¹Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of Malchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the people, saying,

¹Ale počul Šefatiáš, syn Mattánov, a Gedaliáš, syn Pašchúrov, a Júchal, syn Šelemiášov, a Pašchúr, syn Malkiášov, slová, ktoré hovoril Jeremiáš všetkému ľudu a vravel:

²Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for a prey, and shall live.

²Takto hovorí Hospodin: Ten, kto zostane bývať v tomto meste, zomrie mečom, hladom, alebo morom, a ten, kto vyjde k Chaldejom, bude žiť, a jeho duša mu bude za korisť, a zostane na žive.

³Thus saith the LORD, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which shall take it.

³Takto hovorí Hospodin: Istotne bude vydané toto mesto do ruky vojska babylonského kráľa, a vezme ho.

⁴Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.

⁴A kniežatá povedaly kráľovi: Nože nech zomrie ten človek, pretože oslabuje ruky bojovných mužov, ktorí ešte pozostali v tomto meste, i ruky všetkého ľudu hovoriac im tomu podobné slová. Lebo ten človek nehľadá pokoja tohoto ľudu, ale iba zlé.

⁵Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you.

⁵A kráľ Cedekiáš povedal: Hľa, je vo vašej ruke, lebo kráľ nemôže ničoho proti vám.

⁶Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.

⁶Vtedy vzali Jeremiáša a hodili ho do jamy Malkiáša, syna kráľovho, ktorá bola vo dvore stráže, a spustili Jeremiáša po povrazoch. A v jame nebolo vody, ale tam bolo blato. A tak sa Jeremiáš zanoril do blata.

⁷Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin;

⁷Ale keď počul Ethiop Ebed-melech, eunuch, ktorý bol v dome kráľovom, že dali Jeremiáša do jamy - a kráľ sedel v bráne Benjaminovej -,

⁸Ebedmelech went forth out of the king's house, and spake to the king saying,

⁸vtedy vyšiel Ebed-melech z domu kráľovho a hovoril kráľovi a riekol:

⁹My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city.

⁹Môj pán kráľ, zle urobili tí mužovia všetko to, čo urobili prorokovi Jeremiášovi, že ho hodili do tej jamy, lebo zomrie na mieste, kde je, od hladu, lebo už neni chleba v meste.

¹⁰Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die.

¹⁰Vtedy rozkázal kráľ Ethiopovi Ebed-melechovi a riekol: Vezmi odtiaľto tridsiatich mužov so sebou a vytiahneš proroka Jeremiáša von z jamy, prv ako by zomrel.

¹¹So Ebedmelech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts and old rotten rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah.

¹¹A Ebed-melech vzal so sebou mužov a vošiel do domu kráľovho pod pokladnicu a nabral odtiaľ handier z potrhaných a handier zo starých hábov zodraných a spustil ich po povrazoch k Jeremiášovi do jamy.

¹²And Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so.

¹²A Ethiop Ebed-melech povedal Jeremiášovi: Nože si podlož handry z tých potrhaných a starých hábov zodraných pod pazuchy svojich rúk, pod povrazy. A Jeremiáš urobil tak.

¹³So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.

¹³A ťahali Jeremiáša povrazmi, až ho i vytiahli hore z jamy. A Jeremiáš sedel zase vo dvore stráže.

¹⁴Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the third entry that is in the house of the LORD: and the king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from me.

¹⁴Potom poslal kráľ Cedekiáš a vzal proroka Jeremiáša k sebe do tretieho vchodu, ktorý bol v dome Hospodinovom. A kráľ povedal Jeremiášovi: Opýtam sa ťa na niečo; nezataj predo mnou ničoho.

¹⁵Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, If I declare it unto thee, wilt thou not surely put me to death? and if I give thee counsel, wilt thou not hearken unto me?

¹⁵A Jeremiáš odpovedal Cedekiášovi: Keď ti oznámim, či ma azda neusmrtíš? A keď ti poradím, neposlúchneš ma.

