¹After these things and this faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fortified cities, and thought to break into them.

¹Po týchto veciach a po tejto vernosti prišiel Senacherib, assýrsky kráľ, a vtrhnúc do Judska položil sa táborom proti ohradeným mestám a povedal si, že ich prelomí a dobyje pre seba.

²And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he was minded to fight against Jerusalem,

²A keď videl Ezechiáš, že prišiel Senacherib, a že jeho tvár je obrátená do boja proti Jeruzalemu,

³he took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the fountains of waters that were outside the city; and they helped him.

³uradil sa so svojimi veliteľmi a so svojimi udatnými mužmi, že pozapchávajú a tak ukryjú vody studieň, ktoré sú vonku za mestom. A pomáhali mu.

⁴And there was gathered together much people, and they stopped all the fountains, and the torrent that flows through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come and find much water?

⁴A shromaždilo sa mnoho ľudu, a pozapchávali všetky studne a zatarasili aj potok, ktorý sa lial prostredkom zeme povediac: Prečo by mali assýrsky kráľovia, keď prijdú, nájsť tak mnohé vody?!

⁵And he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken down, and raised it up to the towers, and [built] another wall outside, and fortified the Millo of the city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance.

⁵Pritom sa posilnil a vystavil celý múr, kde bol zborený, a vystúpil až na veže a vonku vybudoval ešte druhý múr a opraviac upevnil Millo, mesto Dávidovo. A narobil množstvo striel a malých štítov.

⁶And he set captains of war over the people, and assembled them to him on the open place at the gate of the city, and spoke consolingly to them saying,

⁶A ustanovil vojenných veliteľov nad ľudom a shromaždil ich k sebe do ulice mestskej brány a hovoril k ich srdcu a riekol:

⁷Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him; for there are more with us than with him:

⁷Buďte zmužilí a smelí! Nebojte sa a nedeste sa tvári assýrskeho kráľa ani sa nedeste pred celým tým množstvom, ktoré je s ním, lebo s nami je väčší ako s ním.

⁸with him is an arm of flesh, but with us is Jehovah our God to help us and to fight our battles. And the people depended upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

⁸S ním je rameno tela, ale s nami je Hospodin, náš Bôh, aby nám pomohol a vybojoval naše boje. A ľud sa spoľahol na slová Ezechiáša, judského kráľa.

⁹After this, Sennacherib king of Assyria sent his servants to Jerusalem (but he himself was before Lachish, and all his power with him), unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah that were at Jerusalem, saying,

⁹Po tomto poslal Senacherib, assýrsky kráľ, svojich služobníkov do Jeruzalema, kým on sám táboril proti Lachišu a celé jeho kráľovské panstvo s ním, tedy poslal k Ezechiášovi, judskému kráľovi, a k celému Júdovi, ktorý bol shromaždený v Jeruzaleme, povediac:

¹⁰Thus says Sennacherib king of Assyria: On what do ye rely that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem?

¹⁰takto hovorí Senacherib, assýrsky kráľ: Na čože sa to vy nadejete a zostávate obľahnutí v ohrade, v Jeruzaleme?

¹¹Does not Hezekiah persuade you, to give yourselves over to die by famine and by thirst, saying, Jehovah our God will deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

¹¹Či vás to azda nenahovára Ezechiáš, aby vás vydal ta, aby ste pomreli hladom a smädom, hovoriac: Hospodin, náš Bôh, nás vytrhne z ruky assýrskeho kráľa?

¹²Has not the same Hezekiah removed his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem saying, Ye shall worship before *one* altar, and burn incense upon it?

¹²Či azda on sám, Ezechiáš, neodstránil jeho výšin a jeho oltárov a nepovedal Júdovi a Jeruzalemu: Pred jedným oltárom sa budete klaňať a na ňom budete kadiť.

¹³Do ye not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the countries? Were the gods of the nations of the countries in any wise able to deliver their country out of my hand?

¹³Či neviete, čo som ja urobil a moji otcovia všetkým národom zemí? Či azda mohli bohovia národov tých zemí vytrhnúť svoju zem z mojej ruky?

¹⁴Who is there among all the gods of those nations that my fathers have utterly destroyed, that was able to deliver his people out of my hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of my hand?

¹⁴Kde ktorý to bol medzi všetkými bohmi tých národov, ktoré, zarieknuté na záhubu, docela zahubili moji otcovia, ktorý by bol mohol vytrhnúť svoj ľud z mojej ruky, že by vás mohol váš Bôh vytrhnúť z mojej ruky?

¹⁵And now, let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you in this manner, neither yet believe him; for no +god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of my hand, nor out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of my hand?

¹⁵Preto teraz nech vás neklame Ezechiáš ani nech vás nenahovára takým činom, ani mu neverte! Lebo veď nemohol niktorý boh niktorého národa alebo kráľovstva vytrhnúť svoj ľud z mojej ruky a z ruky mojich otcov, a tedy istá vec, že ani vaši bohovia nevytrhnú vás z mojej ruky!

¹⁶And his servants spoke yet more against Jehovah, the [true] God, and against his servant Hezekiah.

¹⁶A ešte i viac hovorili jeho služobníci proti Hospodinovi, Bohu, a proti Ezechiášovi, jeho služobníkovi.

