¹Slovo, ktoré sa stalo od Hospodina k Jeremiášovi, kým Nabuchodonozor, babylonský kráľ, i všetko jeho vojsko i všetky kráľovstvá zeme, panstvo to jeho ruky, i všetky národy bojovali proti Jeruzalemu a proti všetkým jeho mestám, povediac:

¹The word that hath been unto Jeremiah from Jehovah — and Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his force, and all kingdoms of the land of the dominion of his hand, and all the peoples are fighting against Jerusalem, and against all its cities — saying:

²Takto hovorí Hospodin, Bôh Izraelov: Iď a povieš Cedekiášovi, judskému kráľovi, a povieš mu: Takto hovorí Hospodin: Hľa, vydám toto mesto do ruky babylonského kráľa a spáli ho ohňom.

²`Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel: Go, and thou hast spoken unto Zedekiah king of Judah, and hast said unto him, Thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am giving this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he hath burned it with fire,

³A ty neujdeš jeho ruke, ale budeš istotne chytený a budeš vydaný do jeho ruky a tvoje oči uvidia oči babylonského kráľa, a jeho ústa budú hovoriť s tvojimi ústami, a prijdeš do Babylona.

³and thou, thou dost not escape out of his hand, for thou art certainly caught, and into his hand thou art given, and thine eyes see the eyes of the king of Babylon, and his mouth with thy mouth speaketh, and Babylon thou enterest.

⁴Avšak počuj slovo Hospodinovo, Cedekiášu, judský kráľu: Takto hovorí Hospodin o tebe: Nezomrieš mečom.

⁴`Only, hear a word of Jehovah, O Zedekiah king of Judah, Thus said Jehovah unto thee: Thou dost not die by sword,

⁵Zomrieš v pokoji. A jako pálievali tvojim otcom, drievnym kráľom, ktorí boli pred tebou, tak budú páliť aj tebe, a budú kvíliť nad tebou: Ach, pane! Lebo ja som hovoril slovo, hovorí Hospodin.

⁵in peace thou diest, and with the burnings of thy fathers, the former kings who have been before thee, so they make a burning for thee; and Ah, lord, they lament for thee, for the word I have spoken — an affirmation of Jehovah.`

⁶A prorok Jeremiáš hovoril Cedekiášovi, judskému kráľovi, všetky tie slová v Jeruzaleme,

⁶And Jeremiah the prophet speaketh unto Zedekiah king of Judah all these words in Jerusalem,

⁷keď bojovalo vojsko babylonského kráľa proti Jeruzalemu a proti všetkým mestám Júdovým, ktoré boly ešte pozostaly, proti Lachišu a proti Azéke, lebo tie boly pozostaly z miest Júdových, ohradené mestá.

⁷and the forces of the king of Babylon are fighting against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that are left — against Lachish, and against Azekah, for these have been left among the cities of Judah, cities of fortresses.

⁸Slovo, ktoré sa stalo od Hospodina k Jeremiášovi, keď bol učinil kráľ Cedekiáš smluvu so všetkým ľudom, ktorý bol v Jeruzaleme, aby im vyhlásil slobodu,

⁸The word that hath been unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, after the making by the king Zedekiah of a covenant with all the people who [are] in Jerusalem, to proclaim to them liberty,

⁹aby každý prepustil svojho sluhu a každý svoju dievku, Hebreja a Hebrejku, slobodných, aby si niktorý neslúžili nimi, Židom, svojím bratom.

⁹to send out each his man-servant, and each his maid-servant — the Hebrew and the Hebrewess — free, so as not to lay service on them, any on a Jew his brother;

¹⁰A poslúchli všetky kniežatá i všetok ľud, ktorí boli vošli v smluvu, že prepustia každý svojho sluhu a každý svoju dievku slobodných, aby si viacej neslúžili nimi, poslúchli tedy a prepustili.

¹⁰and hearken do all the heads, and all the people who have come in to the covenant to send forth each his man-servant and each his maid-servant free, so as not to lay service on them any more, yea, they hearken, and send them away;

¹¹Ale potom zase navrátili sluhov a dievky, ktorých boli prepustili slobodných, a podmanili si ich za sluhov a za dievky.

¹¹and they turn afterwards, and cause the men-servants and the maid-servants to return, whom they had sent forth free, and they subdue them for men-servants and for maid-servants.

