¹And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of Jehovah at Jerusalem, to hold the passover to Jehovah the God of Israel.

¹Potom poslal Ezechiáš poslov k celému Izraelovi a Júdovi, ba ešte aj listy napísal na Efraima a Manassesa, aby prišli do domu Hospodinovho do Jeruzalema sláviť Veľkú noc Hospodinovi, Bohu Izraelovmu.

²And the king took counsel, and his princes, and the whole congregation in Jerusalem, to hold the passover in the second month.

²Lebo kráľ sa bol uradil i jeho kniežatá i celé shromaždenie v Jeruzaleme, že budú sláviť Veľkú noc druhého mesiaca,

³For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had not hallowed themselves in sufficient number, neither had the people been gathered together to Jerusalem.

³lebo ju nemohli sláviť toho času, pretože sa nebolo posvätilo dosť kňazov, ani sa nebol shromaždil ľud do Jeruzalema.

⁴And the thing pleased the king and the whole congregation.

⁴Preto sa to videlo za dobré kráľovi i celému shromaždeniu.

⁵So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout Israel from Beer-sheba even to Dan, that they should come to hold the passover to Jehovah the God of Israel, at Jerusalem; because they had not held it for a long time as it was written.

⁵A usniesli sa, že dajú vyhlásiť po celom Izraelovi, od Bér-šeby až po Dán, aby prišli sláviť Veľkú noc Hospodinovi, Bohu Izraelovmu, do Jeruzalema; lebo už dávno neboli slávili tak, ako je napísané.

⁶And the couriers went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, return to Jehovah the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant of you that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.

⁶A tak odišli poslovia-behúni s listami od kráľa a od jeho kniežat do celého Izraelska a Judska a hovorili podľa príkazu kráľovho: Synovia Izraelovi, navráťte sa k Hospodinovi, Bohu Abrahámovmu, Izákovmu a Izraelovmu, a navráti sa k uniklému ostatku, ktorý vám pozostal uniknúc z ruky kráľov Assýrie.

⁷And be not like your fathers and like your brethren, who transgressed against Jehovah the God of their fathers, so that he gave them up to desolation, as ye see.

⁷A nebuďte jako vaši otcovia a jako vaši bratia, ktorí hrešili dopúšťajúc sa nevernosti proti Hospodinovi, Bohu svojich otcov, pre čo ich vydal za hroznú púšť, ako vidíte.

⁸Now, harden not your necks, as your fathers; yield yourselves to Jehovah, and come to his sanctuary, which he has sanctified for ever; and serve Jehovah your God, that the fierceness of his anger may turn away from you.

⁸Preto teraz nezatvrdzujte svoje šije, jako robili vaši otcovia. Podajte ruku Hospodinovi a poďte do jeho svätyne, ktorú posvätil, aby bola svätá na veky, a slúžte Hospodinovi, svojmu Bohu, a odvráti sa od vás páľa jeho hnevu.

⁹For if ye return to Jehovah, your brethren and your children shall find compassion with those that have carried them captive, so that they shall come again unto this land; for Jehovah your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return to him.

⁹Lebo keď sa navrátite k Hospodinovi, vaši bratia a vaši synovia najdú milosrdenstvo pred tými, ktorí ich zajali, takže sa navrátia do tejto zeme, lebo milostivý a milosrdný je Hospodin, váš Bôh, a neodvráti svojej tvári od vás, jestli sa navrátite k nemu.

¹⁰And the couriers passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, even to Zebulun; but they laughed them to scorn and mocked them.

¹⁰A keď chodili behúni z mesta do mesta po zemi Efraimovej a Manassesovej a až po Zabulona, smiali sa na nich a posmievali sa im.

¹¹Nevertheless certain of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem.

¹¹Avšak niektorí mužovia z Asera, z Manassesa a zo Zabulona ponížili sa a prišli do Jeruzalema.

¹²The hand of God was also upon Judah to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of Jehovah.

¹²Áno, i na Júdovi bola dobrotivá ruka Božia, takže im dal Bôh jedno srdce, aby vykonali príkaz kráľov i kniežat, podľa slova Hospodinovho.

¹³And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to hold the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great congregation.

¹³A tedy sišlo sa do Jeruzalema mnoho ľudu, aby slávili sviatok nekvasených chlebov druhého mesiaca, shromaždenie veľmi veliké.

¹⁴And they rose up and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem; and they took away all the incense-altars, and cast them into the torrent Kidron.

¹⁴Vtedy vstali a odstránili oltáre, ktoré boly v Jeruzaleme, a odstránili aj všetky oltáre na kadenie a pohádzali do potoka Kidrona.

