¹Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming close to him to hear him.

¹A približovali sa k nemu všetci publikáni a hriešnici, aby ho počuli.

²The Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, “This man welcomes sinners, and eats with them.”

²A farizeovia a zákonníci reptali a vraveli: Tento prijíma hriešnikov a jie s nimi.

³He told them this parable.

³A on im povedal toto podobenstvo a riekol:

⁴ “Which of you men, if you had one hundred sheep, and lost one of them, wouldn’t leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one that was lost, until he found it?

⁴Kto z vás je taký človek, ktorý má sto oviec a keď ztratí jednu z nich nezanechá tých deväťdesiatdeväť na púšti a nejde za tou ztratenou, dokiaľ jej nenajde?

⁵ When he has found it, he carries it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

⁵A keď najde, vezme na svoje plecia a raduje sa.

⁶ When he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!’

⁶A keď prijde domov, svolá priateľov a súsedov a povie im: Radujte sa so mnou, lebo som našiel svoju ovcu, ktorá sa bola ztratila.

⁷ I tell you that even so there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance.

⁷Hovorím vám, že tak bude radosť v nebi nad jedným hriešnikom, činiacim pokánie, väčšia ako nad deväťdesiatdeväť spravedlivými, ktorí nepotrebujú pokánia.

⁸ Or what woman, if she had ten drachma A drachma coin was worth about 2 days wages for an agricultural laborer. coins, if she lost one drachma coin, wouldn’t light a lamp, sweep the house, and seek diligently until she found it?

⁸Alebo ktorá žena, ktorá má desať grošov, keby ztratila jeden groš, nezažne sviece a nezametá domu a nehľadá bedlive, dokiaľ nenajde?

⁹ When she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the drachma which I had lost.’

⁹A keď najde, svolá priateľky a súsedy a povie: Radujte sa so mnou, lebo som našla groš, ktorý som bola ztratila.

¹⁰ Even so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner repenting.”

¹⁰Tak, hovorím vám, býva radosť pred anjelmi Božími nad jedným hriešnikom, činiacim pokánie.

¹¹He said, “A certain man had two sons.

¹¹A povedal: Nejaký človek mal dvoch synov.

¹² The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of your property.’ He divided his livelihood between them.

¹²A mladší z nich povedal otcovi: Otče, daj mi pripádajúci diel imania! A on im rozdelil majetok.

¹³ Not many days after, the younger son gathered all of this together and traveled into a far country. There he wasted his property with riotous living.

¹³A po nie mnohých dňoch shromaždil všetko ten mladší syn a odcestoval do ďalekej krajiny. A tam rozmrhal svoje imanie žijúc prostopašne.

¹⁴ When he had spent all of it, there arose a severe famine in that country, and he began to be in need.

¹⁴Keď potom všetko strovil, nastal veliký hlad v tej krajine, a on začal trpieť núdzou.

¹⁵ He went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed pigs.

¹⁵A išiel a pripojil sa ktorémusi z občanov tej krajiny, a ten ho poslal na svoje polia pásť svine.

¹⁶ He wanted to fill his belly with the husks that the pigs ate, but no one gave him any.

¹⁶A žiadal si môcť naplniť svoje brucho mlátom, ktoré žraly svine, ale mu ho nikto nedával.

¹⁷ But when he came to himself he said, ‘How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough to spare, and I’m dying with hunger!

¹⁷No, potom vstúpil do seba a povedal: Koľko nájomníkov mojeho otca má hojnosť chleba, a ja tu hyniem hladom!

¹⁸ I will get up and go to my father, and will tell him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight.

¹⁸Vstanem a pojdem k svojmu Otcovi a poviem mu: Otče, zhrešil som proti nebu i pred tebou,

¹⁹ I am no more worthy to be called your son. Make me as one of your hired servants.”’

¹⁹takže už viacej nie som hoden volať sa tvojím synom; učiň ma jako jedného zo svojich nájomníkov.

²⁰ “He arose, and came to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

²⁰A vstal a prišiel k svojmu otcovi. A ešte keď bol ďaleko, uvidel ho jeho otec a bol pohnutý milosrdenstvom. A bežal a padol mu okolo krku a bozkával ho.

²¹ The son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’

²¹A syn mu povedal: Otče, zhrešil som proti nebu i pred tebou a nie som viacej hoden volať sa tvojím synom.

²² “But the father said to his servants, ‘Bring out the best robe, and put it on him. Put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet.

²²Vtedy povedal otec svojim sluhom: Vyneste rýchle to prvé rúcho a oblečte ho a dajte prsteň na jeho ruku a sandále na nohy

²³ Bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let us eat, and celebrate;

²³a doveďte to krmné teľa a zabite, a jedzme a veseľme sa,

²⁴ for this, my son, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.’ They began to celebrate.

²⁴lebo tento môj syn bol mŕtvy a ožil; bol ztratený a našiel sa. A začali sa veseliť.

²⁵ “Now his elder son was in the field. As he came near to the house, he heard music and dancing.

²⁵A jeho starší syn bol na poli. A jako tak išiel a priblížil sa domu, počul hudbu a kolotanec.

²⁶ He called one of the servants to him, and asked what was going on.

²⁶A zavolajúc si ktoréhosi zo sluhov vypytoval sa, čo je to.

²⁷ He said to him, ‘Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has received him back safe and healthy.’

²⁷A on mu povedal: Tvoj brat prišiel, a tvoj otec zabil to krmné teľa, že ho zdravého prijal.

²⁸ But he was angry, and would not go in. Therefore his father came out, and begged him.

²⁸A on sa nahneval a nechcel vojsť. Vtedy vyšiel jeho otec a prosil ho.

²⁹ But he answered his father, ‘Behold, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed a commandment of yours, but you never gave me a goat, that I might celebrate with my friends.

²⁹Ale on odpovedal a riekol svojmu otcovi: Hľa, tak mnoho rokov ti slúžim a nikdy som neprestúpil tvojho prikázania, a mne si nikdy nedal ani len kozľaťa, aby som sa poveselil so svojimi priateľmi.

³⁰ But when this, your son, came, who has devoured your living with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.’

³⁰No, keď prišiel tento tvoj syn, ktorý so smilnicami prežral tvoj majetok, zabil si mu to krmné teľa.

³¹ “He said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours.

³¹A on povedal: Dieťa, ty si vždycky so mnou, a všetko moje je tvoje;

³² But it was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for this, your brother, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.’”

³²ale veseliť a radovať sa patrilo, lebo tento tvoj brat bol mŕtvy a ožil, bol ztratený a našiel sa.