¹Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath.

¹Joziáš mal osem rokov, keď začal kraľovať, a kraľoval tridsaťjeden rokov v Jeruzaleme. A meno jeho matky bolo Jedida, dcéra Adaiášova, z Bacekaty.

²And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.

²A robil to, čo je spravedlivé v očiach Hospodinových, a chodil po každej ceste Dávida, svojho otca, a neuchýlil sa ani napravo ani naľavo.

³And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the LORD, saying,

³A stalo sa v osemnástom roku kráľa Joziáša, že poslal kráľ Šafána, syna Acaliáša, syna Mešullamovho, pisára, do domu Hospodinovho povediac:

⁴Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the silver which is brought into the house of the LORD, which the keepers of the door have gathered of the people:

⁴Iď hore k Hilkiášovi, k najvyššiemu kňazovi, a nech spočíta peniaze, ktoré sú nadonášané do domu Hospodinovho, ktoré sobrali strážcovia prahu od ľudu,

⁵And let them deliver it into the hand of the doers of the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD: and let them give it to the doers of the work which is in the house of the LORD, to repair the breaches of the house,

⁵a nech ich dajú do ruky tým, ktorí robia prácu, tým, ktorí sú ustanovení nad ňou v dome Hospodinovom, a nech ich dávajú tým, ktorí robia prácu, ktorá je v dome Hospodinovom, aby opravili trhliny domu,

⁶Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house.

⁶tesárom, staviteľom a murárom a na zakúpenie dreva a tesaných kameňov opraviť dom.

⁷Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand, because they dealt faithfully.

⁷Avšak nech sa neúčtuje s nimi z peňazí, ktoré sa dajú do ich ruky, lebo verne pracujú.

⁸And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it.

⁸A Hilkiáš, najvyšší kňaz, povedal Šafánovi, pisárovi: Našiel som knihu zákona v dome Hospodinovom. A Hilkiáš dal knihu Šafánovi, ktorý ju čítal.

⁹And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again, and said, Thy servants have gathered the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of them that do the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD.

⁹Potom vošiel Šafán, pisár, ku kráľovi a doniesol kráľovi odpoveď a riekol: Tvoji služobníci vysypali peniaze, ktoré sa našly v dome Hospodinovom, a dali ich do ruky tým, ktorí robia prácu, tým, ktorí sú ustanovení nad ňou v dome Hospodinovom.

¹⁰And Shaphan the scribe showed the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.

¹⁰A Šafán, pisár, tiež oznámil kráľovi a riekol: Kňaz Hilkiáš mi dal nejakú knihu. A Šafán ju čítal pred kráľom.

¹¹And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes.

¹¹A stalo sa, keď počul kráľ slová knihy zákona, že roztrhol svoje rúcho,

¹²And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah a servant of the king's, saying,

¹²a kráľ prikázal Hilkiášovi, kňazovi a Achikámovi, synovi Šafánovmu, a Achborovi, synovi Michaiášovmu, a Šafánovi, pisárovi, a Asaiášovi, služobníkovi kráľovmu, a riekol:

¹³Go ye, enquire of the LORD for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkened unto the words of this book, to do according unto all that which is written concerning us.

¹³Iďte, opýtajte sa Hospodina o mne a o ľude a o celom Júdovi vzhľadom na slová tejto najdenej knihy, lebo je veľký hnev Hospodinov, ktorý je zanietený proti nám, pretože nepočúvali naši otcovia na slová tejto knihy, aby boli robili všetko tak, ako nám je predpísané.

¹⁴So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her.

¹⁴A tak odišiel Hilkiáš, kňaz, a Achikám a Achbor a Šafán a Asaiáš k prorokyni Hulde, žene Šallúma, syna Tikvu, syna Charchasovho, strážcu rúcha. A bývala v Jeruzaleme, na druhej strane, a hovorili jej o tom.

¹⁵And she said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell the man that sent you to me,

¹⁵A ona im riekla: Takto hovorí Hospodin, Bôh Izraelov: Povedzte mužovi, ktorý vás poslal ku mne:

¹⁶Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah hath read:

¹⁶Takto hovorí Hospodin: Hľa, uvediem zlé na toto miesto a na jeho obyvateľov, všetky slová knihy, ktorú čítal judský kráľ.

¹⁷Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched.

¹⁷Pretože ma opustili a kadili iným bohom, aby ma popudzovali všelijakým dielom svojich rúk. Preto sa roznietil môj hnev na toto miesto a nevyhasne.

¹⁸But to the king of Judah which sent you to enquire of the LORD, thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, As touching the words which thou hast heard;

¹⁸A judskému kráľovi, ktorý vás poslal pýtať sa Hospodina, takto mu poviete: Takto hovorí Hospodin, Bôh Izraelov, čo sa týka slov, ktoré si počul.

¹⁹Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the LORD.

¹⁹Pretože zmäklo tvoje srdce, a ponížil si sa pred tvárou Hospodinovou, keď si počul, čo som hovoril proti tomuto miestu a proti jeho obyvateľom, že budú púšťou a zlorečenstvom, a že si roztrhol svoje rúcho a plakal si predo mnou, preto som i ja počul, hovorí Hospodin.

²⁰Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.

²⁰Preto hľa, pripojím ťa k tvojim otcom, a budeš sprataný do svojich hrobov v pokoji, a nebudú hľadieť tvoje oči na nič z toho zlého, ktoré uvediem na toto miesto. - A doniesli kráľovi odpoveď.