¹The word of Yahweh came to me again, saying,

¹A stalo sa slovo Hospodinovo ku mne povediac:

²What do you mean, that you use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge?

²Čo tým chcete, vy, ktorí hovoríte v zemi Izraelovej také príslovie, že vraj otcovia jedli hroznové nedozrelky, a synom stŕply zuby?

³As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, you shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel.

³Jako že ja žijem, hovorí Pán Hospodin, že nebudete mať viacej ako používať to príslovie v Izraelovi.

⁴Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul who sins, he shall die.

⁴Hľa, všetky duše sú moje; jako duša otcova tak i duša synova je moja; duša, ktorá hreší, tá zomrie.

⁵But if a man is just, and does that which is lawful and right,

⁵A keby bol niektorý človek spravedlivý a činil by súd a spravedlivosť,

⁶and has not eaten on the mountains, neither has lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither has defiled his neighbor’s wife, neither has come near to a woman in her impurity,

⁶na vrchoch by nejedol ani by nepozdvihnul svojich očí k ukydaným bohom domu Izraelovho a ženy svojho blížneho by nepoškvrnil ani by sa nepriblížil k žene v jej nečistote

⁷and has not wronged any, but has restored to the debtor his pledge, has taken nothing by robbery, has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment;

⁷a nikoho by neutiskoval a vrátil by jeho záloh, vzatý za dlh, cudzieho násilne by nevzal a svojho chleba by dával lačnému a priodieval by nahého rúchom;

⁸he who has not given forth on interest, neither has taken any increase, who has withdrawn his hand from iniquity, has executed true justice between man and man,

⁸na úžeru by nedal ani by nevzal úroku, od neprávosti by odvracal svoju ruku a činil by súd pravdy medzi človekom a človekom;

⁹has walked in my statutes, and has kept my ordinances, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, says the Lord Yahweh.

⁹keby chodil v mojich ustanoveniach a ostríhal by moje súdy činiac pravdu, spravedlivý ten istotne bude žiť, hovorí Pán Hospodin.

¹⁰If he fathers a son who is a robber, a shedder of blood, and who does any one of these things,

¹⁰Ale keby splodil syna lotra, ktorý by vylieval krv a vykonal by bratovi niektorú z tých vecí,

¹¹and who does not any of those duties, but even has eaten on the mountains, and defiled his neighbor’s wife,

¹¹a tamtoho by nečinil ničoho, ale ešte by aj jedol na vrchoch a poškvrnil by ženu svojho blížneho;

¹²has wronged the poor and needy, has taken by robbery, has not restored the pledge, and has lifted up his eyes to the idols, has committed abomination,

¹²biedneho a chudobného by utiskoval a bral by násilne cudzie, zálohu by nevrátil a pozdvihol by svoje oči k ukydaným bohom, ohavnosť vykonal;

¹³has given forth on interest, and has taken increase; shall he then live? he shall not live: he has done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be on him.

¹³keby dával na úžeru a bral by úrok, či azda bude žiť? Nebude žiť! Vykonal všetky tie ohavnosti; istotne zomrie; jeho krv nech je na ňom!

¹⁴Now, behold, if he fathers a son, who sees all his father’s sins, which he has done, and fears, and does not such like;

¹⁴A zase hľa, keby niektorý človek splodil syna, ktorý by videl všetky hriechy svojho otca, ktoré spáchal, a vidiac to nečinil by tak;

¹⁵who has not eaten on the mountains, neither has lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, has not defiled his neighbor’s wife,

¹⁵na vrchoch by nejedol ani by nepozdvihol svojich očí k ukydaným bohom domu Izraelovho, ženy svojho blížneho by nepoškvrnil

¹⁶neither has wronged any, has not taken anything to pledge, neither has taken by robbery, but has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment;

¹⁶a neutiskoval by nikoho, zálohu by nezadržal ani by násilne nevzal cudzieho, svojho chleba by dával lačnému a priodial by nahého rúchom;

¹⁷who has withdrawn his hand from the poor, who has not received interest nor increase, has executed my ordinances, has walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.

¹⁷od biedneho by odvrátil svoju ruku, nevzal by úžery ani úroku, moje súdy by činil a chodil by v mojich ustanoveniach, ten nezomrie pre neprávosť svojho otca; istotne bude žiť.

¹⁸As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, robbed his brother, and did that which is not good among his people, behold, he shall die in his iniquity.

¹⁸Jeho otec, pretože krute utláčal, násilne bral cudzie veci bratove a to, čo nie je dobré, robil prostred svojho ľudu, preto hľa, zomrie pre svoju neprávosť.

