¹And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.

¹A povstal veliký krik ľudu a ich žien proti ich bratom Židom.

²And there were that said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many, and we must procure corn that we may eat and live.

²Pretože boli niektorí takí, ktorí hovorili: Je nás mnoho, našich synov a našich dcér; zadovážime si za nich zbožia a budeme jesť a tak budeme žiť!

³And there were that said, We have had to pledge our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses, that we might procure corn in the dearth.

³A boli iní, ktorí hovorili: Pozastavujeme svoje polia a svoje vinice a svoje domy a zadovážime si zbožia v tomto hlade.

⁴And there were that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute upon our fields and vineyards;

⁴A zase niektorí iní hovorili: Požičali sme si peniaze na daň kráľovu zastaviac svoje polia a svoje vinice,

⁵yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children; and behold, we must bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought into bondage [already]; neither is it in the power of our hand [to redeem them], for other men have our fields and our vineyards.

⁵kým predsa je naše telo jako telo našich bratov; jakí sú ich synovia, takí sú aj naši synovia, a hľa, my depceme svojich synov a svoje dcéry predávajúc ich za otrokov, a už aj sú niektoré z našich dcér zdeptané za otrokyne, a nemôžeme si pomôcť, a naše polia a naše vinice majú iní. -

⁶And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.

⁶Preto som sa veľmi rozhneval, keď som počul ich krik a tie slová.

⁷And I consulted with myself; and I remonstrated with the nobles and the rulers, and said to them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother! And I set a great assembly against them.

⁷A rozmýšľal som o tom vo svojom srdci a dohováral som popredným a pohlavárom správy a povedal som im: Vy úžerou utiskujete každý svojho brata! A svolal som proti nim veľké shromaždenie.

⁸And I said to them, We, according to our ability, have redeemed our brethren the Jews, who were sold to the nations; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? And they were silent and found no answer.

⁸A riekol som im: My kupujeme svojich bratov Židov, ktorí boli predaní pohanom, podľa svojej možnosti. A čo azda aj vy budete predávať svojich bratov, aby sa potom nám predávali? A mlčali ani nenašli slova.

⁹And I said, The thing that ye do is not good. Ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God, so as not to be the reproach of the nations our enemies?

⁹A ďalej som povedal: Nie je to dobrá vec, ktorú robíte. Či nemáte radšej chodiť v bázni našeho Boha ako v potupe pohanov, našich nepriateľov?

¹⁰I also, my brethren and my servants, we might exact usury of them, money and corn. I pray you, let us leave off this usury.

¹⁰A veď i ja, moji bratia a moji služobníci im požičiavame peniaze i zbožie. Nože zanechajme tú úžeru!

¹¹Restore, I pray you, to them this very day their fields, their vineyards, their olive-gardens, and their houses, also the hundredth [part] of the money, and of the corn, the wine and the oil, that ye have exacted of them.

¹¹Navráťte im, prosím, ešte dnes ich polia, ich vinice, ich olivové sady a ich domy a celý úrok peňazí a zbožia, vína a oleja, čo od nich úžerou beriete.

¹²And they said, We will restore [them], and will require nothing of them; so will we do, as thou hast said. And I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise.

¹²A odpovedali: Navrátime a nebudeme pohľadávať od nich. Urobíme tak, ako hovoríš. Vtedy som svolal kňazov a zaviazal som ich prísahou, aby urobili tak.

¹³Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house and from his earnings, that performeth not this promise: even thus be he shaken out and emptied! And all the congregation said, Amen! And they praised Jehovah. And the people did according to this promise.

¹³Vytriasol som i svoje ňádra a povedal som: Tak nech vytrasie Bôh každého muža, ktorý by nedodržal toho slova, z jeho domu a z výťažku jeho práce, a nech je taký vytrasený a prázdny! Na to rieklo celé shromaždenie: Ameň! A chválili Hospodina. A tedy ľud urobil tak.

¹⁴Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even to the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king, twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor.

¹⁴Ani odo dňa, ktorého mi prikázali, aby som bol ich vojvodom v zemi Júdovej, od dvadsiateho roku až do tridsiateho druhého roku kráľa Artaxerxa, dvanásť rokov, nejedol som vojvodského chleba ani ja ani moji bratia.

¹⁵But the former governors that were before me had been chargeable to the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver: even their servants bore rule over the people. But I did not so, because of the fear of God.

¹⁵A drievni vojvodovia, ktorí boli predo mnou, uvaľovali ťarchu na ľud berúc od nich na chlieb a na víno, keď už boli vybrali v peňazoch štyridsať šeklov. Ba ešte aj ich sluhovia panovali nad ľudom, ale ja som tak nerobil, pretože som sa bál Boha.

¹⁶Yea, also I applied myself to this work of the wall, and we bought no fields; and all my servants were gathered thither for the work.

¹⁶Ale aj pri práci toho múru som spolu opravoval, a nekúpili sme poľa, a všetci moji služobníci boli tam shromaždení ku práci.

¹⁷And there were at my table a hundred and fifty of the Jews and the rulers, besides those that came to us from among the nations that were about us.

¹⁷A k tomu Židia a pohlavári správy, sto päťdesiat mužov, ako aj tí, ktorí prichádzali k nám z národov, ktoré boly vôkol nás, jedávali pri mojom stole.

¹⁸And that which was prepared daily was one ox [and] six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days all sorts of wine in abundance. Yet for all this I demanded not the bread of the governor; for the service was heavy upon this people.

¹⁸A tak to, čo bolo pripravené na jeden deň, bolo: jeden vôl, šesť vybraných oviec a vtáci mi boli pripravovaní, a jeden deň v desiatich dňoch dávalo sa všelijakého vína hojne. A pri tom pri všetkom nežiadal som vojvodského chleba, lebo to bola ťažká služba, ktorá doliehala na ten ľud.

¹⁹Remember for me, my God, for good, all that I have done for this people.

¹⁹Pamätaj mi, môj Bože, na dobré čo do všetkého toho, čo som robil tomuto ľudu!