¹And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou dismayed: take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai: see, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land:

¹A Hospodin riekol Jozuovi: Neboj sa ani sa nestrachuj! Pojmi so sebou všetok ľud, súci do boja, a vstaň a iď hore do Haja. Hľaďže, dal som do tvojej ruky kráľa mesta Haj i jeho ľud, jeho mesto i jeho zem.

²And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it.

²A učiníš mestu Haj i jeho kráľovi, jako si učinil Jerichu i jeho kráľovi, len že jeho korisť i jeho dobytok ulúpite pre seba. Postav si úklad mestu od jeho tyla.

³So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valor, and sent them away by night.

³Vtedy vstal Jozua, všetok ľud, súci do boja, aby išli hore do Haja. A Jozua vybral tridsať tisíc mužov, silných hrdinov, a poslal ich vopred vnoci.

⁴And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait against the city, even behind the city: go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready:

⁴A prikázal im a riekol: Hľaďte, vy budete úkladiť mestu od tyla mesta. Nevzdiaľte sa veľmi ďaleko od mesta a buďte všetci hotoví.

⁵And I, and all the people that are with me, will approach unto the city: and it shall come to pass, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them,

⁵A ja a všetok ľud, ktorý pojde so mnou, budeme sa blížiť mestu. A stane sa, keď vyjdú oproti nám ako tam prv, že budeme utekať pred nimi.

⁶(For they will come out after us) till we have drawn them from the city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first: therefore we will flee before them.

⁶A vyjdú za nami a pojdú, až ich odtrhneme od mesta, lebo povedia: Utekajú pred nami jako tam prv! A budeme utekať pred nimi.

⁷Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon the city: for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand.

⁷A vy vstanete z úkladiska a zaujmete mesto. A Hospodin, váš Bôh, ho dá do vašej ruky.

⁸And it shall be, when ye have taken the city, that ye shall set the city on fire: according to the commandment of the LORD shall ye do. See, I have commanded you.

⁸A stane sa, keď dosiahnete mesto, že ho zapálite ohňom; učiníte podľa slova Hospodinovho. Hľaďte, prikázal som vám!

⁹Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people.

⁹A tak ich poslal Jozua, a išli do úkladiska a zostali medzi Bét-elom a medzi Hajom, od západnej strany mesta Haj. A Jozua nocoval tej noci medzi ľudom.

¹⁰And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and numbered the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.

¹⁰Potom vstanúc Jozua skoro ráno spočítal ľud a išiel hore, on i starší Izraelovi, pred ľudom k Haju.

¹¹And all the people, even the people of war that were with him, went up, and drew nigh, and came before the city, and pitched on the north side of Ai: now there was a valley between them and Ai.

¹¹A všetok bojovný ľud, ktorý bol s ním, išiel hore, priblížili sa a prišli naproti mestu a položili sa táborom od severnej strany Haja, a dolina bola medzi ním a medzi Hajom.

¹²And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.

¹²A vzal okolo päť tisíc mužov a postavil ich úkladom medzi Bét-elom a medzi Hajom od západnej strany mesta.

¹³And when they had set the people, even all the host that was on the north of the city, and their liers in wait on the west of the city, Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.

¹³A rozostavil ľud, celý tábor, ktorý bol od severnej strany mesta, i jeho zadné vojsko od západnej strany mesta. A tak odišiel Jozua tej noci naprostred doliny.

¹⁴And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain; but he wist not that there were liers in ambush against him behind the city.

¹⁴A stalo sa, keď to videl kráľ mesta Haj, poponáhľali sa a vstanúc skoro ráno vyšli mužovia mesta vústrety Izraelovi do boja, on i všetok jeho ľud, na určený čas pred rovinu. Ale on nevedel, že mu úkladia od tyla mesta.

¹⁵And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.

¹⁵A Jozua a všetok Izrael sa staväli, jako keby boli porazení pred nimi a utekali cestou púšte.

¹⁶And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.

¹⁶Vtedy bol krikom povolaný všetok ľud, ktorý bol v meste, aby ich honili, a honili Jozuu a boli odtrhnutí od mesta.

¹⁷And there was not a man left in Ai or Bethel, that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.

¹⁷A nezostalo ani muža v meste Haj ani v Bét-ele, ktorý by nebol vyšiel za Izraelom, a zanechali mesto otvorené a honili Izraela.

¹⁸And the LORD said unto Joshua, Stretch out the spear that is in thy hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thine hand. And Joshua stretched out the spear that he had in his hand toward the city.

¹⁸A Hospodin riekol Jozuovi: Vystri svojou kopiou, ktorá je v tvojej ruke, proti mestu Haj, lebo ho dám do tvojej ruky! A Jozua vystrel kopiou, ktorá bola v jeho ruke, proti mestu.

