¹Potom prišli ku mne nejakí mužovia zo starších Izraelových a sedeli predo mnou.

¹And come in unto me do certain of the elders of Israel, and sit before me.

²A stalo sa slovo Hospodinovo ku mne povediac:

²And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

³Synu človeka, títo mužovia vzložili svojich ukydaných bohov na svoje srdce a závadu padnúť do svojej neprávosti položili pred svoju tvár. Či by sa ma tí mali pýtať, a ja im odpovedať?

³`Son of man, these men have caused their idols to go up on their heart, and the stumbling-block of their iniquity they have put over-against their faces; am I inquired of at all by them?

⁴Preto im hovor a povieš im: Takto hovorí Pán Hospodin: Každému z domu Izraelovho, kto by si vzložil svojich ukydaných bohov na svoje srdce a závadu padať do svojej neprávosti by položil pred svoju tvár a prišiel by k prorokovi, tomu ja Hospodin odpoviem podľa toho, podľa množstva jeho ukydaných bohov,

⁴`Therefore, speak with them, and thou hast said unto them: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Every one of the house of Israel who causeth his idols to go up unto his heart, and the stumbling-block of his iniquity setteth over-against his face, and hath gone in unto the prophet — I Jehovah have given an answer to him for this, for the abundance of his idols,

⁵aby som lapil dom Izraelov za ich srdce, pretože odcudziac sa mi odvrátili sa odo mňa pre svojich ukydaných bohov, všetci, koľko ich je.

⁵in order to catch the house of Israel by their heart, in that they have become estranged from off me by their idols — all of them.

⁶Preto povedz domu Izraelovmu: Takto hovorí Pán Hospodin: Obráťte sa a odvráťte od svojich ukydaných bohov a od všetkých svojich ohavností odvráťte svoju tvár!

⁶`Therefore say unto the house of Israel: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Turn ye back, yea, turn ye back from your idols, and from all your abominations turn back your faces,

⁷Lebo ktokoľvek z domu Izraelovho alebo z pohostínov, ktorý pohostíni v Izraelovi, kto by sa oddelil nenasledujúc ma a vzložil by svojich ukydaných bohov na svoje srdce a závadu svojej neprávosti na padnutie by položil pred svoju tvár a prišiel by k prorokovi dopytovať sa ma za seba, tomu odpoviem ja Hospodin svojím spôsobom.

⁷for every one of the house of Israel, and of the sojourners who doth sojourn in Israel, who is separated from after Me, and doth cause his idols to go up unto his heart, and the stumbling-block of his iniquity setteth over-against his face, and hath come in unto the prophet to inquire of him concerning Me, I, Jehovah, have answered him for Myself;

⁸A obrátim svoju tvár proti tomu človekovi a zdrtím ho tak, že bude za znamenie a príslovia, a vytnem ho zpomedzi svojho ľudu, a zviete, že ja som Hospodin.

⁸and I have set My face against that man, and made him for a sign, and for similes, and I have cut him off from the midst of My people, and ye have known that I [am] Jehovah.

⁹A prorok, keby sa dal naviesť, a hovoril by slovo, ja Hospodin navediem toho proroka a vystriem svoju ruku na neho a vyhladím ho zpomedzi svojho ľudu Izraela.

⁹`And the prophet, when he is enticed, and hath spoken a word — I, Jehovah, I have enticed that prophet, and have stretched out My hand against him, and have destroyed him from the midst of My people Israel.

¹⁰A tak ponesú svoju neprávosť; aká bude neprávosť toho, kto sa bude pýtať, taká bude i neprávosť prorokova,

¹⁰And they have borne their iniquity: as the iniquity of the inquirer, so is the iniquity of the prophet;

¹¹aby neblúdili viacej, dom Izraelov, nenasledujúc ma ani aby sa nepoškvrňovali viacej všelijakými svojimi prestúpeniami, ale aby mi boli ľudom, a ja im budem Bohom, hovorí Pán Hospodin.

¹¹so that the house of Israel do not wander any more from after Me, nor are defiled any more with all their transgressions, and they have been to Me for a people, and I am to them for God — an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.`

¹²A stalo sa slovo Hospodinovo ku mne povediac:

¹²And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

¹³Synu človeka, keby zhrešila proti mne zem dopustiac sa nevernosti, a keby som vystrel na ňu svoju ruku a polámal by som jej palicu chleba a poslal by som na ňu hlad a vyplienil by som z nej človeka i hovädo,

¹³`Son of man, the land — when it sinneth against Me to commit a trespass, and I have stretched out My hand against it, and broken for it the staff of bread, and sent into it famine, and cut off from it man and beast —

¹⁴a keby boli v nej títo traja mužovia: Noach, Daniel a Job, oni vo svojej spravedlivosti by vytrhli len svoju dušu, hovorí Pán Hospodin.

¹⁴and these three men have been in its midst, Noah, Daniel, and Job — they by their righteousness deliver their own soul — an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

¹⁵Keby som uviedol ľútu zver na zem, a osirotila by ju, a bola by pustá na toľko, že by neišiel nikto cez ňu pre zver,

¹⁵`If an evil beast I cause to pass through the land, and it hath bereaved, and it hath been a desolation, without any passing through because of the beast —

¹⁶hoci by boli títo traja mužovia v nej, ako že ja žijem, hovorí Pán Hospodin, nevytrhli by synov ani dcér; oni sami by boli vytrhnutí, a zem by bola pustinou.

¹⁶these three men in its midst: I live — an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah — neither sons nor daughters do they deliver; they alone are delivered, and the land is a desolation.

¹⁷Alebo keby som uviedol meč na tú zem a keby som povedal: Meču, prejdi zemou! a keby som z nej vyplienil človeka i hovädo,

¹⁷`Or — a sword I bring in against that land, and I have said: Sword, thou dost pass over through the land, and I have cut off from it man and beast —

¹⁸a čo by boli títo traja mužovia v nej, ako že ja žijem, hovorí Pán Hospodin, nevytrhli by synov ani dcér, ale iba oni sami by boli vytrhnutí.

¹⁸and these three men in its midst: I live — an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah — they deliver not sons and daughters, for they alone are delivered.

¹⁹Alebo keby som poslal mor na tú istú zem a vylial by som na ňu svoju prchlivosť v krvi, aby som vyplienil z nej človeka i hovädo,

¹⁹`Or — pestilence I send unto that land, and I have poured out My fury against it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast —

²⁰a Noach, Daniel a Job by boli v nej, ako že ja žijem, hovorí Pán Hospodin, že by nevytrhli syna ani dcéry; oni vo svojej spravedlivosti by vytrhli iba svoju dušu.

²⁰and Noah, Daniel, and Job, in its midst: I live — an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah — neither son nor daughter do they deliver; they, by their righteousness, deliver their own soul.

²¹Lebo takto hovorí Pán Hospodin: Tým menej vytrhnú potom, keď pošlem svoje štyri zlé súdy, meč a hlad a ľútu zver a mor na Jeruzalem vyplieniť z neho človeka i hovädo!

²¹`For thus said the Lord Jehovah: Although My four sore judgments — sword, and famine, and wild beast, and pestilence — I have sent unto Jerusalem, to cut off from it man and beast,

²²A hľa, pozostane v ňom niečo uniklé, tí, ktorí budú vyvedení von, synovia a dcéry; hľa, tí vyjdú k vám, a uvidíte ich cestu a ich skutky a potešíte sa nad zlom, ktoré uvediem na Jeruzalem, nad všetkým tým, čo uvediem naň.

²²yet, lo, there hath been left in it an escape, who are brought forth, sons and daughters, lo, they are coming forth unto you, and ye have seen their way, and their doings, and have been comforted concerning the evil that I have brought in against Jerusalem, all that which I have brought in against it.

²³A potešia vás, keď uvidíte ich cestu a ich skutky a zviete, že nie darmo som učinil všetko to, čo som učinil na ňom, hovorí Pán Hospodin.

²³And they have comforted you, for ye see their way and their doings, and ye have known that not for nought have I done all that which I have done in her — an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.`