¹Righteous art thou, Jehovah, when I plead with thee; yet will I speak with thee of [thy] judgments. Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? [wherefore] are all they at ease that deal very treacherously?

¹Ty, ó, Hospodine, zostaneš spravedlivý, keď sa budem s tebou pravotiť, avšak o tvojich súdoch budem hovoriť s tebou. Prečo sa darí cesta bezbožných? Prečo žijú bezpečne a v pokoji všetci tí, ktorí robia neverne a neverne?

²Thou hast planted them, they also have taken root: they advance, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, but far from their reins.

²Zasadil si ich, aj zapustili korene, rastú aj nesú ovocie; blízky si v ich ústach, ale ďaleký od ich ľadvín.

³But thou, Jehovah, knowest me; thou hast seen me, and proved my heart toward thee. Drag them out like sheep for the slaughter, and set them apart for the day of slaughter.

³No, ty, Hospodine, ma znáš, vidíš ma a zkúsil si moje srdce, na koľko je s tebou. Odtrhni ich ako ovce na zabitie a zasväť ich na deň pobitia.

⁴How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of all the fields wither? Because of the wickedness of them that dwell therein, the beasts and the birds perish; for they say, He will not see our end.

⁴Až dokedy bude smútiť zem a dokedy schnúť bylina všetkého poľa pre zlosť tých, ktorí bývajú v nej? Hynie ta preč hovädo i vtáctvo, lebo hovoria: Neuvidí nášho konca.

⁵If thou hast run with footmen, and they have wearied thee, how wilt thou then contend with horses? And if in a land of peace thou thinkest thyself in security, how wilt thou then do in the swelling of the Jordan?

⁵Lebo keď si bežal s pešími, a unavili ťa, jakože budeš závodiť s koňmi? A v zemi pokoja sa ty nadeješ, ale jako to urobíš pri pyšnom zdutí Jordána?

⁶For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee, even they have cried aloud after thee. Believe them not, though they speak good [words] unto thee.

⁶Lebo aj tvoji bratia a dom tvojho otca, ešte len aj tí robia proti tebe neverne, aj tí volajú za tebou plným hrdlom. Never im, keď ti budú hovoriť dobré.

⁷I have forsaken my house, I have cast off my heritage, I have given the beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.

⁷Opustil som svoj dom, zavrhol som svoje dedičstvo, dal som to, čo tak veľmi milovala moja duša, do ruky jeho nepriateľov.

⁸My heritage is become unto me as a lion in the forest; it hath raised its voice against me: therefore have I hated it.

⁸Moje dedičstvo sa mi stalo podobným ľvovi v lese; vydáva proti mne svoj hlas, preto ho nenávidím.

⁹My heritage is unto me [as] a speckled bird of prey; the birds of prey round about are against her. Go, assemble all the beasts of the field, bring them to devour.

⁹Či mi je moje dedičstvo jarabým jastrabom? Či sú jastrabi dookola proti nemu? Iďte, shromaždite všetky poľné zvieratá dravé, doveďte, aby žraly!

¹⁰Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness:

¹⁰Mnohí pastieri zkazili moju vinicu, pošliapali môj podiel, obrátili môj vzácny podiel na hroznú púšť.

¹¹they have made it a desolation; desolate, it mourneth unto me: the whole land is made desolate, for no man layeth it to heart.

¹¹Obrátili ho na pustinu, smúti mi spustošený, spustošená je celá zem, lebo niet nikoho, kto by si to vzal k srdcu.

¹²Spoilers are come upon all heights in the wilderness; for the sword of Jehovah devoureth from one end of the land even to the [other] end of the land: no flesh hath peace.

¹²Na všetky holé miesta vysoké na púšti prijdú zhubcovia, lebo meč Hospodinov bude žrať od konca zeme až po koniec zeme: nebude mať pokoja niktoré telo.

¹³They have sown wheat, and they reap thorns; they have put themselves to pain, [and] do not profit. Be ye therefore ashamed of your revenues, because of the fierce anger of Jehovah.

¹³Nasejú pšenice a budú žať tŕnie; budú pracovať do úmoru a nezískajú ničoho.- A tak sa hanbite za svoje úrody, pre páľu hnevu Hospodinovho.

¹⁴Thus saith Jehovah against all mine evil neighbours, that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit: Behold, I will pluck them up out of their land, and pluck out the house of Judah from among them.

¹⁴Takto hovorí Hospodin: Som proti všetkým svojim zlým súsedom, ktorí sa dotýkajú dedičstva, ktoré som dal svojmu ľudu, Izraelovi: Hľa, vyplienim ich s povrchu svojej zeme, a dom Júdov vyplienim zprostred nich.

¹⁵And it shall come to pass, after I have plucked them up, I will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them back, each one to his inheritance, and each one to his land.

¹⁵A stane sa potom, keď ich vyplienim, že sa opät zľutujem nad nimi a navrátim ich každého do jeho dedičstva a každého do jeho zeme.

¹⁶And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, [As] Jehovah liveth -- even as they taught my people to swear by Baal -- they shall be built up in the midst of my people.

¹⁶A stane sa, jestli sa naozaj budú učiť cestám mojeho ľudu prisahajúc na moje meno: Jako že žije Hospodin, ako učili môj ľud prisahať na Bála, že budú zbudovaní prostred môjho ľudu.

¹⁷And if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith Jehovah.

¹⁷Ale ak nebudú poslúchať, vyplienim ten národ, vyplienim a zahubím, hovorí Hospodin.