¹Slovo, ktoré sa stalo k Jeremiášovi od Hospodina povediac:

¹The word that hath been unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,

²Postav sa v bráne domu Hospodinovho a budeš tam volať toto slovo a povieš: Počujte slovo Hospodinovo, celý Júda, všetci, ktorí vchádzate týmito bránami klaňať sa Hospodinovi!

²Stand in the gate of the house of Jehovah, and thou hast proclaimed there this word, and hast said, Hear a word of Jehovah, all ye of Judah, who are coming in at these gates, to bow before Jehovah:

³Takto hovorí Hospodin Zástupov, Bôh Izraelov: Čiňte tak aby, vaše cesty a vaše skutky boly dobré, a učiním to, aby ste bývali na tomto mieste.

³Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, Amend your ways, and your doings, And I cause you to dwell in this place.

⁴Nenadejte sa na lživé slová, že vraj chrám Hospodinov, chrám Hospodinov, chrám Hospodinov je to.

⁴Do not trust for yourselves Unto the words of falsehood, saying, The temple of Jehovah, the temple of Jehovah, The temple of Jehovah [are] they!

⁵Lebo ak naozaj budete činiť tak, aby vaše cesty a vaše skutky boly dobré, ak naozaj budete konať súd medzi mužom a medzi jeho blížnym,

⁵For, if ye do thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, If ye do judgment thoroughly Between a man and his neighbour,

⁶ak neutisknete pohostína, siroty a vdovy a nijakým činom nevylejete nevinnej krvi na tomto mieste a za inými bohy nepojdete sebe na zlé,

⁶Sojourner, fatherless, and widow, ye oppress not, And innocent blood do not shed in this place, And after other gods do not walk, for evil to yourselves,

⁷vtedy spôsobím to, že budete bývať na tomto mieste, v zemi, ktorú som dal vašim otcom od veku až na veky.

⁷Then I have caused you to dwell in this place, In the land that I gave to your fathers, From age even unto age.

⁸Hľa, vy sa nadejete na lživé slová, bez toho, že by prospely.

⁸Lo, ye are trusting for yourselves On the words of falsehood, so as not to profit.

⁹Či azda budete kradnúť, zabíjať, cudzoložiť, prisahať falošne, kadiť Bálovi a chodiť za inými bohmi, ktorých neznáte,

⁹Stealing, murdering, and committing adultery, And swearing to falsehood, and giving perfume to Baal, And going after other gods whom ye knew not.

¹⁰a potom prijdete a postavíte sa pred mojou tvárou v tomto dome, nad ktorým je menované moje meno, a poviete: Sme vytrhnutí; aby ste mohli páchať všetky tie ohavnosti?

¹⁰And ye have come in and stood before Me, In this house on which My name is called, And have said, `We have been delivered,` In order to do all these abominations.

¹¹Či je tento dom, nad ktorým je menované moje meno, pelešou lotrov vo vašich očiach? Hľa, vidím i ja, hovorí Hospodin.

¹¹A den of burglars hath this house, On which My name is called, been in your eyes? Even I, lo, I have seen, an affirmation of Jehovah.

¹²Lebo nože iďte na moje miesto, ktoré je v Šíle, kde som bol dal tam na počiatku bývať svojmu menu, a vidzte, čo som mu učinil pre zlosť svojeho ľudu Izraela!

¹²But go ye, I pray you, Unto My place that [is] in Shiloh, Where I caused My name to dwell at first, And see that which I have done to it, For the wickedness of My people Israel.

¹³A tak teraz pretože páchate všetky tie skutky, hovorí Hospodin, a pretože som vám hovoril vstávajúc skoro za rána a hovoriac znova a znova, a nepočuli ste, a keď som vás volal, neozvali ste sa,

¹³And now, because of your doing all these works, An affirmation of Jehovah, And I speak unto you, rising early and speaking, And ye have not hearkened, And I call you, and ye have not answered,

¹⁴preto učiním domu, nad ktorým je menované moje meno, na ktorý sa vy nadejete, a miestu, ktoré som vám dal i vašim otcom, ako som učinil Šílu.

¹⁴I also to the house on which My name is called, In which ye are trusting, And to the place that I gave to you, and to your fathers, Have done, as I have done to Shiloh.

¹⁵A odvrhnem vás preč od svojej tvári jako som odvrhol všetkých vašich bratov, všetko semeno Efraimovo.

¹⁵And I have cast you from before My face, As I have cast out all your brethren, The whole seed of Ephraim.

¹⁶A ty sa nemodli za tento ľud ani nepozdvihuj za nich prosebného kriku a modlitby ani nedobíjaj do mňa, lebo ťa nevyslyším.

¹⁶And thou dost not pray for this people, Nor lift up for them crying and prayer, Nor intercede with Me, for I hear thee not.

¹⁷Či nevidíš, čo robia v mestách Júdových a po uliciach Jeruzalema?

¹⁷Art thou not seeing what they are doing In cities of Judah, and in streets of Jerusalem?

¹⁸Synovia sberajú drevo, a otcovia zapaľujú oheň, a ženy miesia cesto, aby narobily kráľovnej nebies obetných koláčov a aby obetovali iným bohom liate obeti, nato, aby ma popudzovali.

¹⁸The sons are gathering wood, And the fathers are causing the fire to burn, And the women are kneading dough, To make cakes to the queen of the heavens, And to pour out libations to other gods, So as to provoke Me to anger.

¹⁹Či to azda mňa popudzujú? hovorí Hospodin, Či azda nie sami seba, aby hanba pokryla ich tvár?