¹⁷And he wrote a letter to rail at Jehovah the God of Israel, and to speak against him saying, As the gods of the nations of the countries have not delivered their people out of my hand, so shall not the God of Hezekiah deliver his people out of my hand.

¹⁷Aj listy písal rúhajúc sa Hospodinovi, Bohu Izraelovmu, hovoriac v nich proti nemu a vravel: Ako bohovia národov zemí, ktorí nevytrhli svojho ľudu z mojej ruky, tak nevytrhne ani Bôh Ezechiášov svojho ľudu z mojej ruky.

¹⁸And they cried with a loud voice in the Jewish [language] to the people of Jerusalem that were on the wall, to frighten them and to trouble them; that they might take the city.

¹⁸A volali veľkým hlasom židovsky na ľud Jeruzalema, ktorý bol na múre, aby pustili na nich strach a predesili ich, aby zaujali mesto.

¹⁹And they spoke of the God of Jerusalem as of the gods of the peoples of the earth, the work of man's hand.

¹⁹A hovorili proti Bohu Jeruzalema, jako hovorili o bohoch národov zeme, o diele rúk človeka.

²⁰And because of this, king Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz prayed and cried to heaven.

²⁰Vtedy sa modlil kráľ Ezechiáš a Izaiáš, syn Ámosov, prorok, o to a kričiac volali do neba.

²¹And Jehovah sent an angel, who cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the princes and the captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. And he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels made him fall there with the sword.

²¹A Hospodin poslal anjela, ktorý zahladil každého muža udatného i vojvodu i veliteľa vo vojsku assýrskeho kráľa. A navrátil sa s hanbou svojej tvári do svojej zeme. A keď vošiel do domu svojho boha, niektorí z tých, ktorí vyšli z jeho života, zabili ho tam mečom.

²²And Jehovah saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all, and protected them on every side.

²²A tak zachránil Hospodin Ezechiáša a obyvateľov Jeruzalema z ruky Senacheriba, assýrskeho kráľa, a z ruky všetkých a vodil ich všade vôkol.

²³And many brought gifts unto Jehovah to Jerusalem, and precious things to Hezekiah king of Judah; and he was thenceforth magnified in the sight of all the nations.

²³A mnohí donášali Hospodinovi obilné obeti do Jeruzalema a drahocenné dary Ezechiášovi, judskému kráľovi, takže bol potom povznesený pred očami všetkých národov.

²⁴In those days Hezekiah was sick unto death, and he prayed to Jehovah; and he spoke to him and gave him a sign.

²⁴V tých dňoch bol onemocnel Ezechiáš až na smrť a modlil sa Hospodinovi. A odpovedal mu a dal mu vidieť zázrak.

²⁵But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit [done] to him, for his heart was lifted up; and there was wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem.

²⁵Avšak Ezechiáš neodplatil podľa dobrodenia, ktoré mu bolo učinené; ale jeho srdce sa pozdvihlo, a preto povstal proti nemu prchký hnev i proti Júdovi i proti Jeruzalemu.

²⁶And Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of Jehovah came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah.

²⁶Ale keď sa pokoril Ezechiáš pre pozdvihnutie sa svojho srdca, on i obyvatelia Jeruzalema, neprišiel na nich prchký hnev Hospodinov za dní Ezechiášových.

²⁷And Hezekiah had very much riches and honour; and he made himself treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of pleasant vessels;

²⁷A Ezechiáš mal bohatstva a slávy veľmi mnoho a nadovážil si pokladov striebra a zlata i drahého kamenia i voňavých vecí i malých štítov a všelijakého vzácneho náradia.

²⁸storehouses also for the increase of corn and new wine and oil, and stalls for all manner of beasts, and [he procured] flocks for the stalls.

²⁸A mal i skladištia pre úrodu obilia, vína a oleja a stáje pre všelijaké hovädá a mnohé stáda po chlievoch.

²⁹And he provided for himself cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance; for God gave him very much substance.

²⁹A nadovážil si miest a stáda drobného dobytka i volov množstvo, pretože mu Bôh dal imania veľmi mnoho.

³⁰And he, Hezekiah, stopped the upper outlet of the waters of Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.

³⁰Ten istý Ezechiáš pokryl horný výtok vody Gichona a viedol ju priamo dolu na západnú stranu do mesta Dávidovho. A šťastne sa vodilo Ezechiášovi vo všetkých jeho prácach.

³¹However in [the matter of] the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all [that was] in his heart.

³¹Ale tak aj pri posloch kniežat Babylona, ktoré poslaly k nemu opýtať sa na zázrak, ktorý sa bol stal v zemi, ho bol opustil Bôh zkúsiť ho, aby zvedel všetko, čo je v jeho srdci.

³²And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah and his good deeds, behold, they are written in the vision of the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

³²A ostatné deje Ezechiášove a jeho zbožné skutky, tie hľa, sú napísané vo videní Izaiáša, syna Ámosovho, proroka, a v knihe kráľov Júdových a Izraelových.

³³And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the highest place of the sepulchres of the sons of David; and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honour at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.

³³A tak ľahol Ezechiáš a ležal so svojimi otcami, a pochovali ho na svahu hrobov synov Dávidových, a preukázali mu poctu, keď zomrel, všetok Júda aj obyvatelia Jeruzalema. A kraľoval Manasses, jeho syn, miesto neho.