¹At that time, says Yahweh, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.

¹Toho času, hovorí Hospodin, budem Bohom všetkým čeľadiam Izraelovým, a oni mi budú ľudom.

²Thus says Yahweh, The people who were left of the sword found favor in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.

²Takto hovorí Hospodin: Našiel milosť na púšti, ľud, pozostalí po meči. Nože nech idem, aby som mu spôsobil pokoj, Izraelovi!

³Yahweh appeared of old to me, saying, Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love: therefore with loving kindness have I drawn you.

³Zďaleka sa mi ukázal Hospodin. A milujem ťa večnou láskou, preto ti ustavične činím milosť.

⁴Again will I build you, and you shall be built, O virgin of Israel: again you shall be adorned with your tambourines, and shall go forth in the dances of those who make merry.

⁴Ešte ťa vybudujem, a budeš vybudovaná, panno Izraelova; ešte sa budeš zdobiť svojimi bubny a vyjdeš v kole veseliacich sa;

⁵Again you shall plant vineyards on the mountains of Samaria; the planters shall plant, and shall enjoy its fruit.

⁵ešte budeš sadiť vinice na vrchoch Samárie; sadiť budú sadiaci a budú užívať obecné po rokoch prvotín.

⁶For there shall be a day, that the watchmen on the hills of Ephraim shall cry, Arise, and let us go up to Zion to Yahweh our God.

⁶Lebo je určený deň, ktorého budú volať strážni na vrchu Efraimovom: Vstaňte, a poďme hore na Sion k Hospodinovi, svojmu Bohu!

⁷For thus says Yahweh, Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout for the chief of the nations: publish, praise, and say, Yahweh, save your people, the remnant of Israel.

⁷Lebo takto hovorí Hospodin: Plesajte Jakobovi s radosťou! A jasajte nad hlavou národov! Ohlasujte, chváľte, a recte: Spas, ó, Hospodine, svoj ľud, ostatok Izraela!

⁸Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the uttermost parts of the earth, along with the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her who travails with child together: a great company shall they return here.

⁸Hľa, dovediem ich zo zeme severa a shromaždím ich od najďalších končín zeme, medzi nimi slepého i kuľhavého, tehotnú i rodiacu spolu, veľké shromaždenie sa navrátia sem.

⁹They shall come with weeping; and with petitions will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way in which they shall not stumble; for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.

⁹S plačom prijdú, a s pokornými modlitbami ich povediem a zavediem ich k potokom vôd, priamou cestou, neklesnú na nej, lebo som Izraelovi Otcom a Efraim je môj prvorodený.

¹⁰Hear the word of Yahweh, you nations, and declare it in the islands afar off; and say, He who scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as shepherd does his flock.

¹⁰Počujte slovo Hospodinovo národy, a zvestujte to ďaleko na ostrovoch a recte: Ten, ktorý rozptýlil Izraela, ho zase shromaždí a bude ho strážiť ako pastier svoje stádo.

¹¹For Yahweh has ransomed Jacob, and redeemed him from the hand of him who was stronger than he.

¹¹Lebo Hospodin vykúpi Jakoba a vyslobodí ho z ruky toho, ktorý je silnejší od neho.

¹²They shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow to the goodness of Yahweh, to the grain, and to the new wine, and to the oil, and to the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.

¹²A tak prijdú a budú plesať na výšine Siona a pohrnú sa k dobrému Hospodinovmu, s obilím, vínom, s olejom a s mladinou drobného stáda a hoviad, a ich duša bude jako zvlažovaná zahrada a nebudú už viacej hynúť strachom a zármutkom.

¹³Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, and the young men and the old together; for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.

¹³Vtedy sa bude radovať panna vo veselom kole a mládenci a starci spolu. A obrátim ich zármutok na radosť a poteším ich a obveselím vyprostiac ich z ich trápenia duše.

¹⁴I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, says Yahweh.

¹⁴A rozvlažím dušu kňazov tukom, a môj ľud sa nasýti môjho dobrého, vraví Hospodin.

