¹A stalo sa slovo Hospodinovo ku mne povediac:

¹And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

²Synu človeka, zahádaj hádanku a povedz domu Izraelovmu podobenstvo

²`Son of man, put forth a riddle, and use a simile unto the house of Israel,

³a povieš: Takto hovorí Pán Hospodin: Veľký orol velikých krýdel s dlhými brkami, plný strakatého peria, priletel na Libanon a vzal jemný vrchol cedry;

³and thou hast said: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: The great eagle, great-winged, long-pinioned, Full of feathers, that hath diverse colours, Hath come in unto Lebanon, And it taketh the foliage of the cedar,

⁴odlomil čo bolo najvýbornejšie jeho mládnikov a zaniesol to do kupeckej zeme, složil to v meste obchodníkov.

⁴The top of its tender twigs it hath cropped, And it bringeth it in to the land of Canaan. In a city of merchants it hath placed it.

⁵Potom vzal zo semena zeme a dal ho do osevného poľa, kde bralo vlahu nad mnohými vodami; učinil ho sťa vrbinu.

⁵And it taketh of the seed of the land, And doth put it in a field of seed, To take by many waters, In a conspicuous place it hath set it.

⁶A tak rástol a bol z neho rozvetvený vinič bujný nízkej postavy, ktorý obracal svoje vetvi k nemu, k orlovi, a jeho korene boly pod ním. A stal sa viničom a vyhnal konáre a vypustil listnaté výhonky.

⁶And it springeth up, and becometh a spreading vine, humble of stature, To turn its thin shoots toward itself, And its roots are under it, And it becometh a vine, and maketh boughs, And sendeth forth beauteous branches.

⁷Ale bol iný orol veľký velikých krýdel a mnohého peria. A hľa, ten istý vinič ovinul svoje korene o neho a svoje vetvi vypustil po ňom, aby ho zvlažoval zo záhonov jeho sadu.

⁷And there is another great eagle, Great-winged, and abounding with feathers, And lo, this vine hath bent its roots toward him, And its thin shoots it hath sent out toward him, To water it from the furrows of its planting,

⁸Zasadený bol na dobrom poli a pri mnohých vodách, aby vyhnal haluzi a niesol ovocie, aby bol krásnym viničom.

⁸On a good field, by many waters, it is planted, To make branches, and to bear fruit, To be for an goodly vine.

⁹Povedz: Takto hovorí Pán Hospodin: Či sa podarí? Či azda nevytrhá jeho koreňov a neoseká jeho ovocia, a neuschne? Všetky zelené letorasty, vyrastlé z neho, uschnú, a nebude treba veľkého ramena ani mnohého ľudu zdvihnúť ho od jeho koreňov.

⁹Say: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: It prospereth — its roots doth he not draw out, And its fruit cut off, and it is withered? [In] all the leaves of its springing it withereth, And not by great strength, and by a numerous people, To lift it up by its roots.

¹⁰Tedy hľa, hoci je zasadený, či sa aj podarí? Či azda hneď, ako sa ho dotkne východný vietor, neuschne? Na záhonoch, na ktorých rástol, uschne!

¹⁰And lo, the planted thing — doth it prosper? When come against it doth the east wind, Doth it not utterly wither? On the furrows of its springing it withereth.`

¹¹A stalo sa slovo Hospodinovo ku mne povediac:

¹¹And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying:

¹²Nože povedz tomu spurnému domu: Či neviete, čo to znamená? Povedz: Hľa, prišiel babylonský kráľ do Jeruzalema a vzal jeho kráľa i jeho kniežatá a zaviedol ich k sebe do Babylona.

¹²`Say, I pray thee, to the rebellious house, Have ye not known what these [are]? Say, Lo, come hath the king of Babylon to Jerusalem, And he taketh its king, and its princes, And bringeth them to himself to Babylon.

¹³A vzal z kráľovského semena a učinil s ním smluvu, zaviazal ho prísahou a pobral mocných zeme.

¹³And he taketh of the seed of the kingdom, And maketh with him a covenant, And bringeth him in to an oath, And the mighty of the land he hath taken,

¹⁴aby to bolo nízke kráľovstvo, aby sa nepozdvihovalo, aby zachovávalo jeho smluvu, aby tak stálo.

¹⁴That the kingdom may be humble, That it may not lift itself up, To keep his covenant — that it may stand.

¹⁵Ale sa mu sprotivil pošlúc svojich poslov do Egypta, aby mu dal kone a mnoho ľudu. Či sa mu podarí? Či ujde pomste ten, kto robí také veci? Zrušil smluvu a mal by uniknúť?

¹⁵And he rebelleth against him, To send his messengers to Egypt, To give to him horses, and much people, Doth he prosper? doth he escape who is doing these things? And hath he broken covenant and escaped?

¹⁶Ako že ja žijem, hovorí Pán Hospodin, že na mieste kráľa, ktorý ho učinil kráľom, ktorého prísahou pohŕdol a ktorého smluvu zrušil, u neho zomrie, v Babylone.

¹⁶I live — an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, Doth he not — in the place of the king who is causing him to reign, Whose oath he hath despised, And whose covenant he hath broken, With him — in the midst of Babylon — die?

¹⁷Ani nebude s veľkým vojskom a s mnohým zástupom konať s ním faraon v boji, keď nasypú val a vystavia hradbu vyplieniť mnohé duše.

¹⁷And not with a great force, and with a numerous assembly, Doth Pharaoh maintain him in battle, By pouring out a mount, and in building a fortification, To cut off many souls.

¹⁸Pohŕdol prísahou zrušiac smluvu a hľa, dal svoju ruku a vykonal všetko to; neunikne!

¹⁸And he despised the oath — to break covenant, And lo, he hath given his hand, And all these he hath done, he escapeth not.

¹⁹Preto takto hovorí Pán Hospodin: Ako že ja žijem, tak isté je, že dám svoju prísahu, ktorou pohŕdol, a svoju smluvu, ktorú zrušil, na jeho hlavu.

¹⁹Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: I live — Mine oath that he hath despised, And My covenant that he hath broken, Have I not put it on his head?

²⁰A rozostriem na neho svoju sieť, a bude lapený do môjho vleku, a dovediem ho do Babylona a budem sa tam s ním súdiť pre jeho vierolomnosť, ktorej sa dopustil proti mne.

²⁰And I have spread out for him My snare, And he hath been caught in My net, And I have brought him in to Babylon, And pleaded with him there his trespass, That he hath trespassed against Me.

²¹A všetci jeho uprchlíci vo všetkých jeho hejnách popadajú mečom, a tí, ktorí pozostanú, budú rozptýlení vo všetky vetry, a zviete, že ja Hospodin som hovoril.

²¹And all his fugitives, with all his bands, By sword do fall, and those remaining, To every wind they are spread out, And ye have known that I, Jehovah, have spoken.

²²Takto hovorí Pán Hospodin: Ale potom ja vezmem z jemného vrchola tej vysokej cedry a dám do zeme; odlomím útly prútik z najvýbornejšieho jeho mládnikov a zasadím ja na vysokom vrchu a vyvýšenom.

²²Thus said the Lord Jehovah: I have taken of the foliage of the high cedar, And I have set [it], From the top of its tender shoots a tender one I crop, And I — I have planted [it] on a mountain high and lofty.

²³Na vrchu výšiny Izraelovej ho zasadím, a vyženie haluzi a ponesie ovocie a bude slávnou cedrou, a budú bývať pod ním všelijakí vtáci všelijakých krýdel; v tôni jeho vetiev budú bývať.

²³In a mountain — the high place of Israel, I plant it, And it hath borne boughs, and yielded fruit, And become a goodly cedar, And dwelt under it have all birds of every wing, In the shade of its thin shoots they dwell.

²⁴A tak zvedia všetky stromy poľa, že ja Hospodin som ponížil vysoký strom a vyvýšil som nízky strom; vysušil som zelený strom a spôsobil som to, aby rozkvitol suchý strom. Ja Hospodin som hovoril aj učiním.

²⁴And known have all trees of the field That I, Jehovah, have made low the high tree, I have set on high the low tree, I have dried up the moist tree, And I have caused the dry tree to flourish, I, Jehovah, have spoken, and have done [it]!`