¹A ty, synu človeka, vezmi si ostrý meč; vezmeš si ho namiesto britvy holičov a prejdeš ním po svojej hlave a po svojej brade. Potom si vezmeš vážky a rozdelíš to.

¹`And thou, son of man, take to thee a sharp weapon, the barber`s razor thou dost take to thee, and thou hast caused [it] to pass over thy head, and over thy beard, and thou hast taken to thee weighing scales, and apportioned them.

²Tretinu spáliš ohňom prostred mesta, keď sa vyplnia dni obliehania; potom vezmeš druhú tretinu a budeš rúbať mečom okolo nej dookola, a ostatnú tretinu rozmeceš do vetra, a ja vytasím meč za nimi.

²A third part with fire thou dost burn in the midst of the city, at the fulness of the days of the siege; and thou hast taken the third part, thou dost smite with a weapon round about it; and the third part thou dost scatter to the wind, and a weapon I draw out after them.

³Ale vezmeš odtiaľ niečo málo vlasov čo do počtu a zaviažeš ich do svojich krýdel svojho rúcha.

³And thou hast taken thence a few in number — and hast bound them in thy skirts;

⁴Ale ešte aj z tých vezmeš a hodíš ich doprostred ohňa a spáliš ich ohňom; z toho vyjde oheň na celý dom Izraelov.

⁴and of them thou dost take again, and hast cast them unto the midst of the fire, and hast burned them in the fire — out of it cometh forth a fire unto all the house of Israel.

⁵Takto hovorí Pán Hospodin: Tento Jeruzalem, postavil som ho vprostred národov a vôkol neho som rozložil krajiny.

⁵Thus said the Lord Jehovah: this [is] Jerusalem, In the midst of the nations I have set her, And round about her [are] the lands.

⁶Ale on sa sprotivil mojim súdom páchajúc bezbožnosť, väčšiu ako pohania, a mojim ustanoveniam dopúšťajúc sa väčších hriechov než krajiny, ktoré sú vôkol neho; lebo zavrhli moje súdy a čo do mojich ustanovení, nechodili v nich.

⁶And she changeth My judgments into wickedness more than the nations, And My statutes more than the lands that [are] round about her, For against My judgments they have kicked, And My statutes — they have not walked in them.

⁷Preto takto hovorí Pán Hospodin: Preto, že ste zúrili viac ako pohania, ktorí sú vôkol vás, v mojich ustanoveniach ste nechodili a mojich súdov ste nečinili, ba ani len podľa súdov pohanov, ktorí sú vôkol vás, ste nečinili,

⁷Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because of your multiplying above the nations that [are] around you, In My statutes ye have not walked, And My judgments ye have not done, According to the judgments of the nations That [are] round about you ye have not done.

⁸preto takto hovorí Pán Hospodin: Hľa, i ja prijdem na teba a vykonám v tvojom strede súdy pred očami pohanov.

⁸Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I [am] against thee, even I, And I have done in thy midst judgments, Before the eyes of the nations.

⁹A vykonám na tebe to, čoho som ešte nevykonal, a čomu podobného ani viac nevykonám, pre všetky tvoje ohavnosti.

⁹And I have done in thee that which I have not done, And that which I do not its like again, Because of all thine abominations.

¹⁰Preto otcovia budú jesť synov v tvojom strede, a synovia budú jesť svojich otcov, a vykonám na tebe súdy a rozptýlim všetok tvoj ostatok vo všetky vetry.

¹⁰Therefore fathers do eat sons in thy midst, And sons eat their fathers, And I have done in thee judgments, And have scattered all thy remnant to every wind.

¹¹Preto, jako že ja žijem, hovorí Pán Hospodin, preto, že si poškvrnil moju svätyňu všelijakými svojimi mrzkosťami a všelijakými svojimi ohavnosťami, preto i ja, cele iste, ujmem z teba, a nezľutuje sa moje oko, a nebudem šetriť ani ja.

¹¹Therefore, I live — an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah: Because My sanctuary thou hast defiled, With all thy detestable things, And with all thine abominations, Mine eye pitieth not, and I also spare not. Do not even I also diminish?

¹²Tretina ťa pomrie morom a pohynie hladom v tvojom strede, a tretina padne mečom vôkol teba, a tretinu rozptýlim vo všetky vetry a budem ich stíhať vytaseným mečom.

¹²Thy third part — by pestilence they die, And by famine are consumed in thy midst, And the third part, by sword they fall round about thee, And the third part, to every wind I scatter, And a sword I draw out after them.

¹³A tak sa dokoná môj hnev, a ukojím svoju prchlivosť na nich a poteším sa. A zvedia, že ja Hospodin som hovoril vo svojej horlivosti, keď dokonám svoju prchlivosť na nich.

¹³And completed hath been Mine anger, And I have caused My fury to rest on them, And I have been comforted, And they have known that I, Jehovah, have spoken in My zeal, In My completing My fury on them.

¹⁴A učiním ťa púšťou a potupou medzi národami, ktoré sú vôkol teba, pred očami každého, kto pojde tade.

¹⁴And I give thee for a waste, And for a reproach among nations that [are] round about thee, Before the eyes of every passer by.

¹⁵A budeš potupou a posmechom, výstražným príkladom a zdesením národom, ktoré sú vôkol teba, keď vykonám na tebe súdy v hneve a v prchlivosti a v káraní prchlivosti, ja Hospodin som hovoril,

¹⁵And it hath been a reproach and a reviling, An instruction and an astonishment, To nations that [are] round about thee, In My doing in thee judgments, In anger and fury, and in furious reproofs, I, Jehovah, have spoken.

¹⁶keď pošlem na nich preveľmi zlé strely hladu, ktoré budú na zkazu, ktoré pošlem nato, aby som vás zkazil, a navalím na vás hlad a polámem vám palicu chleba.

¹⁶In My sending the evil arrows of famine among them, That have been for destruction, That I send to destroy you, And famine I am adding upon you, And I have broken to you the staff of bread.

¹⁷A pošlem na vás hlad a ľútu zver, a osirotia ťa, a mor a krv prejde tebou, a uvediem na teba meč. Ja Hospodin som hovoril.

¹⁷And I have sent on you famine and evil beasts, And they have bereaved thee, And pestilence and blood pass over on thee, And a sword I do bring in against thee, I, Jehovah, have spoken!`