¹Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old, and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.

¹Ezechiáš začal kraľovať, keď mal dvadsaťpäť rokov a kraľoval dvadsaťdeväť rokov v Jeruzaleme. A meno jeho matky bolo Abia, dcéra Zachariášova.

²And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done.

²A robil to, čo je spravedlivé v očiach Hospodinových, všetko tak, ako robil Dávid, jeho otec.

³He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them.

³On hneď prvého roku svojho kraľovania, prvého mesiaca otvoril dvere domu Hospodinovho a opravil ich.

⁴And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the east street,

⁴A doviedol kňazov a Levitov a shromaždil ich do Východnej ulice.

⁵And said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and sanctify the house of the LORD God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place.

⁵A povedal im: Počujte ma, Levitovia! Teraz sa posväťte a posväťte dom Hospodina, Boha svojich otcov, a vyneste nečistotu zo svätyne.

⁶For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the LORD, and turned their backs.

⁶Lebo naši otcovia hrešili dopúšťajúc sa nevernosti a robili to, čo je zlé, v očiach Hospodina nášho Boha, a opustili ho a odvrátiac svoju tvár od príbytku Hospodinovho obrátili mu chrbát.

⁷Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the holy place unto the God of Israel.

⁷Ba ešte aj zamkli dvere dvorany a zahasili lampy a kadiva nekadili ani neobetovali zápalnej obeti v svätyni Bohu Izraelovmu.

⁸Wherefore the wrath of the LORD was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he hath delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as ye see with your eyes.

⁸Preto prišiel hnev Hospodinov na Júdu a na Jeruzalem, a vydal ich za postrk, za desnú púšť a za ostrý posmech, ako to vidíte na vlastné oči.

⁹For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.

⁹A hľa, naši otcovia padli od meča, a naši synovia, naše dcéry a naše ženy sú pre to v zajatí.

¹⁰Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the LORD God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us.

¹⁰Preto teraz som si umienil, že učiním smluvu s Hospodinom, Bohom Izraelovým, aby sa odvrátila od nás páľa jeho hnevu.

¹¹My sons, be not now negligent: for the LORD hath chosen you to stand before him, to serve him, and that ye should minister unto him, and burn incense.

¹¹Moji synovia, neblúďte už teraz, ubezpečení. Lebo vás si vyvolil Hospodin, aby ste stáli pred ním slúžiac mu a aby ste mu svätoslúžili a kadili mu.

¹²Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel: and of the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah:

¹²Vtedy povstali Levitovia, Machat, syn Amasaiho, a Joel, syn Azariášov, zo synov Kehátovcov, a zo synov Meráriho: Kíš, syn Abdiho, a Azariáš, syn Jehallelélov, a z Geršonovcov: Joach, syn Zimmu, a Éden, syn Joachov;

¹³And of the sons of Elizaphan; Shimri, and Jeiel: and of the sons of Asaph; Zechariah, and Mattaniah:

¹³zo synov Elicafánových: Šimri a Jehiel; zo synov Azafových: Zachariáš a Mataniáš;

¹⁴And of the sons of Heman; Jehiel, and Shimei: and of the sons of Jeduthun; Shemaiah, and Uzziel.

¹⁴zo synov Hémanových: Jechiel a Šimei, a zo synov Jedutúnových: Šemaiáš a Uziel.

¹⁵And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and came, according to the commandment of the king, by the words of the LORD, to cleanse the house of the LORD.

¹⁵A shromaždili svojich bratov a posvätili sa. A prišli podľa rozkazu kráľovho, založeného na slovách Hospodinových, aby vyčistili dom Hospodinov.

¹⁶And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the LORD, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the LORD into the court of the house of the LORD. And the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad into the brook Kidron.

¹⁶Tak vošli kňazi do vnútra do domu Hospodinovho, aby ho vyčistili, a vyniesli všetku nečistotu, ktorú našli v chráme Hospodinovom, na dvor domu Hospodinovho, odkiaľ to brali Levitovia, aby to vyniesli von do potoka Kedrona.

¹⁷Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of the LORD: so they sanctified the house of the LORD in eight days; and in the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end.

¹⁷A začali posväcovať prvého dňa prvého mesiaca a ôsmeho dňa toho istého mesiaca vošli do dvorany Hospodinovej a posväcovali dom Hospodinov za osem dní a šestnásteho dňa toho istého prvého mesiaca dokončili.

¹⁸Then they went in to Hezekiah the king, and said, We have cleansed all the house of the LORD, and the altar of burnt offering, with all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread table, with all the vessels thereof.

¹⁸Vtedy vošli dnu ku kráľovi Ezechiášovi a riekli: Vyčistili sme celý dom Hospodinov aj oltár na zápaly jako aj všetky jeho nádoby i stôl predloženia i všetky jeho nádoby

¹⁹Moreover all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his reign did cast away in his transgression, have we prepared and sanctified, and, behold, they are before the altar of the LORD.

¹⁹i všetky nádoby, ktoré bol odhodil kráľ Achaz po čas svojho kraľovania, keď hrešil robiac neverne, pripravili sme a posvätili, a hľa, sú pred oltárom Hospodinovým.

