¹The word of Yahweh that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought.

¹Slovo Hospodinovo, ktoré sa stalo k Jeremiášovi o suchote.

²Judah mourns, and its gates languish, they sit in black on the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.

²Judsko bude smútiť, a jeho brány zomdlejú, budú smútiť v čiernom na zemi, a žalostný krik Jeruzalema bude vystupovať.

³Their nobles send their little ones to the waters: they come to the cisterns, and find no water; they return with their vessels empty; they are disappointed and confounded, and cover their heads.

³Ich veľmoži pošlú svojich malých ľudí chatrných po vodu. Prijdú k cisternám, nenajdú vody, navrátia sa, ich nádoby prázdne; hanbiť sa budú a budú rumenieť od studu a pokryjú svoju hlavu.

⁴Because of the ground which is cracked, because no rain has been in the land, the plowmen are disappointed, they cover their heads.

⁴Pretože pôda bude predesená, lebo nebude dažďa v zemi, hanbiť sa budú oráči, pokryjú svoju hlavu.

⁵Yes, the hind also in the field calves, and forsakes her young, because there is no grass.

⁵Lebo i jelenica na poli porodí a opustí, pretože nebude trávy.

⁶The wild donkeys stand on the bare heights, they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage.

⁶A diví osli budú stáť na holých miestach vysokých, budú lapať a hltať vzduch jako šakali, ich oči budú hynúť, pretože nebude byliny.

⁷Though our iniquities testify against us, work for your name’s sake, Yahweh; for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against you.

⁷Ak naše neprávosti svedčia proti nám, ó, Hospodine, učiň pre svoje meno, lebo naše odvrátenia sú mnohé; proti tebe sme hrešili.

⁸You hope of Israel, its Savior in the time of trouble, why should you be as a foreigner in the land, and as a wayfaring man who turns aside to stay for a night?

⁸Ó, nádejo Izraelova, jeho záchranca v čas súženia, prečo máš byť ako pohostín v zemi a jako pocestný, ktorý sa uchýlil prenocovať?

⁹Why should you be like a scared man, as a mighty man who can’t save? Yet you, Yahweh, are in the midst of us, and we are called by your name; don’t leave us.

⁹Prečo sa staviaš ako predesený muž, ako mocný hrdina, ktorý už nemôže zachrániť? Kým si ty predsa v našom strede, Hospodine, a tvoje meno je vzývané nad nami. Neopúšťaj nás!

¹⁰Thus says Yahweh to this people, Even so have they loved to wander; they have not refrained their feet: therefore Yahweh does not accept them; now he will remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.

¹⁰Takto hovorí Hospodin tomuto ľudu: Tak oni milujú túlať sa, nezdržujú svojich nôh, a preto Hospodin nemá v nich záľuby; teraz spomína na ich neprávosť a navštevuje ich hriechy.

¹¹Yahweh said to me, Don’t pray for this people for their good.

¹¹Potom mi riekol Hospodin: Nemodli sa za tento ľud na jeho dobré.

¹²When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and meal offering, I will not accept them; but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.

¹²Keď sa budú postiť, nebudem počúvať na ich krik, a keď budú obetovať zápalnú obeť a obilnú obeť, nebudem mať v nich záľuby, ale ich zničím mečom, hladom a morom.

¹³Then I said, Ah, Lord Yahweh! behold, the prophets tell them, You shall not see the sword, neither shall you have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.

¹³Vtedy som povedal: Ach, Pane, Hospodine, hľa, proroci im hovoria, vraj neuvidíte meča ani nebudete mať hladu, ale vraj vám dám verný pokoj na tomto mieste.

¹⁴Then Yahweh said to me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name; I didn’t send them, neither have I commanded them, neither spoke I to them: they prophesy to you a lying vision, and divination, and a thing of nothing, and the deceit of their own heart.

¹⁴Na to mi riekol Hospodin: Proroci prorokujú lož v mojom mene, neposlal som ich ani som im neprikázal ani som im nehovoril; prorokujú vám lživé videnie, veštenie, ničomnosť a lesť svojho srdca.

¹⁵Therefore thus says Yahweh concerning the prophets who prophesy in my name, and I didn’t send them, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land: By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.

¹⁵Preto takto hovorí Hospodin o prorokoch, ktorí prorokujú v mojom mene, ktorých som ja neposlal, a ktorí hovoria: Nebude meča ani hladu v tejto zemi! že tí proroci pohynú mečom a hladom.

¹⁶The people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them—them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness on them.

¹⁶A ľud, ktorému prorokujú, bude rozmetaný po uliciach Jeruzalema pre hlad a meč, a nebude toho, kto by ich pochoval, ani ich ani ich ženy ani ich synov ani ich dcéry, a tak vylejem na nich ich zlosť.

¹⁷You shall say this word to them, Let my eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease; for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous wound.

¹⁷A preto im povieš toto slovo: Moje oči tečú slzami vodne i vnoci, a nevedia sa upokojiť, lebo veľkým skrúšením bude skrúšená panna dcéry mojeho ľudu, ranou, bolestnou veľmi.

¹⁸If I go forth into the field, then, behold, the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then, behold, those who are sick with famine! for both the prophet and the priest go about in the land, and have no knowledge.

¹⁸Ak vyjdem na pole, hľa, pobití mečom, a jestli vojdem do mesta, hľa, zmorení hladom. Lebo jako prorok tak i kňaz kupčia so zemou a nevedia ničoho.-

¹⁹Have you utterly rejected Judah? has your soul loathed Zion? why have you struck us, and there is no healing for us? We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and behold, dismay!

¹⁹Či si už len celkom zavrhol Júdu? Či si oškliví Sion tvoja duša? Prečo si nás zbil tak, že neni pre nás uzdravenia? Čakáme na pokoj, a niet dobrého, a na čas uzdravenia, a hľa, des!

²⁰We acknowledge, Yahweh, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against you.

²⁰Poznávame, Hospodine, svoju bezbožnosť, neprávosť svojich otcov, že sme hrešili proti tebe.

²¹Do not abhor us, for your name’s sake; do not disgrace the throne of your glory: remember, don’t break your covenant with us.

²¹Neopovrhni pre svoje meno, nezneucti trónu svojej slávy! Rozpomeň sa, nezruš svojej smluvy s nami!

²²Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? or can the sky give showers? Aren’t you he, Yahweh our God? therefore we will wait for you; for you have made all these things.

²²Či sú medzi márnosťami pohanov niektoré také, ktoré by daly dážď? Alebo či azda samy nebesia dávajú prívaly? Či nie si to ty, Hospodine, náš Bože? Preto očakávame na teba, lebo ty činíš to všetko.