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

¹A stalo sa slovo Hospodinovo ku mne povediac:

²What mean ye, ye who use this proverb of the land of Israel, saying, [The] fathers eat sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge?

²Čo tým chcete, vy, ktorí hovoríte v zemi Izraelovej také príslovie, že vraj otcovia jedli hroznové nedozrelky, a synom stŕply zuby?

³[As] I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, ye shall not have any more to use this proverb in Israel.

³Jako že ja žijem, hovorí Pán Hospodin, že nebudete mať viacej ako používať to príslovie v Izraelovi.

⁴Behold, all the souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.

⁴Hľa, všetky duše sú moje; jako duša otcova tak i duša synova je moja; duša, ktorá hreší, tá zomrie.

⁵And if a man be righteous, and do judgment and justice:

⁵A keby bol niektorý človek spravedlivý a činil by súd a spravedlivosť,

⁶-- he hath not eaten upon the mountains, nor lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbour's wife, nor come near to a woman in her separation,

⁶na vrchoch by nejedol ani by nepozdvihnul svojich očí k ukydaným bohom domu Izraelovho a ženy svojho blížneho by nepoškvrnil ani by sa nepriblížil k žene v jej nečistote

⁷and hath not oppressed any; he hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath not exercised robbery, hath given his bread to the hungry, and covered the naked with a garment;

⁷a nikoho by neutiskoval a vrátil by jeho záloh, vzatý za dlh, cudzieho násilne by nevzal a svojho chleba by dával lačnému a priodieval by nahého rúchom;

⁸he hath not given forth upon usury, nor taken increase; he hath withdrawn his hand from unrighteousness, hath executed true judgment between man and man,

⁸na úžeru by nedal ani by nevzal úroku, od neprávosti by odvracal svoju ruku a činil by súd pravdy medzi človekom a človekom;

⁹hath walked in my statutes, and kept mine ordinances, to deal faithfully: he is righteous, he shall certainly live, saith the Lord Jehovah.

⁹keby chodil v mojich ustanoveniach a ostríhal by moje súdy činiac pravdu, spravedlivý ten istotne bude žiť, hovorí Pán Hospodin.

¹⁰And if he have begotten a son that is violent, a shedder of blood, and that doeth only one of any of these [things],

¹⁰Ale keby splodil syna lotra, ktorý by vylieval krv a vykonal by bratovi niektorú z tých vecí,

¹¹and that doeth not any of those [duties], but also hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbour's wife,

¹¹a tamtoho by nečinil ničoho, ale ešte by aj jedol na vrchoch a poškvrnil by ženu svojho blížneho;

¹²hath oppressed the poor and needy, exercised robbery, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, committed abomination,

¹²biedneho a chudobného by utiskoval a bral by násilne cudzie, zálohu by nevrátil a pozdvihol by svoje oči k ukydaným bohom, ohavnosť vykonal;

¹³given forth upon usury, and taken increase; shall he then live? He shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall certainly die; his blood shall be upon him.

¹³keby dával na úžeru a bral by úrok, či azda bude žiť? Nebude žiť! Vykonal všetky tie ohavnosti; istotne zomrie; jeho krv nech je na ňom!

¹⁴But lo, if he have begotten a son that seeth all his father's sins which he hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like:

¹⁴A zase hľa, keby niektorý človek splodil syna, ktorý by videl všetky hriechy svojho otca, ktoré spáchal, a vidiac to nečinil by tak;

¹⁵-- he hath not eaten upon the mountains, nor lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel; he hath not defiled his neighbour's wife,

¹⁵na vrchoch by nejedol ani by nepozdvihol svojich očí k ukydaným bohom domu Izraelovho, ženy svojho blížneho by nepoškvrnil

¹⁶and hath not oppressed any, nor withholden the pledge, neither hath exercised robbery; he hath given his bread to the hungry, and covered the naked with a garment;

¹⁶a neutiskoval by nikoho, zálohu by nezadržal ani by násilne nevzal cudzieho, svojho chleba by dával lačnému a priodial by nahého rúchom;

¹⁷he hath withdrawn his hand from the poor, hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, [and] walked in my statutes: he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall certainly live.

¹⁷od biedneho by odvrátil svoju ruku, nevzal by úžery ani úroku, moje súdy by činil a chodil by v mojich ustanoveniach, ten nezomrie pre neprávosť svojho otca; istotne bude žiť.

¹⁸As for his father, because he practised oppression, exercised robbery upon his brother, and did what was not good among his people, behold, he shall die in his iniquity.

