¹Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them.

¹Potom dvadsiateho štvrtého dňa toho istého mesiaca shromaždili sa synovia Izraelovi postiac sa a súc oblečení v smútočnom rúchu drsnom a majúc zem posypanú na sebe.

²And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.

²A semä Izraelovo sa boli oddelili od všetkých synov cudziny a stojac vyznávali svoje hriechy a neprávosti svojich otcov.

³And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the LORD their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they confessed, and worshipped the LORD their God.

³A povstanúc na svojom mieste čítali z knihy zákona Hospodina, svojeho Boha, štvrtinu dňa a štvrtinu vyznávali a klaňali sa Hospodinovi, svojmu Bohu.

⁴Then stood up upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a loud voice unto the LORD their God.

⁴A povstal na vyvýšenom mieste Levitov Ješua, Banaj, Kadmiel, Šebaniáš, Bunni, Šerebiáš, Báni a Chenáni a kričali veľkým hlasom k Hospodinovi, svojmu Bohu.

⁵Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the LORD your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.

⁵A riekli Levitovia, Ješua, Kadmiel, Báni, Chašabneiáš, Šerebiáš, Hodiáš, Šebaniáš a Petachiáš: Vstaňte, dobrorečte Hospodinovi, svojmu Bohu, od vekov až na veky! A nech dobrorečia menu tvojej slávy a vyvýšenému nad každé dobrorečenie a chválu!

⁶Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.

⁶Ty si, ó, Hospodine, ty si sám jediný! Ty si učinil nebesia, nebesia nebies a všetko ich vojsko, zem a všetko, čo je na nej, moria a všetko, čo je v nich, a ty dávaš tomu všetkému život, a vojsko nebies sa tebe klania.

⁷Thou art the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;

⁷Ty si, Hospodine, ten Bôh, ktorý si si vyvolil Abrama a vyviedol si ho z Úr Chaldejov a dal si mu meno Abrahám.

⁸And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it, I say, to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous:

⁸A našiel si jeho srdce verné pred sebou a učinil si s ním smluvu, že dáš zem Kananeja, Heteja, Amoreja, Ferezeja, Jebuzeja a Gergezeja, že ju dáš jeho semenu a uskutočnil si svoje slová, lebo ty si spravedlivý.

⁹And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea;

⁹A pohliadol si na trápenie našich otcov v Egypte a ich krik si počul pri Rudom mori.

¹⁰And shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as it is this day.

¹⁰A dal si činiť znamenia a zázraky na faraonovi a na všetkých jeho sluhoch a na všetkom ľude jeho zeme, lebo si vedel, že prevádzali pýchu proti nim, a tak si si učinil meno, jako to vidieť dnes.

¹¹And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.

¹¹A more si rozdelil vo dvoje pred nimi, takže prešli prostredkom mora po suchu, a tých, ktorí ich stíhali, vrhol si do hlbín ako nejaký kameň do mohutných vôd prudkých.

¹²Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.

¹²A viedol si ich v oblakovom stĺpe vodne a v ohnivom stĺpe vnoci osvecujúc im cestu, ktorou mali ísť.

¹³Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments:

¹³Potom si sostúpil na vrch Sinai a hovoril si s nimi s neba, dal si im spravedlivé súdy a pravdivé zákony vyučujúce, dobré ustanovenia a prikázania.

¹⁴And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:

¹⁴A dal si im poznať sobotu svojej svätosti a prikázal si im zachovávať prikázania, ustanovenia a vyučujúci zákon skrze Mojžiša, svojho služobníka.

¹⁵And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.

¹⁵Dal si im aj chlieb z neba v ich hlade a vyviedol si im vody zo skaly v ich smäde a riekol si im, aby vošli dedične zaujať zem, vzhľadom na ktorú si bol pozdvihol svoju ruku prisahajúc, že im ju dáš.

¹⁶But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,

¹⁶Ale oni a naši otcovia prevádzali pýchu a zatvrdili svoju šiju a nepočúvali na tvoje prikázania.

¹⁷And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.

¹⁷A nechceli počuť ani nepamätali na tvoje divy, ktoré si činil pri nich, ale zatvrdili svoju šiju a ustanovili si vodcu, aby sa vrátili do svojho rabstva vo svojej spúre. Ale ty si Bôh odpúšťania, milosrdný a ľútostivý, dlho zhovievajúci a veľký čo do milosti a preto si ich neopustil.

¹⁸Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations;

¹⁸Ba ešte si spravili aj teľa - sliatinu a povedali: Toto je tvoj boh, ktorý ťa vyviedol hore z Egypta! A dopustili sa veľkých rúhaní.

¹⁹Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go.

¹⁹Ale ty vo svojom mnohom zľutovaní jednako si ich len neopustil na púšti. Oblakový stĺp neuhnul zponad nich vodne, aby ich viedol cestou, ani ohnivý stĺp vnoci, aby im svietil a osvecoval cestu, ktorou mali ísť.

²⁰Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.

²⁰A dal si svojho dobrého Ducha, aby ich učil rozumu, a svojej manny si neodňal od ich úst a dal si im vody v ich smäde.

