všetci tí, ktorí robia neverne a neverne?

²Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins.

²Zasadil si ich, aj zapustili korene, rastú aj nesú ovocie; blízky si v ich ústach, ale ďaleký od ich ľadvín.

³But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.

³No, ty, Hospodine, ma znáš, vidíš ma a zkúsil si moje srdce, na koľko je s tebou. Odtrhni ich ako ovce na zabitie a zasväť ich na deň pobitia.

⁴How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end.

⁴Až dokedy bude smútiť zem a dokedy schnúť bylina všetkého poľa pre zlosť tých, ktorí bývajú v nej? Hynie ta preč hovädo i vtáctvo, lebo hovoria: Neuvidí nášho konca.

⁵If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?

⁵Lebo keď si bežal s pešími, a unavili ťa, jakože budeš závodiť s koňmi? A v zemi pokoja sa ty nadeješ, ale jako to urobíš pri pyšnom zdutí Jordána?

⁶For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a multitude after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee.

⁶Lebo aj tvoji bratia a dom tvojho otca, ešte len aj tí robia proti tebe neverne, aj tí volajú za tebou plným hrdlom. Never im, keď ti budú hovoriť dobré.

⁷I have forsaken mine house, I have left mine heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.

⁷Opustil som svoj dom, zavrhol som svoje dedičstvo, dal som to, čo tak veľmi milovala moja duša, do ruky jeho nepriateľov.

⁸Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it.

⁸Moje dedičstvo sa mi stalo podobným ľvovi v lese; vydáva proti mne svoj hlas, preto ho nenávidím.

⁹Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the birds round about are against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, come to devour.

⁹Či mi je moje dedičstvo jarabým jastrabom? Či sú jastrabi dookola proti nemu? Iďte, shromaždite všetky poľné zvieratá dravé, doveďte, aby žraly!

¹⁰Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.

¹⁰Mnohí pastieri zkazili moju vinicu, pošliapali môj podiel, obrátili môj vzácny podiel na hroznú púšť.

¹¹They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourneth unto me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart.

¹¹Obrátili ho na pustinu, smúti mi spustošený, spustošená je celá zem, lebo niet nikoho, kto by si to vzal k srdcu.

¹²The spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of the LORD shall devour from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace.

¹²Na všetky holé miesta vysoké na púšti prijdú zhubcovia, lebo meč Hospodinov bude žrať od konca zeme až po koniec zeme: nebude mať pokoja niktoré telo.

¹³They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put themselves to pain, but shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the LORD.

¹³Nasejú pšenice a budú žať tŕnie; budú pracovať do úmoru a nezískajú ničoho.- A tak sa hanbite za svoje úrody, pre páľu hnevu Hospodinovho.

¹⁴Thus saith the LORD against all mine evil neighbours, that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit; Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, and pluck out the house of Judah from among them.

¹⁴Takto hovorí Hospodin: Som proti všetkým svojim zlým súsedom, ktorí sa dotýkajú dedičstva, ktoré som dal svojmu ľudu, Izraelovi: Hľa, vyplienim ich s povrchu svojej zeme, a dom Júdov vyplienim zprostred nich.

¹⁵And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them out I will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land.

¹⁵A stane sa potom, keď ich vyplienim, že sa opät zľutujem nad nimi a navrátim ich každého do jeho dedičstva a každého do jeho zeme.

¹⁶And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, The LORD liveth; as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built in the midst of my people.

¹⁶A stane sa, jestli sa naozaj budú učiť cestám mojeho ľudu prisahajúc na moje meno: Jako že žije Hospodin, ako učili môj ľud prisahať na Bála, že budú zbudovaní prostred môjho ľudu.

¹⁷But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith the LORD.

¹⁷Ale ak nebudú poslúchať, vyplienim ten národ, vyplienim a zahubím, hovorí Hospodin.