¹The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:

¹Slová Jeremiáša, syna Hilkiášovho, z kňazov, ktorí boli v Anatóte v zemi Benjaminovej,

²to whom the word of Yahweh “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.

²ku ktorému sa stalo slovo Hospodinovo za dní Joziáša, syna Amonovho, judského kráľa, v trinástom roku jeho kraľovania,

³It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, to the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, to the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.

³a stávalo sa za dní Jehojakima, syna Joziášovho, judského kráľa, a tak až do konca jedenásteho roku Cedekiáša, syna Joziášovho, judského kráľa, až do odvedenia Jeruzalema v piatom mesiaci do zajatia.

⁴Now the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

⁴A stalo sa slovo Hospodinovo ku mne povediac:

⁵“Before I formed you in the belly, I knew you. Before you came forth out of the womb, I sanctified you. I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

⁵Prv ako som ťa utvoril v lone matky, znal som ťa, a prv ako si vyšiel zo života, posvätil som ťa, za proroka národom som ťa dal.

⁶Then I said, “Ah, Lord The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.” Yahweh! Behold, I don’t know how to speak; for I am a child.”

⁶A ja som povedal: Ach, Pane, Hospodine, hľa, veď ja neviem hovoriť, lebo som dieťa!

⁷But Yahweh said to me, “Don’t say, ‘I am a child;’ for to whoever I shall send you, you shall go, and whatever I shall command you, you shall speak.

⁷A Hospodin mi riekol: Nepovedz: Som dieťa! Ale ku komukoľvek ťa pošlem, pojdeš, a všetko, čokoľvek ti prikážem, budeš hovoriť.

⁸Don’t be afraid because of them; for I am with you to deliver you,” says Yahweh.

⁸Neboj sa ich, lebo ja som s tebou, aby som ťa vytrhnul, hovorí Hospodin.

⁹Then Yahweh put forth his hand, and touched my mouth; and Yahweh said to me, “Behold, I have put my words in your mouth.

⁹A Hospodin vystrel svoju ruku a dotkol sa mojich úst a riekol mi Hospodin: Hľa, vložil som svoje slová do tvojich úst.

¹⁰Behold, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.”

¹⁰Vidzže, ustanovil som ťa tohoto dňa nad národami a nad kráľovstvami, aby si plienil a boril, hubil a búral, staväl a sadil.

¹¹Moreover the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” I said, “I see a branch of an almond tree.”

¹¹A stalo sa slovo Hospodinovo ku mne povediac: Čo vidíš Jeremiášu? A ja som povedal: Vidím šakédový, mandlový prút.

¹²Then Yahweh said to me, “You have seen well; for I watch over my word to perform it.”

¹²A Hospodin mi riekol: Dobre vidíš, lebo ja som šokéd, bdejem nad svojím slovom, aby som ho vykonal.

¹³The word of Yahweh came to me the second time, saying, “What do you see?” I said, “I see a boiling caldron; and it is tipping away from the north.”

¹³A stalo sa slovo Hospodinovo ku mne po druhé povediac: Čo vidíš? A povedal som: Vidím hrniec, ktorý vrie, a ktorého predná strana je od severa.

¹⁴Then Yahweh said to me, “Out of the north evil will break out on all the inhabitants of the land.

¹⁴A Hospodin mi riekol: Od severa sa rozpúta zlé na všetkých obyvateľov zeme.

¹⁵For, behold, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north,” says Yahweh; “and they shall come, and they shall each set his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all its walls all around, and against all the cities of Judah.

¹⁵Lebo hľa, zavolám na všetky čeľade kráľovstiev severa, hovorí Hospodin, a prijdú a postavia každý svoju stolicu pri vchode do brán Jeruzalema a proti všetkým jeho múrom dookola a proti všetkým mestám Judska.

¹⁶I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, in that they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, and worshiped the works of their own hands.

¹⁶A budem hovoriť nad nimi svoje súdy pre všetku ich zlosť, pretože ma opustili a kadili iným bohom a klaňali sa dielam svojich rúk.

¹⁷“You therefore put your belt on your waist, arise, and speak to them all that I command you. Don’t be dismayed at them, lest I dismay you before them.

¹⁷Preto ty prepáš svoje bedrá a vstanúc budeš im hovoriť všetko, čo ti ja prikážem. Nedes sa ich, aby som ťa nepredesil pred nimi.

¹⁸For, behold, I have made you this day a fortified city, and an iron pillar, and bronze walls, against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against its princes, against its priests, and against the people of the land.

¹⁸A ja, hľa, dal som ťa dnes za ohradené mesto a za železný stĺp a za medené múry proti celej zemi, proti kráľom Judska, proti jeho kniežatám, proti jeho kňazom a proti ľudu zeme.

¹⁹They will fight against you; but they will not prevail against you; for I am with you,” says Yahweh, “to deliver you.”

¹⁹A budú bojovať proti tebe, ale ťa nepremôžu, lebo ja som s tebou, hovorí Hospodin, aby som ťa vytrhol.