¹Then came certain of the elders of Israel to me, and sat before me.

¹Potom prišli ku mne nejakí mužovia zo starších Izraelových a sedeli predo mnou.

²The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

²A stalo sa slovo Hospodinovo ku mne povediac:

³Son of man, these men have taken their idols into their heart, and put the stumbling block of their iniquity before their face: should I be inquired of at all by them?

³Synu človeka, títo mužovia vzložili svojich ukydaných bohov na svoje srdce a závadu padnúť do svojej neprávosti položili pred svoju tvár. Či by sa ma tí mali pýtať, a ja im odpovedať?

⁴Therefore speak to them, and tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Every man of the house of Israel who takes his idols into his heart, and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and comes to the prophet; I Yahweh will answer him therein according to the multitude of his idols;

⁴Preto im hovor a povieš im: Takto hovorí Pán Hospodin: Každému z domu Izraelovho, kto by si vzložil svojich ukydaných bohov na svoje srdce a závadu padať do svojej neprávosti by položil pred svoju tvár a prišiel by k prorokovi, tomu ja Hospodin odpoviem podľa toho, podľa množstva jeho ukydaných bohov,

⁵that I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols.

⁵aby som lapil dom Izraelov za ich srdce, pretože odcudziac sa mi odvrátili sa odo mňa pre svojich ukydaných bohov, všetci, koľko ich je.

⁶Therefore tell the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Return, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.

⁶Preto povedz domu Izraelovmu: Takto hovorí Pán Hospodin: Obráťte sa a odvráťte od svojich ukydaných bohov a od všetkých svojich ohavností odvráťte svoju tvár!

⁷For everyone of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who live in Israel, who separates himself from me, and takes his idols into his heart, and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and comes to the prophet to inquire for himself of me; I Yahweh will answer him by myself:

⁷Lebo ktokoľvek z domu Izraelovho alebo z pohostínov, ktorý pohostíni v Izraelovi, kto by sa oddelil nenasledujúc ma a vzložil by svojich ukydaných bohov na svoje srdce a závadu svojej neprávosti na padnutie by položil pred svoju tvár a prišiel by k prorokovi dopytovať sa ma za seba, tomu odpoviem ja Hospodin svojím spôsobom.

⁸and I will set my face against that man, and will make him an astonishment, for a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and you shall know that I am Yahweh.

⁸A obrátim svoju tvár proti tomu človekovi a zdrtím ho tak, že bude za znamenie a príslovia, a vytnem ho zpomedzi svojho ľudu, a zviete, že ja som Hospodin.

⁹If the prophet is deceived and speak a word, I, Yahweh, have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand on him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.

⁹A prorok, keby sa dal naviesť, a hovoril by slovo, ja Hospodin navediem toho proroka a vystriem svoju ruku na neho a vyhladím ho zpomedzi svojho ľudu Izraela.

¹⁰They shall bear their iniquity: the iniquity of the prophet shall be even as the iniquity of him who seeks him;

¹⁰A tak ponesú svoju neprávosť; aká bude neprávosť toho, kto sa bude pýtať, taká bude i neprávosť prorokova,

¹¹that the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither defile themselves any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God, says the Lord Yahweh.

¹¹aby neblúdili viacej, dom Izraelov, nenasledujúc ma ani aby sa nepoškvrňovali viacej všelijakými svojimi prestúpeniami, ale aby mi boli ľudom, a ja im budem Bohom, hovorí Pán Hospodin.

¹²The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

¹²A stalo sa slovo Hospodinovo ku mne povediac:

¹³Son of man, when a land sins against me by committing a trespass, and I stretch out my hand on it, and break the staff of its bread, and send famine on it, and cut off from it man and animal;

¹³Synu človeka, keby zhrešila proti mne zem dopustiac sa nevernosti, a keby som vystrel na ňu svoju ruku a polámal by som jej palicu chleba a poslal by som na ňu hlad a vyplienil by som z nej človeka i hovädo,

¹⁴though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, says the Lord Yahweh.

¹⁴a keby boli v nej títo traja mužovia: Noach, Daniel a Job, oni vo svojej spravedlivosti by vytrhli len svoju dušu, hovorí Pán Hospodin.

¹⁵If I cause evil animals to pass through the land, and they ravage it, and it be made desolate, so that no man may pass through because of the animals;

¹⁵Keby som uviedol ľútu zver na zem, a osirotila by ju, a bola by pustá na toľko, že by neišiel nikto cez ňu pre zver,

¹⁶though these three men were in it, as I live, says the Lord Yahweh, they should deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only should be delivered, but the land should be desolate.

¹⁶hoci by boli títo traja mužovia v nej, ako že ja žijem, hovorí Pán Hospodin, nevytrhli by synov ani dcér; oni sami by boli vytrhnutí, a zem by bola pustinou.

¹⁷Or if I bring a sword on that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off from it man and animal;

¹⁷Alebo keby som uviedol meč na tú zem a keby som povedal: Meču, prejdi zemou! a keby som z nej vyplienil človeka i hovädo,

¹⁸though these three men were in it, as I live, says the Lord Yahweh, they should deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only should be delivered themselves.

¹⁸a čo by boli títo traja mužovia v nej, ako že ja žijem, hovorí Pán Hospodin, nevytrhli by synov ani dcér, ale iba oni sami by boli vytrhnutí.

¹⁹Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my wrath on it in blood, to cut off from it man and animal;

¹⁹Alebo keby som poslal mor na tú istú zem a vylial by som na ňu svoju prchlivosť v krvi, aby som vyplienil z nej človeka i hovädo,

²⁰though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, says the Lord Yahweh, they should deliver neither son nor daughter; they should but deliver their own souls by their righteousness.

²⁰a Noach, Daniel a Job by boli v nej, ako že ja žijem, hovorí Pán Hospodin, že by nevytrhli syna ani dcéry; oni vo svojej spravedlivosti by vytrhli iba svoju dušu.

²¹For thus says the Lord Yahweh: How much more when I send my four severe judgments on Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the evil animals, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and animal!

²¹Lebo takto hovorí Pán Hospodin: Tým menej vytrhnú potom, keď pošlem svoje štyri zlé súdy, meč a hlad a ľútu zver a mor na Jeruzalem vyplieniť z neho človeka i hovädo!

²²Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be carried forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth to you, and you shall see their way and their doings; and you shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought on Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought on it.

²²A hľa, pozostane v ňom niečo uniklé, tí, ktorí budú vyvedení von, synovia a dcéry; hľa, tí vyjdú k vám, a uvidíte ich cestu a ich skutky a potešíte sa nad zlom, ktoré uvediem na Jeruzalem, nad všetkým tým, čo uvediem naň.

²³They shall comfort you, when you see their way and their doings; and you shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, says the Lord Yahweh.

²³A potešia vás, keď uvidíte ich cestu a ich skutky a zviete, že nie darmo som učinil všetko to, čo som učinil na ňom, hovorí Pán Hospodin.