¹Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even to the greatest, came near,

¹Potom pristúpili všetci velitelia vojsk i Jochanán, syn Kareachov, i Jezaniáš, syn Hošaiášov, i všetok ľud, od malého až do veľkého,

²and said to Jeremiah the prophet, Please let our supplication be presented before you, and pray for us to Yahweh your God, even for all this remnant; for we are left but a few of many, as your eyes do see us:

²a povedali prorokovi Jeremiášovi: Dovoľ, nech padne naša pokorná prosba pred tvoju tvár, a modli sa za nás Hospodinovi, svojmu Bohu, za všetok tento ostatok, lebo nás zostalo málo z mnoha, jako nás vidia tvoje oči.

³that Yahweh your God may show us the way in which we should walk, and the thing that we should do.

³A nech nám oznámi Hospodin, tvoj Bôh, cestu, po ktorej máme ísť, i to, čo máme robiť.

⁴Then Jeremiah the prophet said to them, I have heard you; behold, I will pray to Yahweh your God according to your words; and it shall happen that whatever thing Yahweh shall answer you, I will declare it to you; I will keep nothing back from you.

⁴A prorok Jeremiáš im povedal: Uslyšal som; hľa, budem sa modliť Hospodinovi, vášmu Bohu, podľa vašich, slov a bude, že všetko, čokoľvek vám odpovie Hospodin, oznámim vám, nezatajím ničoho pred vami.

⁵Then they said to Jeremiah, Yahweh be a true and faithful witness among us, if we don’t do according to all the word with which Yahweh your God shall send you to us.

⁵A oni povedali Jeremiášovi: Nech je Hospodin svedkom proti nám, pravdivým a verným, ak neučiníme tak, podľa každého slova, s ktorým ťa pošle Hospodin, tvoj Bôh, k nám.

⁶Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice of Yahweh our God, to whom we send you; that it may be well with us, when we obey the voice of Yahweh our God.

⁶Už či bude dobré a či zlé, budeme počúvať na hlas Hospodina, svojho Boha, ku ktorému ťa posielame, aby nám bolo dobre, keď budeme počúvať na hlas Hospodina, svojho Boha.

⁷It happened after ten days, that the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah.

⁷A stalo sa po desiatich dňoch, že stalo sa slovo Hospodinovo k Jeremiášovi,

⁸Then called he Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were with him, and all the people from the least even to the greatest,

⁸ktorý povolal Jochanána, syna Kareachovho, a všetkých veliteľov vojsk, ktorí boli s ním, i všetok ľud, od malého až do veľkého,

⁹and said to them, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to present your supplication before him:

⁹a povedal im: Takto hovorí Hospodin, Bôh Izraelov, ku ktorému ste ma poslali, aby som dal padnúť vašej pokornej prosbe pred jeho tvár:

¹⁰If you will still live in this land, then will I build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up; for I grieve over the distress that I have brought on you.

¹⁰Jestli sa vrátite a budete bývať v tejto zemi, zbudujem vás a nerozborím a zasadím vás a nevyplienim, lebo ľutujem zlého, ktoré som vám učinil.

¹¹Don’t be afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom you are afraid; don’t be afraid of him, says Yahweh: for I am with you to save you, and to deliver you from his hand.

¹¹Nebojte sa babylonského kráľa, ktorého sa bojíte, nebojte sa ho, hovorí Hospodin, lebo ja som s vami, aby som vás zachránil a aby som vás vytrhol z jeho ruky.

¹²I will grant you mercy, that he may have mercy on you, and cause you to return to your own land.

¹²A dám vám zľutovanie, a zľutuje sa nad vami, a dá vám, aby ste sa navrátili do svojej zeme.

¹³But if you say, We will not dwell in this land; so that you don’t obey the voice of Yahweh your God,

¹³Ale ak poviete: Nebudeme bývať v tejto zemi, nepočúvajúc na hlas Hospodina, svojho Boha,

¹⁴saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell:

¹⁴a poviete: Nie, ale vojdeme do Egyptskej zeme, kde neuvidíme vojny ani nepočujeme zvuku trúby ani nebudeme lačnieť chleba, a budeme bývať tam. -

¹⁵now therefore hear the word of Yahweh, O remnant of Judah: Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, If you indeed set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to live there;

¹⁵Preto teraz počujte slovo Hospodinovo, ostatok Júdov! Takto hovorí Hospodin Zástupov, Bôh Izraelov: Ak naozaj obrátite svoju tvár, aby ste vošli do Egypta, a vojdete ta, aby ste tam pohostínili,

¹⁶then it shall happen, that the sword, which you fear, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt; and the famine, about which you are afraid, shall follow close behind you there in Egypt; and there you shall die.

¹⁶stane sa to, že meč, ktorého sa bojíte, dostihne vás tam, v Egyptskej zemi a hlad, ktorého sa obávate, tam sa vás bude pridŕžať idúc všade za vami, v Egypte, a tam pomriete.

¹⁷So shall it be with all the men who set their faces to go into Egypt to live there: they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring on them.

¹⁷A tak sa stane všetkým mužom, ktorí obrátia svoju tvár, aby vošli do Egypta, aby tam pohostínili, že pomrú mečom, hladom a morom, a nepozostane niktorý z nich ani neujde niktorý zlému, ktoré uvediem na nich.

¹⁸For thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: As my anger and my wrath has been poured forth on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so shall my wrath be poured forth on you, when you shall enter into Egypt; and you shall be an object of horror, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach; and you shall see this place no more.

¹⁸Lebo takto hovorí Hospodin Zástupov, Bôh Izraelov: Ako sa vylial môj hnev, a vyliala sa moja prchlivosť na obyvateľov Jeruzalema, tak sa vyleje moja prchlivosť na vás, keď vojdete do Egypta, a budete na kliatbu a hrôzu, na zlorečenstvo a na potupu ani neuvidíte viacej tohoto miesta.

¹⁹Yahweh has spoken concerning you, remnant of Judah, Don’t you go into Egypt: know certainly that I have testified to you this day.

¹⁹Hospodin vám hovorí, ostatku Júdov! Nevchádzajte do Egypta! Vedzte istotne, že vystríhajúc vás svedčím dnes proti vám.

²⁰For you have dealt deceitfully against your own souls; for you sent me to Yahweh your God, saying, Pray for us to Yahweh our God; and according to all that Yahweh our God shall say, so declare to us, and we will do it:

²⁰Lebo blúdite proti svojim vlastným dušiam: pretože vy ste ma poslali k Hospodinovi, svojmu Bohu, povediac: Modli sa za nás Hospodinovi, nášmu Bohu, a všetko, jako povie Hospodin, náš Bôh, tak nám to oznám, a urobíme.

²¹and I have this day declared it to you; but you have not obeyed the voice of Yahweh your God in anything for which he has sent me to you.

²¹A oznámil som vám dnes, ale nepočúvate na hlas Hospodina, svojho Boha, a to v ničom, pre čo ma poslal k vám.

²²Now therefore know certainly that you shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, in the place where you desire to go to live there.

²²A tak teraz vedzte istotne, že pomriete mečom, hladom a morom na mieste, kam sa vám zachcelo ísť, aby ste tam pohostínili.