¹And he cried in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Draw near, ye that have charge of the city, and every man [with] his destroying weapon in his hand.

¹A volal v moje uši veľkým hlasom a riekol: Priblížte sa, stráže mesta, a každý svoju zhubnú zbraň vo svojej ruke!

²And behold, six men came from the way of the upper gate, which is turned toward the north, and every man [with] his slaughter weapon in his hand; and in the midst of them, one man clothed with linen, with a writer's ink-horn by his side; and they went in, and stood beside the brazen altar.

²A hľa, prišlo šesť mužov od cesty Hornej brány, ktorá je obrátená na sever, a každý mal svoju rozrážajúcu zbraň vo svojej ruke, a jeden muž v ich strede bol oblečený v ľanovom rúchu bielom a kalamár pisára pri jeho bedrách. A vojdúc postavili sa vedľa medeného oltára.

³And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon it was, to the threshold of the house; and he called to the man clothed with linen, who had the writer's ink-horn by his side;

³A sláva Boha Izraelovho sa zdvihla zponad cheruba, na ktorom bola, a sostúpila ku prahu domu. A zavolal na muža, oblečeného v ľanové rúcho biele, ktorý mal kalamár pisára pri svojich bedrách,

⁴and Jehovah said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that are done in the midst thereof.

⁴a Hospodin mu riekol: Prejdi stredom mesta, stredom Jeruzalema, a naznači krížik na čelá mužov, ktorí vzdychajú a stenajú nad všetkými tými ohavnosťami, ktoré sa dejú v jeho strede.

⁵And to the others he said in my hearing, Go after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have pity.

⁵A tamtým povedal v mojej prítomnosti, tak čo som počul na svoje uši: Prejdite mestom za ním a bite! Nech sa nezľutuje vaše oko, ani nešetrite!

⁶Slay utterly the old man, the young man, and the maiden, and little children, and women; but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the elders who were before the house.

⁶Starca, mládenca, pannu, decko i ženy vraždite ta, aby zahynuli, ale niktorému mužovi, na ktorom je krížik, sa nepribližujte a začnite od mojej svätyne. A tak začali od mužov starcov, ktorí boli pred domom.

⁷And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go forth. And they went forth, and smote in the city.

⁷A riekol im: Poškvrňte dom a naplňte jeho dvory pobitými! Vyjdite! Tak vyšli a bili v meste.

⁸And it came to pass, while they were smiting, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah, Lord Jehovah! wilt thou destroy all the remnant of Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury upon Jerusalem?

⁸A stalo sa, keď bili, a ja som pozostal, že som padol na svoju tvár a skríknuc povedal som: Ach, Pane, Hospodine, či ho zahubíš, všetok ostatok Izraelov, vylievajúc svoju prchlivosť na Jeruzalem?

⁹And he said unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness; for they say, Jehovah hath forsaken the earth, and Jehovah seeth not.

⁹Na to mi riekol: Neprávosť domu Izraelovho a Júdovho je prenáramne veľká, a zem je naplnená krvou, a mesto je plné prevrátenosti súdu. Lebo hovoria: Hospodin opustil zem, a vraj Hospodin nevidí.

¹⁰And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will recompense their way upon their head.

¹⁰Preto i ja - nezľutuje sa moje oko, ani nebudem šetriť - preto i ja dám ich cestu na ich hlavu.

¹¹And behold, the man clothed with linen, who had the ink-horn by his side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as thou hast commanded me.

¹¹A hľa, muž, oblečený v ľanovom rúchu bielom, ktorý mal kalamár pri svojich bedrách, doniesol odpoveď a riekol: Učinil som, ako si mi prikázal.