¹Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of Malchijah, heard the words that Jeremiah spoke to all the people, saying,

¹Ale počul Šefatiáš, syn Mattánov, a Gedaliáš, syn Pašchúrov, a Júchal, syn Šelemiášov, a Pašchúr, syn Malkiášov, slová, ktoré hovoril Jeremiáš všetkému ľudu a vravel:

²Thus says Yahweh, He who remains in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; but he who goes forth to the Chaldeans shall live, and his life shall be to him for a prey, and he shall live.

²Takto hovorí Hospodin: Ten, kto zostane bývať v tomto meste, zomrie mečom, hladom, alebo morom, a ten, kto vyjde k Chaldejom, bude žiť, a jeho duša mu bude za korisť, a zostane na žive.

³Thus says Yahweh, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it.

³Takto hovorí Hospodin: Istotne bude vydané toto mesto do ruky vojska babylonského kráľa, a vezme ho.

⁴Then the princes said to the king, “Please let this man be put to death; because he weakens the hands of the men of war who remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words to them: for this man doesn’t seek the welfare of this people, but the hurt.”

⁴A kniežatá povedaly kráľovi: Nože nech zomrie ten človek, pretože oslabuje ruky bojovných mužov, ktorí ešte pozostali v tomto meste, i ruky všetkého ľudu hovoriac im tomu podobné slová. Lebo ten človek nehľadá pokoja tohoto ľudu, ale iba zlé.

⁵Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand; for the king is not he who can do anything against you.

⁵A kráľ Cedekiáš povedal: Hľa, je vo vašej ruke, lebo kráľ nemôže ničoho proti vám.

⁶Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchijah the king’s son, that was in the court of the guard: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. In the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire.

⁶Vtedy vzali Jeremiáša a hodili ho do jamy Malkiáša, syna kráľovho, ktorá bola vo dvore stráže, a spustili Jeremiáša po povrazoch. A v jame nebolo vody, ale tam bolo blato. A tak sa Jeremiáš zanoril do blata.

⁷Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, a eunuch, who was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon (the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin),

⁷Ale keď počul Ethiop Ebed-melech, eunuch, ktorý bol v dome kráľovom, že dali Jeremiáša do jamy - a kráľ sedel v bráne Benjaminovej -,

⁸Ebedmelech went forth out of the king’s house, and spoke to the king, saying,

⁸vtedy vyšiel Ebed-melech z domu kráľovho a hovoril kráľovi a riekol:

⁹My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is likely to die in the place where he is, because of the famine; for there is no more bread in the city.

⁹Môj pán kráľ, zle urobili tí mužovia všetko to, čo urobili prorokovi Jeremiášovi, že ho hodili do tej jamy, lebo zomrie na mieste, kde je, od hladu, lebo už neni chleba v meste.

¹⁰Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from here thirty men with you, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he dies.

¹⁰Vtedy rozkázal kráľ Ethiopovi Ebed-melechovi a riekol: Vezmi odtiaľto tridsiatich mužov so sebou a vytiahneš proroka Jeremiáša von z jamy, prv ako by zomrel.

¹¹So Ebedmelech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took there rags and worn-out garments, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah.

¹¹A Ebed-melech vzal so sebou mužov a vošiel do domu kráľovho pod pokladnicu a nabral odtiaľ handier z potrhaných a handier zo starých hábov zodraných a spustil ich po povrazoch k Jeremiášovi do jamy.

¹²Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah, Put now these rags and worn-out garments under your armpits under the cords. Jeremiah did so.

¹²A Ethiop Ebed-melech povedal Jeremiášovi: Nože si podlož handry z tých potrhaných a starých hábov zodraných pod pazuchy svojich rúk, pod povrazy. A Jeremiáš urobil tak.

¹³So they drew up Jeremiah with the cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.

¹³A ťahali Jeremiáša povrazmi, až ho i vytiahli hore z jamy. A Jeremiáš sedel zase vo dvore stráže.

¹⁴Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet to him into the third entry that is in the house of Yahweh: and the king said to Jeremiah, I will ask you something. Hide nothing from me.

¹⁴Potom poslal kráľ Cedekiáš a vzal proroka Jeremiáša k sebe do tretieho vchodu, ktorý bol v dome Hospodinovom. A kráľ povedal Jeremiášovi: Opýtam sa ťa na niečo; nezataj predo mnou ničoho.

¹⁵Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, If I declare it to you, will you not surely put me to death? and if I give you counsel, you will not listen to me.

