¹Potom pristúpili všetci velitelia vojsk i Jochanán, syn Kareachov, i Jezaniáš, syn Hošaiášov, i všetok ľud, od malého až do veľkého,

¹And they come nigh — all the heads of the forces, and Johanan son of Kareah, and Jezaniah son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even unto the greatest —

²a povedali prorokovi Jeremiášovi: Dovoľ, nech padne naša pokorná prosba pred tvoju tvár, a modli sa za nás Hospodinovi, svojmu Bohu, za všetok tento ostatok, lebo nás zostalo málo z mnoha, jako nás vidia tvoje oči.

²and they say unto Jeremiah the prophet, `Let, we pray thee, our supplication fall before thee, and pray for us unto Jehovah thy God, for all this remnant; for we have been left a few out of many, as thine eyes do see us;

³A nech nám oznámi Hospodin, tvoj Bôh, cestu, po ktorej máme ísť, i to, čo máme robiť.

³and Jehovah thy God doth declare to us the way in which we walk, and the thing that we do.`

⁴A prorok Jeremiáš im povedal: Uslyšal som; hľa, budem sa modliť Hospodinovi, vášmu Bohu, podľa vašich, slov a bude, že všetko, čokoľvek vám odpovie Hospodin, oznámim vám, nezatajím ničoho pred vami.

⁴And Jeremiah the prophet saith unto them, `I have heard: lo, I am praying unto Jehovah your God according to your words, and it hath come to pass, the whole word that Jehovah answereth you, I declare to you — I do not withhold from you a word.`

⁵A oni povedali Jeremiášovi: Nech je Hospodin svedkom proti nám, pravdivým a verným, ak neučiníme tak, podľa každého slova, s ktorým ťa pošle Hospodin, tvoj Bôh, k nám.

⁵And they have said to Jeremiah, `Jehovah is against us for a witness true and faithful, if — according to all the word with which Jehovah thy God doth send thee unto us — we do not so.

⁶Už či bude dobré a či zlé, budeme počúvať na hlas Hospodina, svojho Boha, ku ktorému ťa posielame, aby nám bolo dobre, keď budeme počúvať na hlas Hospodina, svojho Boha.

⁶Whether good or evil, to the voice of Jehovah our God, to whom we are sending thee, we do hearken; because it is good for us when we hearken to the voice of Jehovah our God.`

⁷A stalo sa po desiatich dňoch, že stalo sa slovo Hospodinovo k Jeremiášovi,

⁷And it cometh to pass, at the end of ten days, that there is a word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah,

⁸ktorý povolal Jochanána, syna Kareachovho, a všetkých veliteľov vojsk, ktorí boli s ním, i všetok ľud, od malého až do veľkého,

⁸and he calleth unto Johanan son of Kareah, and unto all the heads of the forces that [are] with him, and to all the people, from the least even unto the greatest,

⁹a povedal im: Takto hovorí Hospodin, Bôh Izraelov, ku ktorému ste ma poslali, aby som dal padnúť vašej pokornej prosbe pred jeho tvár:

⁹and he saith unto them, `Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, unto whom ye sent me, to cause your supplication to fall before Him:

¹⁰Jestli sa vrátite a budete bývať v tejto zemi, zbudujem vás a nerozborím a zasadím vás a nevyplienim, lebo ľutujem zlého, ktoré som vám učinil.

¹⁰`If ye do certainly dwell in this land, then I have builded you up, and I throw not down; and I have planted you, and I pluck not up; for I have repented concerning the evil that I have done to you.

¹¹Nebojte sa babylonského kráľa, ktorého sa bojíte, nebojte sa ho, hovorí Hospodin, lebo ja som s vami, aby som vás zachránil a aby som vás vytrhol z jeho ruky.

¹¹Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, whom ye are afraid of; be not afraid of him — an affirmation of Jehovah — for with you [am] I, to save you, and to deliver you from his hand.

¹²A dám vám zľutovanie, a zľutuje sa nad vami, a dá vám, aby ste sa navrátili do svojej zeme.

¹²And I give to you mercies, and he hath pitied you, and caused you to turn back unto your own ground.

