¹Then king Darius gave orders, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.

¹Vtedy rozkázal kráľ Dárius, aby hľadali v dome kníh pokladov, složených tam v Babylone.

²And there was found at Achmetha in the fortress that is in the province of Media a roll, and therein was a record thus written:

²A našla sa v Achmete na hrade, ktorý je v Médskej krajine, jedna kniha, v ktorej bolo takto napísané na pamäť:

³In the first year of king Cyrus, king Cyrus made a decree [concerning] the house of God at Jerusalem: Let the house be built for a place where they offer sacrifices, and let its foundations be solidly laid; its height sixty cubits, its breadth sixty cubits,

³V prvom roku kráľa Cýra rozkázal kráľ Cýrus: Dom Boží, ktorý bol v Jeruzaleme, nech vystavia ten dom na mieste, na ktorom obetujú obeti, a nech vyzdvihnú jeho základ. Jeho výška bude šesťdesiat lakťov a jeho šírka taktiež šesťdesiat lakťov.

⁴[with] three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber; and let the expenses be given out of the king's house:

⁴Tri rady bude veľkých kameňov a rad nového dreva, a náklad sa dá z domu kráľovho.

⁵and also let the golden and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that is at Jerusalem and brought to Babylon, be restored and brought again to the temple that is at Jerusalem, in their place; and thou shalt put [them] in the house of God.

⁵Aj nádoby domu Božieho, zlaté a strieborné, ktoré vyniesol Nabuchodonozor z chrámu, ktorý bol v Jeruzaleme, a dopravil do Babylona, nech navrátia, a nech to ide do chrámu, ktorý je v Jeruzaleme, na svoje miesto, a složíš to v dome Božom.

⁶Therefore Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shethar-boznai, and your companions the Apharsachites, who are beyond the river, be ye far from thence:

⁶A tak teraz ty, Tattenai, vojvoda za riekou, Šetar-bozenai, so svojimi spoločníkmi, Afarsechania, ktorí sú za riekou, buďte ďaleko odtiaľ.

⁷let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in its place.

⁷Nechajte dielo toho domu Božieho na pokoji. Vojvoda Židov a starší Židov nech staväjú ten dom Boží na jeho mieste.

⁸Moreover, I give orders what ye shall do to these elders of the Jews, for the building of this house of God: that of the king's goods, of the tribute beyond the river, expenses be diligently given to these men, that they be not hindered.

⁸A odo mňa je daný rozkaz o tom, čo máte urobiť s tými staršími zo Židov, aby mohli vystaviť ten dom Boží, totiž aby sa bez odkladu dával náklad z pokladov kráľových, z dane za riekou, tým mužom, aby im nebolo prekazené v tom diele.

⁹And that which they have need of, both young bullocks and rams and lambs, for the burnt-offerings to the God of the heavens, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the appointment of the priests that are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail;

⁹A čoho bude treba, či juncov či baranov či oviec na zápalné obeti Bohu nebies, obilia, soli, vína a oleja, podľa toho, čo povedia kňazi, ktorí sú v Jeruzaleme, nech sa im dáva každého dňa bez akéhokoľvek podvodu,

¹⁰that they may present sweet odours to the God of the heavens, and pray for the life of the king and of his sons.

¹⁰aby obetovali Bohu nebies príjemnú vôňu a modlili sa za život kráľa a jeho synov.

¹¹Also I have given order that whosoever shall alter this rescript, let timber be pulled down from his house, and being set up, let him be hanged thereon, and let his house be made a dunghill for this.

¹¹A taktiež je odo mňa vydaný rozkaz, aby každý človek, ktorý by zmenil to slovo, bol takto odpravený: Vytiahne sa drevo z jeho domu a postaví sa, a jeho pribijú naň, a jeho dom nech je preto obrátený na hnojisko.

¹²And the God that has caused his name to dwell there overthrow every king and people that shall put forth their hand to alter [or] to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have given [this] order; let it be done diligently.

¹²A Bôh, ktorý učinil to, aby tam prebývalo jeho meno, nech porazí každého kráľa i ľud, ktorý by vystrel svoju ruku, aby to zmenil a tak zkazil ten dom Boží, ktorý je v Jeruzaleme. Ja Dárius dávam rozkaz, aby sa to vykonalo bez odkladu.

¹³Then Tatnai, governor on this side the river, Shethar-boznai, and their companions, because of that which king Darius had sent, did so diligently.

¹³Vtedy Tattenai, vojvoda za riekou, Šetar-bozenai a ich spoločníci urobili bez odkladu podľa toho, jakú odpoveď poslal kráľ Dárius.

¹⁴And the elders of the Jews built; and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they built and completed [it] according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.

¹⁴A tak staväli starší Židov, a darilo sa im podľa proroctva proroka Haggea a Zachariáša, syna Iddovho. A tedy staväli a dokončili z rozkazu Boha Izraelovho a z rozkazu Cýra, Dária a Artaxerxa, perzského kráľa.

¹⁵And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of king Darius.

¹⁵Aj tak dokončili ten dom Boží do tretieho dňa mesiaca adara, a to bol šiesty rok kraľovania kráľa Dária.

¹⁶And the children of Israel, the priests and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy;

¹⁶Vtedy slávili synovia Izraelovi, kňazi a Leviti a ostatok synov prestehovania posviacku toho domu Božieho v radosti.

¹⁷and they presented at the dedication of this house of God a hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and for a sin-offering for all Israel, twelve he-goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.

¹⁷A obetovali na posvätenie toho domu Božieho sto volov, dvesto baranov, štyristo oviec a dvanásť kozlov na obeť za hriech za celého Izraela podľa počtu pokolení Izraelových.

¹⁸And they set the priests in their classes, and the Levites in their divisions, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem: as it is written in the book of Moses.

¹⁸A postavili kňazov v ich triedach a Levitov v ich oddeleniach k službe Božej v Jeruzaleme podľa toho, jako je napísané v knihe Mojžišovej.

¹⁹And the children of the captivity held the passover upon the fourteenth of the first month.

¹⁹A synovia prestehovania slávili aj Veľkú noc štrnásteho dňa prvého mesiaca.

²⁰For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves as one [man]: they were all pure; and they killed the passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.

²⁰Lebo sa boli očistili kňazi a Leviti jako jeden muž, všetci boli čistí, a zabíjali veľkonočného baránka všetkým synom prestehovania i svojim bratom kňazom i sebe.

²¹And the children of Israel that were come back out of captivity, and all such as had separated themselves to them from the filthiness of the nations of the land, to seek Jehovah the God of Israel, did eat;

²¹A tak jedli synovia Izraelovi, ktorí sa boli navrátili z prestehovania, i každý, kto sa bol oddelil od nečistoty národov zeme a pripojil sa k nim hľadajúc Hospodina, Boha Izraelovho.

²²and they kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy; for Jehovah had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria to them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.

²²A slávili aj slávnosť nekvasených chlebov sedem dní v radosti, lebo ich Hospodin obdaril radosťou a obrátil srdce assýrskeho kráľa k nim, aby posilnil ich ruky v diele domu Boha, Boha Izraelovho.