¹The word of Yahweh “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. that came to Micah the Morashtite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.

¹Slovo Hospodinovo, ktoré sa stalo k Micheášovi Morašťanskému za dní Jotama, Achaza a Ezechiáša, kráľov Júdových, ktoré videl o Samárii a o Jeruzaleme.

²Hear, you peoples, all of you. Listen, O earth, and all that is therein: and let the Lord The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.” Yahweh be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.

²Počujte, všetky národy, pozoruj ušima, zem, i jej náplň! A Pán Hospodin nech je svedkom proti vám, Pán z chrámu svojej svätosti.

³For, behold, Yahweh comes forth out of his place, and will come down and tread on the high places of the earth.

³Lebo hľa, Hospodin vyjde zo svojho miesta a sostúpiac bude šliapať po výšinách zeme.

⁴The mountains melt under him, and the valleys split apart, like wax before the fire, like waters that are poured down a steep place.

⁴Vrchy sa budú rozplývať pod ním, a doliny sa budú trhať; budú jako vosk pred ohňom, ako vody vyliate na svahu.

⁵“All this is for the disobedience of Jacob, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the disobedience of Jacob? Isn’t it Samaria? And what are the high places of Judah? Aren’t they Jerusalem?

⁵To všetko sa bude diať za prestúpenie Jakobovo a za hriechy domu Izraelovho. Ktože je príčinou prestúpenia Jakobovho? Či azda nie Samária? A kto výšin Júdových? Či azda nie Jeruzalem?

⁶Therefore I will make Samaria like a rubble heap of the field, like places for planting vineyards; and I will pour down its stones into the valley, and I will uncover its foundations.

⁶Ale obrátim Samáriu na hromadu rozvalín na poli, miestom na vysadenie vinice a pomecem jej kamene do doliny a odkryjem jej základy.

⁷All her idols will be beaten to pieces, and all her temple gifts will be burned with fire, and all her images I will destroy; for of the hire of a prostitute has she gathered them, and to the hire of a prostitute shall they return.”

⁷Všetky jej rytiny budú potlčené, a všetky jej mzdy za smilstvo budú spálené ohňom, a všetky jej modly obrátim v pustinu. Lebo zo mzdy smilnice ich nahromadila, a ku mzde smilnice zase sa navrátia.

⁸For this I will lament and wail; I will go stripped and naked; I will howl like the jackals, and moan like the daughters of owls.

⁸Nad tým budem smútiť a kvíliť; budem chodiť bosý a nahý; budem nariekať ako šakali a smútiť ako mladí pštrosi.

⁹For her wounds are incurable; for it has come even to Judah. It reaches to the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.

⁹Pretože je nevyhojiteľná zo svojich rán, a že to prijde až po Júdu, dosiahne až po bránu môjho ľudu, až po Jeruzalem.

¹⁰Don’t tell it in Gath. Don’t weep at all. At Beth Ophrah Beth Ophrah means literally “House of Dust.” I have rolled myself in the dust.

¹⁰Neoznámte toho v Gáte, ani plakať neplačte; v Bét-leafre som sa pováľal v prachu.

¹¹Pass on, inhabitant of Shaphir, in nakedness and shame. The inhabitant of Zaanan won’t come out. The wailing of Beth Ezel will take from you his protection.

¹¹Prejdiže vám ta, ty, obyvateľko Šafíra, s obnaženou hanbou! Nevyjde obyvateľka Caanána; smútok v Bét-haécele vezme od vás svoje stanovisko.

¹²For the inhabitant of Maroth waits anxiously for good, because evil has come down from Yahweh to the gate of Jerusalem.

¹²Lebo obyvateľka Maróta sa bude svíjať bolesťou za strateným dobrým, pretože sostúpi zlé od Hospodina do brány Jeruzalema.

¹³Harness the chariot to the swift steed, inhabitant of Lachish. She was the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion; For the transgressions of Israel were found in you.

¹³Zapriahni tátoše do voza, obyvateľko Lachiša! Ona bola počiatkom hriechu dcéry Siona, lebo v tebe sa našly prestúpenia Izraelove.

¹⁴Therefore you will give a parting gift to Moresheth Gath. The houses of Achzib will be a deceitful thing to the kings of Israel.

¹⁴Preto dáš Moréšet-gátu rozvodný dar prepustný. Domy Achzíba budú kladom kráľom Izraelovým.

¹⁵I will yet bring to you, inhabitant of Mareshah. He who is the glory of Israel will come to Adullam.

¹⁵Ešte ti dovediem vlastníka, obyvateľko Maréše. Až po Adullam prijde sláva Izraelova.

¹⁶Shave your heads, and cut off your hair for the children of your delight. Enlarge your baldness like the vulture; for they have gone into captivity from you!

¹⁶Sprav si plešinu a ostrihaj sa pre synov svojich rozkoší; rozšír svoju plešinu jako orol, lebo sa odstehujú od teba do zajatia.