¹Then he cried in my ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause those who are in charge of the city to draw near, every man with his destroying weapon in his hand.

¹A volal v moje uši veľkým hlasom a riekol: Priblížte sa, stráže mesta, a každý svoju zhubnú zbraň vo svojej ruke!

²Behold, six men came from the way of the upper gate, which lies toward the north, every man with his slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man in their midst clothed in linen, with a writer’s inkhorn by his side. They went in, and stood beside the bronze altar.

²A hľa, prišlo šesť mužov od cesty Hornej brány, ktorá je obrátená na sever, a každý mal svoju rozrážajúcu zbraň vo svojej ruke, a jeden muž v ich strede bol oblečený v ľanovom rúchu bielom a kalamár pisára pri jeho bedrách. A vojdúc postavili sa vedľa medeného oltára.

³The glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon it was, to the threshold of the house: and he called to the man clothed in linen, who had the writer’s inkhorn by his side.

³A sláva Boha Izraelovho sa zdvihla zponad cheruba, na ktorom bola, a sostúpila ku prahu domu. A zavolal na muža, oblečeného v ľanové rúcho biele, ktorý mal kalamár pisára pri svojich bedrách,

⁴Yahweh said to him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark on the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry over all the abominations that are done in its midst.

⁴a Hospodin mu riekol: Prejdi stredom mesta, stredom Jeruzalema, a naznači krížik na čelá mužov, ktorí vzdychajú a stenajú nad všetkými tými ohavnosťami, ktoré sa dejú v jeho strede.

⁵To the others he said in my hearing, Go through the city after him, and strike: don’t let your eye spare, neither have pity;

⁵A tamtým povedal v mojej prítomnosti, tak čo som počul na svoje uši: Prejdite mestom za ním a bite! Nech sa nezľutuje vaše oko, ani nešetrite!

⁶kill utterly the old man, the young man and the virgin, and little children and women; but don’t come near any man on whom is the mark: and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the old men that were before the house.

⁶Starca, mládenca, pannu, decko i ženy vraždite ta, aby zahynuli, ale niktorému mužovi, na ktorom je krížik, sa nepribližujte a začnite od mojej svätyne. A tak začali od mužov starcov, ktorí boli pred domom.

⁷He said to them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain. Go forth! They went forth, and struck in the city.

⁷A riekol im: Poškvrňte dom a naplňte jeho dvory pobitými! Vyjdite! Tak vyšli a bili v meste.

⁸It happened, while they were smiting, and I was left, that I fell on my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord Yahweh! will you destroy all the residue of Israel in your pouring out of your wrath on Jerusalem?

⁸A stalo sa, keď bili, a ja som pozostal, že som padol na svoju tvár a skríknuc povedal som: Ach, Pane, Hospodine, či ho zahubíš, všetok ostatok Izraelov, vylievajúc svoju prchlivosť na Jeruzalem?

⁹Then he said to me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perversion: for they say, Yahweh has forsaken the land, and Yahweh doesn’t see.

⁹Na to mi riekol: Neprávosť domu Izraelovho a Júdovho je prenáramne veľká, a zem je naplnená krvou, a mesto je plné prevrátenosti súdu. Lebo hovoria: Hospodin opustil zem, a vraj Hospodin nevidí.

¹⁰As for me also, my eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will bring their way on their head.

¹⁰Preto i ja - nezľutuje sa moje oko, ani nebudem šetriť - preto i ja dám ich cestu na ich hlavu.

¹¹Behold, the man clothed in linen, who had the inkhorn by his side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as you have commanded me.

¹¹A hľa, muž, oblečený v ľanovom rúchu bielom, ktorý mal kalamár pri svojich bedrách, doniesol odpoveď a riekol: Učinil som, ako si mi prikázal.