²⁰Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of the city, and went up to the house of the LORD.

²⁰Potom vstal kráľ Ezechiáš skoro ráno a shromaždil náčelníkov mesta a vyšiel hore do domu Hospodinovho.

²¹And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven he goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of the LORD.

²¹A doviedli sedem juncov, sedem baranov, sedem oviec a sedem kozlov na obeť za hriech, donesenú za kráľovstvo, za svätyňu a za Júdu. A povedal synom Áronovým, kňazom, aby obetovali zápaly na oltári Hospodinovom.

²²So they killed the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and sprinkled it on the altar: likewise, when they had killed the rams, they sprinkled the blood upon the altar: they killed also the lambs, and they sprinkled the blood upon the altar.

²²A tak pobili voly, a kňazi berúc krv kropili na oltár. Potom pobili aj baranov a kropili ich krv na oltár; pobili aj ovce a kropili krv na oltár.

²³And they brought forth the he goats for the sin offering before the king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them:

²³Napokon doviedli kozlov obeti za hriech pred kráľa a pred shromaždenie, ktorí položili svoje ruky na nich.

²⁴And the priests killed them, and they made reconciliation with their blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all Israel: for the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made for all Israel.

²⁴A pobili ich kňazi a ich krvou očistili oltár od hriechu, aby pokryli hriech celého Izraela, lebo za celého Izraela rozkázal kráľ obetovať zápal a obeť za hriech.

²⁵And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: for so was the commandment of the LORD by his prophets.

²⁵A zase postavil Levitov do domu Hospodinovho s cymbalmi, s harfami a s citarami podľa príkazu Dávida a Gáda, vidiaceho kráľovho, a proroka Nátana, lebo to prikázanie bolo od Hospodina, prikázané skrze jeho prorokov.

²⁶And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.

²⁶A tak stáli Levitovia s nástrojami Dávidovými a kňazi s trúbami.

²⁷And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering upon the altar. And when the burnt offering began, the song of the LORD began also with the trumpets, and with the instruments ordained by David king of Israel.

²⁷A Ezechiáš rozkázal obetovať zápalnú obeť na oltári. A keď sa začala zápalná obeť, začal sa spev Hospodinov i trúbenie na trúby, a to poriadkom hudobných nástrojov Dávida, kráľa Izraelovho.

²⁸And all the congregation worshipped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded: and all this continued until the burnt offering was finished.

²⁸A celé shromaždenie sa klaňalo, a speváci spievali, a trubači trúbili; to všetko sa tak dialo, kým sa len nedokončila zápalná obeť.

²⁹And when they had made an end of offering, the king and all that were present with him bowed themselves, and worshipped.

²⁹A keď doobetovali zápalnú obeť, sklonili sa kráľ i všetci, ktorí sa nachádzali s ním, a klaňali sa.

³⁰Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the LORD with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped.

³⁰Krome toho rozkázal kráľ Ezechiáš i kniežatá Levitom, aby chválili Hospodina slovami Dávida a vidiaceho Azafa. A chválili, až bola radosť, a skloniac hlavy klaňali sa.

³¹Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now ye have consecrated yourselves unto the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the house of the LORD. And the congregation brought in sacrifices and thank offerings; and as many as were of a free heart burnt offerings.

³¹Vtedy odpovedal Ezechiáš a riekol: Teraz ste naplnili svoju ruku Hospodinovi, posvätili ste sa; pristúpte a doveďte bitné obeti aj obeti chvály do domu Hospodinovho. A tak dovádzalo shromaždenie bitné obeti a obeti chvály, i každý, kto bol ochotného srdca, zápalné obeti,

³²And the number of the burnt offerings, which the congregation brought, was threescore and ten bullocks, an hundred rams, and two hundred lambs: all these were for a burnt offering to the LORD.

³²takže bol počet zápalnej obeti, ktorú doviedlo shromaždenie, sedemdesiat volov, sto baranov a dvesto oviec, všetko to na zápalnú obeť Hospodinovi.

³³And the consecrated things were six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep.

³³A čo do iných posvätených vecí, obetované bolo šesťsto volov a drobného dobytka tri tisíce kusov.

³⁴But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them, till the work was ended, and until the other priests had sanctified themselves: for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.

³⁴Len že kňazov bolo primálo, takže nemohli sami stiahnuť z kože všetky zápalné obeti, a preto im pomáhali ich bratia Leviti, až dokiaľ nebolo dielo dokončené, a dokiaľ sa neposvätili kňazi, lebo Leviti boli úprimnejšieho srdca a ochotnejší posvätiť sa než kňazi.

³⁵And also the burnt offerings were in abundance, with the fat of the peace offerings, and the drink offerings for every burnt offering. So the service of the house of the LORD was set in order.

³⁵K tomu ešte bolo množstvo zápalných obetí s tukmi pokojných obetí i s liatymi obeťami ku každému zápalu. A tak bola znova uvedená služba domu Hospodinovho do poriadku.

³⁶And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the people: for the thing was done suddenly.

³⁶A Ezechiáš sa radoval i všetok ľud nad tým, čo Bôh pripravil svojmu ľudu; lebo to všetko sa bolo rýchle stalo.