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

¹In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who then is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?”

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

²Jesus called a little child to himself, and set him in their midst,

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

³and said, “Most certainly I tell you, unless you turn, and become as little children, you will in no way enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.

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

⁴ Whoever therefore humbles himself as this little child, the same is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.

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

⁵ Whoever receives one such little child in my name receives 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.

⁶ but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him that a huge millstone should be hung around his neck, and that he should be sunk in the depths of the sea.

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

⁷ “Woe to the world because of occasions of stumbling! For it must be that the occasions come, but woe to that person through whom the occasion comes!

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 If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life maimed or crippled, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the eternal fire.

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 If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehenna or, Hell of 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 See that you don’t despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.

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

¹¹ For the Son of Man came to save that which was 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 do you think? If a man has one hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine, go to the mountains, and seek that which has gone astray?

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

¹³ If he finds it, most certainly I tell you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine which have not gone astray.

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

¹⁴ Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.

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

¹⁵ “If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother.

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

¹⁶ But if he doesn’t listen, take one or two more with you, that at the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. Deuteronomy 19:15

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

¹⁷ If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the assembly. If he refuses to hear the assembly also, let him be to you as a Gentile or a tax collector.

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 Most certainly I tell you, whatever things you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever things you release on earth will have been released in heaven.

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, assuredly I tell you, that if two of you will agree on earth concerning anything that they will ask, it will be done for them by my Father who is in heaven.

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

²⁰ For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in their midst.”

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

²¹Then Peter came and said to him, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?”

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

²²Jesus said to him, “I don’t tell you until seven times, but, until seventy times seven.

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

²³ Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who wanted to reconcile accounts with his servants.

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

²⁴ When he had begun to reconcile, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents. Ten thousand talents represents an extremely large sum of money, equivalent to about 60,000,000 denarii, where one denarius was typical of one day’s wages for agricultural labor.

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

²⁵ But because he couldn’t pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, with his wife, his children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.

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

²⁶ The servant therefore fell down and kneeled before him, saying, ‘Lord, have patience with me, and I will repay you all!’

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

²⁷ The lord of that servant, being moved with compassion, released him, and forgave him the debt.

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 “But that servant went out, and found one of his fellow servants, who owed him one hundred denarii, 100 denarii was about one sixtieth of a talent. and he grabbed him, and took him by the throat, saying, ‘Pay me what you owe!’

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

²⁹ “So his fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him, saying, ‘Have patience with me, and I will repay you!’

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

³⁰ He would not, but went and cast him into prison, until he should pay back that which was due.

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

³¹ So when his fellow servants saw what was done, they were exceedingly sorry, and came and told to their lord all that was done.

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

³² Then his lord called him in, and said to him, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt, because you begged me.

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

³³ Shouldn’t you also have had mercy on your fellow servant, even as I had mercy on you?’

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

³⁴ His lord was angry, and delivered him to the tormentors, until he should pay all that was due to him.

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

³⁵ So my heavenly Father will also do to you, if you don’t each forgive your brother from your hearts for his misdeeds.”