1“Run back and forth through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places of it, if you can find a man, if there are any who does justly, who seeks truth; and I will pardon her.
1Zbehajte ulice Jeruzalema a nože vidzte a zveďte a hľadajte po jeho námestiach, či najdete muža, či je voľakto taký, kto by činil súd, kto by hľadal pravdu, a odpustím mu, Jeruzalemu.
2Though they say, ‘As Yahweh lives;’ surely they swear falsely.”
2A keď aj hovoria: Ako že žije Hospodin, i tak prisahajú falošne.
3O Yahweh, don’t your eyes look on truth? You have stricken them, but they were not grieved. You have consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction. They have made their faces harder than a rock. They have refused to return.
3Ó, Hospodine, či nehľadia tvoje oči na pravdu? Biješ ich, ale neželia; ničíš ich, nechcú prijať kázeň. Zatvrdili svoju tvár, takže je tvrdšia ako skala, nechcú sa navrátiť.
4Then I said, “Surely these are poor. They are foolish; for they don’t know the way of Yahweh, nor the law of their God.
4A ja som bol povedal: Sú to len prostí ľudia chudobní, dopúšťajú sa bláznovstva, lebo neznajú cesty Hospodinovej, súdu svojho Boha.
5I will go to the great men, and will speak to them; for they know the way of Yahweh, and the law of their God.” But these with one accord have broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.
5Pojdem ja k veľkým a bude hovoriť s tými, lebo tí znajú cestu Hospodinovu, súd svojho Boha. Ale oni všetci dovedna polámali jarmo, potrhali povrazy.
6Therefore a lion out of the forest shall kill them, a wolf of the evenings shall destroy them, a leopard shall watch against their cities; everyone who goes out there shall be torn in pieces; because their transgressions are many, and their backsliding is increased.
6Preto ich pobije lev z lesa, vlk zo stepí ich pohubí, pardus bude čihať na ich mestá; každý, kto vyjde odtiaľ, bude roztrhaný, lebo premnohé sú ich prestúpenia, mocné sú ich odvrátenia.
7“How can I pardon you? Your children have forsaken me, and sworn by what are no gods. When I had fed them to the full, they committed adultery, and assembled themselves in troops at the prostitutes’ houses.
7Kde je to, pre čo by som ti odpustil? Tvoji synovia ma opustili a prisahajú na to, čo nie je Bohom. Keď som ich nasýtil, cudzoložia, a valia sa zástupom do domu smilnice.
8They were as fed horses roaming at large: everyone neighed after his neighbor’s wife.
8Sú jako dobre chované kone skoro za rána; každý rehoce na ženu svojho blížneho.
9Shouldn’t I punish them for these things?” says Yahweh; “and shouldn’t my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
9Či azda pre také veci nemám navštíviť? hovorí Hospodin. Alebo či na takom národe, jako je tento, nemá sa pomstiť moja duša?
10“Go up on her walls, and destroy; but don’t make a full end. Take away her branches; for they are not Yahweh’s.
10Vyjdite hore na jeho múry a kazte, ale neučiňte úplného konca! Odstráňte jeho výhonky, lebo nie sú Hospodinove,
11For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me,” says Yahweh.
11pretože sa dopúšťajú veľkej nevernosti proti mne dom Izraelov i dom Júdov, hovorí Hospodin;
12They have denied Yahweh, and said, “It is not he; neither shall evil come on us; neither shall we see sword nor famine.
12zapierajú Hospodina a hovoria: Nie On! A: Neprijde na nás zlé. Alebo: Neuvidíme meča ani nepocítime hladu.
13The prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them. Thus shall it be done to them.”
13Ale tí proroci budú vetrom, a toho, kto hovorí, Duch Boží, neni v nich. Tak sa im učiní.
14Therefore thus says Yahweh, the God of Armies, “Because you speak this word, behold, I will make my words in your mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
14Preto takto hovorí Hospodin, Bôh Zástupov: pretože hovoríte to slovo, hľa, dávam svoje slová v tvojich ústach za oheň, a tento ľud nech je drevom, a strávi ich.
15Behold, I will bring a nation on you from far, house of Israel,” says Yahweh. “It is a mighty nation. It is an ancient nation, a nation whose language you don’t know, neither understand what they say.