¹⁵A Jeremiáš odpovedal Cedekiášovi: Keď ti oznámim, či ma azda neusmrtíš? A keď ti poradím, neposlúchneš ma.

¹⁶So Zedekiah the king swore secretly to Jeremiah, saying, As Yahweh lives, who made us this soul, I will not put you to death, neither will I give you into the hand of these men who seek your life.

¹⁶Vtedy prisahal kráľ Cedekiáš Jeremiášovi tajne a povedal: Ako že žije Hospodin, ktorý nám učinil túto dušu, že ťa neusmrtím ani ťa nevydám do ruky tých mužov, ktorí hľadajú tvoju dušu.

¹⁷Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Armies, the God of Israel: If you will go forth to the king of Babylon’s princes, then your soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and you shall live, and your house.

¹⁷Na to povedal Jeremiáš Cedekiášovi: Takto hovorí Hospodin, Bôh Zástupov, Bôh Izraelov: Ak naozaj vyjdeš ku kniežatám babylonského kráľa, tvoja duša bude žiť, a toto mesto nebude spálené ohňom, a budeš žiť i ty i tvoj dom.

¹⁸But if you will not go forth to the king of Babylon’s princes, then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and you shall not escape out of their hand.

¹⁸Ale ak nevyjdeš ku kniežatám babylonského kráľa, vtedy bude toto mesto vydané do ruky Chaldejov, a spália ho ohňom, a ty neujdeš ich ruke.

¹⁹Zedekiah the king said to Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews who are fallen away to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me.

¹⁹Vtedy riekol kráľ Cedekiáš Jeremiášovi: Bojím sa Židov, ktorí prebehli ku Chaldejom, aby ma nevydali do ich ruky, a spravili by si zo mňa posmech.

²⁰But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver you. Obey, I beg you, the voice of Yahweh, in that which I speak to you: so it shall be well with you, and your soul shall live.

²⁰Ale Jeremiáš povedal: Nevydajú. Počuj, prosím, na hlas Hospodina v tom, čo ti hovorím, a bude ti dobre, a tvoja duša bude žiť.

²¹But if you refuse to go forth, this is the word that Yahweh has shown me:

²¹Ale keď odoprieš vyjsť, toto je slovo, ktoré mi ukázal Hospodin:

²²behold, all the women who are left in the king of Judah’s house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon’s princes, and those women shall say, Your familiar friends have set you on, and have prevailed over you. Your feet are sunk in the mire, they have turned away back.

²²A hľa, všetky ženy, ktoré pozostaly v dome judského kráľa, budú vyvedené ku kniežatám babylonského kráľa, a ony samy povedia: Zviedli ťa a premohli tvoji dôverní priatelia; tvoje nohy sú ponorené v bahne, uhly nazad.

²³They shall bring out all your wives and your children to the Chaldeans; and you shall not escape out of their hand, but shall be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and you shall cause this city to be burned with fire.

²³A vyvedú všetky tvoje ženy i tvojich synov k Chaldejom, a ty neujdeš ich ruke, ale rukou babylonského kráľa budeš lapený, a toto mesto spáliš ohňom.

²⁴Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and you shall not die.

²⁴Vtedy povedal Cedekiáš Jeremiášovi: Nech sa nikto nedozvie týchto slov, aby si nezomrel!

²⁵But if the princes hear that I have talked with you, and they come to you, and tell you, Declare to us now what you have said to the king; don’t hide it from us, and we will not put you to death; also what the king said to you:

²⁵A keď počujú kniežatá, že som hovoril s tebou, a prijdú k tebe a povedia ti: Nože nám oznám, čo si hovoril kráľovi, nezataj pred nami, a neusmrtíme ťa. A čo ti hovoril kráľ?

²⁶then you shall tell them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan’s house, to die there.

²⁶Vtedy im povieš: Predkladal som svoju pokornú prosbu pred kráľa, aby ma nedal odviesť nazpät do domu Jonatánovho, aby som tam nezomrel.

²⁷Then came all the princes to Jeremiah, and asked him; and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they left off speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived.

²⁷A prišly všetky kniežatá k Jeremiášovi a pýtaly sa ho. A oznámil im podľa všetkých tých slov, ktoré prikázal kráľ. A tak mlčiac odišly od neho, lebo sa nepočula vec.

²⁸So Jeremiah stayed in the court of the guard until the day that Jerusalem was taken.

²⁸A Jeremiáš sedel vo dvore stráže až do dňa, v ktorom bol vzatý Jeruzalem. A stalo sa, keď bol vzatý Jeruzalem: