¹The word that Yahweh spoke concerning Babylon, concerning the land of the Chaldeans, by Jeremiah the prophet.

¹Slovo, ktoré hovoril Hospodin proti Babylonu, proti zemi Chaldejov, skrze proroka Jeremiáša:

²Declare among the nations and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and don’t conceal: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is disappointed, Merodach is dismayed; her images are disappointed, her idols are dismayed.

²Oznámte medzi národami, rozhláste a vyzdvihnite prápor, rozhláste, nezatajte! Povedzte: Babylon bude vzatý, Bél sa bude hanbiť, Merodach sa bude desiť, jeho modly sa budú hanbiť, jeho ukydaní bohovia budú zdrtení.

³For out of the north there comes up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they are fled, they are gone, both man and animal.

³Lebo vyjde naň hore národ od severa; ten obráti jeho zem na pustinu, a nebude v nej obyvateľa. Všetko, od človeka až do hoväda, ujde, ta odíde.

⁴In those days, and in that time, says Yahweh, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together; they shall go on their way weeping, and shall seek Yahweh their God.

⁴V tých dňoch a v tom čase, hovorí Hospodin, prijdú synovia Izraelovi, oni i synovia Júdovi spolu; pojdú pozvoľna plačúc a budú hľadať Hospodina, svojho Boha.

⁵They shall inquire concerning Zion with their faces turned toward it, saying, Come, and join yourselves to Yahweh in an everlasting covenant that shall not be forgotten.

⁵Budú sa pýtať po Sione a svojou tvárou na cestu sem obrátení, povedia: Poďte! A pripoja sa k Hospodinovi večnou smluvou, ktorá nebude zabudnutá.

⁶My people have been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray; they have turned them away on the mountains; they have gone from mountain to hill; they have forgotten their resting place.

⁶Môj ľud je stádom hynúcich oviec; ich pastieri pôsobia to, že blúdia, obrátili ich na vrchy, chodia s vrchu na pahor; zabudli na miesto, na ktorom sa kládli na odpočinok.

⁷All who found them have devoured them; and their adversaries said, We are not guilty, because they have sinned against Yahweh, the habitation of righteousness, even Yahweh, the hope of their fathers.

⁷Všetci, kde ich ktorí najdú, tam ich zožierajú. A ich protivníci hovoria: Nedopúšťame sa viny, zato že hrešili proti Hospodinovi, proti príbytku spravedlivosti a nádeje svojich otcov, proti Hospodinovi.

⁸Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the male goats before the flocks.

⁸Ujdite zprostred Babylona a vyjdite zo zeme Chaldejov a buďte jako kozli pred stádom oviec!

⁹For, behold, I will stir up and cause to come up against Babylon a company of great nations from the north country; and they shall set themselves in array against her; from there she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of an expert mighty man; none shall return in vain.

⁹Lebo hľa, ja vzbudím a dovediem hore na Babylon shromaždenie veľkých národov zo zeme severa, a zriadia sa proti nemu do boja; odtiaľ bude vzatý. Ich strely jako strely hrdinu, ktorý uvodí sirobu; nevráti sa prázdno.

¹⁰Chaldea shall be a prey: all who prey on her shall be satisfied, says Yahweh.

¹⁰A tak bude zem Chaldejov za korisť; všetci, ktorí ju budú koristiť, nasýtia sa, hovorí Hospodin.

¹¹Because you are glad, because you rejoice, O you who plunder my heritage, because you are wanton as a heifer that treads out the grain, and neigh as strong horses;

¹¹Preto, že sa radujete, preto, že plesáte, vy, ktorí olupujete moje dedičstvo, preto, že skáčete jako jalovica, ktorá šliapuc tlačí zbožie, a rehcete jako mocné kone:

¹²your mother shall be utterly disappointed; she who bore you shall be confounded: behold, she shall be the least of the nations, a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.

¹²Hanbiť sa bude vaša mater veľmi, rumenieť bude od studu tá, ktorá vás porodila. Hľa, najposlednejším z národov, púšťou, vypráhlou zemou a pustinou bude.

¹³Because of the wrath of Yahweh she shall not be inhabited, but she shall be wholly desolate: everyone who goes by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues.

¹³Pre veľký hnev Hospodinov nebude obydlená, ale bude celá pustou pustatinou. Každý, kto pojde popri Babylone, zdesí sa a zhíkne nad všetkými jeho údermi.

¹⁴Set yourselves in array against Babylon all around, all you who bend the bow; shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she has sinned against Yahweh.

¹⁴Pripravte sa proti Babylonu do boja, naokolo všetci, ktorí naťahujete lučište! Strieľajte do neho, neľutujte strely, lebo hrešil proti Hospodinovi.

¹⁵Shout against her all around: she has submitted herself; her bulwarks are fallen, her walls are thrown down; for it is the vengeance of Yahweh: take vengeance on her; as she has done, do to her.

