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

¹A stalo sa slovo Hospodinovo ku mne povediac:

²Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, and the people of the land take one man from among them all, and set him for their watchman:

²Synu človeka, hovor synom svojho ľudu a povieš im: Keby som uviedol meč na zem, a ľud zeme by vzali niektorého muža zpomedzi seba a ustanovili by si ho za strážcu,

³if he see the sword coming upon the land, and blow the trumpet, and warn the people;

³a keby uvidel meč, že prichádza na zem, a zatrúbil by na trúbu a napomenul by ľud,

⁴then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning, if the sword come and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.

⁴a keby počul niekto zvuk trúby a nedal by sa napomenúť, a meč by prišiel a vzal by ho, jeho krv bude na jeho hlavu:

⁵He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood is upon him: whereas had he taken warning, he would have delivered his soul.

⁵počul zvuk trúby, ale sa nedal napomenúť, jeho krv bude na ňom, kým vtedy, keby sa bol dal napomenúť, bol by zachránil svoju dušu.

⁶But if the watchman see the sword coming, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned, if the sword come and take a person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.

⁶A zase strážca, keby uvidel meč, že prichádza, a nezatrúbil by na trúbu, a ľud by nebol napomenutý, a meč by prišiel a vzal by niektorú dušu z nich, taký človek je vzatý pre svoju neprávosť, ale jeho krv budem vyhľadávať z ruky strážcu.

⁷So thou, son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; and thou shalt hear the word from my mouth, and warn them from me.

⁷A ty, synu človeka, dal som ťa za strážcu domu Izraelovmu, aby si počujúc slovo z mojich úst napomenul ich odo mňa.

⁸When I say unto the wicked, Wicked [man], thou shalt certainly die; and thou speakest not to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked [man] shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thy hand.

⁸Keby som povedal bezbožnému: Bezbožníku, istotne zomrieš, a nehovoril by si napomínajúc bezbožníka odvrátiť ho od jeho cesty, on, bezbožník, zomrie pre svoju neprávosť, ale jeho krv budem vyhľadávať z tvojej ruky.

⁹But if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it, and he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.

⁹Ale ty, keď napomenieš bezbožníka odvrátiť ho od jeho cesty, aby sa odvrátil od nej a keď sa neodvráti od svojej cesty, on zomrie pre svoju neprávosť, ale ty vytrhneš svoju dušu zo záhuby.

¹⁰And thou, son of man, say unto the house of Israel, Thus ye speak, saying, Our transgressions and our sins are upon us, and we waste away in them, how then should we live?

¹⁰A tak ty, synu človeka, povedz domu Izraelovmu: Takto hovoríte: Pretože sú naše prestúpenia a naše hriechy na nás, a my v nich hynieme, jako by sme teda žili?

¹¹Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

¹¹Povedz im: Ako že ja žijem, hovorí Pán Hospodin, že nemám záľuby v smrti bezbožníka, ale v tom, aby sa odvrátil bezbožník od svojej cesty a žil. Odvráťte, odvráťte sa od svojich zlých ciest! Lebo prečo máte zomrieť, dome Izraelov?!

¹²And thou, son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression; and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live thereby in the day that he sinneth.

¹²A ty, synu človeka, povedz synom svojho ľudu: Spravedlivosť spravedlivého? Nevytrhne ho v deň jeho prestúpenia, ako ani bezbožník neklesne vo svojej bezbožnosti v deň, v ktorý by sa odvrátil od svojej bezbožnosti, ani spravedlivý nebude môcť v nej žiť v deň, v ktorý by zhrešil.

¹³When I say to the righteous that he shall certainly live, and he trusteth to his righteousness and doeth what is wrong, none of his righteous acts shall be remembered; but in his unrighteousness which he hath done, in it shall he die.

¹³Keď poviem spravedlivému: Istotne bude žiť; ale on nadejúc sa na svoju spravedlivosť páchal by neprávosť, nespomenú sa niktoré jeho skutky spravedlivosti, ale pre svoju neprávosť, ktorú spáchal, pre tú zomrie.

¹⁴And when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt certainly die, and he turneth from his sin, and doeth judgment and justice;

¹⁴A zase keď poviem bezbožníkovi: Istotne zomrieš; ale keby sa odvrátil od svojho hriechu a činil by súd a spravedlivosť:

¹⁵if the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had taken by robbery, walk in the statutes of life, doing nothing that is wrong; he shall certainly live, he shall not die.

¹⁵keď navráti bezbožník záloh; to, čo vzal násilne, nahradí a bude chodiť v ustanoveniach života nerobiac neprávosti, istotne bude žiť, nezomrie.

¹⁶None of his sins which he hath committed shall be remembered against him: he hath done judgment and justice; he shall certainly live.

