¹Hear this word that Jehovah hath spoken against you, children of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying,

¹Počujte toto slovo, ktoré hovorí Hospodin proti vám, synovia Izraelovi, proti všetkej čeľadi, ktorú som vyviedol hore z Egyptskej zeme, hovoriac:

²You only have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore will I visit upon you all your iniquities.

²Len vás som poznal zo všetkých čeľadí zeme, preto navštívim na vás všetky vaše neprávosti.

³Shall two walk together except they be agreed?

³Či azda pojdú dvaja spolu bez toho, že by sa shodli?

⁴Will a lion roar in the forest when he hath no prey? Will a young lion cry out of his den if he have taken nothing?

⁴Či zareve lev v lese, keď by nebolo pre neho koristi? Či vydá ľvíča svoj hlas zo svojej peleše bez toho, že by bolo lapilo?

⁵Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth when no gin [is laid] for him? Will the snare spring up from the earth when nothing at all hath been taken?

⁵Či padne vtáča do osídla na zemi, keď mu niet smečky? Či sa zdvihne osídlo od zeme, keď nechytilo ničoho?

⁶Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? Shall there be evil in a city, and Jehovah not have done [it]?

⁶Či sa zatrúbi na trúbu v meste, a ľud sa nesbehne v strachu? Či sa deje voľačo zlé v meste, a Hospodin neučinil?

⁷But the Lord Jehovah will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.

⁷Lebo Pán Hospodin nečiní ničoho, krome keď zjavil svoju tajnú radu svojim služobníkom prorokom.

⁸The lion hath roared, -- who will not fear? The Lord Jehovah hath spoken, -- who can but prophesy?

⁸Lev reve, kto by sa nebál? Pán Hospodin hovorí, kto by neprorokoval?

⁹Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great uproar in the midst thereof, and the oppressions that are within her:

⁹Rozhláste na palácoch v Ašdóde a na palácoch v Egyptskej zemi a povedzte: Soberte sa na vrchy Samárie a vidzte veľké nepokoje prostred nej a utiskovaných v jej strede!

¹⁰and they know not to do right, saith Jehovah, who store up violence and plunder in their palaces.

¹⁰A nevedia robiť toho, čo je pravé, hovorí Hospodin, ktorí hromadia ukrutnosť a zkazu vo svojich palácoch.

¹¹Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: An adversary! -- even round about the land! And he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be pillaged.

¹¹Preto takto hovorí Pán Hospodin: Nepriateľ! A to kolom dookola zeme, a strhne s teba tvoju silu, a vylúpené budú tvoje paláce.

¹²Thus saith Jehovah: Like as the shepherd rescueth out of the jaw of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be rescued that sit in Samaria in the corner of a couch, and upon the damask of a bed.

¹²Takto hovorí Hospodin: Tak ako keď vytrhne pastier dva hnáty alebo kus ucha z tlamy ľva, tak budú vytrhnutí synovia Izraelovi, ktorí sedia v Samárii v kúte na posteli a na damašku lože.

¹³Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord Jehovah, the God of hosts,

¹³Čujte a svedčite v dome Jakobovom, hovorí Pán Hospodin, Bôh Zástupov,

¹⁴that in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him, I will also punish the altars of Bethel; and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground.

¹⁴že toho dňa, ktorého navštívim prestúpenia Izraelove na ňom, navštívim aj oltáre Bét-ela, a budú odťaté rohy oltára a padnú na zem.

¹⁵And I will smite the winter-house with the summer-house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and many houses shall have an end, saith Jehovah.

¹⁵A zbijem zimný dom s letným domom; zhynú domy zo slonovej kosti, a bude koniec mnohým domom, hovorí Hospodin.