¹V tú istú hodinu pristúpili učeníci k Ježišovi a povedali: Kto je tedy väčší v nebeskom kráľovstve?

¹At that hour came the disciples near to Jesus, saying, `Who, now, is greater in the reign of the heavens?`

²A Ježiš privolajúc si dieťa postavil ho do prostredku medzi nich

²And Jesus having called near a child, did set him in the midst of them,

³a povedal: Ameň vám hovorím, keď sa neobrátite a nebudete jako deti, nevojdete nikdy do nebeského kráľovstva.

³and said, `Verily I say to you, if ye may not be turned and become as the children, ye may not enter into the reign of the heavens;

⁴Ktokoľvek sa tedy poníži jako toto dieťa, to je ten väčší v nebeskom kráľovstve.

⁴whoever then may humble himself as this child, he is the greater in the reign of the heavens.

⁵A ktokoľvek by prijal jedno takéto dieťa v mojom mene, mňa prijíma,

⁵`And he who may receive one such child in my name, doth receive me,

⁶a ktokoľvek by pohoršil jedného z týchto maličkých, veriacich vo mňa, tomu by bolo užitočnejšie, aby bol zavesený oslí žernov na jeho šiju, a aby bol ponorený do hlbiny mora.

⁶and whoever may cause to stumble one of those little ones who are believing in me, it is better for him that a weighty millstone may be hanged upon his neck, and he may be sunk in the depth of the sea.

⁷Beda svetu pre pohoršenia. Lebo pohoršenia musia prijsť, ale beda človekovi, skrze ktorého prichádza pohoršenie.

⁷`Wo to the world from the stumbling-blocks! for there is a necessity for the stumbling-blocks to come, but wo to that man through whom the stumbling-block doth come!

⁸A jestli ťa pohoršuje tvoja ruka alebo tvoja noha, odtni ju a zahoď od seba. Lepšie ti je, aby si vošiel do života chromý alebo okyptený, než aby si mal dve ruky a dve nohy a bol uvrhnutý do večného ohňa.

⁸`And if thy hand or thy foot doth cause thee to stumble, cut them off and cast from thee; it is good for thee to enter into the life lame or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet, to be cast to the fire the age-during.

⁹A jestli ťa pohoršuje tvoje oko, vylúp ho a zahoď od seba. Lepšie ti je, aby si vošiel do života jednooký, než aby si mal dve oči a bol uvrhnutý do ohnivého pekla.

⁹`And if thine eye doth cause thee to stumble, pluck it out and cast from thee; it is good for thee one-eyed to enter into the life, rather than having two eyes to be cast to the gehenna of the fire.

¹⁰Hľaďte, aby ste neopovrhli niktorým z týchto maličkých! Lebo vám hovorím, že ich anjelia v nebesiach ustavične hľadia na tvár môjho Otca, ktorý je v nebesiach.

¹⁰`Beware! — ye may not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you, that their messengers in the heavens do always behold the face of my Father who is in the heavens,

¹¹Lebo Syn človeka prišiel, aby spasil to, čo bolo zahynulo.

¹¹for the Son of Man did come to save the lost.

¹²Čo sa vám zdá, keby mal niektorý človek sto oviec, a keby jedna z nich zablúdila, či nezanechá tých deväťdesiatdeväť na vrchoch a nejde a nehľadá tej zablúdilej?

¹²`What think ye? if a man may have an hundred sheep, and there may go astray one of them, doth he not — having left the ninety-nine, having gone on the mountains — seek that which is gone astray?

¹³A keď sa stane, že ju najde, ameň vám hovorím, že sa jej viacej raduje ako tým deväťdesiatim deviatim nepoblúdilým.

¹³and if it may come to pass that he doth find it, verily I say to you, that he doth rejoice over it more than over the ninety-nine that have not gone astray;

¹⁴Zrovna tak, nie je vôľa vašeho Otca, ktorý je v nebesiach, aby zahynulo čo len jedno z týchto maličkých.

¹⁴so it is not will in presence of your Father who is in the heavens, that one of these little ones may perish.

¹⁵A keby zhrešil proti tebe tvoj brat, idi potresci ho medzi sebou a ním samým. Keď ťa počúvne, získal si svojho brata.

¹⁵`And if thy brother may sin against thee, go and show him his fault between thee and him alone, if he may hear thee, thou didst gain thy brother;

¹⁶A keby nepočúvnul, pojmi so sebou ešte jedného alebo dvoch, aby na ústach dvoch svedkov alebo troch bolo postavené každé slovo.

¹⁶and if he may not hear, take with thee yet one or two, that by the mouth of two witnesses or three every word may stand.

¹⁷A keby ich nepočúvnul, povedz to cirkvi; a keby nepočúvnul ani cirkvi, nech ti je ako pohan a publikán.

