¹A stalo sa slovo Hospodinovo ku mne povediac:

¹The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

²Synu človeka, zahádaj hádanku a povedz domu Izraelovmu podobenstvo

²Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel;

³a povieš: Takto hovorí Pán Hospodin: Veľký orol velikých krýdel s dlhými brkami, plný strakatého peria, priletel na Libanon a vzal jemný vrchol cedry;

³and say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: A great eagle with great wings and long feathers, full of feathers, which had various colors, came to Lebanon, and took the top of the cedar:

⁴odlomil čo bolo najvýbornejšie jeho mládnikov a zaniesol to do kupeckej zeme, složil to v meste obchodníkov.

⁴he cropped off the topmost of the young twigs of it, and carried it to a land of traffic; he set it in a city of merchants.

⁵Potom vzal zo semena zeme a dal ho do osevného poľa, kde bralo vlahu nad mnohými vodami; učinil ho sťa vrbinu.

⁵He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful soil; he placed it beside many waters; he set it as a willow tree.

⁶A tak rástol a bol z neho rozvetvený vinič bujný nízkej postavy, ktorý obracal svoje vetvi k nemu, k orlovi, a jeho korene boly pod ním. A stal sa viničom a vyhnal konáre a vypustil listnaté výhonky.

⁶It grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and its roots were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.

⁷Ale bol iný orol veľký velikých krýdel a mnohého peria. A hľa, ten istý vinič ovinul svoje korene o neho a svoje vetvi vypustil po ňom, aby ho zvlažoval zo záhonov jeho sadu.

⁷There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and behold, this vine bent its roots toward him, and shot forth its branches toward him, from the beds of its plantation, that he might water it.

⁸Zasadený bol na dobrom poli a pri mnohých vodách, aby vyhnal haluzi a niesol ovocie, aby bol krásnym viničom.

⁸It was planted in a good soil by many waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine.

⁹Povedz: Takto hovorí Pán Hospodin: Či sa podarí? Či azda nevytrhá jeho koreňov a neoseká jeho ovocia, a neuschne? Všetky zelené letorasty, vyrastlé z neho, uschnú, a nebude treba veľkého ramena ani mnohého ľudu zdvihnúť ho od jeho koreňov.

⁹Say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up its roots, and cut off its fruit, that it may wither; that all its fresh springing leaves may wither? and not by a strong arm or many people can it be raised from its roots.

¹⁰Tedy hľa, hoci je zasadený, či sa aj podarí? Či azda hneď, ako sa ho dotkne východný vietor, neuschne? Na záhonoch, na ktorých rástol, uschne!

¹⁰Yes, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind touches it? it shall wither in the beds where it grew.

¹¹A stalo sa slovo Hospodinovo ku mne povediac:

¹¹Moreover the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

¹²Nože povedz tomu spurnému domu: Či neviete, čo to znamená? Povedz: Hľa, prišiel babylonský kráľ do Jeruzalema a vzal jeho kráľa i jeho kniežatá a zaviedol ich k sebe do Babylona.

¹²Say now to the rebellious house, Don’t you know what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took its king, and its princes, and brought them to him to Babylon:

¹³A vzal z kráľovského semena a učinil s ním smluvu, zaviazal ho prísahou a pobral mocných zeme.

¹³and he took of the seed royal, and made a covenant with him; he also brought him under an oath, and took away the mighty of the land;

¹⁴aby to bolo nízke kráľovstvo, aby sa nepozdvihovalo, aby zachovávalo jeho smluvu, aby tak stálo.

¹⁴that the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping his covenant it might stand.

¹⁵Ale sa mu sprotivil pošlúc svojich poslov do Egypta, aby mu dal kone a mnoho ľudu. Či sa mu podarí? Či ujde pomste ten, kto robí také veci? Zrušil smluvu a mal by uniknúť?

¹⁵But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and many people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape who does such things? shall he break the covenant, and yet escape?

¹⁶Ako že ja žijem, hovorí Pán Hospodin, že na mieste kráľa, ktorý ho učinil kráľom, ktorého prísahou pohŕdol a ktorého smluvu zrušil, u neho zomrie, v Babylone.

¹⁶As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, surely in the place where the king dwells who made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he broke, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die.

¹⁷Ani nebude s veľkým vojskom a s mnohým zástupom konať s ním faraon v boji, keď nasypú val a vystavia hradbu vyplieniť mnohé duše.

¹⁷Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company help him in the war, when they cast up mounds and build forts, to cut off many persons.

¹⁸Pohŕdol prísahou zrušiac smluvu a hľa, dal svoju ruku a vykonal všetko to; neunikne!

¹⁸For he has despised the oath by breaking the covenant; and behold, he had given his hand, and yet has done all these things; he shall not escape.

¹⁹Preto takto hovorí Pán Hospodin: Ako že ja žijem, tak isté je, že dám svoju prísahu, ktorou pohŕdol, a svoju smluvu, ktorú zrušil, na jeho hlavu.

¹⁹Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: As I live, surely my oath that he has despised, and my covenant that he has broken, I will even bring it on his own head.

²⁰A rozostriem na neho svoju sieť, a bude lapený do môjho vleku, a dovediem ho do Babylona a budem sa tam s ním súdiť pre jeho vierolomnosť, ktorej sa dopustil proti mne.

²⁰I will spread my net on him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will enter into judgment with him there for his trespass that he has trespassed against me.

²¹A všetci jeho uprchlíci vo všetkých jeho hejnách popadajú mečom, a tí, ktorí pozostanú, budú rozptýlení vo všetky vetry, a zviete, že ja Hospodin som hovoril.

²¹All his fugitives in all his bands shall fall by the sword, and those who remain shall be scattered toward every wind: and you shall know that I, Yahweh, have spoken it.

²²Takto hovorí Pán Hospodin: Ale potom ja vezmem z jemného vrchola tej vysokej cedry a dám do zeme; odlomím útly prútik z najvýbornejšieho jeho mládnikov a zasadím ja na vysokom vrchu a vyvýšenom.

²²Thus says the Lord Yahweh: I will also take of the lofty top of the cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and I will plant it on a high and lofty mountain:

²³Na vrchu výšiny Izraelovej ho zasadím, a vyženie haluzi a ponesie ovocie a bude slávnou cedrou, a budú bývať pod ním všelijakí vtáci všelijakých krýdel; v tôni jeho vetiev budú bývať.

²³in the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it; and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all birds of every wing; in the shade of its branches shall they dwell.

²⁴A tak zvedia všetky stromy poľa, že ja Hospodin som ponížil vysoký strom a vyvýšil som nízky strom; vysušil som zelený strom a spôsobil som to, aby rozkvitol suchý strom. Ja Hospodin som hovoril aj učiním.

²⁴All the trees of the field shall know that I, Yahweh, have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish; I, Yahweh, have spoken and have done it.