¹⁶Nespomenú sa mu niktoré jeho hriechy, ktorými hrešil; činí súd a spravedlivosť, istotne bude žiť.

¹⁷Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.

¹⁷A jednako hovoria synovia tvojho ľudu: Nie je správnou cesta Pánova; ale je to ich cesta, ktorá nie je správna.

¹⁸When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and doeth what is wrong, then he shall die therein.

¹⁸Keď sa odvráti spravedlivý od svojej spravedlivosti a pácha neprávosť, zomrie za to.

¹⁹And when the wicked turneth from his wickedness, and doeth judgment and justice, he shall live for these things.

¹⁹A zase, keď sa odvráti bezbožník od svojej bezbožnosti a činí súd a spravedlivosť, ten bude žiť pre tie veci.

²⁰Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways.

²⁰A predsa hovoríte: Nie je správnou cesta Pánova. Každého vás budem súdiť podľa jeho ciest, dome Izraelov!-

²¹And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth [month], on the fifth of the month, that one who had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten!

²¹A stalo sa dvanásteho roku, desiateho mesiaca, piateho dňa toho mesiaca, od nášho prestehovania, že prišiel ku mne ubehlík z Jeruzalema a vravel: Mesto je zbité.

²²Now the hand of Jehovah had been upon me in the evening, before he that had escaped came; and he had opened my mouth against his coming to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb.

²²A ruka Hospodinova bola prišla na mňa večer, prv ako bol prišiel ubehlík, a otvoril moje ústa, až prišiel ku mne ráno, a tak sa otvorily moje ústa, a nebol som už viacej nemý.

²³And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

²³A stalo sa slovo Hospodinovo ku mne povediac:

²⁴Son of man, they that inhabit those waste places in the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited this land, and we are many: the land is given us for a possession.

²⁴Synu človeka, obyvatelia tých spustošenín na zemi Izraelovej hovoria, že vraj Abrahám bol sám jediný a dostal zem do državia; ale nás je mnoho, nám je daná zem do državia.

²⁵Therefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood; and shall ye possess the land?

²⁵Preto im povedz: Takto hovorí Pán Hospodin: S krvou jedávate a svoje oči pozdvihujete k svojim ukydaným bohom a vylievate krv a mali by ste dostať zem do državia?

²⁶Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbour's wife; and shall ye possess the land?

²⁶Stojíte na svojom meči, páchate ohavnosť, a každý poškvrňujete ženu svojho blížneho a mali by ste dostať zem do državia?

²⁷Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: [As] I live, verily they that are in the waste places shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that are in the strongholds and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.

²⁷Takto im povieš: Takto hovorí Pán Hospodin: Ako že ja žijem, tí, ktorí sú v tých spustošeninách, padnú od meča, a kto je na šírom poli, toho dám divej zveri, aby ho zožrala, a tí, ktorí sú na hradoch a v jaskyniach, pomrú morom.

²⁸And I will make the land a desolation and an astonishment, and the pride of her strength shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolated, so that none shall pass through.

²⁸A obrátim zem na pustinu a na púšť; a tak prestane pýcha jej sily, a spustnú vrchy Izraelove, takže nebude nikoho, kto by išiel cez ne.

²⁹And they shall know that I [am] Jehovah, when I have made the land a desolation and an astonishment because of all their abominations which they have committed.

²⁹A zvedia, že ja som Hospodin, keď obrátim zem na pustinu a na púšť pre všetky ich ohavnosti, ktoré páchali.

³⁰And as for thee, son of man, the children of thy people keep talking of thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from Jehovah.

³⁰A ty, synu človeka, synovia tvojho ľudu sú to, ktorí sa shovárajú o tebe pri stenách a vo dveriach domov, a hovoria jeden druhému, každý svojmu bratovi: Nože poďte a počujte, jaké je to slovo, ktoré vyšlo od Hospodina!

³¹And they come unto thee as a people cometh, and they sit before thee [as] my people, and they hear thy words, but they do them not; for with their mouth they shew much love, [but] their heart goeth after their dishonest gain.

³¹A prichádzajú k tebe, jako prichádzava ľud, a sedia pred tebou jako môj ľud a počúvajú tvoje slová, ale ich nečinia; lebo svojimi ústami konajú ľúbezné veci, ale ich srdce ide za ich mrzkým ziskom.

³²And behold, thou art unto them as a lovely song, a pleasant voice, and one that playeth well on an instrument; and they hear thy words, but they do them not.

³²A hľa, si im ako ľúbezná pieseň speváka krásneho hlasu a hrajúceho výborne, a tiež počuť počúvajú tvoje slová, ale ich nečinia.

³³And when this cometh to pass (behold, it will come), then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them.

³³No, keď to prijde, hľa, už aj ide, vtedy zvedia, že bol prorok medzi nimi.