¹⁵Kričte proti nemu naokolo! Poddal sa; jeho bašty padly, jeho múry sú zborené; lebo je to pomsta Hospodinova. Pomstite sa na ňom! Ako robil, urobte jemu!

¹⁶Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him who handles the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn everyone to his people, and they shall flee everyone to his own land.

¹⁶Vyplieňte rozsievača z Babylona i toho, kto berie do ruky srp v čas žatvy. Pred násilným mečom obráti sa každý ku svojmu ľudu, a budú utekať každý do svojej zeme.

¹⁷Israel is a hunted sheep; the lions have driven him away: first, the king of Assyria devoured him; and now at last Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has broken his bones.

¹⁷Izrael je zaplašenou ovcou; ktorú zahnali ľvi. Prvý ho zožieral assýrsky kráľ, a tento posledný mu polámal kosti, Nabuchodonozor, babylonský kráľ.

¹⁸Therefore thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria.

¹⁸Preto takto hovorí Hospodin Zástupov, Bôh Izraelov: Hľa, navštívim babylonského kráľa i jeho zem, ako som navštívil assýrskeho kráľa.

¹⁹I will bring Israel again to his pasture, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and in Gilead.

¹⁹A dovediem Izraela zpät do jeho príbytku, a bude sa pásť na Karmele a v Bázane, a na vrchu Efraimovom a v Gileáde sa bude sýtiť jeho duša.

²⁰In those days, and in that time, says Yahweh, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I leave as a remnant.

²⁰V tých dňoch a v tom čase, hovorí Hospodin, bude sa hľadať neprávosť Izraelova, a nebude jej; budú sa hľadať hriechy Júdove, ale sa nenajdú, lebo odpustím tým, ktorých ponechám žiť.

²¹Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: kill and utterly destroy after them, says Yahweh, and do according to all that I have commanded you.

²¹Proti zemi Merataim, iď hore proti nej a proti obyvateľom Pekóda! Pustoš a zahlaď s kliatbou úplnej záhuby, ženúc sa za nimi, hovorí Hospodin, a učiň všetko tak, ako ti prikazujem.

²²A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.

²²Hukot boja v zemi a veľké skrúšenie!

²³How is the hammer of the whole earth cut apart and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!

²³Ako je porúbané a skrúšené kladivo celej zeme! Jako je Babylon obrátený na pustú pustinu medzi národami!

²⁴I have laid a snare for you, and you are also taken, Babylon, and you weren’t aware: you are found, and also caught, because you have striven against Yahweh.

²⁴Nastavil som ti osídlo, aj si sa lapil, Babylone, a ty si nevedel o tom; bol si najdený aj dochytený, pretože si sa postavil Hospodinovi na odpor.

²⁵Yahweh has opened his armory, and has brought forth the weapons of his indignation; for the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, has a work to do in the land of the Chaldeans.

²⁵Hospodin otvoril svoj poklad a vyniesol odtiaľ nástroje svojho zúrivého hnevu, lebo je to práca Pána Hospodina Zástupov v zemi Chaldejov.

²⁶Come against her from the utmost border; open her storehouses; cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly; let nothing of her be left.

²⁶Poďte na ňu od konca zeme, pootvárajte jej stodoly, pohádžte ju všetku na kopu jako snopy a zahlaďte ju s kliatbou úplnej záhuby, nech nezostane z nej ničoho!

²⁷Kill all her bulls; let them go down to the slaughter: woe to them! for their day has come, the time of their visitation.

²⁷Pobite všetkých jej juncov, nech sídu dolu na zabitie! Beda im, lebo prišiel ich deň, čas ich navštívenia!

²⁸The voice of those who flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of Yahweh our God, the vengeance of his temple.

²⁸Hlas utekajúcich a uniklých z Babylonskej zeme, aby oznámili na Sione pomstu Hospodina, našeho Boha, pomstu jeho chrámu.

²⁹Call together the archers against Babylon, all those who bend the bow; encamp against her all around; let none of it escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she has done, do to her; for she has been proud against Yahweh, against the Holy One of Israel.

²⁹Svolajte proti Babylonu strelcov, všetkých, ktorí naťahujú lučište, položte sa proti nemu dookola táborom! Nech mu neni uniknutia! Odplaťte mu podľa jeho skutku! Všetko tak, ako robil, urobte jemu! Lebo sa v pýche pozdvihoval proti Hospodinovi, proti svätému Izraelovmu.

³⁰Therefore her young men will fall in her streets, and all her men of war will be brought to silence in that day, says Yahweh.

³⁰Preto popadajú jeho mládenci na jeho uliciach, a všetci jeho bojovní mužovia umĺknu toho dňa, hovorí Hospodin.

³¹Behold, I am against you, you proud one, says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies; for your day has come, the time that I will visit you.

