¹Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.

¹Žiadajte od Hospodina dážď v čas pozdného dažďa jarného, od Hospodina, ktorý činí blesky, a dá im hojný dážď, každému bylinu na poli.

²For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no shepherd.

²Lebo terafím hovoria márnosť, veštci vidia klamstvo a sny hovoria daromnicu; nič je to, čím tešia; preto idú ta jako stádo; strápení sú, lebo niet pastiera.

³Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the goats: for the LORD of hosts hath visited his flock the house of Judah, and hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle.

³Na pastierov horí môj hnev, a na kozloch-vodcoch navštívim neprávosť, lebo Hospodin Zástupov navštívi svoje stádo, dom Júdov, a učiní ich ako svojho nádherného koňa v boji.

⁴Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together.

⁴Z neho bude uhol, z neho klin, z neho vojenné lučište, z neho vyjde napospol každý pohonič.

⁵And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the LORD is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.

⁵Budú jako hrdinovia, ktorí šliapu jako blato ulíc v boji a budú bojovať, lebo Hospodin bude s nimi, a zahanbia tých, ktorí jazdia na koňoch.

⁶And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am the LORD their God, and will hear them.

⁶A posilním dom Júdov a dom Jozefov zachránim a osadím ich, lebo sa zľutujem nad nimi, a budú, jako čo by som ich nebol zavrhnul, lebo ja som Hospodin, ich Bôh, a vyslyším ich.

⁷And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall see it, and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the LORD.

⁷A synovia Efraimovi budú jako udatný hrdina, ich srdce sa bude radovať ako od vína; uvidia to ich synovia a budú sa radovať; ich srdce bude plesať v Hospodinovi.

⁸I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased.

⁸Zapísknem na nich a shromaždím ich, lebo ich vykúpim, a budú sa množiť, ako sa množili.

⁹And I will sow them among the people: and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and turn again.

⁹A rozosejem ich medzi národy, a v ďalekých krajoch budú pamätať na mňa a budú žiť so svojimi synmi a navrátia sa.

¹⁰I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon; and place shall not be found for them.

¹⁰A dovediem ich zpät z Egyptskej zeme i z Assúra ich shromaždím a dovediem ich do zeme Gileáda a Libanona, a nenajde sa im dosť miesta.

¹¹And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up: and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away.

¹¹Prejde morom súženia a zbije vlny na mori, a vyschnú všetky hlbiny rieky Nílu, svrhnutá bude pýcha Assúrova, a berla Egypta uhne.

¹²And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the LORD.

¹²A posilním ich v Hospodinovi, a budú chodiť v jeho mene, hovorí Hospodin.