¹In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, came this word from Yahweh, saying,

¹Na počiatku kraľovania Jehojakima, syna Joziášovho, judského kráľa, stalo sa toto slovo od Hospodina povediac:

²Thus says Yahweh: Stand in the court of Yahweh’s house, and speak to all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in Yahweh’s house, all the words that I command you to speak to them; don’t diminish a word.

²Takto hovorí Hospodin: Postav sa v nádvorí domu Hospodinovho a budeš hovoriť proti všetkým mestám Júdovým, ktoré prijdú klaňať sa v dome Hospodinovom, všetky slová, ktoré som ti prikázal im hovoriť, neujmeš ani slova,

³It may be they will listen, and turn every man from his evil way; that I may repent me of the evil which I purpose to do to them because of the evil of their doings.

³ak by snáď predsa len počuli a navrátili sa každý od svojej zlej cesty, aby som ľutoval zlého, ktoré im myslím učiniť pre nešľachetnosť ich skutkov.

⁴You shall tell them, Thus says Yahweh: If you will not listen to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you,

⁴A povieš im: Takto hovorí Hospodin: Ak nebudete počúvať na mňa, aby ste chodili v mojom zákone, ktorý som vám predložil,

⁵to listen to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I send to you, even rising up early and sending them, but you have not listened;

⁵počúvajúc na slová mojich služobníkov prorokov, ktorých ja posielam k vám, a to vstávajúc skoro za rána a posielajúc ich znova a znova (A nepočuli ste!),

⁶then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.

⁶vtedy vydám tento dom, aby bol ako Šílo, a toto mesto vydám kliatbe všetkým národom zeme.

⁷The priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of Yahweh.

⁷A kňazi a proroci i všetok ľud počuli Jeremiáša hovoriť tieto slová v dome Hospodinovom.

⁸It happened, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that Yahweh had commanded him to speak to all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people laid hold on him, saying, You shall surely die.

⁸A stalo sa, keď dohovoril Jeremiáš všetko to, čo prikázal Hospodin hovoriť všetkému ľudu, že ho schopili kňazi a proroci i všetok ľud a povedali: Istotne zomrieš.

⁹Why have you prophesied in the name of Yahweh, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate, without inhabitant? All the people were gathered to Jeremiah in the house of Yahweh.

⁹Prečo si prorokoval v mene Hospodinovom povediac: Tento dom bude jako Šílo, a toto mesto vraj spustne tak, že nebude v ňom obyvateľa? A shromaždil sa všetok ľud k Jeremiášovi do domu Hospodinovho.

¹⁰When the princes of Judah heard these things, they came up from the king’s house to the house of Yahweh; and they sat in the entry of the new gate of Yahweh’s house.

¹⁰A keď počuli kniežatá Júdove tieto veci, odišli z domu kráľovho hore do domu Hospodinovho a posadili sa pri vchode novej brány Hospodinovej.

¹¹Then spoke the priests and the prophets to the princes and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy of death; for he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your ears.

¹¹A kňazi a proroci povedali kniežatám a všetkému ľudu a riekli: Tento človek zaslúžil, aby bol odsúdený na smrť, lebo prorokoval proti tomuto mestu, jako ste počuli na vlastné uši.

¹²Then spoke Jeremiah to all the princes and to all the people, saying, Yahweh sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that you have heard.

¹²Vtedy povedal Jeremiáš všetkým kniežatám a všetkému ľudu a riekol: Hospodin ma poslal prorokovať proti tomuto domu a proti tomuto mestu všetky slová, ktoré ste počuli.

¹³Now therefore amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of Yahweh your God; and Yahweh will repent him of the evil that he has pronounced against you.

¹³Preto teraz urobte tak, aby boly vaše cesty dobré i vaše skutky a počúvajte na hlas Hospodina, svojho Boha, a Hospodin bude ľutovať zlého, ktoré hovoril proti vám.

¹⁴But as for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as is good and right in your eyes.

¹⁴A ja, hľa, som vo vašej ruke, urobte mi podľa toho, čo je dobré a spravedlivé vo vašich očiach.

¹⁵Only know for certain that, if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood on yourselves, and on this city, and on its inhabitants; for of a truth Yahweh has sent me to you to speak all these words in your ears.

¹⁵Ale vedzte cele iste, že ak ma zabijete, uvalíte na seba nevinnú krv i na toto mesto i na jeho obyvateľov, lebo vpravde ma poslal Hospodin k vám hovoriť vo vaše uši všetky tieto slová.

¹⁶Then the princes and all the people said to the priests and to the prophets: This man is not worthy of death; for he has spoken to us in the name of Yahweh our God.

¹⁶Vtedy povedali kniežatá i všetok ľud kňazom a prorokom: Tento človek nezaslúžil, aby bol odsúdený na smrť, lebo nám hovoril v mene Hospodina, našeho Boha.

¹⁷Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spoke to all the assembly of the people, saying,

¹⁷A povstali mužovia zo starších zeme a povedali celému shromaždeniu ľudu a riekli:

¹⁸Micah the Morashtite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah; and he spoke to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus says Yahweh of Armies: Zion shall be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.

¹⁸Micheáš Morašťanský prorokoval vo dňoch Ezechiáša, judského kráľa, a povedal všetkému ľudu Júdovmu a riekol: Takto hovorí Hospodin Zástupov: Sion sa bude orať ako pole, a Jeruzalem bude obrátený v rumy, a vrch tohoto domu bude výšinami lesa.

¹⁹Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him to death? Didn’t he fear Yahweh, and entreat the favor of Yahweh, and Yahweh relented of the disaster which he had pronounced against them? Thus should we commit great evil against our own souls.

¹⁹Či ho azda zabili, Ezechiáš, judský kráľ, i celý Júda? Či sa nebál Hospodina a neprosil pokorne Hospodina o milosť? A Hospodin ľutoval zlého, ktoré hovoril proti nim. Ale my ideme vykonať veľké zlo proti svojim dušiam.

²⁰There was also a man who prophesied in the name of Yahweh, Uriah the son of Shemaiah of Kiriath Jearim; and he prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah:

²⁰A bol aj iný muž, ktorý prorokoval v mene Hospodinovom, Uriáš, syn Šemaiášov, z Kirjat-jearíma, a prorokoval proti tomuto mestu i proti tejto zemi všetko tie isté slová jako Jeremiáš.

²¹and when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and all the princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death; but when Uriah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt:

²¹A keď počul kráľ Jehojakim i všetci jeho udatní i všetky kniežatá jeho slová, hľadal kráľ možnosť zabiť ho. A Uriáš počujúc o tom bál sa a utiekol a prišiel do Egypta.

²²and Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, Elnathan the son of Achbor, and certain men with him, into Egypt;

²²Ale kráľ Jehojakim poslal mužov do Egypta, Elnatána, syna Achborovho, a niektorých mužov s ním, do Egypta.

²³and they fetched forth Uriah out of Egypt, and brought him to Jehoiakim the king, who killed him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people.

²³A vyviedli Uriáša z Egypta a doviedli ho ku kráľovi Jehojakimovi, ktorý ho zabil mečom a jeho mŕtve telo hodil ku hrobom synov obecného ľudu.

²⁴But the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death.

²⁴Avšak ruka Achikáma, syna Šafánovho, bola s Jeremiášom, aby ho nevydali do ruky ľudu zabiť ho.