1And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence.
1A stalo sa v mesiaci nísane dvadsiateho roku kráľa Artaxerxa, keď bolo víno pred ním, že som vzal víno a podal som kráľovi. A nebýval som smutný pred ním.
2Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid,
2Preto mi povedal kráľ: Prečo je smutná tvoja tvár, keď nie si nemocný? To nie je iné ako zármutok srdca. A bál som sa náramne.
3And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?
3Vtedy som povedal kráľovi: Nech žije kráľ na veky! Jako by nebola smutná moja tvár, keď je mesto, domovina hrobov mojich otcov, spustošené, a keď sú jeho brány strávené ohňom.
4Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
4Na to mi povedal kráľ: O čože tedy žiadaš? A ja som sa medzi tým modlil Bohu nebies.
5And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it.
5A povedal som kráľovi: Jestli sa to vidí kráľovi za dobré, a jestli sa ti ľúbi tvoj služobník, prosím, žeby si ma poslal do Judska, do mesta hrobov mojich otcov, aby som ho zase vystavil.
6And the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him,) For how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return? So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.
6A kráľ mi povedal (a kráľovná sedela vedľa neho): Dokedy potrvá tvoja cesta, a kedy sa navrátiš? A ľúbilo sa to kráľovi, a poslal ma a udal som mu istý čas.
7Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over till I come into Judah;
7Potom som povedal kráľovi: Jestli sa to vidí kráľovi za dobré, nech mi dajú listy na vojvodov za riekou, aby mi dali prejsť, dokiaľ neprijdem do Judska,
8And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.
8jako aj list na Azafa, dozorcu kráľovho lesa, aby mi dal drevo pokryť hradami brány hradu, ktorý patrí domu Božiemu, a pre múry mesta a pre dom, do ktorého vojdem. A kráľ mi dal všetko podľa toho, jako bola dobrá ruka môjho Boha nado mnou.
9Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me.
9A tak som prišiel k vojvodom za riekou a oddal som im listy kráľove. A kráľ poslal so mnou i veliteľov vojska i jazdcov.
10When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
10A keď to počul Sanballat Choronský a Tobiáš, ammonský sluha, náramne sa im to neľúbilo, že prišiel človek hľadať dobré synov Izraelových.
11So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.
11A keď som prišiel do Jeruzalema, pobudol som tam tri dni.
12And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon.
12Potom som vstal vnoci ja a niekoľko málo mužov so mnou a neoznámil som nikomu, čo dal môj Bôh do môjho srdca, aby som vykonal pre Jeruzalem, a nemal som so sebou hoväda krome hoväda, na ktorom som jazdil.
13And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.
13A vyšiel som bránou Údolia vnoci, a to von proti Dračej studni a ku Hnojnej bráne a obhliadal som múry Jeruzalema, ktoré boly miestami sborené, a jeho brány boly strávené ohňom.
14Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king's pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.
14A prešiel som k Studničnej bráne a k rybníku kráľovmu; ale tam nebolo miesta pre hovädo, aby bolo prešlo podo mnou.
15Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned.
15A tak som išiel hore dolinou potoka vnoci a obhliadal som múr. Potom som sa vrátil a vošiel som bránou Údolia a tak som sa navrátil.
16And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.
16Ale pohlavári od správy nevedeli, kde som chodil alebo čo som robil, ani som toho dovtedy nebol oznámil ani Židom ani kňazom ani popredným ani pohlavárom ani ostatku tých, ktorí konali prácu.
17Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.
17A tak som im povedal: Vy vidíte to zlé, v ktorom sme, že Jeruzalem je spustošený, a že jeho brány sú zničené ohňom. Poďte a vystavme múr Jeruzalema a nebuďme ďalej potupou.
18Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work.
18A keď som im oznámil o dobrej ruke svojho Boha, ktorá bola nado mnou, a k tomu aj slová kráľove, ktoré mi povedal, riekli: Vstaneme a vystavíme! A tak posilnili svoje ruky na dobré.
19But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?
19A keď to počul Sanballat Choronský a Tobiáš, ammonský sluha, a Gešem Arabský, posmievali sa nám, pohŕdali nami a vraveli: Čože je to jaká vec, ktorú to tu robíte? Či sa azda chcete sprotiviť kráľovi?
20Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.
20A ja som im odpovedal a riekol som im: Bôh nebies je to, ktorý nám dá, aby sa nám to podarilo, a my, jeho služobníci, vstaneme a vystavíme. Ale vy nemáte dielu ani práva ani pamiatky v Jeruzaleme.