¹⁸Jeho otec, pretože krute utláčal, násilne bral cudzie veci bratove a to, čo nie je dobré, robil prostred svojho ľudu, preto hľa, zomrie pre svoju neprávosť.

¹⁹And ye say, Why doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? But the son hath done judgment and justice, hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them; he shall certainly live.

¹⁹A keby ste riekli: Prečo nenesie syn neprávosti otcovej? Ale syn činil súd a spravedlivosť, ostríhal všetky moje ustanovenia a činil ich; istotne bude žiť!

²⁰The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

²⁰Duša, ktorá hreší, tá zomrie. Syn neponesie neprávosti otcovej, ani otec neponesie neprávosti synovej. Spravedlivosť spravedlivého bude na ňom, a tiež i bezbožnosť bezbožného bude na ňom, na bezbožnom.

²¹And the wicked, if he turn from all his sins which he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do judgment and justice, he shall certainly live, he shall not die.

²¹A keby sa bezbožný odvrátil od všetkých svojich hriechov, ktoré robil, a ostríhal by všetky moje ustanovenia a činil by súd a spravedlivosť, istotne bude žiť; nezomrie.

²²None of his transgressions which he hath committed shall be remembered against him; in his righteousness which he hath done shall he live.

²²Niktoré z jeho prestúpení, ktorých sa dopustil, sa mu nespomenú; vo svojej spravedlivosti, ktorú činil, bude žiť!

²³Have I any pleasure at all in the death of the wicked? saith the Lord Jehovah; is it not in his turning from his way, that he may live?

²³Či mám azda záľubu v smrti bezbožného, hovorí Pán Hospodin, či azda nie v tom, aby sa odvrátil od svojich ciest a žil?

²⁴And when the righteous turneth from his righteousness and practiseth what is wrong, [and] doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked doeth, shall he live? None of his righteous acts which he hath done shall be remembered: in his unfaithfulness which he hath wrought, and in his sin which he hath sinned, in them shall he die.

²⁴A keby sa odvrátil spravedlivý od svojej spravedlivosti a páchal by neprávosť robiac podľa všetkých ohavností, ktoré robí bezbožný, či azda bude žiť? Niktorá jeho spravedlivosť, ktorú činil, nespomenie sa. Pre svoju vierolomnosť, ktorej sa dopustil, a pre svoj hriech, ktorý spáchal, pre tie veci zomrie.

²⁵And ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear then, house of Israel. Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?

²⁵A hovoríte: Nie je pravá cesta Pánova. Nože počujte, dome Izraelov: Či moja cesta nie je pravá? Či azda nie sú to vaše cesty, ktoré nie sú pravé?

²⁶When the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and practiseth what is wrong, and dieth for it; in his wrong that he hath done shall he die.

²⁶Keby sa odvrátil spravedlivý od svojej spravedlivosti a páchal by neprávosť a v tom by zomrel, zomrie pre svoju neprávosť, ktorú páchal.

²⁷And when the wicked turneth from his wickedness which he hath committed, and doeth judgment and justice, he shall keep his soul alive.

²⁷A zase keby sa odvrátil bezbožný od svojej bezbožnosti, ktorú robil, a činil by súd a spravedlivosť, ten zachová svoju dušu pri živote.

²⁸Because he considereth, and turneth from all his transgressions which he hath committed, he shall certainly live, he shall not die.

²⁸A keby videl a odvrátil by sa od všetkých svojich prestúpení, ktorých sa dopúšťal, istotne bude žiť, nezomrie.

²⁹But the house of Israel say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? Is it not your ways that are unequal?

²⁹A dom Izraelov hovoria: Nie je pravá cesta Pánova. Ale či moje cesty nie sú pravé, dome Izraelov? Či azda nie sú to vaše cesty, ktoré nie sú pravé?

³⁰Therefore I will judge you, house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord Jehovah. Return ye, and turn from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your snare.

³⁰Preto vás budem súdiť, každého podľa jeho ciest, dome Izraelov, hovorí Pán Hospodin. Navráťte sa a odvráťte sa od všetkých svojich prestúpení, a nebude vám neprávosť na závadu, klesnúť.

³¹Cast away from you all your transgressions wherewith ye have transgressed, and make you a new heart and a new spirit: why then will ye die, house of Israel?

³¹Odvrhnite od seba všetky svoje prestúpenia, ktorými ste prestupovali, a zadovážte si nové srdce a nového ducha! Lebo veď načo máte zomrieť, dome Izraelov?

³²For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord Jehovah; therefore turn ye and live.

³²Lebo nemám záľuby v smrti zomierajúceho, hovorí Pán Hospodin. Obráťte sa tedy a žite!