¹⁵And they slaughtered the passover on the fourteenth of the second month; and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and hallowed themselves; and they brought the burnt-offerings into the house of Jehovah.

¹⁵Potom zabili veľkonočného baránka štrnásteho dňa druhého mesiaca. A kňazi a Levitovia zahanbiac sa posvätili sa a doviedli zápalné obeti do domu Hospodinovho.

¹⁶And they stood in their place after their custom, according to the law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood [receiving it] from the hand of the Levites.

¹⁶A stáli na svojom stanovišti podľa svojho poriadku, podľa zákona Mojžiša, muža Božieho; kňazi kropili krv berúc ju z ruky Levitov.

¹⁷For there were many in the congregation that were not hallowed; therefore the Levites had the charge of the slaughtering of the passover-lambs for every one not clean, to hallow them unto Jehovah.

¹⁷Lebo mnoho bolo v shromaždení takých, ktorí sa neboli posvätili, preto boli Levitovia nad zabíjaním veľkonočných baránkov za každého, kto nebol čistý, aby ich posvätili Hospodinovi.

¹⁸For a multitude of the people, many of Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, and they ate the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them saying, Jehovah, who is good, forgive every one

¹⁸Lebo veliká čiastka ľudu, množstvo z Efraima, Manassesa, Izachára a zo Zabulona, nebola sa očistila, ale jedli baránka inak, ako je napísané. Ale Ezechiáš sa modlil za nich povediac: Dobrotivý Hospodin nech pokryje hriech a tak odpustí

¹⁹that has directed his heart to seek God, Jehovah the God of his fathers, although not according to the purification of the sanctuary.

¹⁹každému, kto ustavil svoje srdce hľadať Boha, Hospodina, Boha svojich otcov, hoc by aj nebol očistený podľa očisťovania, predpísaného svätyňou.

²⁰And Jehovah hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.

²⁰A Hospodin vyslyšal Ezechiáša a uzdravil ľud.

²¹And the children of Israel, that were present at Jerusalem, held the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness; and the Levites and the priests praised Jehovah day by day, with the instruments of praise to Jehovah.

²¹A tak slávili synovia Izraelovi, ktorí sa našli v Jeruzaleme, slávnosť nekvasených chlebov sedem dní s veľkou radosťou, a chválili Hospodina deň po dni, Levitovia a kňazi, zvučnými nástrojami oslavujúc Hospodina.

²²And Hezekiah spoke consolingly to all the Levites that had understanding in the good knowledge of Jehovah; and they ate the feast-offerings the seven days, sacrificing peace-offerings, and extolling Jehovah the God of their fathers.

²²A Ezechiáš hovoril k srdcu všetkým Levitom, ktorí vyučovali dobrej a užitočnej známosti Hospodinovej. A tak jedli obeti výročnej slávnosti sedem dní obetujúc bitné obeti pokojné a oslavujúc Hospodina, Boha svojich otcov.

²³And the whole congregation took counsel to observe other seven days; and they observed the seven days with gladness.

²³A celé shromaždenie sa usnieslo na tom, že budú sláviť ešte druhých sedem dní. A tak aj slávili sedem dní s radosťou.

²⁴For Hezekiah king of Judah gave to the congregation as heave-offering: a thousand bullocks and seven thousand sheep; and the princes gave to the congregation a thousand bullocks and ten thousand sheep; and a great number of priests hallowed themselves.

²⁴Lebo Ezechiáš, judský kráľ, daroval obeťou pozdvihnutia shromaždeniu tisíc juncov a sedem tisíc kusov drobného dobytka; i kniežatá darovaly takým činom shromaždeniu tisíc juncov a drobného dobytka desať tisíc. A posvätilo sa množstvo kňazov.

²⁵And the whole congregation of Judah, with the priests and the Levites, and all the congregation that came out of Israel, and the strangers that came out of the land of Israel, and that dwelt in Judah, rejoiced.

²⁵A radovalo sa celé shromaždenie Júdovo i kňazi i Levitovia i celé shromaždenie tých, ktorí prišli z Izraela, i pohostíni, ktorí prišli zo zeme Izraelovej, ako aj tí, ktorí bývali v Judsku.

²⁶And there was great joy in Jerusalem; for since the time of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel, there had not been the like in Jerusalem.

²⁶A bola veľká radosť v Jeruzaleme, lebo odo dní Šalamúna, syna Dávida, izraelského kráľa, nebolo ničoho takého v Jeruzaleme.

²⁷And the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people; and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy habitation, to the heavens.

²⁷Potom vstali kňazi a Levitovia a dali ľudu požehnanie, a ich hlas bol vyslyšaný, a ich modlitba prišla do príbytku jeho svätosti, do neba.