15Hľa, dovediem na vás národ z ďaleka, dome Izraelov, hovorí Hospodin. Je to mocný národ, je to národ od veku, národ, ktorého jazyka neznáš ani nebudeš rozumieť, čo hovorí.
16Their quiver is an open tomb, they are all mighty men.
16Jeho túl je ako otvorený hrob. Všetci sú hrdinovia.
17They shall eat up your harvest, and your bread, which your sons and your daughters should eat. They shall eat up your flocks and your herds. They shall eat up your vines and your fig trees. They shall beat down your fortified cities, in which you trust, with the sword.
17A pojie tvoju žeň a tvoj chlieb, čo by mali pojesť tvoji synovia a tvoje dcéry; pojie tvoje drobné stádo i tvoj hovädzí dobytok, pojie tvoj vinič i tvoj fík, spustoší tvoje ohradené mestá, na ktoré sa ty spoliehaš, mečom.
18“But even in those days,” says Yahweh, “I will not make a full end with you.
18Ale ani v tých dňoch, hovorí Hospodin, neučiním s vami konca.
19It will happen, when you say, ‘Why has Yahweh our God done all these things to us?’ Then you shall say to them, ‘Just like you have forsaken me, and served foreign gods in your land, so you shall serve strangers in a land that is not yours.’
19A bude, keď poviete: Za čo nám učiní Hospodin, náš Bôh, všetko toto? že im povieš: Jako ste mňa opustili a slúžili ste cudzím bohom vo svojej zemi, tak budete slúžiť cudzincom v zemi, ktorá nie je vaša.
20“Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,
20Oznámte to v dome Jakobovom a rozhláste to v Judsku a povedzte:
21‘Hear now this, foolish people, and without understanding; who have eyes, and don’t see; who have ears, and don’t hear:
21Nože počujte toto, bláznivý ľude, ktorý nemá srdca, aby rozumel! Majú oči, ale nevidia; majú uši, ale nečujú.
22Don’t you fear me?’ says Yahweh ‘Won’t you tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea, by a perpetual decree, that it can’t pass it? and though its waves toss themselves, yet they can’t prevail; though they roar, yet they can’t pass over it.’
22Či azda mňa sa nebudete báť? hovorí Hospodin. Či pred mojou tvárou sa nebudete triasť? Ktorý som položil moru piesok za hranicu večným ustanovením, a neprekročí ho! Síce sa dmú, ale nezvládzu a hučia jeho vlny, ale ho neprekročia.
23“But this people has a revolting and a rebellious heart; they have revolted and gone.
23Ale tento ľud má odpadlícke srdce spurné, odstúpili a odišli.
24Neither do they say in their heart, ‘Let us now fear Yahweh our God, who gives rain, both the former and the latter, in its season; who preserves to us the appointed weeks of the harvest.’
24A nepovedali vo svojom srdci: Nože sa bojme Hospodina, svojho Boha, ktorý dáva dážď, podzimný i jarný, vo svojom čase, zachováva nám ustanovené týždne žatvy.
25“Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withheld good from you.
25Vaše neprávosti to odvrátily, a vaše hriechy zadržujú to dobré od vás.
26For among my people are found wicked men. They watch, as fowlers lie in wait. They set a trap. They catch men.
26Lebo sa nachádzajú v mojom ľude bezbožníci. Každý striehne, jako keď sa učupujú vtáčnici, nadstavujú osídla, lapajú ľudí.
27As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. Therefore they have become great, and grew rich.
27Jako klietka, plná vtákov, tak sú ich domy plné ľsti; preto vzrástli a zbohatli.
28They have grown fat. They shine; yes, they excell in deeds of wickedness. They don’t plead the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and they don’t judge the right of the needy.
28Stučneli, lesknú sa; zašli až priďaleko v nešľachetnosti. Pravoty neriešia, pravoty siroty, a dobre sa im vodí, ani nesúdia súdu chudobných.
29“Shall I not punish for these things?” says Yahweh. “Shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
29Či azda preto nemám navštíviť? hovorí Hospodin. Či na takom národe, jako je tento, nemá sa pomstiť moja duša?
30“An astonishing and horrible thing has happened in the land.
30Strašná vec a ohavná sa deje v zemi.
31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority; and my people love to have it so. What will you do in the end of it?
31Proroci prorokujú falošne, a kňazi panujú pomocou nich. A môj ľud to tak miluje! Ale čo urobíte na koniec toho?!-