¹Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.

¹Joziáš mal osem rokov, keď začal kraľovať, a kraľoval tridsaťjeden rokov v Jeruzaleme.

²And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, and walked in the ways of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand nor to the left.

²A robil to, čo je spravedlivé v očiach Hospodinových, a chodil po cestách Dávida, svojho otca, a neuchýlil sa ani napravo, ani naľavo.

³And in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the Asherahs, and the graven images, and the molten images.

³Ôsmeho roku svojho kraľovania, keď bol ešte len chlapec, začal hľadať Boha Dávida, svojho otca, a dvanásteho roku začal čistiť Judsko a Jeruzalem od výšin a hájov, od rytín a sliatin.

⁴And they broke down the altars of the Baals in his presence; and the sun-pillars that were on high above them he cut down; and the Asherahs and the graven images and the molten images he broke in pieces, and made dust [of them] and strewed it upon the graves of those that had sacrificed to them;

⁴Lebo pred ním rozborili oltáre Bálov a slnečné obrazy, ktoré boly hore na nich, posekal, a háje, rytiny a sochy modiel skrúšil a obrátil na prach a rozsypal po hroboch tých, ktorí im obetovávali.

⁵and he burned the bones of the priests upon their altars, and purged Judah and Jerusalem.

⁵A kosti kňazov popálil na ich oltároch a očistil Judsko a Jeruzalem.

⁶And [so did he] in the cities of Manasseh and Ephraim and Simeon, even to Naphtali, in their ruins round about;

⁶I po mestách pokolenia Manassesovho, Efraimovho a Simeonovho a až po Naftaliho, po ich pustinách naokolo,

⁷and he broke down the altars, and beat the Asherahs and the graven images into powder, and cut down all the sun-pillars throughout the land of Israel, and returned to Jerusalem.

⁷poboril oltáre a háje a rytiny roztrieskal a obrátil na prach a všetky slnečné obrazy posekal po celej zemi Izraelovej. Potom sa navrátil do Jeruzalema.

⁸And in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he purged the land and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the chronicler, to repair the house of Jehovah his God.

⁸A osemnásteho roku svojho kraľovania, keď čistil zem i dom Boží, poslal Šafána, syna Acaliášovho, a Maaseiáša, veliteľa mesta, a Joacha, syna Joachazovho, kancelára, aby opravil dom Hospodina, jeho Boha,

⁹And they came to Hilkijah the high priest, and they delivered [to them] the money that had been brought into the house of God, which the Levites that kept the doors had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin, and of the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

⁹ktorí, keď prišli k veľkňazovi Hilkiášovi, dali mu peniaze, donesené do domu Božieho, ktoré boli sobrali Levitovia, strážni prahu, od Manassesa a Efraima a od všetkého ostatku Izraelovho i od celého Júdu a Benjamina jako aj od obyvateľov Jeruzalema.

¹⁰And they gave [it] into the hand of them that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of Jehovah; and they gave it to the workmen who wrought in the house of Jehovah to reinstate and repair the house:

¹⁰A dali ich na ruku tých, ktorí konali prácu, ktorí boli ustanovení dozerať v dome Hospodinovom, a tí ich dávali tým, ktorí robili prácu, ktorí robili v dome Hospodinovom, aby ponaprávali čo bolo poškodené, a tiež aby aj ináče opravili dom.

¹¹they gave [it] to the carpenters and the builders, to buy hewn stone, and timber for the joists, and to floor the houses that the kings of Judah had destroyed.

¹¹A dali tesárom a staviteľom, aby nakúpili tesaných kameňov a dreva na väzby a aby hradami opatrili domy, ktoré boli porúchali kráľovia Júdovi.

¹²And the men did the work faithfully. And over them were appointed Jahath and Obadiah, Levites, of the children of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the children of the Kohathites, for the oversight; and all these Levites were skilled in instruments of music.

¹²A mužovia konali verne prácu, nad ktorými boli ustanovení Jachat a Obadiáš, Levitovia zo synov Meráriho, a Zachariáš a Mešullam zo synov Kehátových, aby boli na čele. A boli to Levitovia, ktorí sa všetci rozumeli do nástrojov k spevu.

¹³They were also over the bearers of burdens, and were overseers of all that worked in any manner of service. And of the Levites were the scribes, and officers, and doorkeepers.

¹³A boli aj nad tými, ktorí nosili bremená, a viedli predok všetkým, ktorí konali prácu čo do jakejkoľvek služby. A z Levitov boli tiež pisári, úradníci a vrátni.

¹⁴And when they brought out the money that had been brought into the house of Jehovah, Hilkijah the priest found the book of the law of Jehovah by Moses.

¹⁴A keď vynášali peniaze, ktoré boly podonášané do domu Hospodinovho, našiel kňaz Hilkiáš knihu zákona Hospodinovho, vydaného skrze Mojžiša.

¹⁵Then Hilkijah spoke and said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of Jehovah. And Hilkijah gave the book to Shaphan.

¹⁵Vtedy odpovedal Hilkiáš a riekol Šafánovi, pisárovi: Našiel som knihu zákona v dome Hospodinovom. A Hilkiáš dal knihu Šafánovi.

¹⁶And Shaphan carried the book to the king. And moreover he brought the king word again saying, All that was committed to the hand of thy servants, they do;

¹⁶A Šafán doniesol knihu ku kráľovi a doniesol kráľovi aj odpoveď a riekol takto: Všetko, čo bolo oddané do rúk tvojich služobníkov, robia.

¹⁷and they have emptied out the money that was found in the house of Jehovah, and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers, and into the hand of the workmen.

