¹And Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of Malchijah, heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the people, saying,

¹Ale počul Šefatiáš, syn Mattánov, a Gedaliáš, syn Pašchúrov, a Júchal, syn Šelemiášov, a Pašchúr, syn Malkiášov, slová, ktoré hovoril Jeremiáš všetkému ľudu a vravel:

²Thus saith Jehovah: He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; and he shall have his life for a prey, and shall live.

²Takto hovorí Hospodin: Ten, kto zostane bývať v tomto meste, zomrie mečom, hladom, alebo morom, a ten, kto vyjde k Chaldejom, bude žiť, a jeho duša mu bude za korisť, a zostane na žive.

³Thus saith Jehovah: This city shall certainly be given into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, and he shall take it.

³Takto hovorí Hospodin: Istotne bude vydané toto mesto do ruky vojska babylonského kráľa, a vezme ho.

⁴And the princes said unto the king, Let this man, we pray thee, be put to death; for why should he weaken the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking to them according to these words? for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.

⁴A kniežatá povedaly kráľovi: Nože nech zomrie ten človek, pretože oslabuje ruky bojovných mužov, ktorí ešte pozostali v tomto meste, i ruky všetkého ľudu hovoriac im tomu podobné slová. Lebo ten človek nehľadá pokoja tohoto ľudu, ale iba zlé.

⁵And king Zedekiah said, Behold, he is in your hand; for the king is not he that can do a thing against you.

⁵A kráľ Cedekiáš povedal: Hľa, je vo vašej ruke, lebo kráľ nemôže ničoho proti vám.

⁶Then they took Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchijah the son of Hammelech, which was in the court of the guard, and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire.

⁶Vtedy vzali Jeremiáša a hodili ho do jamy Malkiáša, syna kráľovho, ktorá bola vo dvore stráže, a spustili Jeremiáša po povrazoch. A v jame nebolo vody, ale tam bolo blato. A tak sa Jeremiáš zanoril do blata.

⁷And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, a eunuch who was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon -- now the king was sitting in the gate of Benjamin,

⁷Ale keď počul Ethiop Ebed-melech, eunuch, ktorý bol v dome kráľovom, že dali Jeremiáša do jamy - a kráľ sedel v bráne Benjaminovej -,

⁸-- and Ebed-melech went forth out of the king's house, and spoke to the king, saying,

⁸vtedy vyšiel Ebed-melech z domu kráľovho a hovoril kráľovi a riekol:

⁹My lord, O king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to the prophet Jeremiah, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he will die by reason of the famine in the place where he is; for there is no more bread in the city.

⁹Môj pán kráľ, zle urobili tí mužovia všetko to, čo urobili prorokovi Jeremiášovi, že ho hodili do tej jamy, lebo zomrie na mieste, kde je, od hladu, lebo už neni chleba v meste.

¹⁰And the king commanded Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die.

¹⁰Vtedy rozkázal kráľ Ethiopovi Ebed-melechovi a riekol: Vezmi odtiaľto tridsiatich mužov so sebou a vytiahneš proroka Jeremiáša von z jamy, prv ako by zomrel.

¹¹And Ebed-melech took the men under his order, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence old shreds and worn-out clothes, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah.

¹¹A Ebed-melech vzal so sebou mužov a vošiel do domu kráľovho pod pokladnicu a nabral odtiaľ handier z potrhaných a handier zo starých hábov zodraných a spustil ich po povrazoch k Jeremiášovi do jamy.

¹²And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah, Put, I pray, [these] old shreds and rags under thine armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so.

¹²A Ethiop Ebed-melech povedal Jeremiášovi: Nože si podlož handry z tých potrhaných a starých hábov zodraných pod pazuchy svojich rúk, pod povrazy. A Jeremiáš urobil tak.

¹³And they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and brought him up out of the dungeon; and Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.

¹³A ťahali Jeremiáša povrazmi, až ho i vytiahli hore z jamy. A Jeremiáš sedel zase vo dvore stráže.

¹⁴And king Zedekiah sent and took the prophet Jeremiah unto him, into the third entry that is in the house of Jehovah; and the king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing: hide nothing from me.

¹⁴Potom poslal kráľ Cedekiáš a vzal proroka Jeremiáša k sebe do tretieho vchodu, ktorý bol v dome Hospodinovom. A kráľ povedal Jeremiášovi: Opýtam sa ťa na niečo; nezataj predo mnou ničoho.

¹⁵And Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, If I declare [it] unto thee, wilt thou not certainly put me to death? and if I give thee counsel, thou wilt not hearken unto me.

