¹A stalo sa slovo Hospodinovo ku mne povediac:

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

²Synu človeka, hovor synom svojho ľudu a povieš im: Keby som uviedol meč na zem, a ľud zeme by vzali niektorého muža zpomedzi seba a ustanovili by si ho za strážcu,

²`Son of man, speak unto the sons of thy people, and thou hast said unto them: A land — when I bring in against it a sword, And the people of the land have taken one man out of their borders, And made him to them for a watchman.

³a keby uvidel meč, že prichádza na zem, a zatrúbil by na trúbu a napomenul by ľud,

³And he hath seen the sword coming against the land, And hath blown with a trumpet, and hath warned the people,

⁴a keby počul niekto zvuk trúby a nedal by sa napomenúť, a meč by prišiel a vzal by ho, jeho krv bude na jeho hlavu:

⁴And the hearer hath heard the voice of the trumpet, and he hath not taken warning, And come in doth the sword, and taketh him away, His blood is on his head.

⁵počul zvuk trúby, ale sa nedal napomenúť, jeho krv bude na ňom, kým vtedy, keby sa bol dal napomenúť, bol by zachránil svoju dušu.

⁵The voice of the trumpet he heard, And he hath not taken warning, his blood is on him, And he who took warning his soul hath delivered.

⁶A zase strážca, keby uvidel meč, že prichádza, a nezatrúbil by na trúbu, a ľud by nebol napomenutý, a meč by prišiel a vzal by niektorú dušu z nich, taký človek je vzatý pre svoju neprávosť, ale jeho krv budem vyhľadávať z ruky strážcu.

⁶And the watchman, when he seeth the sword coming in, And he hath not blown with a trumpet, And the people hath not been warned, And come in doth a sword, And taketh away of them — a soul, He in his iniquity is taken away, And his blood from the hand of the watchman I require.

⁷A ty, synu človeka, dal som ťa za strážcu domu Izraelovmu, aby si počujúc slovo z mojich úst napomenul ich odo mňa.

⁷And thou, son of man, A watchman I gave thee to the house of Israel, And thou hast heard from My mouth a word, And thou hast warned them from Me.

⁸Keby som povedal bezbožnému: Bezbožníku, istotne zomrieš, a nehovoril by si napomínajúc bezbožníka odvrátiť ho od jeho cesty, on, bezbožník, zomrie pre svoju neprávosť, ale jeho krv budem vyhľadávať z tvojej ruky.

⁸In My saying to the wicked, O wicked one — thou dost surely die, And thou hast not spoken to warn the wicked from his way, He — the wicked — in his iniquity doth die, And his blood from thy hand I require.

⁹Ale ty, keď napomenieš bezbožníka odvrátiť ho od jeho cesty, aby sa odvrátil od nej a keď sa neodvráti od svojej cesty, on zomrie pre svoju neprávosť, ale ty vytrhneš svoju dušu zo záhuby.

⁹And thou, when thou hast warned the wicked of his way, to turn back from it, And he hath not turned back from his way, He in his iniquity doth die, And thou thy soul hast delivered.

¹⁰A tak ty, synu človeka, povedz domu Izraelovmu: Takto hovoríte: Pretože sú naše prestúpenia a naše hriechy na nás, a my v nich hynieme, jako by sme teda žili?

¹⁰And thou, son of man, say unto the house of Israel: Rightly ye have spoken, saying: Surely our transgressions and our sins [are] on us, And in them we are wasting away, How, then, do we live?

¹¹Povedz im: Ako že ja žijem, hovorí Pán Hospodin, že nemám záľuby v smrti bezbožníka, ale v tom, aby sa odvrátil bezbožník od svojej cesty a žil. Odvráťte, odvráťte sa od svojich zlých ciest! Lebo prečo máte zomrieť, dome Izraelov?!

¹¹Say unto them, I live — an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, I delight not in the death of the wicked, But — in the turning of the wicked from his way, And he hath lived, Turn back, turn back, from your evil ways, Yea, why do ye die, O house of Israel?

¹²A ty, synu človeka, povedz synom svojho ľudu: Spravedlivosť spravedlivého? Nevytrhne ho v deň jeho prestúpenia, ako ani bezbožník neklesne vo svojej bezbožnosti v deň, v ktorý by sa odvrátil od svojej bezbožnosti, ani spravedlivý nebude môcť v nej žiť v deň, v ktorý by zhrešil.

¹²And thou, son of man, say unto the sons of thy people: The righteousness of the righteous doth not deliver him in the day of his transgression, And the wickedness of the wicked, He doth not stumble for it in the day of his turning from his wickedness, And the righteous is not able to live in it in the day of his sinning.

¹³Keď poviem spravedlivému: Istotne bude žiť; ale on nadejúc sa na svoju spravedlivosť páchal by neprávosť, nespomenú sa niktoré jeho skutky spravedlivosti, ale pre svoju neprávosť, ktorú spáchal, pre tú zomrie.

¹³In My saying of the righteous: He surely liveth, And — he hath trusted on his righteousness, And he hath done perversity, All his righteous acts are not remembered, And for his perversity that he hath done, For it he doth die.

¹⁴A zase keď poviem bezbožníkovi: Istotne zomrieš; ale keby sa odvrátil od svojho hriechu a činil by súd a spravedlivosť:

¹⁴And in My saying to the wicked: Thou surely diest, And — he hath turned back from his sin, And hath done judgment and righteousness,

¹⁵keď navráti bezbožník záloh; to, čo vzal násilne, nahradí a bude chodiť v ustanoveniach života nerobiac neprávosti, istotne bude žiť, nezomrie.

¹⁵(The pledge the wicked restoreth, plunder he repayeth,) In the statutes of life he hath walked, So as not to do perversity, He surely liveth — he doth not die.

¹⁶Nespomenú sa mu niktoré jeho hriechy, ktorými hrešil; činí súd a spravedlivosť, istotne bude žiť.

¹⁶None of his sin that he hath sinned is remembered to him, Judgment and righteousness he hath done, He doth surely live.

¹⁷A jednako hovoria synovia tvojho ľudu: Nie je správnou cesta Pánova; ale je to ich cesta, ktorá nie je správna.

¹⁷And the sons of thy people have said: The way of the Lord is not pondered, As to them — their way is not pondered.

¹⁸Keď sa odvráti spravedlivý od svojej spravedlivosti a pácha neprávosť, zomrie za to.

¹⁸In the turning back of the righteous from his righteousness, And he hath done perversity — he dieth for it.

¹⁹A zase, keď sa odvráti bezbožník od svojej bezbožnosti a činí súd a spravedlivosť, ten bude žiť pre tie veci.

¹⁹And in the turning back of the wicked from his wickedness, And he hath done judgment and righteousness, by them he liveth.

²⁰A predsa hovoríte: Nie je správnou cesta Pánova. Každého vás budem súdiť podľa jeho ciest, dome Izraelov!-

²⁰And ye have said: The way of the Lord is not pondered, Each according to his ways do I judge you, O house of Israel.`

²¹A stalo sa dvanásteho roku, desiateho mesiaca, piateho dňa toho mesiaca, od nášho prestehovania, že prišiel ku mne ubehlík z Jeruzalema a vravel: Mesto je zbité.

²¹And it cometh to pass, in the twelfth year — in the tenth [month], in the fifth of the month — of our removal, come in unto me doth one who is escaped from Jerusalem, saying, `The city hath been smitten.`

²²A ruka Hospodinova bola prišla na mňa večer, prv ako bol prišiel ubehlík, a otvoril moje ústa, až prišiel ku mne ráno, a tak sa otvorily moje ústa, a nebol som už viacej nemý.

²²And the hand of Jehovah hath been unto me in the evening, before the coming in of the escaped one, and He openeth my mouth till the coming in unto me in the morning, and opened is my mouth, and I have not been silent again.

²³A stalo sa slovo Hospodinovo ku mne povediac:

²³And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

²⁴Synu človeka, obyvatelia tých spustošenín na zemi Izraelovej hovoria, že vraj Abrahám bol sám jediný a dostal zem do državia; ale nás je mnoho, nám je daná zem do državia.

²⁴`Son of man, the inhabitants of these wastes on the ground of Israel are speaking, saying: Alone hath been Abraham — and he possesseth the land, and we [are] many — to us hath the land been given for a possession.

²⁵Preto im povedz: Takto hovorí Pán Hospodin: S krvou jedávate a svoje oči pozdvihujete k svojim ukydaným bohom a vylievate krv a mali by ste dostať zem do državia?

²⁵Therefore say unto them: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: With the blood ye do eat, And your eyes ye lift up unto your idols, And blood ye shed, and the land ye inherit!

²⁶Stojíte na svojom meči, páchate ohavnosť, a každý poškvrňujete ženu svojho blížneho a mali by ste dostať zem do državia?

²⁶Ye have stood on your sword, Ye have done abomination, Each the wife of his neighbour ye have defiled, And the land ye possess!

²⁷Takto im povieš: Takto hovorí Pán Hospodin: Ako že ja žijem, tí, ktorí sú v tých spustošeninách, padnú od meča, a kto je na šírom poli, toho dám divej zveri, aby ho zožrala, a tí, ktorí sú na hradoch a v jaskyniach, pomrú morom.

²⁷Thus dost thou say unto them: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: I live — do not they who [are] in the wastes by the sword fall? And they who [are] on the face of the field, To the beast I have given for food, And they who are in strongholds and in caves by pestilence die.

²⁸A obrátim zem na pustinu a na púšť; a tak prestane pýcha jej sily, a spustnú vrchy Izraelove, takže nebude nikoho, kto by išiel cez ne.

²⁸And I have made the land a desolation and an astonishment, And ceased hath the excellency of its strength, And desolated have been mountains of Israel, Without any one passing through.

²⁹A zvedia, že ja som Hospodin, keď obrátim zem na pustinu a na púšť pre všetky ich ohavnosti, ktoré páchali.

²⁹And they have known that I [am] Jehovah, In My making the land a desolation and an astonishment, For all their abominations that they have done.

³⁰A ty, synu človeka, synovia tvojho ľudu sú to, ktorí sa shovárajú o tebe pri stenách a vo dveriach domov, a hovoria jeden druhému, každý svojmu bratovi: Nože poďte a počujte, jaké je to slovo, ktoré vyšlo od Hospodina!

³⁰And thou, son of man, the sons of thy people who are speaking about thee, By the walls, and in openings of the houses, Have spoken one with another, each with his brother, Saying: Come in, I pray you, And hear what [is] the word that cometh out from Jehovah.

³¹A prichádzajú k tebe, jako prichádzava ľud, a sedia pred tebou jako môj ľud a počúvajú tvoje slová, ale ich nečinia; lebo svojimi ústami konajú ľúbezné veci, ale ich srdce ide za ich mrzkým ziskom.

³¹And they come in unto thee as the coming in of a people, And they sit before thee — My people, And have heard thy words, and they do them not, For doting loves with their mouth they are making, After their dishonest gain their heart is going.

³²A hľa, si im ako ľúbezná pieseň speváka krásneho hlasu a hrajúceho výborne, a tiež počuť počúvajú tvoje slová, ale ich nečinia.

³²And lo, thou [art] to them as a singer of doting loves, A pleasant voice, and playing well on an instrument, And they have heard thy words, and they are not doing them.

³³No, keď to prijde, hľa, už aj ide, vtedy zvedia, že bol prorok medzi nimi.

³³And in its coming in — lo, it hath come, And they have known that a prophet hath been in their midst!`