1Počujte slovo, ktoré vám hovorí Hospodin, dome Izraelov!
1Hear ye the word, O house of Israel, That Jehovah hath spoken for you.
2Takto hovorí Hospodin: Neučte sa ceste pohanov a nedeste sa znamení nebies, lebo pohania sa ich desia.
2Thus said Jehovah: Unto the way of the nations accustom not yourselves, And by the signs of the heavens be not affrighted, For the nations are affrighted by them.
3Lebo ustanovenia národov? To je márnosť! Lebo to vytne, strom z lesa, dielo rúk remeselníka, ukresané sekerou.
3For the statutes of the peoples are vanity, For a tree from a forest hath one cut, Work of the hands of an artificer, with an axe,
4Okrášli to striebrom a zlatom, upevní to klincami a kladivami, aby sa to neklátilo!
4With silver and with gold they beautify it, With nails and with hammers they fix it, And it doth not stumble.
5Sú jako palmový špalok tvrdý a nehovoria; musia ich nosiť, lebo nechodia! Nebojte sa ich, lebo neurobia zlého, ale nemôžu učiniť ani dobré.
5As a palm they [are] stiff, and they speak not, They are surely borne, for they step not, Be not afraid of them, for they do no evil, Yea, also to do good is not in them.
6Nie, neni tebe podobného, Hospodine! Veľký si ty, a veľké tvoje meno v sile!
6Because there is none like Thee, O Jehovah, Great [art] Thou, and great Thy name in might.
7Kde kto by sa ťa nebál, Kráľu národov?! Lebo tebe to prichodí, pretože medzi všetkými mudrcami národov a v celom ich kráľovstve neni tebe podobného nikoho!
7Who doth not fear Thee, king of the nations? For to Thee it is becoming, For among all the wise of the nations, And in all their kingdom there is none like Thee.
8(Ale všetci do jedného sú zhovädilí a sprostí. Naučenie čakať od márností, od dreva!
8And in one they are brutish and foolish, An instruction of vanities [is] the tree itself.
9Striebro, ubité na plech, donesené z Taršíša, a zlato z Ufaza, dielo remeselníka a rúk zlatníka; hyacintovomodrý postav a červený purpur je ich odev; to všetko je dielom umelcov.
9Spread-out silver from Tarshish is brought, And gold from Uphaz, Work of an artizan, and of the hands of a refiner, Blue and purple [is] their clothing, Work of the skilful — all of them.
10Ale Hospodin je Bôh pravdy, je živý Bôh a večný Kráľ; pred jeho hnevom sa trasie zem, a národy neznesú jeho zúrivého hnevu.
10And Jehovah [is] a God of truth, He [is] a living God, and a king age-during, From His wrath shake doth the earth, And nations endure not His indignation.
11Takto im poviete: Bohovia, ktorí neučinili nebies ani zeme, tí nech zahynú zo zeme a zpod týchto nebies!)
11Thus do ye say to them, The gods Who the heavens and earth have not made, They do perish from the earth, And from under these heavens.
12Ty, ktorý činíš zem svojou silou, ktorý pevne staviaš okruh sveta svojou múdrosťou a svojím umom si roztiahol nebesia;
12The maker of the earth by His power, The establisher of the world by His wisdom, Who, by His understanding, stretched forth the heavens,
13keď vydáš hlas, povstane hučanie vôd na nebi, a pôsobíš to, aby vystupovali pary od konca zeme, činíš dažďu blesky a vyvodíš vietor zo svojich pokladov.
13At the voice He giveth forth, A multitude of waters [is] in the heavens, And He causeth vapours to come up from the end of the earth, Lightnings for rain He hath made, And bringeth out wind from His treasures.
14Zhovädnel každý človek natoľko, že nezná toho; hanbiť sa bude každý zlatník pre svoju rytinu, lebo jeho sliatina je lesť, a niet v nich ducha.
14Brutish is every man by knowledge, Put to shame is every refiner by a graven image, For false [is] his molten image. And there is no breath in them.
15Takí bohovia sú márnosť, dielom zvodov do bludu; v čase svojho navštívenia zahynú.
15Vanity [are] they, work of erring ones, In the time of their inspection they perish.
16No, nie ako títo údel Jakobov; lebo on je tvorcom všetkého, a Izrael je pokolením jeho dedičstva; Hospodin Zástupov jeho meno.
16Not like these [is] the Portion of Jacob, For framer of all things [is] He, And Israel [is] the rod of His inheritance, Jehovah of Hosts [is] His name.
17Sober ta preč svoj tovar zo zeme, ty, ktorá bývaš v pevnosti!
17Gather from the land thy merchandise, O dweller in the bulwark,
18Lebo takto hovorí Hospodin: Hľa, tento raz už vyhodím obyvateľov zeme jako z praku a sovriem ich, aby to cítili.
18For thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am slinging out the inhabitants of the land at this time, And have been an adversary to them, So that they are found out.
19Oj, beda mne pre moje skrúšenie! Moja rana je prebolestná. Ale ja som riekol: Doista je toto moja nemoc, a tak ju ponesiem.
19Wo to me for my breaking, Grievious hath been my smiting, And I said, Only, this [is] my sickness, and I bear it.
20Môj stán je spustošený, a všetky moje povrazy sú potrhané, moji synovia ma odišli, a niet ich; niet už nikoho, kto by zase roztiahol môj stán, a kto by povešal moje čalúny.
20My tent hath been spoiled, And all my cords have been broken, My sons have gone out from me, and they are not, There is none stretching out any more my tent, And raising up my curtains.
21Lebo pastieri zhovädneli a nehľadali Hospodina. Preto nerobili rozumne, a všetko stádo ich pastvy sa rozpŕchlo.
21For the shepherds have become brutish, And Jehovah they have not sought, Therefore they have not acted wisely, And all their flock is scattered.
22Hlas! Zvesť, hľa, ide, a veľký hrmot zo zeme severa obrátiť mestá Júdove na púšť, na príbytok šakalov.
22A voice of a report, lo, it hath come, Even a great shaking from the north country, To make the cities of Judah a desolation, A habitation of dragons.
23Viem, ó, Hospodine, že cesta človeka nie je v jeho moci, nie je v moci muža, ktorý chodí, jako ani to, aby pevne postavil svoje kroky.
23I have known, O Jehovah, that not of man [is] his way, Not of man the going and establishing of his step.
24Karhaj ma, Hospodine, avšak podľa milostivého súdu, nie vo svojom hneve, aby si neurobil zo mňa primálo.
24Chastise me, O Jehovah, only in judgment, Not in Thine anger, lest Thou make me small.
25Vylej svoju prchlivosť na národy, ktoré ťa neznajú, a na čeľade, ktoré nevzývajú tvojho mena, lebo zjedajú Jakoba, i zjedia a zničia ho a jeho obydlie spustošili.
25Pour out Thy fury on the nations that have not known Thee, And on the families that have not called in Thy name, For they have eaten up Jacob, Yea, they have eaten him up, yea, they consume him, And his habitation they have made desolate!