¹⁵Thus says Yahweh: A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping, Rachel weeping for her children; she refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no more.

¹⁵Takto hovorí Hospodin: Hlas počuť v Ráme, nárek a horký plač; Rácheľ plače nad svojimi synmi; nechce sa dať potešiť nad svojimi synmi, pretože už niktorého niet.

¹⁶Thus says Yahweh: Refrain your voice from weeping, and your eyes from tears; for your work shall be rewarded, says Yahweh; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.

¹⁶Takto hovorí Hospodin: Zdrž svoj hlas od plaču a svoje oči od sĺz, lebo tvoja práca má svoju mzdu, hovorí Hospodin, a navrátia sa zo zeme nepriateľa.

¹⁷There is hope for your latter end, says Yahweh; and your children shall come again to their own border.

¹⁷A tvoja budúcnosť má svoju nádej, hovorí Hospodin, a synovia sa navrátia do svojho kraja.

¹⁸I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus, You have chastised me, and I was chastised, as an untrained calf: turn me, and I shall be turned; for you are Yahweh my God.

¹⁸No, počuť počul som Efraima, že sa žaluje: Skáral si ma, a som pokáraný jako teľa, nepriučené jarmu. Navráť ma, a navrátim sa, lebo ty, ó, Hospodine, si môj Bôh.

¹⁹Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I struck on my thigh: I was ashamed, yes, even confounded, because I bore the reproach of my youth.

¹⁹Lebo potom, keď sa navrátim, budem sa kajať, a keď sa poznám, uderím na svoje bedrá a poviem: Hanbím sa, rumeniem od studu, lebo nesiem potupu svojej mladosti.

²⁰Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a darling child? for as often as I speak against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my heart yearns for him; I will surely have mercy on him, says Yahweh.

²⁰Či mi je Efraim drahým synom? Či je rozkošným dieťaťom? Lebo kedykoľvek hovorím proti nemu, vždy sa len rozpomínam na neho, preto aj sú moje vnútornosti hlboko znepokojené za neho. Istotne sa zľutujem nad ním, hovorí Hospodin.-

²¹Set up road signs, make guideposts; set your heart toward the highway, even the way by which you went: turn again, virgin of Israel, turn again to these your cities.

²¹Nastaväj si znamení, vytýč si drahu kolami, uprav svoje srdce na hradskú, na cestu, ktorou si išla! Navráť sa, panno Izraelova, navráť sa do týchto svojich miest!

²²How long will you go here and there, you backsliding daughter? for Yahweh has created a new thing in the earth: a woman shall encompass a man.

²²Dokedy ešte budeš nerozhodná chodiť sem a ta, ty odvrátená dcéro? Lebo Hospodin stvorí nové na zemi: ženské pohlavie bude obchádzať muža.

²³Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, Yet again shall they use this speech in the land of Judah and in its cities, when I shall bring again their captivity: Yahweh bless you, habitation of righteousness, mountain of holiness.

²³Takto hovorí Hospodin Zástupov, Bôh Izraelov: Ešte povedia toto slovo v zemi Júdovej a v jeho mestách, keď dovediem zpät ich zajatých: Nech ťa požehná Hospodin, príbytku spravedlivosti, vrchu svätosti!

²⁴Judah and all its cities shall dwell therein together, the farmers, and those who go about with flocks.

²⁴A budú v nej bývať Júda a všetky jeho mestá spolu, oráči a tí, ktorí tiahnu so stádom.

²⁵For I have satiated the weary soul, and every sorrowful soul have I replenished.

²⁵Lebo zavlažím unavenú dušu a každú zármutkom hynúcu dušu nasýtim.

²⁶On this I awakened, and saw; and my sleep was sweet to me.

²⁶Na to som sa zobudil a videl som, a môj sen mi bol príjemný.

²⁷Behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of animal.

²⁷Hľa, idú dni, hovorí Hospodin, že posejem dom Izraelov a dom Júdov semenom človeka a semenom hoväda.

