¹Woe unto them that decree iniquitous decrees, and to the writers that prescribe oppression,

¹Beda zákonodarcom, ktorí vydávajú nespravedlivé zákony a pisateľom, ktorí píšu veci na ťarchu ľuďom,

²to turn away the poor from judgment, and to take away the right from the afflicted of my people; that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!

²aby odtisli núdznych od súdu a olúpili súd chudobných môjho ľudu; aby boly vdovy ich korisťou, a siroty plienia.

³And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the sudden destruction [which] shall come from far? To whom will ye flee for help, and where will ye leave your glory?

³Nuž čože urobíte v deň navštívenia a za búrky, ktorá prijde z ďaleka? Ku komu sa utečiete o pomoc a kde zanecháte svoju slávu?

⁴They can but crouch under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, and his hand is stretched out still.

⁴Nepozostane iba zohnúť sa medzi väzňami, a padnú medzi pobitými. Pri tom pri všetkom neodvráti sa jeho hnev, a ešte vždy bude jeho ruka vystretá.

⁵Ah! the Assyrian! the rod of mine anger! and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.

⁵Beda Assúrovi, prútu môjho hnevu, a palicou je on v ich ruke, palicou môjho rozhnevania.

⁶I will send him against a hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge; to take the spoil, and to seize the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

⁶Pošlem ho na podlý národ pokrytecký: prikážem mu o ľude svojej prchlivosti, aby bral korisť a plienil plen a aby spôsobil to, že by šliapali po ňom ako po blate ulíc.

⁷But he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; for it is in his heart to extirpate and cut off nations not a few.

⁷Ale on tak nedumá, a jeho srdce to tak nemyslí; ale v jeho srdci je myseľ zahladiť a vyplieniť národov nie málo.

⁸For he saith, Are not my princes all kings?

⁸Lebo hovorí: Či nie sú moje kniežatá všetky dovedna kráľmi?

⁹Is not Calno as Karkemish? Is not Hamath as Arpad? Is not Samaria as Damascus?

⁹Či nie je Kalno jako Karchemiš? Či nie je Chamat ako Arpad? A či nie je Samária ako Damašek?

¹⁰As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, -- and their graven images exceeded those of Jerusalem and Samaria,

¹⁰Ako našla moja ruka kráľovstvá modiel, ktorých rytiny boly predsa nad rytiny Jeruzalema a Samárie,

¹¹-- shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her images?

¹¹či tedy, jako som učinil Samárii a jej modlám, neučiním tak i Jeruzalemu a jeho obrazom?

¹²And it shall come to pass, when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and upon Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stoutness of heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.

¹²A stane sa, keď dokoná Pán všetko svoje dielo na vrchu Sione a v Jeruzaleme, tak hovorí: Navštívim aj ovocie vysokomyseľnosti srdca kráľa Assýrie a nádheru vysokosti jeho očí.

¹³For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done [it], and by my wisdom, for I am intelligent; and I have removed the bounds of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures, and, like a valiant man, I have brought down them that sit [on thrones];

¹³Lebo hovorí: V sile svojej ruky som to vykonal a vo svojej múdrosti, lebo som rozumný a odstránil som hranice národov a ich poklady som zraboval a strhol som ako mocný dolu s prestolov tých, ktorí sedeli na nich.

¹⁴and my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the peoples, and as one gathereth forsaken eggs, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or chirped.

¹⁴Áno, moja ruka našla bohatstvo národov ako hniezdo, a jako sbierajú zanechané vajcia, tak som ja sobral celú zem, a nebolo nikoho, kto by bol pohnul čo len krýdlom, alebo kto by bol otvoril ústa alebo zapišťal.

¹⁵-- Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? shall the saw magnify itself against him that wieldeth it? As if the rod should wield them that lift it up; as if the staff should lift up [him who is] not wood!

¹⁵Či sa bude honosiť sekera povyšujúc sa nad toho, kto ňou seká? Či sa bude velebiť píla nad toho, kto ju ťahá? Jako keby prút povznášal tých, ktorí ho zdvíhajú! Ako keby palica zdvíhala toho, kto nie je drevom!

¹⁶Therefore shall the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness, and under his glory he shall kindle a burning, like the burning of a fire:

¹⁶Preto pošle Panovník Hospodin Zástupov na jeho tučných vychudlosť, a pod jeho slávou sa zapáli cele iste, že bude horieť ako požiar;

¹⁷and the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame; and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briars in one day,

¹⁷lebo svetlo Izraelovo bude ohňom, a jeho Svätý bude plameňom, ktorý zapáli a strávi jeho bodľač i jeho tŕnie, a to jedného dňa!

¹⁸and it shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body; and they shall be as when a sick man fainteth.

¹⁸I slávu jeho lesa i jeho úrodného poľa, od duše až do tela, všetko vyhubí, a bude, jako keď sa neduživý rozplýva a mizne.

¹⁹And the remainder of the trees of his forest shall be few: yea, a child might write them.

¹⁹A ostatku stromov jeho lesa bude taký malý počet, že ich chlapča spíše.

²⁰And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the remnant of Israel and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob shall no more again rely upon him that smote them; but they shall rely upon Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.

²⁰A stane sa toho dňa, že ostatok Izraela a to, čo unikne záhube z domu Jakobovho, nebude sa viacej spoliehať na toho, kto ho bije, ale sa spoľahne na Hospodina, Svätého Izraelovho, v pravde.

²¹The remnant shall return, the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty ùGod.

²¹Ostatok sa navráti, ostatok Jakobov, k silnému Bohu, Udatnému Hrdinovi.

²²For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, [only] a remnant of them shall return: the consumption determined shall overflow in righteousness.

²²Lebo keby bolo tvojho ľudu, Izraelu, jako morského piesku, len ostatok sa navráti z neho. Usúdená záhuba zaplaví spravedlivosťou jako povodeň.

²³For a consumption, and [one] determined, will the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, accomplish in the midst of all the land.

²³Lebo záhubu, a to pevne usúdenú, učiní Pán Hospodin Zástupov prostred celej zeme.

²⁴Therefore thus saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts: O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian; he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt:

²⁴Preto takto hovorí Pán Hospodin Zástupov: Neboj sa Assúra, môj ľude, ktorý bývaš na Sione, keď ťa bude biť prútom a pozdvihne na teba svoju palicu na spôsob Egypta;

²⁵for yet a very little while, and the indignation shall be accomplished, and mine anger, in their destruction.

²⁵lebo už len čosi málo, máličko, a bude koniec zúreniu, a môj hnev sa obráti na ich zkazu.

²⁶And Jehovah of hosts will stir up a scourge against him, according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb; and his rod [shall be] upon the sea, and he will lift it up after the manner of Egypt.

²⁶Hospodin Zástupov zobudí na neho bič a porazí ho, jako porazil Madiana na skale Orébovej, a pozdvihne svoju palicu na more, a pozdvihne ju, ako kedysi na Egypt.

²⁷And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck; and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing. ...

²⁷A stane sa toho dňa, že uhne jeho bremeno s tvojho pleca a jeho jarmo s tvojej šije, a bude zničené jarmo pre svätý olej.

²⁸He is come to Aiath, he hath passed through Migron; at Michmash he layeth up his baggage.

²⁸Prijde proti Ajjatu, prejde cez Migron do Michmasu, kde složí svoju batožinu.

²⁹They are gone through the pass; they make their lodging at Geba: Ramah trembleth, Gibeah of Saul is fled.

²⁹Prejdú priechodom; Geba, povedia, bude nám nocľažišťom. Strachom sa bude triasť Ráma; utečie Gibea Saulova.

³⁰Lift up thy voice, daughter of Gallim! Hearken, O Laish! -- Poor Anathoth!

³⁰Nariekaj hlasne, dcéro Gallima! Pozoruj ušima Laišo! Úbohý Anatót!

³¹Madmenah is fugitive; the inhabitants of Gebim take to flight.

³¹Madmena sa dá na útek; obyvatelia Gebima budú ratovať a utekať.

³²Still a day of halting at Nob; he shaketh his hand [against] the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem. ...

³²Ešte dnes v Nobe zastáť! Pohrozí svojou rukou vrchu dcéry Siona, pahrbku Jeruzalema.

³³Behold the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, shall lop the boughs with violence; and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be brought low;

³³Hľa, Panovník, Hospodin Zástupov oklestí zelené vetvi strašnou silou, a tie, ktoré sú vysokého vzrastu, budú zoťaté, a tie, ktoré sú vysoké, budú snížené.

³⁴and he shall make clearings in the thickets of the forest with iron; and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.

³⁴A vyseká do okola hustú krovinu lesa železom, i Libanon padne od Veleslávneho.