¹And now, ye priests, this commandment is for you.

¹A tak teraz k vám toto prikázanie, vy, kňazi!

²If ye do not hear, and if ye do not lay [it] to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith Jehovah of hosts, I will even send the curse among you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have already cursed them, because ye do not lay [it] to heart.

²Ak nebudete poslúchať a keď si toho nevezmete k srdcu, aby ste dali slávu môjmu menu, hovorí Hospodin Zástupov, pošlem na vás zlorečenstvo a budem zlorečiť vašim požehnaniam, a už aj som zlorečil každému z nich, lebo si toho neberiete k srdcu.

³Behold, I will rebuke your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, the dung of your feasts; and they shall take you away with it.

³Hľa, okríknem vám semeno a nakydám lajna na vašu tvár, lajná vašich sviatočných obetí, a odnesú vás k nemu.

⁴And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith Jehovah of hosts.

⁴A zviete, že som poslal na vás toto prikázanie, aby to bola moja smluva s Lévim, hovorí Hospodin Zástupov.

⁵My covenant with him was of life and peace, and I gave them to him that he might fear; and he feared me, and trembled before my name.

⁵Moja smluva bola s ním, smluva života a pokoja, a dal som mu to na bázeň, a bál sa ma a triasol sa pred mojím menom.

⁶The law of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and uprightness, and he turned many from iniquity.

⁶Zákon pravdy bol v jeho ústach, a neprávosť sa nenašla v jeho rtoch, chodil so mnou v pokoji a úprimnosti a odvrátil mnohých od neprávosti.

⁷For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and at his mouth they seek the law; for he is the messenger of Jehovah of hosts.

⁷Lebo rty kňaza majú ostríhať známosť, a zákon naučení budú hľadať z jeho úst! Lebo je poslom Hospodina Zástupov.

⁸But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith Jehovah of hosts.

⁸Ale vy ste vybočili s cesty a spôsobili ste to, že mnohí klesli v zákone, a porušili ste smluvu Léviho, hovorí Hospodin Zástupov.

⁹And I also have made you contemptible and base before all the people, because ye have not kept my ways, but have respect of persons in [administering] the law.

⁹Preto som i ja vás vydal, aby ste boli opovrhnutí a nízki všetkému ľudu podľa toho, jako vy neostríhate mojich ciest a hľadíte na osobu v zákone Božom.

¹⁰Have we not all one father? Hath not one ùGod created us? Why do we deal unfaithfully every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?

¹⁰Či azda nemáme všetci jedného a toho istého Otca? Či nás nestvoril jeden a ten istý silný Bôh? Prečo potom robíme neverne každý voči svojmu bratovi, aby sme poškvrňovali smluvu svojich otcov?

¹¹Judah hath dealt unfaithfully, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the sanctuary of Jehovah which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange ùgod.

¹¹Zem Júdova robí neverne, a ohavnosť sa deje v Izraelovi i v Jeruzaleme; lebo Júda poškvrnil svätyňu Hospodinovu, ktorú miloval, a vzal si za ženu dcéru cudzieho boha.

¹²Jehovah will cut off from the tents of Jacob the man that doeth this, him that calleth and him that answereth; and him that offereth an oblation unto Jehovah of hosts.

¹²Hospodin nech vyplieni mužovi, ktorý robí takú vec, toho, kto bdeje, toho, kto, odpovedá, zo stánov Jakobových i toho, kto donáša obetný dar obilný Hospodinovi Zástupov.

¹³And further ye do this: ye cover the altar of Jehovah with tears, with weeping, and with sighing, insomuch that he regardeth not the oblation any more, nor receiveth [it] with satisfaction at your hand.

¹³A toto už po druhé robíte, že pokrývate oltár Hospodinov slzami, plačom a vzdychaním, takže nebude viac toho, aby pozrel na obetný dar obilný alebo aby vzal ľúbu obeť z vašej ruky.

¹⁴Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because Jehovah hath been a witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt unfaithfully: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.

¹⁴A hovoríte: Pre jakú príčinu? Pre takú, že Hospodin je svedkom medzi tebou a medzi ženou tvojej mladosti, voči ktorej si sa ty dopustil nevery, kým je ona tvojou družkou a ženou tvojej smluvy.

¹⁵And did not one make [them]? and the remnant of the Spirit was his. And wherefore the one? He sought a seed of God. Take heed then to your spirit, and let none deal unfaithfully against the wife of his youth,

¹⁵A či neučinil obidvoch jedno? A je aj ostatok ducha jeho. A čo ten jeden? Hľadal semeno Božie. - A tak sa budete chrániť vo svojom duchu, a proti žene svojej mladosti nech sa niktorý nedopustí nevery.

¹⁶(for I hate putting away, saith Jehovah the God of Israel;) and he covereth with violence his garment, saith Jehovah of hosts: take heed then to your spirit, that ye deal not unfaithfully.

¹⁶Lebo nenávidím rozvodu, hovorí Hospodin, Bôh Izraelov, ako i toho, kto pokrýva ukrutnosťou svoje rúcho, hovorí Hospodin Zástupov. Preto sa chráňte vo svojom duchu a nerobte neverne!

¹⁷Ye have wearied Jehovah with your words, and ye say, Wherein have we wearied [him]? In that ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of Jehovah, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?

¹⁷Unavujete Hospodina svojimi slovami a hovoríte: Čím unavujeme? Tým, že hovoríte: Každý, i ten, kto robí zlé, je dobrý v očiach Hospodinových, a má v nich vo všetkých záľubu, alebo kdeže je vraj Bôh súdu?