¹⁶So Zedekiah the king sware secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, As the LORD liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life.

¹⁶Vtedy prisahal kráľ Cedekiáš Jeremiášovi tajne a povedal: Ako že žije Hospodin, ktorý nám učinil túto dušu, že ťa neusmrtím ani ťa nevydám do ruky tých mužov, ktorí hľadajú tvoju dušu.

¹⁷Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; If thou wilt assuredly go forth unto the king of Babylon's princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and thou shalt live, and thine house:

¹⁷Na to povedal Jeremiáš Cedekiášovi: Takto hovorí Hospodin, Bôh Zástupov, Bôh Izraelov: Ak naozaj vyjdeš ku kniežatám babylonského kráľa, tvoja duša bude žiť, a toto mesto nebude spálené ohňom, a budeš žiť i ty i tvoj dom.

¹⁸But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon's princes, then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand.

¹⁸Ale ak nevyjdeš ku kniežatám babylonského kráľa, vtedy bude toto mesto vydané do ruky Chaldejov, a spália ho ohňom, a ty neujdeš ich ruke.

¹⁹And Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews that are fallen to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me.

¹⁹Vtedy riekol kráľ Cedekiáš Jeremiášovi: Bojím sa Židov, ktorí prebehli ku Chaldejom, aby ma nevydali do ich ruky, a spravili by si zo mňa posmech.

²⁰But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of the LORD, which I speak unto thee: so it shall be well unto thee, and thy soul shall live.

²⁰Ale Jeremiáš povedal: Nevydajú. Počuj, prosím, na hlas Hospodina v tom, čo ti hovorím, a bude ti dobre, a tvoja duša bude žiť.

²¹But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORD hath shewed me:

²¹Ale keď odoprieš vyjsť, toto je slovo, ktoré mi ukázal Hospodin:

²²And, behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah's house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon's princes, and those women shall say, Thy friends have set thee on, and have prevailed against thee: thy feet are sunk in the mire, and they are turned away back.

²²A hľa, všetky ženy, ktoré pozostaly v dome judského kráľa, budú vyvedené ku kniežatám babylonského kráľa, a ony samy povedia: Zviedli ťa a premohli tvoji dôverní priatelia; tvoje nohy sú ponorené v bahne, uhly nazad.

²³So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans: and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire.

²³A vyvedú všetky tvoje ženy i tvojich synov k Chaldejom, a ty neujdeš ich ruke, ale rukou babylonského kráľa budeš lapený, a toto mesto spáliš ohňom.

²⁴Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die.

²⁴Vtedy povedal Cedekiáš Jeremiášovi: Nech sa nikto nedozvie týchto slov, aby si nezomrel!

²⁵But if the princes hear that I have talked with thee, and they come unto thee, and say unto thee, Declare unto us now what thou hast said unto the king, hide it not from us, and we will not put thee to death; also what the king said unto thee:

²⁵A keď počujú kniežatá, že som hovoril s tebou, a prijdú k tebe a povedia ti: Nože nám oznám, čo si hovoril kráľovi, nezataj pred nami, a neusmrtíme ťa. A čo ti hovoril kráľ?

²⁶Then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan's house, to die there.

²⁶Vtedy im povieš: Predkladal som svoju pokornú prosbu pred kráľa, aby ma nedal odviesť nazpät do domu Jonatánovho, aby som tam nezomrel.

²⁷Then came all the princes unto Jeremiah, and asked him: and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they left off speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived.

²⁷A prišly všetky kniežatá k Jeremiášovi a pýtaly sa ho. A oznámil im podľa všetkých tých slov, ktoré prikázal kráľ. A tak mlčiac odišly od neho, lebo sa nepočula vec.

²⁸So Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison until the day that Jerusalem was taken: and he was there when Jerusalem was taken.

²⁸A Jeremiáš sedel vo dvore stráže až do dňa, v ktorom bol vzatý Jeruzalem. A stalo sa, keď bol vzatý Jeruzalem: