¹Ezechiáš začal kraľovať, keď mal dvadsaťpäť rokov a kraľoval dvadsaťdeväť rokov v Jeruzaleme. A meno jeho matky bolo Abia, dcéra Zachariášova.

¹Hezekiah hath reigned -- a son of twenty and five years, and twenty and nine years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Abijah daughter of Zechariah;

²A robil to, čo je spravedlivé v očiach Hospodinových, všetko tak, ako robil Dávid, jeho otec.

²and he doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that David his father did.

³On hneď prvého roku svojho kraľovania, prvého mesiaca otvoril dvere domu Hospodinovho a opravil ich.

³He, in the first year of his reign, in the first month, hath opened the doors of the house of Jehovah, and strengtheneth them,

⁴A doviedol kňazov a Levitov a shromaždil ich do Východnej ulice.

⁴and bringeth in the priests and the Levites, and gathereth them to the broad place to the east.

⁵A povedal im: Počujte ma, Levitovia! Teraz sa posväťte a posväťte dom Hospodina, Boha svojich otcov, a vyneste nečistotu zo svätyne.

⁵And he saith to them, `Hear me, O Levites, now, sanctify yourselves, and sanctify the house of Jehovah, God of your fathers, and bring out the impurity from the sanctuary,

⁶Lebo naši otcovia hrešili dopúšťajúc sa nevernosti a robili to, čo je zlé, v očiach Hospodina nášho Boha, a opustili ho a odvrátiac svoju tvár od príbytku Hospodinovho obrátili mu chrbát.

⁶for our fathers have trespassed, and done that which is evil in the eyes of Jehovah our God, and forsake him, and turn round their faces from the tabernacle of Jehovah, and give the neck.

⁷Ba ešte aj zamkli dvere dvorany a zahasili lampy a kadiva nekadili ani neobetovali zápalnej obeti v svätyni Bohu Izraelovmu.

⁷`Also -- they have shut the doors of the porch, and quench the lamps, and perfume they have not made, and burnt-offering have not caused to ascend in the sanctuary to the God of Israel,

⁸Preto prišiel hnev Hospodinov na Júdu a na Jeruzalem, a vydal ich za postrk, za desnú púšť a za ostrý posmech, ako to vidíte na vlastné oči.

⁸and the wrath of Jehovah is on Judah and Jerusalem, and He giveth them for a trembling, for an astonishment, and for a hissing, as ye are seeing with your eyes.

⁹A hľa, naši otcovia padli od meča, a naši synovia, naše dcéry a naše ženy sú pre to v zajatí.

⁹And lo, fallen have our fathers by the sword, and our sons, and our daughters, and our wives [are] in captivity for this.

¹⁰Preto teraz som si umienil, že učiním smluvu s Hospodinom, Bohom Izraelovým, aby sa odvrátila od nás páľa jeho hnevu.

¹⁰`Now -- with my heart -- to make a covenant before Jehovah, God of Israel, and the fierceness of His anger doth turn back from us.

¹¹Moji synovia, neblúďte už teraz, ubezpečení. Lebo vás si vyvolil Hospodin, aby ste stáli pred ním slúžiac mu a aby ste mu svätoslúžili a kadili mu.

¹¹My sons, be not now at rest, for on you hath Jehovah fixed to stand before Him, to serve Him, and to be to Him ministering and making perfume.'

¹²Vtedy povstali Levitovia, Machat, syn Amasaiho, a Joel, syn Azariášov, zo synov Kehátovcov, a zo synov Meráriho: Kíš, syn Abdiho, a Azariáš, syn Jehallelélov, a z Geršonovcov: Joach, syn Zimmu, a Éden, syn Joachov;

¹²And the Levites rise -- Mahath son of Amasai, and Joel son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathite; and of the sons of Merari: Kish son of Abdi, and Azariah son of Jehalelel; and of the Gershonite: Joah son of Zimmah, and Eden son of Joah;

¹³zo synov Elicafánových: Šimri a Jehiel; zo synov Azafových: Zachariáš a Mataniáš;

¹³and of the sons of Elizaphan: Shimri, and Jeiel; and of the sons of Asaph: Zechariah and Mattaniah;

¹⁴zo synov Hémanových: Jechiel a Šimei, a zo synov Jedutúnových: Šemaiáš a Uziel.

