¹And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah.

¹A kraľoval kráľ Cedekiáš, syn Joziášov, miesto Koniáša, syna Jehojakimovho, ktorého ustanovil Nabuchodonozor, babylonský kráľ, za kráľa, v zemi Júdovej.

²But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did hearken unto the words of the LORD, which he spake by the prophet Jeremiah.

²Ale nepočúval ani on ani jeho služobníci ani ľud zeme na slová Hospodinove, ktoré hovoril skrze proroka Jeremiáša.

³And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now unto the LORD our God for us.

³A kráľ Cedekiáš bol poslal Jehúchala, syna Šelemiášovho, a Cefaniáša, syna Maaseiášovho, kňaza, k prorokovi Jeremiášovi, aby povedali: Nože sa modli za nás Hospodinovi, nášmu Bohu.

⁴Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into prison.

⁴Jeremiáš vtedy ešte chodil slobodne medzi ľudom, a neboli ho ešte dali do žalára.

⁵Then Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt: and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departed from Jerusalem.

⁵A vojsko faraonovo bolo vyšlo z Egypta. A keď počuli Chaldeji, ktorí obliehali Jeruzalem, o nich zvesť, odtiahli hore od Jeruzalema.

⁶Then came the word of the LORD unto the prophet Jeremiah saying,

⁶A stalo sa slovo Hospodinovo k prorokovi Jeremiášovi povediac:

⁷Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you unto me to enquire of me; Behold, Pharaoh's army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land.

⁷Takto hovorí Hospodin, Bôh Izraelov: Takto poviete judskému kráľovi, ktorý vás poslal ku mne opýtať sa ma: Hľa, vojsko faraonovo, ktoré vám vyšlo na pomoc, navráti sa do svojej zeme, do Egypta.

⁸And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire.

⁸A navrátia sa Chaldeji a budú bojovať proti tomuto mestu a vezmú ho a spália ho ohňom.

⁹Thus saith the LORD; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart.

⁹Takto hovorí Hospodin: Neklamte svojich duší hovoriac: Istotne odídu od nás Chaldeji. Lebo neodídu.

¹⁰For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.

¹⁰Lebo keby ste aj pobili všetko vojsko Chaldejov, ktorí bojujú proti vám, a zostali by z nich iba ranení muži, prebodnutí, tí by povstali každý vo svojom stáne a spálili by toto mesto ohňom.

¹¹And it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's army,

¹¹A stalo sa, keď odtiahlo vojsko Chaldejov hore od Jeruzalema pre vojsko faraonovo,

¹²Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to separate himself thence in the midst of the people.

¹²že išiel Jeremiáš von z Jeruzalema, aby odišiel do zeme Benjaminovej a vzal odtiaľ svoj podiel medzi ľudom.

¹³And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans.

¹³Ale keď už bol v bráne Benjaminovej, kde bol veliteľ stráže, menom Jiriáš, syn Šelemiáša, syna Chananiášovho, ten chopil proroka Jeremiáša a povedal: Odchádzaš zradne k Chaldejom.

¹⁴Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I fall not away to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes.

¹⁴Na to povedal Jeremiáš: Nie je pravda; neodchádzam zradne k Chaldejom. No, nepočúval na neho, ale Jiriáš chopil Jeremiáša a doviedol ho ku kniežatám.

¹⁵Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.

¹⁵Vtedy sa rozhnevaly kniežatá na Jeremiáša a zbily ho a daly ho do väzenia, do domu Jonatána, pisára, lebo z neho boli spravili žalár.

¹⁶When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;

¹⁶Keď takto prišiel Jeremiáš do domu jamy a do sklepených miestností, býval tam, Jeremiáš, za mnoho dní.

¹⁷Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from the LORD? And Jeremiah said, There is: for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.

¹⁷Potom poslal kráľ Cedekiáš a vzal ho. A kráľ sa ho vypytoval tajne vo svojom dome a riekol: Či je nejaké slovo od Hospodina? A Jeremiáš odpovedal: Je. A ďalej povedal: Budeš vydaný do ruky babylonského kráľa.

¹⁸Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison?

¹⁸A ešte povedal Jeremiáš kráľovi Cedekiášovi: Čo som zhrešil proti tebe a proti tvojim služobníkom alebo proti tomuto ľudu, že ste ma dali do žalára?

¹⁹Where are now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?

¹⁹A kde sú vaši proroci, ktorí vám prorokujú, že vraj neprijde babylonský kráľ na vás ani na túto zem?

²⁰Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.

²⁰A tak teraz počuj, prosím, môj pán kráľ, nech padne, prosím, moja pokorná prosba pred teba, a nedaj ma odviesť zase do domu Jonatána, pisára, aby som tam nezomrel.

²¹Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city were spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.

²¹A kráľ Cedekiáš rozkázal, aby dali Jeremiáša pod dozor do dvora väzenia a dávali mu bochník chleba na deň z ulice pekárov, dokiaľ by sa neminul všetok chlieb v meste. A tak sedel Jeremiáš vo dvore stráže.