1And I said, Hear, I pray you, ye heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel: is it not for you to know justice?
1A povedal som: Nože počujte, hlavy Jakobove a kniežatá domu Izraelovho! Či nie je to vašou vecou, aby ste znali súd?
2ye who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
2Vy, ktorí nenávidíte dobré a milujete zlé, ktorí sdierate s nich ich kožu a ich mäso s ich kostí!
3who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them, and break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.
3A ktorí jedia mäso môjho ľudu a sťahujú s nich ich kožu a ich kosti lámu a sekajú na kusy jako do hrnca a jako mäso do kotla.
4Then shall they cry unto Jehovah, but he will not answer them; yea, he will hide his face from them at that time, according as they have wrought evil in their doings.
4No, vtedy budú kričať k Hospodinovi, ale sa im neozve, lež skryje pred nimi svoju tvár toho času, tak ako oni vykonávali svoje zlé skutky.
5Thus saith Jehovah concerning the prophets that make my people to err; that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and whoso putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him:
5Takto hovorí Hospodin o prorokoch, ktorí uvodia môj ľud do bludu, ktorí hryzú svojimi zubami a volajú: Pokoj, a proti tomu, kto nedá nič na ich ústa, zasväcujú vojnu.
6Therefore it shall be night unto you, that ye shall have no vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down upon the prophets, and the day shall be black over them.
6Preto vám bude noc pre videnie a tma vám pre veštenie. A tak zajde slnce nad tými prorokmi, a na čierno zatmie sa nad nimi deň.
7And the seers shall be put to shame, and the diviners confounded; yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.
7A vidiaci sa budú hanbiť a budú rumenieť veštci, a všetci, koľko ich je, zastrú svoju bradu, lebo nebude odpovedi Božej.
8But as for me, I am full of power by the Spirit of Jehovah, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.
8Ale ja som plný sily čo do Ducha Hospodinovho a súdu a udatnosti, aby som oznámil Jakobovi jeho prestúpenie a Izraelovi jeho hriech.
9Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, that abhor justice, and pervert all equity.
9Nože počujte to, hlavy domu Jakobovho a kniežatá domu Izraelovho, ktorí máte súd v ohavnosti a všetko, čo je pravé, prevraciate!
10They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
10Každý stavia Sion krvou a Jeruzalem neprávosťou!
11The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet they lean upon Jehovah, and say, Is not Jehovah in the midst of us? no evil shall come upon us.
11Jeho hlavy súdia za úplatok, a jeho kňazi vyučujú za plácu, jeho proroci veštia za peniaze a pritom sa spoliehajú na Hospodina a hovoria: Či nie je Hospodin v našom strede? Neprijde na nás zlé.
12Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
12Preto bude pre vás Sion oraný jako pole, Jeruzalem bude hromadami rozvalín a vrch toho domu výšinami lesa.