¹Hezekiah began to reign being twenty-five years old; and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Abijah, 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 what was right in the sight of Jehovah, 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 Jehovah, 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 into the open place eastward;

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

⁵and he said to them, Hear me, ye Levites: hallow yourselves now, and hallow the house of Jehovah the God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the sanctuary.

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 transgressed, and done evil in the sight of Jehovah our God, and have forsaken him and turned away their faces from the habitation of Jehovah, and have 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 up burnt-offerings in the sanctuary to the God of Israel.

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

⁸Therefore the wrath of Jehovah has been upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he has delivered them to vexation, to desolation, 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.

⁹And behold, 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 my heart to make a covenant with Jehovah the God of Israel, that his fierce anger 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 Jehovah has chosen you to stand before him, to do service unto him, and to be his ministers and incense-burners.

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 rose up, 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 Jehalleleel; 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 hallowed themselves, and came, according to the commandment of the king by the words of Jehovah, to cleanse the house of Jehovah.

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 Jehovah to cleanse it, and carried forth all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of Jehovah, into the court of the house of Jehovah. And the Levites took it to carry it forth 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.

¹⁷And they began on the first of the first month to hallow, and on the eighth day of the month they came to the porch of Jehovah; and they hallowed the house of Jehovah eight days; and on 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.

¹⁸And they went in to king Hezekiah, and said, We have cleansed all the house of Jehovah, and the altar of burnt-offering with all its vessels, and the table of the [bread] to be set in rows, and all its vessels;

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

¹⁹and all the vessels that king Ahaz in his reign cast away in his transgression have we prepared and hallowed, and behold, they are before the altar of Jehovah.

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.

²⁰And Hezekiah the king arose early, and gathered the princes of the city, and went up to the house of Jehovah.

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] upon the altar of Jehovah.

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.

²²And they slaughtered the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and sprinkled it on the altar; and they slaughtered the rams, and sprinkled the blood on the altar; and they slaughtered the lambs, and sprinkled the blood on 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 near the he-goats of 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 slaughtered them, and they made purification for sin with their blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all Israel; because for all Israel, said the king, is the burnt-offering and the sin-offering.

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 Jehovah with cymbals, with lutes, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king's seer, and of Nathan the prophet; for the commandment was of Jehovah through 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 up the burnt-offering on the altar. And at the moment the burnt-offering began, the song of Jehovah began, and the trumpets, accompanied by the instruments of 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, all [the time] 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 ended offering the burnt-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.

³⁰And king Hezekiah and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise to Jehovah with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and 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.

³¹And Hezekiah answered and said, Now ye have consecrated yourselves to Jehovah, 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 willing 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 seventy bullocks, a hundred rams, two hundred lambs: all these were for a burnt-offering to Jehovah.

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.

³⁴Only the priests were too few, and they could not flay all the burnt-offerings; therefore their brethren the Levites helped them, until the work was ended, and until the priests had hallowed themselves; for the Levites were more upright in heart to hallow 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 with the drink-offerings for the burnt-offering. And the service of the house of Jehovah 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.