¹⁵A Jeremiáš odpovedal Cedekiášovi: Keď ti oznámim, či ma azda neusmrtíš? A keď ti poradím, neposlúchneš ma.

¹⁶And king Zedekiah swore secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, [As] Jehovah liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life.

¹⁶Vtedy prisahal kráľ Cedekiáš Jeremiášovi tajne a povedal: Ako že žije Hospodin, ktorý nám učinil túto dušu, že ťa neusmrtím ani ťa nevydám do ruky tých mužov, ktorí hľadajú tvoju dušu.

¹⁷And Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, Thus saith Jehovah the God of hosts, the God of Israel: If thou wilt freely go forth to the king of Babylon's princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and thou shalt live, and thy house.

¹⁷Na to povedal Jeremiáš Cedekiášovi: Takto hovorí Hospodin, Bôh Zástupov, Bôh Izraelov: Ak naozaj vyjdeš ku kniežatám babylonského kráľa, tvoja duša bude žiť, a toto mesto nebude spálené ohňom, a budeš žiť i ty i tvoj dom.

¹⁸But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon's princes, then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand.

¹⁸Ale ak nevyjdeš ku kniežatám babylonského kráľa, vtedy bude toto mesto vydané do ruky Chaldejov, a spália ho ohňom, a ty neujdeš ich ruke.

¹⁹And king Zedekiah said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews that have deserted to the Chaldeans, lest they give me over into their hand, and they mock me.

¹⁹Vtedy riekol kráľ Cedekiáš Jeremiášovi: Bojím sa Židov, ktorí prebehli ku Chaldejom, aby ma nevydali do ich ruky, a spravili by si zo mňa posmech.

²⁰And Jeremiah said, They shall not give [thee] over. Hearken, I beseech thee, unto the voice of Jehovah, in that which I speak unto thee; so shall it be well unto thee, and thy soul shall live.

²⁰Ale Jeremiáš povedal: Nevydajú. Počuj, prosím, na hlas Hospodina v tom, čo ti hovorím, a bude ti dobre, a tvoja duša bude žiť.

²¹But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word which Jehovah hath shewn me:

²¹Ale keď odoprieš vyjsť, toto je slovo, ktoré mi ukázal Hospodin:

²²Behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah's house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon's princes; and they shall say, Thy familiar friends have set thee on, and have prevailed over thee; thy feet are sunk in the mire, they are turned away back.

²²A hľa, všetky ženy, ktoré pozostaly v dome judského kráľa, budú vyvedené ku kniežatám babylonského kráľa, a ony samy povedia: Zviedli ťa a premohli tvoji dôverní priatelia; tvoje nohy sú ponorené v bahne, uhly nazad.

²³And they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand; for thou shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon, and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire.

²³A vyvedú všetky tvoje ženy i tvojich synov k Chaldejom, a ty neujdeš ich ruke, ale rukou babylonského kráľa budeš lapený, a toto mesto spáliš ohňom.

²⁴And Zedekiah said unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die.

²⁴Vtedy povedal Cedekiáš Jeremiášovi: Nech sa nikto nedozvie týchto slov, aby si nezomrel!

²⁵And if the princes hear that I have talked with thee, and they come unto thee, and say unto thee, Declare unto us now what thou hast said unto the king, hide it not from us, and we will not put thee to death; and what hath the king said unto thee?

²⁵A keď počujú kniežatá, že som hovoril s tebou, a prijdú k tebe a povedia ti: Nože nám oznám, čo si hovoril kráľovi, nezataj pred nami, a neusmrtíme ťa. A čo ti hovoril kráľ?

²⁶then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan's house, to die there.

²⁶Vtedy im povieš: Predkladal som svoju pokornú prosbu pred kráľa, aby ma nedal odviesť nazpät do domu Jonatánovho, aby som tam nezomrel.

²⁷-- And all the princes came to Jeremiah, and asked him; and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. And they withdrew quietly from him; for the matter was not reported.

²⁷A prišly všetky kniežatá k Jeremiášovi a pýtaly sa ho. A oznámil im podľa všetkých tých slov, ktoré prikázal kráľ. A tak mlčiac odišly od neho, lebo sa nepočula vec.

²⁸And Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard until the day that Jerusalem was taken.

²⁸A Jeremiáš sedel vo dvore stráže až do dňa, v ktorom bol vzatý Jeruzalem. A stalo sa, keď bol vzatý Jeruzalem: