¹Thus says Yahweh: “For three transgressions of Moab, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime;

¹Takto hovorí Hospodin: Pre troje prestúpení Moába a pre štvoro neodvrátim toho, pretože spálil kosti kráľa Edoma na vápno.

²but I will send a fire on Moab, and it will devour the palaces of Kerioth; and Moab will die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet;

²A preto pošlem oheň na Moába, a strávi paláce Kerijjóta, a Moáb zomrie v surme za vojenného kriku a za zvuku trúby.

³and I will cut off the judge from their midst, and will kill all its princes with him,” says Yahweh.

³A vyplienim sudcu z jeho stredu a všetky jeho kniežatá pobijem s ním, hovorí Hospodin.

⁴Thus says Yahweh: “For three transgressions of Judah, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have rejected Yahweh’s law, and have not kept his statutes, and their lies have led them astray, after which their fathers walked;

⁴Takto hovorí Hospodin: Pre troje prestúpení Júdu a pre štvoro neodvrátim toho, pretože zavrhli zákon Hospodinov a neostríhali jeho ustanovení, a zaviedly ich do bludu ich lži, za ktorými chodili ich otcovia.

⁵But I will send a fire on Judah, and it will devour the palaces of Jerusalem.”

⁵A preto pošlem oheň na Júdu, a strávi paláce Jeruzalema.

⁶Thus says Yahweh: “For three transgressions of Israel, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes;

⁶Takto hovorí Hospodin: Pre troje prestúpení Izraela a pre štvoro neodvrátim toho, pretože predávali spravedlivého za peniaze a núdzneho pre pár obuvi,

⁷They trample on the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and deny justice to the oppressed; and a man and his father use the same maiden, to profane my holy name;

⁷ktorí dychtia po prachu zeme na hlave chudobných a nakrivujú cestu pokorných, a k tomu i syn i jeho otec chodia ku tej istej dievke, aby poškvrňovali meno mojej svätosti.

⁸and they lay themselves down beside every altar on clothes taken in pledge; and in the house of their God The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “Elohim.” they drink the wine of those who have been fined.

⁸A na založených rúchach sa zohýnajú vedľa každého oltára a pijú víno pokutovaných v dome svojho boha,

⁹Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.

⁹kým som ja vyhladil Amoreja zpred ich tvári, ktorého výška bola jako výška cedier, a bol mocný jako duby; no, jednako som zahladil jeho ovocie shora a jeho korene zdola.

¹⁰Also I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and led you forty years in the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.

¹⁰A ja som vás vyviedol hore z Egyptskej zeme a vodil som vás po púšti štyridsať rokov, aby ste dedične vládli zemou Amoreja.

¹¹I raised up some of your sons for prophets, and some of your young men for Nazirites. Isn’t this true, you children of Israel?” says Yahweh.

¹¹A vzbudzoval som zpomedzi vašich synov za prorokov a zpomedzi vašich mládencov za nazarejov. Alebo či nie je tak, synovia Izraelovi? hovorí Hospodin.

¹²“But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink, and commanded the prophets, saying, ‘Don’t prophesy!’

¹²Ale vy ste napájali nazarejov vínom a prorokom ste zakazovali a vraveli: Neprorokujte!

¹³Behold, I will crush you in your place, as a cart crushes that is full of grain.

¹³Hľa, ja budem tlačiť na vás tam, kde ste, jako tlačí voz, plný snopov.

¹⁴Flight will perish from the swift; and the strong won’t strengthen his force; neither shall the mighty deliver himself;

¹⁴A zahynie útočište ľahkému čo do behu, a silný nedodá pevnosti svojej vláde, ani hrdina nezachráni útekom svojej duše,

¹⁵neither shall he stand who handles the bow; and he who is swift of foot won’t escape; neither shall he who rides the horse deliver himself;

¹⁵a ten, kto chytá lučište, neobstojí, a ľahký čo do svojich nôh neunikne, jako ani ten, kto jazdí na koni, nezachráni útekom svojej duše.

¹⁶and he who is courageous among the mighty will flee away naked on that day,” says Yahweh.

¹⁶Ale i ten, kto je zmužilého srdca medzi hrdinami, bude utekať nahý toho dňa, hovorí Hospodin.