¹A povedal som: Nože počujte, hlavy Jakobove a kniežatá domu Izraelovho! Či nie je to vašou vecou, aby ste znali súd?

¹And I say, `Hear, I pray you, heads of Jacob, And ye judges of the house of Israel, Is it not for you to know the judgment?

²Vy, ktorí nenávidíte dobré a milujete zlé, ktorí sdierate s nich ich kožu a ich mäso s ich kostí!

²Ye who are hating good, and loving evil, Taking violently their skin from off them, And their flesh from off their bones,

³A ktorí jedia mäso môjho ľudu a sťahujú s nich ich kožu a ich kosti lámu a sekajú na kusy jako do hrnca a jako mäso do kotla.

³And who have eaten the flesh of My people, And their skin from off them have stript, And their bones they have broken, And they have spread [them] out as in a pot, And as flesh in the midst of a caldron.

⁴No, vtedy budú kričať k Hospodinovi, ale sa im neozve, lež skryje pred nimi svoju tvár toho času, tak ako oni vykonávali svoje zlé skutky.

⁴Then do they cry unto Jehovah, And He doth not answer them, And hideth His face from them at that time, As they have made evil their doings.

⁵Takto hovorí Hospodin o prorokoch, ktorí uvodia môj ľud do bludu, ktorí hryzú svojimi zubami a volajú: Pokoj, a proti tomu, kto nedá nič na ich ústa, zasväcujú vojnu.

⁵Thus said Jehovah concerning the prophets Who are causing My people to err, Who are biting with their teeth, And have cried `Peace,` And he who doth not give unto their mouth, They have sanctified against him war.

⁶Preto vám bude noc pre videnie a tma vám pre veštenie. A tak zajde slnce nad tými prorokmi, a na čierno zatmie sa nad nimi deň.

⁶Therefore a night ye have without vision, And darkness ye have without divination, And gone in hath the sun on the prophets, And black over them hath been the day.

⁷A vidiaci sa budú hanbiť a budú rumenieť veštci, a všetci, koľko ich je, zastrú svoju bradu, lebo nebude odpovedi Božej.

⁷And ashamed have been the seers, And confounded have been the diviners, And covered their lip have all of them, For their is no answer, O God.

⁸Ale ja som plný sily čo do Ducha Hospodinovho a súdu a udatnosti, aby som oznámil Jakobovi jeho prestúpenie a Izraelovi jeho hriech.

⁸And yet I have been full of power by the Spirit of Jehovah, And of judgment, and of might, To declare to Jacob his transgression, And to Israel his sin.

⁹Nože počujte to, hlavy domu Jakobovho a kniežatá domu Izraelovho, ktorí máte súd v ohavnosti a všetko, čo je pravé, prevraciate!

⁹Hear this, I pray you, heads of the house of Jacob, And ye judges of the house of Israel, Who are making judgment abominable, And all uprightness do pervert.

¹⁰Každý stavia Sion krvou a Jeruzalem neprávosťou!

¹⁰Building up Zion with blood, And Jerusalem with iniquity.

¹¹Jeho hlavy súdia za úplatok, a jeho kňazi vyučujú za plácu, jeho proroci veštia za peniaze a pritom sa spoliehajú na Hospodina a hovoria: Či nie je Hospodin v našom strede? Neprijde na nás zlé.

¹¹Her heads for a bribe do judge, And her priests for hire do teach, And her prophets for silver divine, And on Jehovah they lean, saying, `Is not Jehovah in our midst? Evil doth not come in upon us.`

¹²Preto bude pre vás Sion oraný jako pole, Jeruzalem bude hromadami rozvalín a vrch toho domu výšinami lesa.

¹²Therefore, for your sake, Zion is ploughed a field, and Jerusalem is heaps, And the mount of the house [is] for high places of a forest!