¹⁹And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand: and they entered into the city, and took it, and hasted and set the city on fire.

¹⁹Vtedy povstal rýchle úklad zo svojho mesta, a bežali, hneď ako vystrel svoju ruku, a vojdúc do mesta zaujali ho, a chytro zapálili mesto ohňom.

²⁰And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers.

²⁰A mužovia Haja obzrúc sa nazpät videli, že hľa, vystupuje dym mesta do neba, a nebolo v nich sily utiecť ani sem ani ta, a ľud, ktorý utekal na púšť, obrátil sa zpät proti prenasledovateľovi.

²¹And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again, and slew the men of Ai.

²¹Keď potom videl Jozua i celý Izrael, že úklad zaujal mesto, a že vystupuje dym mesta, vrátili sa a bili mužov Haja.

²²And the other issued out of the city against them; so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side: and they smote them, so that they let none of them remain or escape.

²²A tamtí vyšli z mesta proti nim, a tak boli Izraelovi v prostredku, jedni im boli ztade a druhí ztade, a bili ich až im nikto nezostal živý ani z nich nikto neutiekol.

²³And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.

²³A kráľa Haja chytili živého a doviedli ho k Jozuovi.

²⁴And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they chased them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.

²⁴A stalo sa, keď pobil Izrael všetkých obyvateľov mesta Haj na poli, na púšti, kam ich honili, a keď popadali všetci ostrím meča, až boli cele vyhladení, vtedy sa vrátil celý Izrael do mesta Haj, a zbili ho ostrím meča.

²⁵And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.

²⁵A bolo všetkých, ktorí padli toho dňa, od muža až do ženy, dvanásť tisíc, všetko ľudia mesta Haj.

²⁶For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.

²⁶A Jozua nespustil svojej ruky, ktorú vystrel s kopiou, dokiaľ celkom nevyhladil všetkých obyvateľov Haja zarieknuc ich úplnej záhube.

²⁷Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey unto themselves, according unto the word of the LORD which he commanded Joshua.

²⁷Len dobytok a korisť toho mesta ulúpili pre seba synovia Izraelovi, podľa slova Hospodinovho, ktoré prikázal Jozuovi.

²⁸And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a desolation unto this day.

²⁸A Jozua spálil Haj a učinil ho večnou hromadou a púšťou a je tak až do tohoto dňa.

²⁹And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcass down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth unto this day.

²⁹A kráľa Haja obesil na strom a nechal ho visieť až do večera. Ale keď zašlo slnko, rozkázal Jozua, a sňali jeho mŕtvolu so stromu a hodili ju ku vrátam brány mesta a nanosili na neho veľkú hromadu kamenia, ktorá je tam až do tohoto dňa.

³⁰Then Joshua built an altar unto the LORD God of Israel in mount Ebal,

³⁰Vtedy postavil Jozua Hospodinovi, Bohu Izraelovmu, oltár na vrchu Ébale,

³¹As Moses the servant of the LORD commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of whole stones, over which no man hath lift up any iron: and they offered thereon burnt offerings unto the LORD, and sacrificed peace offerings.

³¹tak ako prikázal Mojžiš, služobník Hospodinov, synom Izraelovým, ako je to napísané v knihe zákona Mojžišovho, oltár z celých kameňov netesaných, nad ktorými nepovzniesli železa. A obetovali na ňom zápalné obeti Hospodinovi a obetovali aj bitné obeti pokojné.

³²And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote in the presence of the children of Israel.

³²A napísal tam na tie kamene opis zákona Mojžišovho, ktorý napísal pred synmi Izraelovými.

³³And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, as well the stranger, as he that was born among them; half of them over against mount Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel.

³³A celý Izrael i jeho starší i jeho správcovia i jeho sudcovia stáli s jednej i s druhej strany truhly pred kňazmi Levitami, ktorí nosili truhlu smluvy Hospodinovej, tak cudzí jako zrodení doma, polovica ich stála oproti vrchu Gerízimu a ich druhá polovica oproti vrchu Ébalu, tak ako prikázal Mojžiš, služobník Hospodinov, požehnávať ľud Izraelov najprv.

³⁴And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessings and cursings, according to all that is written in the book of the law.

³⁴Potom čítal všetky slová zákona, požehnanie i zlorečenie, všetko tak, ako je napísané v knihe zákona.

³⁵There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua read not before all the congregation of Israel, with the women, and the little ones, and the strangers that were conversant among them.

³⁵Nebolo ničoho zo všetkého toho, čo prikázal Mojžiš, čoho by nebol čítal Jozua pred celou obcou Izraelovou, i pred ženami i pred deťmi i pred pohostínom, ktorý chodil v ich strede.