¹⁹Me are they provoking to anger? an affirmation of Jehovah, Is it not themselves, For the shame of their own faces?

²⁰Preto takto hovorí Pán Hospodin: Hľa, môj hnev a moja prchlivosť sa vyleje na toto miesto, na človeka i na hovädo i na poľný strom i na plod zeme a bude horieť a nezhasne.

²⁰Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah, Lo, Mine anger and My fury is poured out on this place, On man, and beast, and on tree of the field, And on fruit of the ground, And it hath burned, and it is not quenched.

²¹Takto hovorí Hospodin Zástupov, Bôh Izraelov: Soberte svoje zápalné obeti so svojimi bitnými obeťami a jedzte mäso!

²¹Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, Your burnt-offerings add to your sacrifices, And eat ye flesh.

²²Lebo veď som nehovoril s vašimi otcami ani som im neprikázal v deň, v ktorý som ich vyviedol z Egyptskej zeme, o nijakej zápalnej alebo bitnej obeti.

²²For I did not speak with your fathers, Nor did I command them in the day of My bringing them out of the land of Egypt, Concerning the matters of burnt-offering and sacrifice,

²³Ale iba toto som im prikázal a povedal som: Počúvajte na môj hlas, a budem vám Bohom, a vy mi budete ľudom, a budete chodiť po každej ceste, ktorú vám prikážem, aby vám bolo dobre.

²³But this thing I commanded them, saying: Hearken to My voice, And I have been to you for God, And ye — ye are to Me for a people, And have walked in all the way that I command you, So that it is well for you.

²⁴Ale neposlúchli ani nenaklonili svojho ucha, lež chodili podľa uradení, podľa zaťatej umienenosti svojho zlého srdca, a ich kroky boly nazad a nie napred,

²⁴And they have not hearkened, nor inclined their ear, And they walk in the counsels, In the stubbornness, of their evil heart, And are for backward, and not for forward.

²⁵a to tak od toho dňa, ktorého vyšli vaši otcovia z Egyptskej zeme, až do tohoto dňa, a posielal som k vám všetkých svojich služobníkov prorokov deň ako deň skoro za rána a posielajúc znova a znova.

²⁵Even from the day when your fathers Went out of the land of Egypt till this day, I send to you all my servants the prophets, Daily rising early and sending,

²⁶Ale ma nepočúvali ani nenaklonili svojho ucha, ale zatvrdili svoju šiju, robili horšie ako ich otcovia.

²⁶And they have not hearkened unto Me, Nor inclined their ear, and harden their neck, They have done evil above their fathers.

²⁷A tak im budeš hovoriť všetky tieto slová, ale ťa nebudú počúvať, a keď budeš volať na nich, neozvú sa ti.

²⁷And thou hast spoken unto them all these words, And they do not hearken to thee, And thou hast called unto them, And they do not answer thee.

²⁸A povieš im: Toto je ten národ, ktorý nepočúva na hlas Hospodina, svojho Boha, ani neprijíma kázne. Pravda zahynula, a je vyťatá z ich úst.

²⁸And thou hast said unto them: This [is] the nation that hath not hearkened, To the voice of Jehovah its God, Nor have they accepted instruction, Perished hath stedfastness, Yea, it hath been cut off from their mouth.

²⁹Ostrihaj, dcéro Jeruzalema, ozdobu svojej hlavy a odhoď a pozdvihni trúchlospev na vysokých miestach holých, lebo Hospodin zavrhol a opustil pokolenie svojej prchlivosti.

²⁹Cut off thy crown, and cast [it] away, And lift up on high places lamentation, For Jehovah hath rejected, And He leaveth the generation of His wrath.

³⁰Pretože synovia Júdovi robili to, čo je zlé v mojich očiach, hovorí Hospodin: nastaväli svojich hnusôb v dome, nad ktorým je menované moje meno, aby ho poškvrnili.

³⁰For the sons of Judah Have done the evil thing in Mine eyes, An affirmation of Jehovah, They have set their abominations in the house On which My name is called — to defile it,

³¹A nastaväli výšin Tofeta, ktorý je v údolí Ben-hinnoma, aby pálili svojich synov a svoje dcéry ohňom, čoho som neprikázal, a čo ani len nevstúpilo na moje srdce.

³¹And have built the high places of Tophet, That [are] in the valley of the son of Hinnom, To burn their sons and their daughters with fire, Which I did not command, Nor did it come up on My heart.

³²Preto hľa, idú dni, hovorí Hospodin, že sa už viacej nepovie, že vraj Tofet alebo údolie Ben-hinnoma, ale údolie vraždenia, a budú pochovávať v Tofete, pretože nebude inde dosť miesta.

³²Therefore, lo, days are coming, An affirmation of Jehovah, And it is not said any more, `The Tophet,` And `Valley of the son of Hinnom,` But `Valley of the slaughter,` And they have buried in Tophet — without place.

³³A tak bude mŕtve telo tohoto ľudu za pokrm nebeskému vtáctvu a zemským šelmám, a nebude nikoho, kto by zaplašil.

³³And the carcase of this people hath been for food To a fowl of the heavens, and to a beast of the earth, And there is none troubling.

³⁴A spôsobím to, že prestane z miest Júdových a z ulíc Jeruzalema hlas veselosti a hlas radosti, hlas ženícha a hlas nevesty, lebo zem bude pustinou.

³⁴And I have caused to cease from cities of Judah, And from streets of Jerusalem, The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, Voice of bridegroom, and voice of bride, For the land doth become a desolation!