²⁸It shall happen that, like as I have watched over them to pluck up and to break down and to overthrow and to destroy and to afflict, so will I watch over them to build and to plant, says Yahweh.

²⁸A bude, že jako som bdel nad nimi, aby som ich plienil a boril, búral a hubil a trápil, tak budem bdieť nad nimi, aby som ich budoval a sadil, hovorí Hospodin.

²⁹In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.

²⁹V tých dňoch už nepovedia viacej: Otcovia jedli nedozrelky, a synom stŕply zuby;

³⁰But everyone shall die for his own iniquity: every man who eats the sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge.

³⁰lež každý zomrie pre svoju vlastnú neprávosť. Ktorýkoľvek človek by jedol nedozrelky, tomu stŕpnu jeho zuby.

³¹Behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:

³¹Hľa, idú dni, hovorí Hospodin, že učiním s domom Izraelovým a s domom Júdovým novú smluvu.

³²not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they broke, although I was a husband to them, says Yahweh.

³²Nie takú smluvu, jakú som učinil s ich otcami toho dňa, ktorého som ich pojal za ruku, aby som ich vyviedol z Egyptskej zeme, ktorú to moju smluvu oni zrušili, hoci som ja bol stal ich manželom, hovorí Hospodin.

³³But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says Yahweh: I will put my law in their inward parts, and in their heart will I write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people:

³³Lebo toto je smluva, ktorú učiním s domom Izraelovým po tých dňoch, hovorí Hospodin: Dám svoj zákon do ich vnútornosti a napíšem ho na ich srdce a budem im Bohom, a oni mi budú ľudom.

³⁴and they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know Yahweh; for they shall all know me, from their least to their greatest, says Yahweh: for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin will I remember no more.

³⁴A nebudú už viacej učiť druh druha ani brat brata hovoriac: Poznajte Hospodina! Lebo ma budú znať všetci od najmenšieho z nich do najväčšieho z nich, hovorí Hospodin, pretože odpustím ich neprávosť a na ich hriech viacej nespomeniem.-

³⁵Thus says Yahweh, who gives the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, who stirs up the sea, so that its waves roar; Yahweh of Armies is his name:

³⁵Takto hovorí Hospodin, ktorý dáva slnce za svetlo vodne, ustanovenia mesiaca a hviezd za svetlo vnoci, ktorý búri more, takže hučia jeho vlny, a ktorého meno je Hospodin Zástupov:

³⁶If these ordinances depart from before me, says Yahweh, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me forever.

³⁶Akže uhnú tieto ustanovenia zpred mojej tvári, hovorí Hospodin, vtedy prestane aj semä Izraelovo byť národom pred mojou tvárou po všetky dni.

³⁷Thus says Yahweh: If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, then will I also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, says Yahweh.

³⁷Takto hovorí Hospodin: Ak budú voľakedy zmerané nebesia hore a budú vystihnuté základy zeme dole, vtedy i ja zavrhnem všetko semä Izraelovo pre všetko to, čo porobili, hovorí Hospodin.

³⁸Behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that the city shall be built to Yahweh from the tower of Hananel to the gate of the corner.

³⁸Hľa, idú dni, hovorí Hospodin, v ktorých sa vybuduje mesto Hospodinovi od veže Chananeela až po bránu Uhla.

³⁹The measuring line shall go out further straight onward to the hill Gareb, and shall turn about to Goah.

³⁹A merné lano pojde ešte ďalej priamo až na pahor Gáreb a otočí sa ku Goe.

⁴⁰The whole valley of the dead bodies and of the ashes, and all the fields to the brook Kidron, to the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy to Yahweh; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more forever.

⁴⁰A celé údolie mŕtvol a popola a všetky polia až k potoku Kidronu, až po uhol Koňskej brány na východ bude svätým Hospodinovi; nebude vyplienené ani nebude viacej rozbúrané, a to tak až na veky.