²¹Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not.

²¹Štyridsať rokov si ich zaopatroval na púšti; nemali nedostatku; ich rúcha nezvetšely, a ich nohy neopuchly.

²²Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.

²²Potom si im dal kráľovstvá a národy a podelil si ich na kraje. A tak zaujali dedične zem Síchonovu a zem kráľa Chešbona a zem Óga, kráľa Bázana.

²³Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.

²³A ich synov si rozmnožil, čo do počtu, jako hviezdy nebies. A voviedol si ich do zeme, o ktorej si povedal ich otcom, aby vošli do nej zaujať ju dedične.

²⁴So the children went in and possessed the land, and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, that they might do with them as they would.

²⁴A tak vošli synovia a zaujali zem dedične, a zohnul si pred nimi obyvateľov zeme, Kananejov, a dal si ich do ich ruky aj ich kráľov aj národy zeme, aby urobili s nimi tak, ako sa im ľúbi.

²⁵And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.

²⁵A vzali ohradené mestá a úrodnú zem a zaujali dedične domy, plné všetkého dobrého, vyrúbané studne, vinice, olivové sady a ovocných stromov množstvo. A tak jedli a nasýtili sa a vytučili sa a kochali sa v tvojej veľkej dobrote.

²⁶Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.

²⁶Ale sa stali neposlušnými a sprotivili sa ti a zavrhli tvoj zákon za svoj chrbát a povraždili tvojich prorokov, ktorí svedčili proti nim nato, aby ich navrátili k tebe, a dopúšťali sa veľkých rúhaní.

²⁷Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies.

²⁷Vtedy si ich vydal do ruky ich protivníkov, ktorí ich sužovali. A potom v čase svojho súženia kričali k tebe, a ty si vše len vyslyšal z nebies a podľa svojho mnohého zľutovania si im dal záchrancov, ktorí ich zachránili z ruky ich protivníkov.

²⁸But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee: therefore leftest thou them in the land of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies;

²⁸Ale keď mali zase pokoj, znova sa navrátili robiť to, čo je zlé pred tvojou tvárou, a tak si ich opustil v ruke ich nepriateľov, aby vládli nad nimi. No, keď sa obrátili a kričali k tebe, ty si vyslyšal z nebies a vytrhol si ich podľa svojho mnohonásobného zľutovania, a to tak po mnohé časy.

²⁹And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.

²⁹A svedčil si proti nim nato, aby si ich navrátil ku svojmu zákonu; ale oni robili pyšne a nepočúvali na tvoje prikázania a hrešili proti tvojim súdom (ktoré keby činil človek, žil by nimi) a vymykli spurné plece zpod jarma Božieho a zatvrdili svoju šiju a neposlúchali.

³⁰Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands.

³⁰Avšak zhovieval si im po mnohé roky a svedčil si proti nim svojím Duchom skrze svojich prorokov, ale nepozorovali svojimi ušami, a preto si ich vydal do ruky národov zemí.

³¹Nevertheless for thy great mercies' sake thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God.

³¹Avšak pre svoje mnohé zľutovania neučinil si im konca a neopustil si ich, pretože si ty silný Bôh milostivý a ľútostivý.

³²Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day.

³²A tak teraz, náš Bože, ty silný, veľký, mocný a strašný Bože, ktorý ostríhaš smluvu a milosť, nech nie je to za málo pred tvojou tvárou, všetko to ťažké strádanie, ktoré nás stihlo, našich kráľov, naše kniežatá, našich kňazov, našich prorokov, našich otcov a všetok tvoj ľud odo dní kráľov Assýrie až do tohoto dňa.

³³Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly:

³³Ale ty si spravedlivý pri všetkom tom, čo prišlo na nás, lebo ty si činil verne a pravdu, ale my sme páchali bezbožnosť.

³⁴Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify against them.

³⁴A naši kráľovia, naše kniežatá, naši kňazi a naši otcovia nečinili tvojho zákona ani nepozorovali na tvoje prikázania a na tvoje svedoctvá, ktorými si svedčil proti nim.

³⁵For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which thou gavest before them, neither turned they from their wicked works.

³⁵Lebo oni vo svojom kráľovstve a v tvojej veľkej a mnohej dobrote, ktorú si im preukazoval, a v zemi, širokej a úrodnej, ktorú si dal pred nich, neslúžili ti ani sa neodvrátili od svojich zlých skutkov.

³⁶Behold, we are servants this day, and for the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it:

³⁶Hľa, my sme dnes sluhami, a zem, ktorú si dal našim otcom, aby jedli jej ovocie a jej dobré, hľa, my sme v nej sluhami!

³⁷And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.

³⁷A svoju hojnú úrodu vydáva kráľom, ktorých si ustanovil nad nami pre naše hriechy, a tak panujú nad našimi telami i nad naším hovädom, tak ako sa im ľúbi, a my sme vo veľkom súžení.

³⁸And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it.

³⁸Pri tom pri všetkom činíme pevnú smluvu a píšeme, ktorú spečaťujú naše kniežatá, naši Levitovia a naši kňazi.