¹³Ale ak poviete: Nebudeme bývať v tejto zemi, nepočúvajúc na hlas Hospodina, svojho Boha,

¹³`And if ye are saying, We do not dwell in this land — not to hearken to the voice of Jehovah your God,

¹⁴a poviete: Nie, ale vojdeme do Egyptskej zeme, kde neuvidíme vojny ani nepočujeme zvuku trúby ani nebudeme lačnieť chleba, a budeme bývať tam. -

¹⁴saying, No; but the land of Egypt we enter, that we see no war, and the sound of a trumpet do not hear, and for bread be not hungry; and there do we dwell.

¹⁵Preto teraz počujte slovo Hospodinovo, ostatok Júdov! Takto hovorí Hospodin Zástupov, Bôh Izraelov: Ak naozaj obrátite svoju tvár, aby ste vošli do Egypta, a vojdete ta, aby ste tam pohostínili,

¹⁵And now, therefore, hear ye a word of Jehovah, O remnant of Judah: Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: If ye really set your faces to enter Egypt, and have gone in to sojourn there,

¹⁶stane sa to, že meč, ktorého sa bojíte, dostihne vás tam, v Egyptskej zemi a hlad, ktorého sa obávate, tam sa vás bude pridŕžať idúc všade za vami, v Egypte, a tam pomriete.

¹⁶then it hath come to pass, the sword that ye are afraid of, doth there overtake you, in the land of Egypt; and the hunger, because of which ye are sorrowful, doth there cleave after you in Egypt, and there ye die.

¹⁷A tak sa stane všetkým mužom, ktorí obrátia svoju tvár, aby vošli do Egypta, aby tam pohostínili, že pomrú mečom, hladom a morom, a nepozostane niktorý z nich ani neujde niktorý zlému, ktoré uvediem na nich.

¹⁷`Thus are all the men who have set their faces to enter Egypt to sojourn there; they die — by sword, by hunger, and by pestilence, and there is not to them a remnant and an escaped one, because of the evil that I am bringing in upon them;

¹⁸Lebo takto hovorí Hospodin Zástupov, Bôh Izraelov: Ako sa vylial môj hnev, a vyliala sa moja prchlivosť na obyvateľov Jeruzalema, tak sa vyleje moja prchlivosť na vás, keď vojdete do Egypta, a budete na kliatbu a hrôzu, na zlorečenstvo a na potupu ani neuvidíte viacej tohoto miesta.

¹⁸for thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: As poured out hath been Mine anger and My fury on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so poured out is My fury upon you in your entering Egypt, and ye have been for an execration, and for an astonishment, and for a reviling, and for a reproach, and ye do not see any more this place.

¹⁹Hospodin vám hovorí, ostatku Júdov! Nevchádzajte do Egypta! Vedzte istotne, že vystríhajúc vás svedčím dnes proti vám.

¹⁹`Jehovah hath spoken against you, O remnant of Judah, do not enter Egypt: know certainly that I have testified against you to-day;

²⁰Lebo blúdite proti svojim vlastným dušiam: pretože vy ste ma poslali k Hospodinovi, svojmu Bohu, povediac: Modli sa za nás Hospodinovi, nášmu Bohu, a všetko, jako povie Hospodin, náš Bôh, tak nám to oznám, a urobíme.

²⁰for ye have shewed yourselves perverse in your souls, for ye sent me unto Jehovah your God, saying, Pray for us unto Jehovah our God, and according to all that Jehovah our God saith, so declare to us, and we have done [it];

²¹A oznámil som vám dnes, ale nepočúvate na hlas Hospodina, svojho Boha, a to v ničom, pre čo ma poslal k vám.

²¹and I declare to you to-day, and ye have not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah your God, and to anything with which He hath sent me unto you.

²²A tak teraz vedzte istotne, že pomriete mečom, hladom a morom na mieste, kam sa vám zachcelo ísť, aby ste tam pohostínili.

²²And now, know ye certainly that by sword, by famine, and by pestilence ye die, in the place that ye have desired to go in to sojourn there.`