¹A kraľoval kráľ Cedekiáš, syn Joziášov, miesto Koniáša, syna Jehojakimovho, ktorého ustanovil Nabuchodonozor, babylonský kráľ, za kráľa, v zemi Júdovej.

¹And reign doth king Zedekiah son of Josiah instead of Coniah son of Jehoiakim whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had caused to reign in the land of Judah,

²Ale nepočúval ani on ani jeho služobníci ani ľud zeme na slová Hospodinove, ktoré hovoril skrze proroka Jeremiáša.

²and he hath not hearkened, he, and his servants, and the people of the land, unto the words of Jehovah, that He spake by the hand of Jeremiah the prophet.

³A kráľ Cedekiáš bol poslal Jehúchala, syna Šelemiášovho, a Cefaniáša, syna Maaseiášovho, kňaza, k prorokovi Jeremiášovi, aby povedali: Nože sa modli za nás Hospodinovi, nášmu Bohu.

³And Zedekiah the king sendeth Jehucal son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah son of Maaseiah the priest, unto Jeremiah the prophet, saying, `Pray, we beseech thee, for us unto Jehovah our God.`

⁴Jeremiáš vtedy ešte chodil slobodne medzi ľudom, a neboli ho ešte dali do žalára.

⁴And Jeremiah is coming in and going out in the midst of the people, (and they have not put him in the prison-house),

⁵A vojsko faraonovo bolo vyšlo z Egypta. A keď počuli Chaldeji, ktorí obliehali Jeruzalem, o nich zvesť, odtiahli hore od Jeruzalema.

⁵and the force of Pharaoh hath come out of Egypt, and the Chaldeans, who are laying siege against Jerusalem, hear their report, and go up from off Jerusalem.

⁶A stalo sa slovo Hospodinovo k prorokovi Jeremiášovi povediac:

⁶And there is a word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah the prophet, saying:

⁷Takto hovorí Hospodin, Bôh Izraelov: Takto poviete judskému kráľovi, ktorý vás poslal ku mne opýtať sa ma: Hľa, vojsko faraonovo, ktoré vám vyšlo na pomoc, navráti sa do svojej zeme, do Egypta.

⁷`Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, Thus do ye say unto the king of Judah, who is sending you unto Me, to seek Me: Lo, the force of Pharaoh that is coming out to you for help hath turned back to its land, to Egypt,

⁸A navrátia sa Chaldeji a budú bojovať proti tomuto mestu a vezmú ho a spália ho ohňom.

⁸and the Chaldeans have turned back, and fought against this city, and captured it, and burnt it with fire.

⁹Takto hovorí Hospodin: Neklamte svojich duší hovoriac: Istotne odídu od nás Chaldeji. Lebo neodídu.

⁹`Thus said Jehovah: Lift not up your souls saying, The Chaldeans surely go from off us, for they do not go;

¹⁰Lebo keby ste aj pobili všetko vojsko Chaldejov, ktorí bojujú proti vám, a zostali by z nich iba ranení muži, prebodnutí, tí by povstali každý vo svojom stáne a spálili by toto mesto ohňom.

¹⁰for though ye had smitten all the force of the Chaldeans who are fighting with you, and there were left of them wounded men — each in his tent — they rise, and have burnt this city with fire.`

¹¹A stalo sa, keď odtiahlo vojsko Chaldejov hore od Jeruzalema pre vojsko faraonovo,

¹¹And it hath come to pass, in the going up of the force of the Chaldeans from off Jerusalem, because of the force of Pharaoh,

¹²že išiel Jeremiáš von z Jeruzalema, aby odišiel do zeme Benjaminovej a vzal odtiaľ svoj podiel medzi ľudom.

¹²that Jeremiah goeth out from Jerusalem to go [to] the land of Benjamin, to receive a portion thence in the midst of the people.

¹³Ale keď už bol v bráne Benjaminovej, kde bol veliteľ stráže, menom Jiriáš, syn Šelemiáša, syna Chananiášovho, ten chopil proroka Jeremiáša a povedal: Odchádzaš zradne k Chaldejom.

¹³And it cometh to pass, he is at the gate of Benjamin, and there [is] a master of the ward — and his name is Irijah son of Shelemiah, son of Hananiah — and he catcheth Jeremiah the prophet, saying, `Unto the Chaldeans thou art falling.`

¹⁴Na to povedal Jeremiáš: Nie je pravda; neodchádzam zradne k Chaldejom. No, nepočúval na neho, ale Jiriáš chopil Jeremiáša a doviedol ho ku kniežatám.

¹⁴And Jeremiah saith, `Falsehood — I am not falling unto the Chaldeans;` and he hath not hearkened unto him, and Irijah layeth hold on Jeremiah, and bringeth him in unto the heads,

¹⁵Vtedy sa rozhnevaly kniežatá na Jeremiáša a zbily ho a daly ho do väzenia, do domu Jonatána, pisára, lebo z neho boli spravili žalár.

¹⁵and the heads are wroth against Jeremiah, and have smitten him, and put him in the prison-house — the house of Jonathan the scribe, for it they had made for a prison-house.

¹⁶Keď takto prišiel Jeremiáš do domu jamy a do sklepených miestností, býval tam, Jeremiáš, za mnoho dní.

¹⁶When Jeremiah hath entered into the house of the dungeon, and unto the cells, then Jeremiah dwelleth there many days,

¹⁷Potom poslal kráľ Cedekiáš a vzal ho. A kráľ sa ho vypytoval tajne vo svojom dome a riekol: Či je nejaké slovo od Hospodina? A Jeremiáš odpovedal: Je. A ďalej povedal: Budeš vydaný do ruky babylonského kráľa.

¹⁷and the king Zedekiah sendeth, and taketh him, and the king asketh him in his house in secret, and saith, `Is there a word from Jehovah?` And Jeremiah saith, `There is,` and he saith, `Into the hand of the king of Babylon thou art given.`

¹⁸A ešte povedal Jeremiáš kráľovi Cedekiášovi: Čo som zhrešil proti tebe a proti tvojim služobníkom alebo proti tomuto ľudu, že ste ma dali do žalára?

¹⁸And Jeremiah saith unto the king Zedekiah, `What have I sinned against thee, and against thy servants, and against this people, that ye have given me unto a prison-house?

¹⁹A kde sú vaši proroci, ktorí vám prorokujú, že vraj neprijde babylonský kráľ na vás ani na túto zem?

¹⁹And where [are] your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, The king of Babylon doth not come in against you, and against this land?

²⁰A tak teraz počuj, prosím, môj pán kráľ, nech padne, prosím, moja pokorná prosba pred teba, a nedaj ma odviesť zase do domu Jonatána, pisára, aby som tam nezomrel.

²⁰And now, hearken, I pray thee, my lord, O king, let my supplication fall, I pray thee, before thee, and cause me not to return [to] the house of Jonathan the scribe, that I die not there.`

²¹A kráľ Cedekiáš rozkázal, aby dali Jeremiáša pod dozor do dvora väzenia a dávali mu bochník chleba na deň z ulice pekárov, dokiaľ by sa neminul všetok chlieb v meste. A tak sedel Jeremiáš vo dvore stráže.

²¹And the king Zedekiah commandeth, and they commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, also to give to him a cake of bread daily from the bakers` street, till the consumption of all the bread of the city, and Jeremiah dwelleth in the court of the prison.