¹²Preto stalo sa slovo Hospodinovo k Jeremiášovi od Hospodina povediac:

¹²And there is a word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying:

¹³Takto hovorí Hospodin, Bôh Izraelov: Ja som učinil smluvu s vašimi otcami toho dňa, ktorého som ich vyviedol z Egyptskej zeme, z domu sluhov, povediac:

¹³`Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, I — I made a covenant with your fathers in the day of My bringing them forth from the land of Egypt, from a house of servants, saying,

¹⁴Po siedmich rokoch prepustíte každý svojho brata Hebreja, ktorý by sa ti predal a slúžil by ti šesť rokov, a prepustíš ho slobodného od seba, ale nepočúvali vaši otcovia na mňa ani nenaklonili svojho ucha.

¹⁴At the end of seven years ye do send forth each his brother, the Hebrew, who is sold to thee, and hath served thee six years, yea, thou hast sent him forth free from thee: and your fathers hearkened not unto Me, nor inclined their ear.

¹⁵A vy ste sa boli obrátili dnes a učinili ste to, čo je spravedlivé v mojich očiach, vyhlásiac každý svojmu blížnemu slobodu a učinili ste smluvu pred mojou tvárou v dome, nad ktorým je menované moje meno;

¹⁵`And ye turn back, ye to-day, and ye do that which is right in Mine eyes, to proclaim liberty each to his neighbour, and ye make a covenant before Me in the house over which My name is called.

¹⁶ale obrátiac sa poškvrnili ste moje meno navrátiac každý svojho sluhu a každý svoju dievku, ktorých ste boli prepustili slobodných podľa žiadosti ich duše, a podmanili ste ich, aby vám boli sluhami a dievkami.

¹⁶And — ye turn back, and pollute My name, and ye cause each his man-servant and each his maid-servant, whom he had sent forth free, (at their pleasure,) to return, and ye subdue them to be to you for men-servants and for maid-servants.

¹⁷Preto takto hovorí Hospodin: Vy ste ma neposlúchli, aby ste boli vyhlásili slobodu každý svojmu bratovi a každý svojmu blížnemu, preto hľa, vyhlasujem vám slobodu, hovorí Hospodin, k meču, moru a hladu a vydám vás za postrk všetkým kráľovstvám zeme.

¹⁷`Therefore, thus said Jehovah: Ye have not hearkened unto Me to proclaim freedom, each to his brother, and each to his neighbour; lo, I am proclaiming to you liberty — an affirmation of Jehovah — unto the sword, unto the pestilence, and unto the famine, and I have given you for a trembling to all kingdoms of the earth.

¹⁸A vydám mužov, ktorí prestúpili moju smluvu, ktorí nedodržali slov smluvy, ktorú učinili pred mojou tvárou, aby boli jako to teľa, ktoré rozťali na dvoje a prešli pomedzi jeho diely.

¹⁸`And I have given the men who are transgressing My covenant, who have not established the words of the covenant that they have made before Me, by the calf, that they have cut in two, and pass through between its pieces —

¹⁹Kniežatá Júdove a kniežatá Jeruzalema, dvoranini a kňazi a všetok ľud zeme, ktorí prešli pomedzi diely teľaťa,

¹⁹heads of Judah, and heads of Jerusalem, the officers, and the priests, and all the people of the land those passing through between the pieces of the calf —

²⁰vydám ich do ruky ich nepriateľov a do ruky tých, ktorí hľadajú ich dušu, a ich mŕtve telo bude za pokrm nebeskému vtáctvu a zemskej zveri.

²⁰yea, I have given them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those seeking their soul, and their carcase hath been for food to the fowl of the heavens, and to the beast of the earth.

²¹Aj Cedekiáša, judského kráľa, i jeho kniežatá vydám do ruky ich nepriateľov a do ruky tých, ktorí hľadajú ich dušu, a do ruky vojska babylonského kráľa, ktorí odtiahli od vás hore.

²¹`And Zedekiah king of Judah, and his heads, I give into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those seeking their soul, and into the hand of the forces of the king of Babylon, that are going up from off you.

²²Hľa, rozkážem, hovorí Hospodin, a navrátim ich na toto mesto, a budú bojovať proti nemu a vezmú ho a spália ho ohňom, i mestá Júdove dám, aby boly obrátené na púšť, tak čo nebude obyvateľa.

²²Lo, I am commanding — an affirmation of Jehovah — and have brought them back unto this city, and they have fought against it, and captured it, and burned it with fire, and the cities of Judah I do make a desolation — without inhabitant.`