¹Israel is a luxuriant vine that puts forth his fruit. According to the abundance of his fruit he has multiplied his altars. As their land has prospered, they have adorned their sacred stones.

¹Izrael je bujný vinič, nesie ovocie rovné sebe; ale čím viacej jeho ovocia, tým viacej rozmnožuje svoje oltáre; čím lepšia jeho zem, tým viacej rozmnožuje svoje oltáre; čím lepšia jeho zem, tým lepšie robili stĺpy modiel.

²Their heart is divided. Now they will be found guilty. He will demolish their altars. He will destroy their sacred stones.

²Ich srdce je úlisné; preto teraz už budú pykať; on poláme ich oltáre, zkazí ich stĺpy.

³Surely now they will say, “We have no king; for we don’t fear Yahweh; and the king, what can he do for us?”

³Lebo teraz povedia: Nemáme kráľa, pretože sme sa nebáli Hospodina, a kráľ, čože učiní pre nás?

⁴They make promises, swearing falsely in making covenants. Therefore judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.

⁴Hovoria slová, klnú sa falošne, robia smluvu, a súd kvitne podobný jedu na záhonoch mojich polí.

⁵The inhabitants of Samaria will be in terror for the calves of Beth Aven; for its people will mourn over it, Along with its priests who rejoiced over it, for its glory, because it has departed from it.

⁵Za teľce Bét-ávena boja sa obyvatelia Samárie, ale aj istotne bude smútiť nad ním jeho ľud, i jeho pohanskí kňazi, ktorí plesajú nad ním, nad jeho slávou, lebo sa odstehuje od neho.

⁶It also will be carried to Assyria for a present to a great king. Ephraim will receive shame, and Israel will be ashamed of his own counsel.

⁶Aj ono bude dopravené do Assýrie jako dar kráľovi Jarebovi. Efraim si odnesie hanbu, a Izrael sa bude hanbiť pre svoju radu.

⁷Samaria and her king float away, like a twig on the water.

⁷Zkazená bude Samária i so svojím kráľom, bude jako pena na vode.

⁸The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, will be destroyed. The thorn and the thistle will come up on their altars. They will tell the mountains, “Cover us!” and the hills, “Fall on us!”

⁸A zahladené budú výšiny Ávena, hriech Izraelov; tŕnie a bodľač porastie na ich oltároch, a povedia vrchom: Prikryte nás! A brehom: Padnite na nás!

⁹“Israel, you have sinned from the days of Gibeah. There they remained. The battle against the children of iniquity doesn’t overtake them in Gibeah.

⁹Odo dní Gibee si hrešil, Izraelu! Tam stáli. Nepostihla ich v Gibei vojna proti synom neprávosti.

¹⁰When it is my desire, I will chastise them; and the nations will be gathered against them, when they are bound to their two transgressions.

¹⁰No, budem ich trestať podľa svojej žiadosti, a budú sobrané proti nim národy, keď ich priviažem ku ich dvom neprávostiam.

¹¹Ephraim is a trained heifer that loves to thresh; so I will put a yoke on her beautiful neck. I will set a rider on Ephraim. Judah will plow. Jacob will break his clods.

¹¹Efraim je vyučená jalovica; rada mláti tlačiac nohami. Ale ja prejdem po jej peknom krku, zapriahnem Efraima; Júda bude orať; Jakob mu bude brániť.

¹²Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to kindness. Break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek Yahweh, until he comes and rains righteousness on you.

¹²Sejte si na spravedlivosť, žnite podľa milosti, zorte si úhor! Ale je čas hľadať Hospodina, dokiaľ neprijde, a dá, aby vám pršala spravedlivosť.

¹³You have plowed wickedness. You have reaped iniquity. You have eaten the fruit of lies, for you trusted in your way, in the multitude of your mighty men.

¹³Ale vy ste orali bezbožnosť; žali ste neprávosť a jedli ste ovocie klamstva, lebo si sa nadejal na svoju cestu, na množstvo svojich hrdinov.

¹⁴Therefore a battle roar will arise among your people, and all your fortresses will be destroyed, as Shalman destroyed Beth Arbel in the day of battle. The mother was dashed in pieces with her children.

¹⁴Ale povstane surma medzi tvojimi ľudstvami, a všetky tvoje pevnosti budú spustošené, jako spustošil Šalman Bét-arbéla v deň boja; mater i so synmi bola rozrazená.

¹⁵So Bethel will do to you because of your great wickedness. At daybreak the king of Israel will be destroyed.

¹⁵Tak vám učiní Bét-el pre zlosť vašej zlosti; na svitaní bude dokonale zahladený kráľ Izraelov.