¹Ty, ó, Hospodine, zostaneš spravedlivý, keď sa budem s tebou pravotiť, avšak o tvojich súdoch budem hovoriť s tebou. Prečo sa darí cesta bezbožných? Prečo žijú bezpečne a v pokoji všetci tí, ktorí robia neverne a neverne?

¹Righteous [art] Thou, O Jehovah, When I plead towards thee, Only, judgments do I speak with Thee, Wherefore did the way of the wicked prosper? At rest have been all treacherous dealers.

²Zasadil si ich, aj zapustili korene, rastú aj nesú ovocie; blízky si v ich ústach, ale ďaleký od ich ľadvín.

²Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root, They go on, yea, they have made fruit, Near [art] Thou in their mouth, And far off from their reins.

³No, ty, Hospodine, ma znáš, vidíš ma a zkúsil si moje srdce, na koľko je s tebou. Odtrhni ich ako ovce na zabitie a zasväť ich na deň pobitia.

³And Thou, O Jehovah, Thou hast known me, Thou seest me, and hast tried my heart with Thee, Draw them away as sheep to slaughter, And separate them for a day of slaughter.

⁴Až dokedy bude smútiť zem a dokedy schnúť bylina všetkého poľa pre zlosť tých, ktorí bývajú v nej? Hynie ta preč hovädo i vtáctvo, lebo hovoria: Neuvidí nášho konca.

⁴Till when doth the earth mourn, And the herb of the whole field wither? For the wickedness of those dwelling in it, Consumed have been beast and fowl, Because they said, `He doth not see our latter end.`

⁵Lebo keď si bežal s pešími, a unavili ťa, jakože budeš závodiť s koňmi? A v zemi pokoja sa ty nadeješ, ale jako to urobíš pri pyšnom zdutí Jordána?

⁵For — with footmen thou hast run, And they weary thee, And how dost thou fret thyself with horses! Even in the land of peace, [In which] thou art confident — And how dost thou in the rising of Jordan!

⁶Lebo aj tvoji bratia a dom tvojho otca, ešte len aj tí robia proti tebe neverne, aj tí volajú za tebou plným hrdlom. Never im, keď ti budú hovoriť dobré.

⁶For even thy brethren and the house of thy father, Even they dealt treacherously against thee, Even they — they called after thee fully, Trust not in them, when they speak to thee good things.

⁷Opustil som svoj dom, zavrhol som svoje dedičstvo, dal som to, čo tak veľmi milovala moja duša, do ruky jeho nepriateľov.

⁷I have forsaken My house, I have left Mine inheritance, I have given the beloved of My soul Into the hand of her enemies.

⁸Moje dedičstvo sa mi stalo podobným ľvovi v lese; vydáva proti mne svoj hlas, preto ho nenávidím.

⁸Mine inheritance hath been to Me as a lion in a forest, She gave forth against Me with her voice, Therefore I have hated her.

⁹Či mi je moje dedičstvo jarabým jastrabom? Či sú jastrabi dookola proti nemu? Iďte, shromaždite všetky poľné zvieratá dravé, doveďte, aby žraly!

⁹A speckled fowl [is] Mine inheritance to Me? Is the fowl round about against her? Come, assemble, every beast of the field, Come ye for food.

¹⁰Mnohí pastieri zkazili moju vinicu, pošliapali môj podiel, obrátili môj vzácny podiel na hroznú púšť.

¹⁰Many shepherds did destroy My vineyard, They have trodden down My portion, They have made My desirable portion Become a wilderness — a desolation.

¹¹Obrátili ho na pustinu, smúti mi spustošený, spustošená je celá zem, lebo niet nikoho, kto by si to vzal k srdcu.

¹¹He hath made it become a desolation, The desolation hath mourned unto Me, Desolated hath been all the land, But there is no one laying it to heart.

¹²Na všetky holé miesta vysoké na púšti prijdú zhubcovia, lebo meč Hospodinov bude žrať od konca zeme až po koniec zeme: nebude mať pokoja niktoré telo.

¹²On all high places in the plain have spoilers come in, For the sword of Jehovah is consuming, From the end of the land even unto the end of the land, There is no peace to any flesh.

¹³Nasejú pšenice a budú žať tŕnie; budú pracovať do úmoru a nezískajú ničoho.- A tak sa hanbite za svoje úrody, pre páľu hnevu Hospodinovho.

¹³They sowed wheat, and have thorns reaped, They have become sick — they profit not, And they have been ashamed of your increases, Because of the fierceness of the anger of Jehovah.

¹⁴Takto hovorí Hospodin: Som proti všetkým svojim zlým súsedom, ktorí sa dotýkajú dedičstva, ktoré som dal svojmu ľudu, Izraelovi: Hľa, vyplienim ich s povrchu svojej zeme, a dom Júdov vyplienim zprostred nich.

¹⁴Thus said Jehovah concerning all my evil neighbours, who are striking against the inheritance that I caused my people — Israel — to inherit: `Lo, I am plucking them from off their ground, And the house of Judah I pluck out of their midst.

¹⁵A stane sa potom, keď ich vyplienim, že sa opät zľutujem nad nimi a navrátim ich každého do jeho dedičstva a každého do jeho zeme.

¹⁵And it hath been, after My plucking them out, I turn back, and have pitied them, And I have brought them back, Each to his inheritance, and each to his land.

¹⁶A stane sa, jestli sa naozaj budú učiť cestám mojeho ľudu prisahajúc na moje meno: Jako že žije Hospodin, ako učili môj ľud prisahať na Bála, že budú zbudovaní prostred môjho ľudu.

¹⁶And it hath come to pass, If they learn well the ways of My people, To swear by My name, `Jehovah liveth,` As they taught My people to swear by Baal, Then they have been built up in the midst of My people.

¹⁷Ale ak nebudú poslúchať, vyplienim ten národ, vyplienim a zahubím, hovorí Hospodin.

¹⁷And if they do not hearken, Then I have plucked up that nation, Plucking up and destroying, An affirmation of Jehovah!`