¹And there came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me.

¹Potom prišli ku mne nejakí mužovia zo starších Izraelových a sedeli predo mnou.

²And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

²A stalo sa slovo Hospodinovo ku mne povediac:

³Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumbling-block of their iniquity before their face: should I be inquired of at all by them?

³Synu človeka, títo mužovia vzložili svojich ukydaných bohov na svoje srdce a závadu padnúť do svojej neprávosti položili pred svoju tvár. Či by sa ma tí mali pýtať, a ja im odpovedať?

⁴Therefore speak to them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumbling-block of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet, I Jehovah will answer him according to this, according to the multitude of his idols:

⁴Preto im hovor a povieš im: Takto hovorí Pán Hospodin: Každému z domu Izraelovho, kto by si vzložil svojich ukydaných bohov na svoje srdce a závadu padať do svojej neprávosti by položil pred svoju tvár a prišiel by k prorokovi, tomu ja Hospodin odpoviem podľa toho, podľa množstva jeho ukydaných bohov,

⁵that I may take the house of Israel by their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols.

⁵aby som lapil dom Izraelov za ich srdce, pretože odcudziac sa mi odvrátili sa odo mňa pre svojich ukydaných bohov, všetci, koľko ich je.

⁶Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Return ye, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.

⁶Preto povedz domu Izraelovmu: Takto hovorí Pán Hospodin: Obráťte sa a odvráťte od svojich ukydaných bohov a od všetkých svojich ohavností odvráťte svoju tvár!

⁷For every one of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, who separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumbling-block of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet to inquire of me by him, I Jehovah will answer him by myself;

⁷Lebo ktokoľvek z domu Izraelovho alebo z pohostínov, ktorý pohostíni v Izraelovi, kto by sa oddelil nenasledujúc ma a vzložil by svojich ukydaných bohov na svoje srdce a závadu svojej neprávosti na padnutie by položil pred svoju tvár a prišiel by k prorokovi dopytovať sa ma za seba, tomu odpoviem ja Hospodin svojím spôsobom.

⁸and I will set my face against that man, and will make him desolate, [so that he shall be] for a sign and for proverbs, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people: and ye shall know that I [am] Jehovah.

⁸A obrátim svoju tvár proti tomu človekovi a zdrtím ho tak, že bude za znamenie a príslovia, a vytnem ho zpomedzi svojho ľudu, a zviete, že ja som Hospodin.

⁹And if the prophet be enticed and shall speak a word, I Jehovah have enticed that prophet; and I will stretch out my hand against him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.

⁹A prorok, keby sa dal naviesť, a hovoril by slovo, ja Hospodin navediem toho proroka a vystriem svoju ruku na neho a vyhladím ho zpomedzi svojho ľudu Izraela.

¹⁰And they shall bear their iniquity: the iniquity of the prophet shall be even as the iniquity of the inquirer;

¹⁰A tak ponesú svoju neprávosť; aká bude neprávosť toho, kto sa bude pýtať, taká bude i neprávosť prorokova,

¹¹that the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither make themselves any more unclean with all their transgressions; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God, saith the Lord Jehovah.

¹¹aby neblúdili viacej, dom Izraelov, nenasledujúc ma ani aby sa nepoškvrňovali viacej všelijakými svojimi prestúpeniami, ale aby mi boli ľudom, a ja im budem Bohom, hovorí Pán Hospodin.

¹²And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

¹²A stalo sa slovo Hospodinovo ku mne povediac:

¹³Son of man, when a land sinneth against me by working unfaithfulness, and I stretch out my hand upon it, and break the staff of the bread thereof, and send famine upon it, and cut off man and beast from it;

¹³Synu človeka, keby zhrešila proti mne zem dopustiac sa nevernosti, a keby som vystrel na ňu svoju ruku a polámal by som jej palicu chleba a poslal by som na ňu hlad a vyplienil by som z nej človeka i hovädo,

¹⁴though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, should be in it, they should deliver [but] their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord Jehovah.

¹⁴a keby boli v nej títo traja mužovia: Noach, Daniel a Job, oni vo svojej spravedlivosti by vytrhli len svoju dušu, hovorí Pán Hospodin.

¹⁵If I cause evil beasts to pass through the land, and they bereave it, and it become a desolation, so that no one passeth through because of the beasts;

¹⁵Keby som uviedol ľútu zver na zem, a osirotila by ju, a bola by pustá na toľko, že by neišiel nikto cez ňu pre zver,

¹⁶-- though these three men should be in it, [as] I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, they should deliver neither sons nor daughters: they only should be delivered, and the land should be a desolation.

¹⁶hoci by boli títo traja mužovia v nej, ako že ja žijem, hovorí Pán Hospodin, nevytrhli by synov ani dcér; oni sami by boli vytrhnutí, a zem by bola pustinou.

¹⁷Or [if] I bring the sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land, so that I cut off man and beast from it,

¹⁷Alebo keby som uviedol meč na tú zem a keby som povedal: Meču, prejdi zemou! a keby som z nej vyplienil človeka i hovädo,

¹⁸and these three men should be in it, [as] I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, they should deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only themselves should be delivered.

¹⁸a čo by boli títo traja mužovia v nej, ako že ja žijem, hovorí Pán Hospodin, nevytrhli by synov ani dcér, ale iba oni sami by boli vytrhnutí.

¹⁹Or [if] I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast,

¹⁹Alebo keby som poslal mor na tú istú zem a vylial by som na ňu svoju prchlivosť v krvi, aby som vyplienil z nej človeka i hovädo,

²⁰and Noah, Daniel, and Job should be in it, [as] I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, they should deliver neither son nor daughter: they should [but] deliver their own souls by their righteousness.

²⁰a Noach, Daniel a Job by boli v nej, ako že ja žijem, hovorí Pán Hospodin, že by nevytrhli syna ani dcéry; oni vo svojej spravedlivosti by vytrhli iba svoju dušu.

²¹For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the evil beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast!

²¹Lebo takto hovorí Pán Hospodin: Tým menej vytrhnú potom, keď pošlem svoje štyri zlé súdy, meč a hlad a ľútu zver a mor na Jeruzalem vyplieniť z neho človeka i hovädo!

²²But behold, there shall be left in it those that escape, who shall be brought out of [it], sons and daughters. Behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings; and ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, as to all that I have brought upon it.

²²A hľa, pozostane v ňom niečo uniklé, tí, ktorí budú vyvedení von, synovia a dcéry; hľa, tí vyjdú k vám, a uvidíte ich cestu a ich skutky a potešíte sa nad zlom, ktoré uvediem na Jeruzalem, nad všetkým tým, čo uvediem naň.

²³And they shall comfort you, when ye see their way and their doings; and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith the Lord Jehovah.

²³A potešia vás, keď uvidíte ich cestu a ich skutky a zviete, že nie darmo som učinil všetko to, čo som učinil na ňom, hovorí Pán Hospodin.