¹⁷A vysypúc peniaze, ktoré sa našly v dome Hospodinovom, dali ich do rúk ustanoveným na dozor a do rúk tým, ktorí robia prácu.

¹⁸And Shaphan the scribe informed the king saying, Hilkijah the priest has given me a book. And Shaphan read out of it before the king.

¹⁸Pri tom oznámil Šafán, pisár, kráľovi a riekol: Kňaz Hilkiáš mi dal knihu. A Šafán z nej čítal pred kráľom.

¹⁹And it came to pass when the king heard the words of the law, that he rent his garments.

¹⁹A stalo sa, keď počul kráľ slová zákona, že roztrhol svoje rúcho.

²⁰And the king commanded Hilkijah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king, saying,

²⁰A kráľ rozkázal Hilkiášovi a Achikámovi, synovi Šafánovmu, a Abdonovi, synovi Míchovmu, a Šafánovi, pisárovi, a Asaiášovi, služobníkovi kráľovmu, a povedal:

²¹Go, inquire of Jehovah for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book which is found; for great is the wrath of Jehovah that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of Jehovah, to do according to all that is written in this book.

²¹Iďte, opýtajte sa Hospodina o mne a o ľude, pozostalom z Izraela a Júdu, vzhľadom na slová knihy, ktorá sa našla, lebo je to veľká prchlivosť Hospodinova, ktorá je vyliata na nás, pretože naši otcovia neostríhali slova Hospodinovho, aby boli činili podľa všetkého toho, čo je napísané v tejto knihe.

²²And Hilkijah and they that the king [had appointed] went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tokehath, son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe: now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the second quarter [of the town]; and they spoke with her to that effect.

²²A tak odišiel Hilkiáš a tí, ktorých poslal kráľ, k prorokyni Hulde, žene to Šallúma, syna Tokhata, syna Chasru, ktorý strážil rúcha. Bývala v Jeruzaleme na druhej strane, a hovorili s ňou podľa toho.

²³And she said to them, Thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel: Tell the man that sent you to me,

²³A ona im riekla: Takto hovorí Hospodin, Bôh Izraelov: Povedzte mužovi, ktorý vás poslal ku mne:

²⁴Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah.

²⁴Takto hovorí Hospodin: Hľa, uvediem zlé na toto miesto a na jeho obyvateľov, všetky zlorečenstvá, ktoré sú napísané v knihe, ktorú čítali pred kráľom Júdovým.

²⁵Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my fury shall be poured out upon this place, and shall not be quenched.

²⁵Pre to, že ma opustili a kadili iným bohom, aby ma popudzovali všelijakými dielami svojich rúk; preto sa vyleje moja prchlivosť na toto miesto a nebude uhasená.

²⁶But to the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of Jehovah, thus shall ye say to him: Thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel touching the words which thou hast heard:

²⁶A judskému kráľovi, ktorý vás poslal pýtať sa Hospodina, takto poviete: Takto hovorí Hospodin, Bôh Izraelov, čo sa týka slov, ktoré si počul.-

²⁷Because thy heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy garments and weep before me, I also have heard [thee], saith Jehovah.

²⁷Pretože zmäklo tvoje srdce, a pokoril si sa pred Bohom, keď si počul jeho slová proti tomuto miestu a proti jeho obyvateľom, tedy preto, že si sa pokoril predo mnou a roztrhol si svoje rúcho a plakal si predo mnou, preto som i ja počul, hovorí Hospodin.

²⁸Behold, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof. And they brought the king word again.

²⁸Hľa, pripojím ťa k tvojim otcom, a budeš sprataný do svojich hrobov v pokoji, a nebudú hľadieť tvoje oči na všetko to zlé, ktoré uvediem na toto miesto a na jeho obyvateľov.- A doniesli kráľovi odpoveď.

²⁹And the king sent and gathered all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.

²⁹Potom poslal kráľ poslov a shromaždil všetkých starších Júdu a Jeruzalema.

³⁰And the king went up into the house of Jehovah, and all the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests and the Levites, and all the people, great and small; and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which had been found in the house of Jehovah.

³⁰A kráľ vyšiel hore do domu Hospodinovho i všetci mužovia Júdu, obyvatelia Jeruzalema, kňazi, Levitovia a všetok ľud, od veľkého až do malého, a čítal v ich prítomnosti, tak aby počuli, všetky slová knihy smluvy, ktorá bola najdená v dome Hospodinovom.

³¹And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before Jehovah, to walk after Jehovah, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all his heart and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant that are written in this book.

³¹A kráľ stojac na svojom mieste učinil smluvu pred Hospodinom, že bude nasledovať Hospodina a ostríhať jeho prikázania, jeho svedoctvá a jeho ustanovenia celým svojím srdcom a celou svojou dušou a že bude činiť slová smluvy, ktoré sú napísané v tejto knihe.

³²And he caused all that were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand [to it]. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.

³²A rozkázal, aby stál pri tom každý, kto sa nachádza v Jeruzaleme a v Benjaminovi. A obyvatelia Jeruzalema robili podľa smluvy Boha, Boha svojich otcov.

³³And Josiah removed all the abominations out of all the countries that belonged to the children of Israel, and made to serve all that were found in Israel, -- to serve Jehovah their God: all his days they did not depart from following Jehovah, the God of their fathers.

³³A Joziáš odstránil všetky ohavnosti zo všetkých zemí, ktoré patrily synom Izraelovým, a pridŕžal všetkých, ktorí sa nachádzali v Izraelsku, aby slúžili Hospodinovi, svojmu Bohu. Neodstúpili po všetky jeho dni, aby neboli nasledovali Hospodina, Boha svojich otcov.