³¹Hľa, ja som proti tebe, pýcho! hovorí Pán Hospodin Zástupov. Lebo prišiel tvoj deň, čas, aby som ťa navštívil.

³²The proud one shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up; and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all who are around him.

³²A tak klesne pýcha a padne a nebude mať nikoho, kto by pozdvihol. - A zanietim oheň v jeho mestách, ktorý požerie všetko vôkol neho.

³³Thus says Yahweh of Armies: The children of Israel and the children of Judah are oppressed together; and all who took them captive hold them fast; they refuse to let them go.

³³Takto hovorí Hospodin Zástupov: Utiskovaní sú synovia Izraelovi i synovia Júdovi spolu, a všetci, ktorí ich zajali, držia ich, nechcú ich prepustiť.

³⁴Their Redeemer is strong; Yahweh of Armies is his name: he will thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.

³⁴Ale ich Vykupiteľ je silný, ktorého meno je Hospodin Zástupov! Je isté, že bude riešiť ich pravotu, aby spôsobil zemi pokoj a mocne znepokojil obyvateľov Babylona.

³⁵A sword is on the Chaldeans, says Yahweh, and on the inhabitants of Babylon, and on her princes, and on her wise men.

³⁵Meč na Chaldejov, hovorí Hospodin, a na obyvateľov Babylona, i na jeho kniežatá a na jeho múdrych.

³⁶A sword is on the boasters, and they shall become fools; a sword is on her mighty men, and they shall be dismayed.

³⁶Meč na márnotlachov, aby osprosteli; meč na jeho hrdinov, aby sa predesili!

³⁷A sword is on their horses, and on their chariots, and on all the mixed people who are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is on her treasures, and they shall be robbed.

³⁷Meč na jeho kone i na jeho vozy i na všetku tú smes, ktorá je v jeho strede, a budú ženami! Meč na jeho poklady, a budú rozchvátané.

³⁸A drought is on her waters, and they shall be dried up; for it is a land of engraved images, and they are mad over idols.

³⁸Sucho na jeho vody, a vyschnú, lebo je to zem rytín, a pri strašidelných modlách bláznia.

³⁹Therefore the wild animals of the desert with the wolves shall dwell there, and the ostriches shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited forever; neither shall it be lived in from generation to generation.

³⁹Preto v nej budú bývať divé mačky s hyenami, a budú v nej bývať pštrosi; nebude viacej obydlená až na večnosť ani nebude obývaná až na pokolenie a pokolenie.

⁴⁰As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbor cities of it, says Yahweh, so shall no man dwell there, neither shall any son of man live therein.

⁴⁰A bude to jako Božie podvrátenie Sodomy a Gomory a jej súsedov, hovorí Hospodin; nikto tam nebude bývať, ani v nej nebude pohostíniť syn človeka.

⁴¹Behold, a people comes from the north; and a great nation and many kings shall be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.

⁴¹Hľa, ľud prijde od severa a veľký národ a mnohí kráľovia, zobudiac sa povstanú od najďaľších končín zeme.

⁴²They lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roars like the sea; and they ride on horses, everyone set in array, as a man to the battle, against you, daughter of Babylon.

⁴²Pochytia lučište a piku; ukrutní sú a nezľutujú sa; ich hlas bude hučať ako more, a pojdú na koňoch; pripravení, jako muž do boja, prijdú na teba, dcéro Babylona!

⁴³The king of Babylon has heard the news of them, and his hands wax feeble: anguish has taken hold of him, pains as of a woman in labor.

⁴³Keď počuje babylonský kráľ zvesť o nich; klesnú jeho ruky bezvládne; úzkosť ho pochytí, bolesť ako ženu, ktorá ide porodiť.

⁴⁴Behold, the enemy shall come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation: for I will suddenly make them run away from it; and whoever is chosen, him will I appoint over it: for who is like me? and who will appoint me a time? and who is the shepherd who can stand before me?

⁴⁴Hľa, pojde hore jako lev od dôstojnosti Jordána hore proti pevnému bydlisku. Ale ich náhle pohnem na útek s neho a toho, kto je vyvolený, ustanovím nad ním. Lebo kto je mne rovný? A kto mi stanoví deň, pravotiť sa so mnou? Alebo kde, kto je ten pastier, ktorý by sa postavil predo mnou?

⁴⁵Therefore hear the counsel of Yahweh, that he has taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he has purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely they shall drag them away, even the little ones of the flock; surely he shall make their habitation desolate over them.

⁴⁵Preto počujte radu Hospodinovu, ktorú uradil proti Babylonu, a jeho myšlienky, ktoré si umyslel proti zemi Chaldejov! Istotne ich rozvláčia maličkí stáda; istotne spolu s nimi spustošia aj ich bydlisko.

⁴⁶At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth trembles, and the cry is heard among the nations.

⁴⁶Od hlasu, že je dochytený Babylon, zatrasie sa zem, a medzi národami sa počuje krik.