¹A keď sa to vykonalo, pristúpili ku mne kniežatá a riekli: Neoddelil sa izraelský ľud ani kňazi ani Levitovia od národov zemí, ale robia podľa ich ohavností, podľa ohavností Kananejov, Hetejov, Ferezejov, Jebuzejov, Ammoncov, Moábov, Egypťanov a Amorejov;

¹And at the completion of these things, drawn nigh unto me have the heads, saying, `The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not been separated from the peoples of the lands, as to their abominations, even the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite, the Ammonite, the Moabite, the Egyptian, and the Amorite,

²lebo si pobrali, sebe aj svojim synom, z ich dcér za ženy a smiešali sa, sväté semeno, s národami zemí, a ruka kniežat a vrchnostenských osôb bola prvá v tom prestúpení.

²for they have taken of their daughters to them, and to their sons, and the holy seed have mingled themselves among the peoples of the lands, and the hand of the heads and of the seconds have been first in this trespass.`

³Keď som počul tú vec, roztrhnul som svoje rúcho i svoj plášť a trhal som si vlasy z hlavy i z brady a sedel som zdesený.

³And at my hearing this word, I have rent my garment and my upper robe, and pluck out of the hair of my head, and of my beard, and sit astonished,

⁴A shromaždili sa ku mne všetci, ktorí sa triasli pred slovami Boha Izraelovho pre také prestúpenie prestehovaných, a ja som tak sedel zdesený až do večernej obeti.

⁴and unto me are gathered every one trembling at the words of the God of Israel, because of the trespass of the removal, and I am sitting astonished till the present of the evening.

⁵A v čas večernej obeti som vstal od ponižovania sa majúc roztrhnuté svoje rúcho i svoj plášť a kľakol som na svoje kolená a rozprestrúc svoje ruky k Hospodinovi, svojmu Bohu,

⁵And at the present of the evening I have risen from mine affliction, and at my rending my garment and my upper robe, then I bow down on my knees, and spread out my hands unto Jehovah my God,

⁶riekol som: Môj Bože, hanbím sa a stydím pozdvihnúť, môj Bože, svoju tvár k tebe, lebo naše neprávosti sa rozmnožily tak, že sahajú až nad našu hlavu, a naše previnenie narástlo, že sahá až do neba.

⁶and say, `O my God, I have been ashamed, and have blushed to lift up, O my God, my face unto Thee, for our iniquities have increased over the head, and our guilt hath become great unto the heavens.

⁷Odo dní svojich otcov sme vo veľkej vine až do tohoto dňa, a pre svoje neprávosti boli sme vydaní my, naši kráľovia i naši kňazi do ruky kráľov zemí, pod meč, do zajatia, na lúpež a v hanbu tvári, jako je tomu i dnes.

⁷`From the days of our fathers we [are] in great guilt unto this day, and in our iniquities we have been given — we, our kings, our priests — into the hand of the kings of the lands, with sword, with captivity, and with spoiling, and with shame of face, as [at] this day.

⁸A teraz na malú chvíľku stala sa nám milosť od Hospodina, nášho Boha, aby nám zanechal nejaký zbytok, ktorý unikol záhube, a aby nám dal kolík na mieste svojej svätosti, aby náš Bôh osvietil naše oči a aby nám dal trochu ožiť v našej porobe.

⁸`And now, as a small moment hath grace been from Jehovah our God, to leave to us an escape, and to give to us a nail in His holy place, by our God`s enlightening our eyes, and by giving us a little quickening in our servitude;

⁹Lebo sme boli sluhami, a náš Bôh nás neopustil v našej poddanskej službe, ale naklonil k nám milosť pred perzskými kráľmi, aby nám dal ožiť, aby sme vyzdvihli dom svojho Boha a aby sme postavili jeho pustiny, a aby nám dal plot v Judsku a v Jeruzaleme.

⁹for servants we [are], and in our servitude our God hath not forsaken us, and stretcheth out unto us kindness before the kings of Persia, to give to us a quickening to lift up the house of our God, and to cause its wastes to cease, and to give to us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.

¹⁰A teraz čo máme povedať, po tom po všetkom, náš Bože? Lebo sme opustili tvoje prikázania,

¹⁰`And now, what do we say, O our God, after this? for we have forsaken Thy commands,

¹¹ktoré si prikázal skrze svojich služobníkov prorokov povediac: Zem, do ktorej idete, aby ste ju zaujali dedične, je nečistá zem pre nečistotu národov tých zemí, pre ich ohavnosti, ktorými ju naplnili od jedného konca po druhý vo svojej nečistote.

¹¹that Thou hast commanded by the hands of thy servants the prophets, saying, The land into which ye are going to possess it, [is] a land of impurity, by the impurity of the people of the lands, by their abominations with which they have filled it — from mouth unto mouth — by their uncleanness;

¹²Preto teraz nedávajte svojich dcér ich synom ani neberte ich dcér svojim synom za ženy a nehľadajte ich pokoja ani ich dobrého a tak až na veky, aby ste sa zmocnili a jedli dobré veci zeme a zanechali ju za dedičstvo svojim synom až na veky.

¹²and now, your daughters ye do not give to their sons, and their daughters ye do not take to your sons, and ye do not seek their peace, and their good — unto the age, so that ye are strong, and have eaten the good of the land, and given possession to your sons unto the age.

¹³A či teraz, po tom po všetkom, čo prišlo na nás pre naše zlé skutky a pre naše veľké previnenie, lebo ty, náš Bože, si zdŕžal svoj prút a netrestal si nás tak, ako by boly zaslúžily naše neprávosti, a dal si nám takto aspoň vo zbytku uniknúť záhube;

¹³`And after all that hath come upon us for our evil works, and for our great guilt (for Thou, O our God, hast kept back of the rod from our iniquities, and hast given to us an escape like this),

¹⁴nuž, či by sme tedy mali zase zrušiť tvoje prikázania a spriazniť sa s týmito ohavnými národami? Či by si sa potom nemal rozhnevať na nás tak, až by si nás docela zahladil, tak, že by nezostal nikto ani neuniknul?

¹⁴do we turn back to break Thy commands, and to join ourselves in marriage with the people of these abominations? art not Thou angry against us — even to consumption — till there is no remnant and escaped part?

¹⁵Hospodine, Bože Izraelov, ty si spravedlivý, lebo sme pozostali iba uniklý zbytok, ako to dnes vidieť. Hľa, sme pred tebou vo svojom previnení, lebo nemožno preto obstáť pred tebou.

¹⁵`O Jehovah, God of Israel, righteous [art] Thou, for we have been left an escape, as [it is] this day; lo, we [are] before Thee in our guilt, for there is none to stand before Thee concerning this.`