¹And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

¹A stalo sa slovo Hospodinovo ku mne povediac:

²Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel,

²Synu človeka, zahádaj hádanku a povedz domu Izraelovmu podobenstvo

³and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: A great eagle with great wings, long-pinioned, full of feathers, which was of divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar.

³a povieš: Takto hovorí Pán Hospodin: Veľký orol velikých krýdel s dlhými brkami, plný strakatého peria, priletel na Libanon a vzal jemný vrchol cedry;

⁴He cropped off the top of its young shoots, and carried it into a merchants' land; he set it in a city of traders.

⁴odlomil čo bolo najvýbornejšie jeho mládnikov a zaniesol to do kupeckej zeme, složil to v meste obchodníkov.

⁵And he took of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, he set it as a willow tree.

⁵Potom vzal zo semena zeme a dal ho do osevného poľa, kde bralo vlahu nad mnohými vodami; učinil ho sťa vrbinu.

⁶And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, so that its branches should turn toward him, and the roots thereof be under him; and it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.

⁶A tak rástol a bol z neho rozvetvený vinič bujný nízkej postavy, ktorý obracal svoje vetvi k nemu, k orlovi, a jeho korene boly pod ním. A stal sa viničom a vyhnal konáre a vypustil listnaté výhonky.

⁷And there was another great eagle with great wings and many feathers; and behold, from the beds of her plantation, this vine did bend her roots unto him, and shot forth her branches toward him, that he might water it.

⁷Ale bol iný orol veľký velikých krýdel a mnohého peria. A hľa, ten istý vinič ovinul svoje korene o neho a svoje vetvi vypustil po ňom, aby ho zvlažoval zo záhonov jeho sadu.

⁸It was planted in a good field by many waters, that it might bring forth branches and bear fruit, that it might be a noble vine.

⁸Zasadený bol na dobrom poli a pri mnohých vodách, aby vyhnal haluzi a niesol ovocie, aby bol krásnym viničom.

⁹Say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Shall it prosper? Shall he not pull up its roots, and cut off its fruit, that it may wither? All its fresh sprouting leaves shall wither, even without a great arm and many people to pluck it up by its roots.

⁹Povedz: Takto hovorí Pán Hospodin: Či sa podarí? Či azda nevytrhá jeho koreňov a neoseká jeho ovocia, a neuschne? Všetky zelené letorasty, vyrastlé z neho, uschnú, a nebude treba veľkého ramena ani mnohého ľudu zdvihnúť ho od jeho koreňov.

¹⁰And behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither when the east wind toucheth it? It shall wither in the beds where it grew.

¹⁰Tedy hľa, hoci je zasadený, či sa aj podarí? Či azda hneď, ako sa ho dotkne východný vietor, neuschne? Na záhonoch, na ktorých rástol, uschne!

¹¹And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

¹¹A stalo sa slovo Hospodinovo ku mne povediac:

¹²Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things are? Say, Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took its king and its princes, and led them with him to Babylon.

¹²Nože povedz tomu spurnému domu: Či neviete, čo to znamená? Povedz: Hľa, prišiel babylonský kráľ do Jeruzalema a vzal jeho kráľa i jeho kniežatá a zaviedol ich k sebe do Babylona.

¹³And he took of the king's seed, and made a covenant with him, and brought him under an oath, and he took away the mighty of the land;

¹³A vzal z kráľovského semena a učinil s ním smluvu, zaviazal ho prísahou a pobral mocných zeme.

¹⁴that the kingdom might be abased, that it might not lift itself up, that it might keep his covenant in order to stand.

¹⁴aby to bolo nízke kráľovstvo, aby sa nepozdvihovalo, aby zachovávalo jeho smluvu, aby tak stálo.

¹⁵But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? shall he break the covenant, and yet escape?

¹⁵Ale sa mu sprotivil pošlúc svojich poslov do Egypta, aby mu dal kone a mnoho ľudu. Či sa mu podarí? Či ujde pomste ten, kto robí také veci? Zrušil smluvu a mal by uniknúť?

¹⁶[As] I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, verily in the place of the king that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he broke, even with him, in the midst of Babylon, shall he die.

¹⁶Ako že ja žijem, hovorí Pán Hospodin, že na mieste kráľa, ktorý ho učinil kráľom, ktorého prísahou pohŕdol a ktorého smluvu zrušil, u neho zomrie, v Babylone.

¹⁷Neither shall Pharaoh with a mighty army and a great assemblage do anything for him in the war, when they cast up mounds and build forts to cut off many persons.

¹⁷Ani nebude s veľkým vojskom a s mnohým zástupom konať s ním faraon v boji, keď nasypú val a vystavia hradbu vyplieniť mnohé duše.

¹⁸He despised the oath, and broke the covenant; and behold, he had given his hand, yet hath he done all these things: he shall not escape.

¹⁸Pohŕdol prísahou zrušiac smluvu a hľa, dal svoju ruku a vykonal všetko to; neunikne!

¹⁹Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: [As] I live, verily, mine oath which he hath despised, and my covenant which he hath broken, even it will I recompense upon his head.

¹⁹Preto takto hovorí Pán Hospodin: Ako že ja žijem, tak isté je, že dám svoju prísahu, ktorou pohŕdol, a svoju smluvu, ktorú zrušil, na jeho hlavu.

²⁰And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare; and I will bring him to Babylon, and will enter into judgment with him there for his unfaithfulness in which he hath been unfaithful against me.

²⁰A rozostriem na neho svoju sieť, a bude lapený do môjho vleku, a dovediem ho do Babylona a budem sa tam s ním súdiť pre jeho vierolomnosť, ktorej sa dopustil proti mne.

²¹And all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by the sword, and they that remain shall be scattered toward every wind; and ye shall know that I Jehovah have spoken.

²¹A všetci jeho uprchlíci vo všetkých jeho hejnách popadajú mečom, a tí, ktorí pozostanú, budú rozptýlení vo všetky vetry, a zviete, že ja Hospodin som hovoril.

²²Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will also take of the highest branch of the lofty cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of its young shoots a tender one, and I will plant it upon a high and eminent mountain:

²²Takto hovorí Pán Hospodin: Ale potom ja vezmem z jemného vrchola tej vysokej cedry a dám do zeme; odlomím útly prútik z najvýbornejšieho jeho mládnikov a zasadím ja na vysokom vrchu a vyvýšenom.

²³upon the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it; and it shall bring forth branches, and bear fruit, and become a noble cedar; and under it shall dwell all birds of every wing; in the shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell.

²³Na vrchu výšiny Izraelovej ho zasadím, a vyženie haluzi a ponesie ovocie a bude slávnou cedrou, a budú bývať pod ním všelijakí vtáci všelijakých krýdel; v tôni jeho vetiev budú bývať.

²⁴And all the trees of the field shall know that I Jehovah have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and made the dry tree to flourish: I Jehovah have spoken, and will do [it].

²⁴A tak zvedia všetky stromy poľa, že ja Hospodin som ponížil vysoký strom a vyvýšil som nízky strom; vysušil som zelený strom a spôsobil som to, aby rozkvitol suchý strom. Ja Hospodin som hovoril aj učiním.