1Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a spring of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
1Oj, aby moja hlava bola vodou a moje oko prameňom sĺz, aby som oplakával vodne i vnoci pobitých dcéry svojho ľudu!
2Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
2Oj, aby som mal na púšti príchylok pocestných na noc, aby som opustil svoj ľud a odišiel od nich! Lebo všetci sú cudzoložníkmi, sberbou spreneverilcov.
3They bend their tongue, as their bow, for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they don’t know me, says Yahweh.
3Naťahujú svoj jazyk sťa svoje lučište ku lži. Ale nie za pravdu sú oni mocní v zemi, lebo idú zo zlého do zlého a mňa neznajú, hovorí Hospodin.
4Take heed everyone of his neighbor, and don’t trust in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go about with slanders.
4Chráňte sa každý svojho blížneho a nedôverujte niktorému bratovi, lebo každý brat klame šeredne, a každý blížny chodí jako pomluvač.
5They will deceive everyone his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves to commit iniquity.
5Každý klame svojho blížneho, a nehovoria pravdy. Učia svoj jazyk hovoriť lož; robia neprave až ustávajú.
6Your habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, says Yahweh.
6Tvoje bývanie je prostred ľstivého ľudu; pre lesť ma nechcú poznať, hovorí Hospodin.
7Therefore thus says Yahweh of Armies, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how should I deal with the daughter of my people?
7Preto takto hovorí Hospodin Zástupov: Hľa, prepálim ich ako zlatník kov a sprobujem ich. Lebo jako ináč by som mal učiniť pre dcéru svojho ľudu?
8Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceit: one speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he lays wait for him.
8Ich jazyk je vražedlnou strelou; hovorí lesť; svojimi ústami hovorí o pokoji so svojím blížnym a vo svojom vnútri kladie svoj úklad.
9Shall I not visit them for these things? says Yahweh; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
9Či azda pre také veci ich nemám navštíviť? hovorí Hospodin. Či na takom národe, jako je tento, nemá sa pomstiť moja duša?
10For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the pastures of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none passes through; neither can men hear the voice of the livestock; both the birds of the sky and the animals are fled, they are gone.
10Nad vrchami pozdvihnem plač a nárek a nad pasienkami stepi trúchlospev, lebo budú spálené, takže nebude nikoho, kto by išiel cez ne, ani tam nepočujú ľudia hlasu dobytka; od vtáctva nebies až do hoväda, všetko sa odstehuje, odíde.
11I will make Jerusalem heaps, a dwelling place of jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.
11A obrátim Jeruzalem na hromady rumov, na príbytok šakalov, a mestá Júdove obrátim na pustinu, takže v nich nebude obyvateľa.
12Who is the wise man, that may understand this? Who is he to whom the mouth of Yahweh has spoken, that he may declare it? Why is the land perished and burned up like a wilderness, so that none passes through?
12Kto je tým múdrym mužom, aby tomu rozumel, a ktorému hovorily ústa Hospodinove, aby to oznámil? Prečo zahynula táto zem, prečo je vypálená jako púšť, takže neni toho, kto by išiel cez ňu?
13Yahweh says, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein,
13A Hospodin riekol: Pretože opustili môj zákon, ktorý som im bol predložil, a nepočúvali na môj hlas ani nechodili v ňom, v mojom zákone,
14but have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart, and after the Baals, which their fathers taught them;
14ale chodili za umienenosťou svojho srdca a za Bálmi, čomu ich naučili ich otcovia,
15therefore thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.
15Preto takto hovorí Hospodin Zástupov, Bôh Izraelov: Hľa, nakŕmim ich, tento ľud, palinou a napojím ich jedovatou vodou.
16I will scatter them also among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known; and I will send the sword after them, until I have consumed them.
16A rozptýlim ich medzi národy, ktorých neznali ani oni ani ich otcovia, a pošlem za nimi meč, aby ich žral dokiaľ ich nevyhladím.
17Thus says Yahweh of Armies, Consider, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for the skillful women, that they may come:
17Takto hovorí Hospodin Zástupov: Pozorujte a zavolajte nariekačky, a nech prijdú, a pošlite po múdre ženy, aby prišly.
18and let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.
18A nech sa poponáhľajú a pozdvihnú nad nami nárek, aby tiekly slzy z našich očí, a z našich rias aby sa lialy vody,
19For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we ruined! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because they have cast down our dwellings.
19pretože počuť hlas náreku so Siona: Oj, ako sme spustošení! Hanbíme sa veľmi, lebo sme opustili zem, lebo povrhli naše príbytky!
20Yet hear the word of Yahweh, you women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth; and teach your daughters wailing, and everyone her neighbor lamentation.
20Lebo nože počujte, ženy, slovo Hospodinovo, a vaše ucho nech prijme slovo jeho úst, a učte svoje dcéry náreku a každá svoju družku trúchlospevu.
21For death has come up into our windows, it is entered into our palaces; to cut off the children from outside, and the young men from the streets.
21Lebo smrť vyšla hore a vošla našimi oknami; vošla do našich palácov, aby vyplienila dieťa z ulice, mládencov s námestí.
22Speak, Thus says Yahweh, The dead bodies of men shall fall as dung on the open field, and as the handful after the harvester; and none shall gather them.
22Hovor: Takto hovorí Hospodin: A padne mŕtve telo človeka jako hnojivo na poli a jako snop za žencom, a nebude toho, kto by sobral.
23Thus says Yahweh, Don’t let the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, don’t let the rich man glory in his riches;
23Takto hovorí Hospodin: Nech sa nechváli múdry svojou múdrosťou, ani nech sa nechváli udatný muž silný svojou silou, nech sa nechváli bohatý svojím bohatstvom!
24but let him who glories glory in this, that he has understanding, and knows me, that I am Yahweh who exercises loving kindness, justice, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, says Yahweh.
24Ale týmto nech sa chváli ten, kto sa chváli: že rozumie a zná mňa, že ja som Hospodin, ktorý činím milosť, súd a spravedlivosť na zemi, lebo v tých veciach mám záľubu, hovorí Hospodin.
25Behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will punish all those who are circumcised in uncircumcision:
25Hľa, idú dni, hovorí Hospodin, že navštívim každého obrezaného v jeho neobrezanosti,
26Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that have the corners of their hair cut off, who dwell in the wilderness; for all the nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart.
26Egypt i Júdu, Edoma i synov Ammonových. Moába i všetkých obrezaných po strane, ktorí bývajú na púšti. Lebo všetky národy sú neobrezané, a celý dom Izraelov sú neobrezaného srdca.