¹The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

¹Slovo, ktoré sa stalo k Jeremiášovi od Hospodina povediac:

²Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.

²Vstaň a sídeš do domu hrnčiarovho, a tam ti dám počuť svoje slová.

³Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.

³A sišiel som do domu hrnčiarovho. A hľa, práve robil prácu na kruhoch.

⁴And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.

⁴A nádoba, ktorú robil z hliny, zahubila sa v ruke hrnčiarovej. Vtedy začal znova a spravil z nej inú nádobu, jakú sa priam ľúbilo hrnčiarovi spraviť.

⁵Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

⁵A stalo sa slovo Hospodinovo ku mne povediac:

⁶O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.

⁶Či by som vám nemohol urobiť, ako urobil tento hrnčiar, dome Izraelov? hovorí Hospodin. Hľa, jako hlina v ruke hrnčiara, takí ste aj vy v mojej ruke, dome Izraelov.

⁷At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it;

⁷Keď voľakedy hovorím o niektorom národe alebo o niektorom kráľovstve, že ho idem vyplieniť, rozboriť a zahubiť

⁸If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.

⁸a jestli sa ten národ odvráti od svojej zlosti, proti ktorému som to hovoril, budem ľutovať zlého, ktoré som mu myslel učiniť.

⁹And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;

⁹A zase keď voľakedy hovorím o niektorom národe alebo o niektorom kráľovstve, že ho idem vybudovať a vysadiť,

¹⁰If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.

¹⁰a jestli bude robiť to, čo je zlé v mojich očiach, nepočúvajúc na môj hlas, budem ľutovať dobrého, o ktorom som povedal, že mu ho učiním.

¹¹Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good.

¹¹A tak teraz nože povedz mužom Júdovým a proti obyvateľom Jeruzalema a rec: Takto hovorí Hospodin: Hľa, ja strojím proti vám zlé a vymýšľam zhubný výmysel proti vám. Nože sa navráťte každý od svojej zlej cesty a robte tak, aby boly vaše cesty dobré i vaše skutky!

¹²And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart.

¹²Ale oni povedali: Márne! Lebo my pojdeme za svojimi myšlienkami a budeme robiť každý umienenosť svojho zlého srdca.-

¹³Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ask ye now among the heathen, who hath heard such things: the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing.

¹³Preto takto hovorí Hospodin: Nože sa pýtajte medzi národami, kto kedy slýchal také veci? Veľkú vec hroznú spáchala panna Izraelova!

¹⁴Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon which cometh from the rock of the field? or shall the cold flowing waters that come from another place be forsaken?

¹⁴Či aj opustí niekto, odíduc od skaly na poli, čistú vodu zo snehu Libanona? Či sa azda zahubia cudzie vody studené, tečúce?

¹⁵Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up;

¹⁵Lebo môj ľud ma zabudol; kadia márnostiam, ktoré pôsobia to, že klesajú na svojich cestách, na večných drahách, chodiac chodníkami, cestou, nie nasypanou a urovnanou,

¹⁶To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.

¹⁶tak, aby som obrátil ich zem na pustinu, na večný odiv. Každý, kto pojde cez ňu, zhrozí sa a bude krútiť hlavou.

¹⁷I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.

¹⁷Rozptýlim ich ako východný vietor pred nepriateľom; pohliadnem na nich chrbtom a nie tvárou v deň ich záhuby.

¹⁸Then said they, Come and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.

¹⁸A povedali: Poďte a vymyslime nejaké výmysly proti Jeremiášovi, lebo nezahynie zákon od kňaza a rada od múdreho ani slovo od proroka. Poďte a porazme ho jazykom a nepozorujme na niktoré jeho slová!

¹⁹Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.

¹⁹Pozoruj, Hospodine, na mňa ušima a počuj hlas tých, ktorí sa pravotia so mnou.

²⁰Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.

²⁰Či sa má odplácať za dobré zlým? Lebo vykopali mojej duši jamu. Rozpomeň sa, že som stál pred tvojou tvárou, aby som hovoril o nich dobré, aby som odvrátil od nich tvoju prchlivosť.

²¹Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.

²¹Preto daj ta ich synov hladu a vydaj ich moci meča, a nech sú ich ženy osirelé a vdovy, a ich mužovia nech sú povraždení od smrti, ich mládenci pobití mečom v boji.

²²Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.

²²Nech sa počuje krik z ich domov, keď náhle dovedieš na nich čatu nepriateľa. Lebo vykopali jamu, aby ma lapili a ukryli mojim nohám osídla.

²³Yet, LORD, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the time of thine anger.

²³Ale ty, Hospodine, znáš každú ich radu o mne, ktorá cieli na smrť. Nepokry a tak neodpusti ich neprávosti a ich hriechu nevytri zpred svojej tvári, ale nech klesnú pred tvojou tvárou; v čas svojho hnevu konaj s nimi.