¹⁷`And if he may not hear them, say [it] to the assembly, and if also the assembly he may not hear, let him be to thee as the heathen man and the tax-gatherer.

¹⁸Ameň vám hovorím: Všetko, čo by ste sviazali na zemi, bude sviazané aj na nebi; a všetko, čo by ste rozviazali na zemi, bude rozviazané aj na nebi.

¹⁸`Verily I say to you, Whatever things ye may bind upon the earth shall be having been bound in the heavens, and whatever things ye may loose on the earth shall be having been loosed in the heavens.

¹⁹A zase vám hovorím, že keď sa dvaja z vás shodnú na zemi o jakejkoľvek veci, za ktorú by prosili, stane sa im od môjho Otca, ktorý je v nebesiach.

¹⁹`Again, I say to you, that, if two of you may agree on the earth concerning anything, whatever they may ask — it shall be done to them from my Father who is in the heavens,

²⁰Lebo kde sú dvaja alebo traja shromaždení v mojom mene, tam som i ja v ich strede.

²⁰for where there are two or three gathered together — to my name, there am I in the midst of them.`

²¹Vtedy pristúpil k nemu Peter a povedal: Pane, koľko ráz zhreší proti mne môj brat, a odpustím mu? Či do sedem ráz?

²¹Then Peter having come near to him, said, `Sir, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him — till seven times?`

²²Ježiš mu rečie: Nehovorím ti, že do sedem ráz, ale až do sedemdesiatsedem ráz.

²²Jesus saith to him, `I do not say to thee till seven times, but till seventy times seven.

²³Preto je podobné nebeské kráľovstvo človeku kráľovi, ktorý sa chcel porátať so svojimi sluhami.

²³`Because of this was the reign of the heavens likened to a man, a king, who did will to take reckoning with his servants,

²⁴A keď začal rátať, privedený mu bol jeden dlžník, ktorý mu bol dlžen desať tisíc hrivien.

²⁴and he having begun to take account, there was brought near to him one debtor of a myriad of talents,

²⁵Ale, že nemal ako zaplatiť, rozkázal ho jeho pán predať i jeho ženu i deti i všetko, čo mal, a zaplatiť.

²⁵and he having nothing to pay, his lord did command him to be sold, and his wife, and the children, and all, whatever he had, and payment to be made.

²⁶Tedy padnul pred ním sluha, klaňal sa mu a hovoril: Pane, pozhovej mi, a všetko ti zaplatím.

²⁶The servant then, having fallen down, was bowing to him, saying, Sir, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all;

²⁷A pán toho sluhu, milosrdenstvom hnutý, prepustil ho a dlžobu mu odpustil.

²⁷and the lord of that servant having been moved with compassion did release him, and the debt he forgave him.

²⁸Ale ten istý sluha vyjdúc našiel jedného zo svojich spolusluhov, ktorý mu bol dlžen sto denárov, a pochytil ho a hrdúsil hovoriac: Zaplať mi, čo si dlžen!

²⁸`And, that servant having come forth, found one of his fellow-servants who was owing him an hundred denaries, and having laid hold, he took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that which thou owest.

²⁹Tedy padnul jeho spolusluha k jeho nohám, prosil ho a hovoril: Pozhovej mi a všetko ti zaplatím.

²⁹His fellow-servant then, having fallen down at his feet, was calling on him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all;

³⁰Ale on nechcel, lež odišiel a hodil ho do žalára, dokiaľ by nezaplatil toho, čo bol dlžen.

³⁰and he would not, but having gone away, he cast him into prison, till he might pay that which was owing.

³¹A keď videli jeho spolusluhovia, čo sa stalo, zarmútili sa veľmi a prišli a porozprávali svojmu pánovi všetko, čo sa stalo.

³¹`And his fellow-servants having seen the things that were done, were grieved exceedingly, and having come, shewed fully to their lord all the things that were done;

³²Vtedy si ho zavolal jeho pán a povedal mu: Zlý sluha, všetok ten dlh som ti odpustil, pretože si ma prosil;

³²then having called him, his lord saith to him, Evil servant! all that debt I did forgive thee, seeing thou didst call upon me,

³³či si sa teda i ty nemal zmilovať nad svojím spolusluhom, ako som sa i ja zmiloval nad tebou?

³³did it not behove also thee to have dealt kindly with thy fellow-servant, as I also dealt kindly with thee?

³⁴A jeho pán, rozhnevaný, vydal ho mučiteľom, dokiaľ by nezaplatil všetkého, čo mu bol dlžen.

³⁴`And having been wroth, his lord delivered him to the inquisitors, till he might pay all that was owing to him;

³⁵Tak i môj nebeský Otec učiní vám, keď neodpustíte jeden každý svojmu bratovi zo srdca ich previnení.

³⁵so also my heavenly Father will do to you, if ye may not forgive each one his brother from your hearts their trespasses.`