¹⁴and of the sons of Heman: Jehiel and Shimei; and of the sons of Jeduthun: Shemaiah and Uzziel --

¹⁵A shromaždili svojich bratov a posvätili sa. A prišli podľa rozkazu kráľovho, založeného na slovách Hospodinových, aby vyčistili dom Hospodinov.

¹⁵and they gather their brethren, and sanctify themselves, and come in, according to the command of the king in the matters of Jehovah, to cleanse the house of Jehovah,

¹⁶Tak vošli kňazi do vnútra do domu Hospodinovho, aby ho vyčistili, a vyniesli všetku nečistotu, ktorú našli v chráme Hospodinovom, na dvor domu Hospodinovho, odkiaľ to brali Levitovia, aby to vyniesli von do potoka Kedrona.

¹⁶and the priests come in to the inner part of the house of Jehovah to cleanse [it], and bring out all the uncleanness that they have found in the temple of Jehovah to the court of the house of Jehovah, and the Levites receive [it], to take [it] out to the brook Kidron without.

¹⁷A začali posväcovať prvého dňa prvého mesiaca a ôsmeho dňa toho istého mesiaca vošli do dvorany Hospodinovej a posväcovali dom Hospodinov za osem dní a šestnásteho dňa toho istého prvého mesiaca dokončili.

¹⁷And they begin on the first of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month they have come to the porch of Jehovah, and they sanctify the house of Jehovah in eight days, and on the sixteenth day of the first month they have finished.

¹⁸Vtedy vošli dnu ku kráľovi Ezechiášovi a riekli: Vyčistili sme celý dom Hospodinov aj oltár na zápaly jako aj všetky jeho nádoby i stôl predloženia i všetky jeho nádoby

¹⁸And they come in within unto Hezekiah the king, and say, `We have cleansed all the house of Jehovah, and the altar of the burnt-offering, and all its vessels, and the table of the arrangement, and all its vessels,

¹⁹i všetky nádoby, ktoré bol odhodil kráľ Achaz po čas svojho kraľovania, keď hrešil robiac neverne, pripravili sme a posvätili, a hľa, sú pred oltárom Hospodinovým.

¹⁹and all the vessels that king Ahaz cast away in his reign -- in his trespass -- we have prepared and sanctified, and lo, they [are] before the altar of Jehovah.'

²⁰Potom vstal kráľ Ezechiáš skoro ráno a shromaždil náčelníkov mesta a vyšiel hore do domu Hospodinovho.

²⁰And Hezekiah the king riseth early, and gathereth the heads of the city, and goeth up to the house of Jehovah;

²¹A doviedli sedem juncov, sedem baranov, sedem oviec a sedem kozlov na obeť za hriech, donesenú za kráľovstvo, za svätyňu a za Júdu. A povedal synom Áronovým, kňazom, aby obetovali zápaly na oltári Hospodinovom.

²¹and they bring in seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven young he-goats, for a sin-offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah; and he saith to sons of Aaron, the priests, to cause [them] to ascend on the altar of Jehovah.

²²A tak pobili voly, a kňazi berúc krv kropili na oltár. Potom pobili aj baranov a kropili ich krv na oltár; pobili aj ovce a kropili krv na oltár.

²²And they slaughter the oxen, and the priests receive the blood, and sprinkle on the altar; and they slaughter the rams, and sprinkle the blood on the altar; and they slaughter the lambs, and sprinkle the blood on the altar;

²³Napokon doviedli kozlov obeti za hriech pred kráľa a pred shromaždenie, ktorí položili svoje ruky na nich.

²³and they bring nigh the he-goats of the sin-offering before the king and the assembly, and they lay their hands upon them;

²⁴A pobili ich kňazi a ich krvou očistili oltár od hriechu, aby pokryli hriech celého Izraela, lebo za celého Izraela rozkázal kráľ obetovať zápal a obeť za hriech.

²⁴and the priests slaughter them, and make a sin-offering with their blood on the altar, to make atonement for all Israel, for `For all Israel,' said the king, `[is] the burnt-offering and the sin-offering.'

²⁵A zase postavil Levitov do domu Hospodinovho s cymbalmi, s harfami a s citarami podľa príkazu Dávida a Gáda, vidiaceho kráľovho, a proroka Nátana, lebo to prikázanie bolo od Hospodina, prikázané skrze jeho prorokov.

²⁵And he appointeth the Levites in the house of Jehovah with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, by the command of David, and of Gad, seer of the king, and of Nathan the prophet, for by the hand of Jehovah [is] the command, by the hand of His prophets;

²⁶A tak stáli Levitovia s nástrojami Dávidovými a kňazi s trúbami.

²⁶and the Levites stand with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.

²⁷A Ezechiáš rozkázal obetovať zápalnú obeť na oltári. A keď sa začala zápalná obeť, začal sa spev Hospodinov i trúbenie na trúby, a to poriadkom hudobných nástrojov Dávida, kráľa Izraelovho.

²⁷And Hezekiah saith to cause the burnt-offering to ascend on the altar; and at the time the burnt-offering began -- began the song of Jehovah, and the trumpets, even by the hands of the instruments of David king of Israel.

²⁸A celé shromaždenie sa klaňalo, a speváci spievali, a trubači trúbili; to všetko sa tak dialo, kým sa len nedokončila zápalná obeť.

²⁸And all the assembly are doing obeisance, and the singers singing, and the trumpeters blowing; the whole [is] till the completion of the burnt-offering.

²⁹A keď doobetovali zápalnú obeť, sklonili sa kráľ i všetci, ktorí sa nachádzali s ním, a klaňali sa.

²⁹And at the completion of the offering up bowed have the king and all those found with him, and do obeisance.

³⁰Krome toho rozkázal kráľ Ezechiáš i kniežatá Levitom, aby chválili Hospodina slovami Dávida a vidiaceho Azafa. A chválili, až bola radosť, a skloniac hlavy klaňali sa.

³⁰And Hezekiah the king saith, and the princes, to the Levites to give praise to Jehovah in the words of David, and of Asaph the seer, and they praise -- unto joy, and they bow, and do obeisance.

³¹Vtedy odpovedal Ezechiáš a riekol: Teraz ste naplnili svoju ruku Hospodinovi, posvätili ste sa; pristúpte a doveďte bitné obeti aj obeti chvály do domu Hospodinovho. A tak dovádzalo shromaždenie bitné obeti a obeti chvály, i každý, kto bol ochotného srdca, zápalné obeti,

³¹And Hezekiah answereth and saith, `Now ye have filled your hand to Jehovah, come nigh, and bring in sacrifices and thank-offerings to the house of Jehovah;' and the assembly bring in sacrifices and thank-offerings, and every willing-hearted one -- burnt-offerings.

³²takže bol počet zápalnej obeti, ktorú doviedlo shromaždenie, sedemdesiat volov, sto baranov a dvesto oviec, všetko to na zápalnú obeť Hospodinovi.

³²And the number of the burnt-offerings that the assembly have brought in, is seventy oxen, a hundred rams, lambs two hundred; for a burnt-offering to Jehovah [are] all these.

³³A čo do iných posvätených vecí, obetované bolo šesťsto volov a drobného dobytka tri tisíce kusov.

³³And the sanctified things [are] oxen six hundred, and sheep three thousand.

³⁴Len že kňazov bolo primálo, takže nemohli sami stiahnuť z kože všetky zápalné obeti, a preto im pomáhali ich bratia Leviti, až dokiaľ nebolo dielo dokončené, a dokiaľ sa neposvätili kňazi, lebo Leviti boli úprimnejšieho srdca a ochotnejší posvätiť sa než kňazi.

³⁴Only, the priests have become few, and have not been able to strip the whole of the burnt-offerings, and their brethren the Levites strengthen them till the completion of the work, and till the priests sanctify themselves, for the Levites [are] more upright of heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.

³⁵K tomu ešte bolo množstvo zápalných obetí s tukmi pokojných obetí i s liatymi obeťami ku každému zápalu. A tak bola znova uvedená služba domu Hospodinovho do poriadku.

³⁵And also, burnt-offerings [are] in abundance, with fat of the peace-offerings, and with oblations for the burnt-offering; and the service of the house of Jehovah is established,

³⁶A Ezechiáš sa radoval i všetok ľud nad tým, čo Bôh pripravil svojmu ľudu; lebo to všetko sa bolo rýchle stalo.

³⁶and rejoice doth Hezekiah and all the people, because of God's giving preparation to the people, for the thing hath been suddenly.