¹⁹Yet you say, Why doesn’t the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son has done that which is lawful and right, and has kept all my statutes, and has done them, he shall surely live.

¹⁹A keby ste riekli: Prečo nenesie syn neprávosti otcovej? Ale syn činil súd a spravedlivosť, ostríhal všetky moje ustanovenia a činil ich; istotne bude žiť!

²⁰The soul who sins, he shall die: the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous shall be on him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be on him.

²⁰Duša, ktorá hreší, tá zomrie. Syn neponesie neprávosti otcovej, ani otec neponesie neprávosti synovej. Spravedlivosť spravedlivého bude na ňom, a tiež i bezbožnosť bezbožného bude na ňom, na bezbožnom.

²¹But if the wicked turn from all his sins that he has committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

²¹A keby sa bezbožný odvrátil od všetkých svojich hriechov, ktoré robil, a ostríhal by všetky moje ustanovenia a činil by súd a spravedlivosť, istotne bude žiť; nezomrie.

²²None of his transgressions that he has committed shall be remembered against him: in his righteousness that he has done he shall live.

²²Niktoré z jeho prestúpení, ktorých sa dopustil, sa mu nespomenú; vo svojej spravedlivosti, ktorú činil, bude žiť!

²³Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked? says the Lord Yahweh; and not rather that he should return from his way, and live?

²³Či mám azda záľubu v smrti bezbožného, hovorí Pán Hospodin, či azda nie v tom, aby sa odvrátil od svojich ciest a žil?

²⁴But when the righteous turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and does according to all the abominations that the wicked man does, shall he live? None of his righteous deeds that he has done shall be remembered: in his trespass that he has trespassed, and in his sin that he has sinned, in them shall he die.

²⁴A keby sa odvrátil spravedlivý od svojej spravedlivosti a páchal by neprávosť robiac podľa všetkých ohavností, ktoré robí bezbožný, či azda bude žiť? Niktorá jeho spravedlivosť, ktorú činil, nespomenie sa. Pre svoju vierolomnosť, ktorej sa dopustil, a pre svoj hriech, ktorý spáchal, pre tie veci zomrie.

²⁵Yet you say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, house of Israel: Is my way not equal? Aren’t your ways unequal?

²⁵A hovoríte: Nie je pravá cesta Pánova. Nože počujte, dome Izraelov: Či moja cesta nie je pravá? Či azda nie sú to vaše cesty, ktoré nie sú pravé?

²⁶When the righteous man turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and dies therein; in his iniquity that he has done shall he die.

²⁶Keby sa odvrátil spravedlivý od svojej spravedlivosti a páchal by neprávosť a v tom by zomrel, zomrie pre svoju neprávosť, ktorú páchal.

²⁷Again, when the wicked man turns away from his wickedness that he has committed, and does that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.

²⁷A zase keby sa odvrátil bezbožný od svojej bezbožnosti, ktorú robil, a činil by súd a spravedlivosť, ten zachová svoju dušu pri živote.

²⁸Because he considers, and turns away from all his transgressions that he has committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

²⁸A keby videl a odvrátil by sa od všetkých svojich prestúpení, ktorých sa dopúšťal, istotne bude žiť, nezomrie.

²⁹Yet the house of Israel says, “The way of the Lord is not fair.” House of Israel, aren’t my ways fair? Aren’t your ways unfair?

²⁹A dom Izraelov hovoria: Nie je pravá cesta Pánova. Ale či moje cesty nie sú pravé, dome Izraelov? Či azda nie sú to vaše cesty, ktoré nie sú pravé?

³⁰Therefore I will judge you, house of Israel, everyone according to his ways, says the Lord Yahweh. Return, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.

³⁰Preto vás budem súdiť, každého podľa jeho ciest, dome Izraelov, hovorí Pán Hospodin. Navráťte sa a odvráťte sa od všetkých svojich prestúpení, a nebude vám neprávosť na závadu, klesnúť.

³¹Cast away from you all your transgressions, in which you have transgressed; and make yourself a new heart and a new spirit: for why will you die, house of Israel?

³¹Odvrhnite od seba všetky svoje prestúpenia, ktorými ste prestupovali, a zadovážte si nové srdce a nového ducha! Lebo veď načo máte zomrieť, dome Izraelov?

³²For I have no pleasure in the death of him who dies, says the Lord Yahweh: therefore turn yourselves, and live.

³²Lebo nemám záľuby v smrti zomierajúceho, hovorí Pán Hospodin. Obráťte sa tedy a žite!